Retail Contract Job Trends 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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 5 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.46% 1.96% -
As % of the General category 0.75% 2.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £447 £316 -
25th Percentile £447 £335 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £364 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% - -
75th Percentile £447 £375 -
90th Percentile £447 £509 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £447 £364 -
% change year-on-year +22.87% - -

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 general skills in Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 671 241 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 62.07% 67.32% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 157 129
10th Percentile £367 £278 £377
25th Percentile £420 £381 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -11.31%
75th Percentile £558 £575 £576
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +6.61% -1.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £22.15 - £14.50
25th Percentile - £18.10 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% -16.58% -13.73%
75th Percentile £28.48 £18.50 -
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.23
% change year-on-year +40.42% +38.72% -48.12%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Actimize
1 1 (20.00%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (20.00%) Google Pay
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Payments Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 5 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 5 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 5 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Expense Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Apple
1 1 (20.00%) FIS
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) TSYS