Retail Contracts in Sheffield

Retailing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Retail 7 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.19% - 1.54%
As % of the General category 3.23% - 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £316 - £352
25th Percentile £335 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.80%
75th Percentile £375 - £438
90th Percentile £509 - £538
South Yorkshire median daily rate £364 - £420
% change year-on-year - - -1.18%

All General Skills
Sheffield

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 common skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 217 233 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 68.03% 61.48% 81.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 132 249
10th Percentile £323 £375 £383
25th Percentile £389 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -6.68% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £688
90th Percentile £650 £644 £743
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £493 £550
% change year-on-year -3.55% -10.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.50 £13.90
25th Percentile £18.10 £17.31 £18.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% -13.73% +59.38%
75th Percentile £18.50 - £32.75
90th Percentile £18.51 - £37.10
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.23 £25.50
% change year-on-year +38.72% -48.12% +20.97%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Sheffield

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Retail in Sheffield

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Sheffield

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Sheffield

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Veritas Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
2 3 (42.86%) Sequence Diagram
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
1 1 (14.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Commvault
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) Veritas