Retail Contract Job Trends in Salford

Retailing
Manchester > Salford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Salford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Salford 7.14% - -
As % of the General category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £500 £475 £563
% change year-on-year +5.26% -15.56% +12.50%

All General Skills
Salford

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Salford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10 29 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford 71.43% 90.63% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 21 9
10th Percentile £212 - -
25th Percentile £273 - £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £294 £255
Median % change year-on-year +38.01% +15.44% -53.64%
75th Percentile £522 £475 £270
90th Percentile £561 £700 £455
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £15.58 - -
25th Percentile - £63.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £66.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.98% +241.03% +5.06%
75th Percentile - £69.75 £19.75
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £22.00 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.31% +66.67% -22.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford.

Retail job vacancy trend in Salford

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Salford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
1 1 (100.00%) IT Architect
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management