Retail Contracts in the South East

Retailing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 85 93 100
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -47
Contract jobs citing Retail 76 118 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.52% 2.12% 2.26%
As % of the General category 4.11% 4.19% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 69 77
10th Percentile £236 £300 £275
25th Percentile £356 £375 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £606
90th Percentile £645 £729 £700
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 11
10th Percentile £16.45 - -
25th Percentile £18.25 £11.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -13.51% +12.12%
75th Percentile £28.25 - £22.16
90th Percentile £30.95 £20.95 -
England median hourly rate £30.25 £16.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +89.06% -19.23% +20.06%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South East

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Retail in the South East

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the South East

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the South East

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Retail in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Retail in the South East

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +37 52 £525 +5.00% 262
Berkshire +38 37 £600 +14.29% 88
Buckinghamshire +4 14 £500 +5.26% 149
Hampshire +16 13 £450 -23.40% 55
Kent +10 3 £205 -59.00% 31
Surrey -1 2 £300 -27.27% 29
Oxfordshire +4 1 £500 +5.26% 44
West Sussex +2 1 £200 - 11
East Sussex -6 1 - - 141
Home Counties - 1 - -
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.32%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.32%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.63%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (2.63%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (1.32%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.21%) Azure
2 5 (6.58%) AWS
3 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.95%) SaaS
5 2 (2.63%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.32%) Contentsquare
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.32%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.32%) Sumo Logic
6 1 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.26%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (2.63%) Network Security
3 1 (1.32%) Firewall
3 1 (1.32%) NGFW
3 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
1 3 (3.95%) Tableau
2 2 (2.63%) MySQL
3 1 (1.32%) Big Data
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Bitbucket
1 2 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 31 (40.79%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (25.00%) Finance
3 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 18 (23.68%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.21%) Billing
5 6 (7.89%) Automotive
6 4 (5.26%) Marketing
7 3 (3.95%) Banking
7 3 (3.95%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.32%) Back Office
8 1 (1.32%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.32%) Electronics
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Games
8 1 (1.32%) Law
8 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (21.05%) Analyst
2 15 (19.74%) IT Manager
3 12 (15.79%) IT Operations Manager
3 12 (15.79%) Operations Manager
4 11 (14.47%) Performance Manager
5 10 (13.16%) Architect
5 10 (13.16%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (11.84%) Project Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Senior
8 7 (9.21%) Business Analyst
8 7 (9.21%) Data Manager
9 5 (6.58%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (6.58%) Telecoms Manager
10 4 (5.26%) Cabling Engineer
11 3 (3.95%) Consultant
11 3 (3.95%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.95%) Developer
11 3 (3.95%) Service Delivery Manager
11 3 (3.95%) Service Manager
12 2 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) Node.js
1 2 (2.63%) Parceljs
1 2 (2.63%) RESTful
1 2 (2.63%) Web Services
2 1 (1.32%) .NET
2 1 (1.32%) Blazor
2 1 (1.32%) CSS
2 1 (1.32%) HTML
2 1 (1.32%) LDAP
2 1 (1.32%) MACH
2 1 (1.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
1 5 (6.58%) EPoS
2 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.32%) FMCG
2 1 (1.32%) iPad
2 1 (1.32%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.32%) Linux
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
2 11 (14.47%) Data Analysis
3 10 (13.16%) DataOps
3 10 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (13.16%) Project Management
3 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (11.84%) Agile
5 8 (10.53%) ITIL
6 7 (9.21%) Analytics
6 7 (9.21%) ERP
7 6 (7.89%) Customer Experience
7 6 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (6.58%) Balanced Scorecard
8 5 (6.58%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (6.58%) E-Commerce
8 5 (6.58%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.58%) Quality Management
8 5 (6.58%) Scorecard
9 4 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) SQL
3 3 (3.95%) Java
3 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.63%) C#
4 2 (2.63%) PHP
5 1 (1.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 4 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.95%) Degree
2 3 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.63%) ACCA
3 2 (2.63%) CISM
3 2 (2.63%) CISSP
4 1 (1.32%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.32%) MBA
4 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.32%) PMP
4 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.32%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) SLA
2 4 (5.26%) QA
3 2 (2.63%) IFRS
3 2 (2.63%) PMO
4 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Splunk
2 12 (15.79%) Oracle
3 10 (13.16%) Dynatrace
4 6 (7.89%) Microsoft
5 5 (6.58%) SAP
6 2 (2.63%) Google
6 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.32%) Adobe
7 1 (1.32%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.32%) Databricks
7 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.32%) VMware
7 1 (1.32%) Workday
7 1 (1.32%) Zscaler