Retail Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Retailing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.28% - -
As % of the General category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £413 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -21.43% -8.70% +12.75%

All General Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 56 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 55.00% 50.00% 46.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 39 12
10th Percentile £381 £210 £264
25th Percentile £425 £310 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £463 £363
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +27.59% -32.87%
75th Percentile £534 £530 £459
90th Percentile £552 £568 £494
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £12.75 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.97% - -
75th Percentile £19.66 - -
90th Percentile £31.87 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.51 £23.82 £18.25
% change year-on-year -5.52% +30.52% +3.58%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT