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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 87 107
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 -60
Contract jobs citing Retail 65 127 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.97% 2.24% 1.97%
As % of the General category 3.28% 4.57% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 71 74
10th Percentile £209 £263 £425
25th Percentile £422 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £609
90th Percentile £709 £725 £654
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £16.45 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.00 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -27.80% +38.50%
75th Percentile £28.25 - -
90th Percentile £30.95 £19.30 -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +1.88% -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 1,984 2,776 3,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.25% 48.91% 58.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,510 2,305
10th Percentile £204 £213 £245
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £599 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £721
England median daily rate £517 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -3.00% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 331 167
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.42 £18.35 £22.44
Median hourly rate £18.87 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.07% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £52.30 £61.60 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.33 £73.73
England median hourly rate £27.17 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% +30.12%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -11 36 £525 +10.53% 158
Berkshire +13 21 £560 +6.67% 69
Buckinghamshire -9 15 £425 +3.03% 46
Hampshire +13 12 £575 -4.17% 85
Kent +6 5 £625 +25.00% 42
Surrey +4 4 £525 +33.33% 42
East Sussex -5 2 £575 +53.33% 19
Sussex - 2 - - 14
West Sussex -3 1 £200 - 22
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 3 (4.62%) CMS
2 2 (3.08%) Camunda
3 1 (1.54%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.54%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Azure
2 6 (9.23%) AWS
3 4 (6.15%) GCP
4 3 (4.62%) SaaS
5 2 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.54%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.54%) Contentsquare
6 1 (1.54%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.54%) PaaS
6 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (3.08%) Broadband
2 2 (3.08%) HTTP
2 2 (3.08%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) NAS
3 1 (1.54%) NGFW
3 1 (1.54%) SAN
3 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Big Data
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) GitLab
3 1 (1.54%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.00%) Finance
4 8 (12.31%) Automotive
5 6 (9.23%) Marketing
6 5 (7.69%) General Ledger
6 5 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.15%) Banking
8 3 (4.62%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.62%) German Language
8 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.08%) Advertising
9 2 (3.08%) Social Housing
9 2 (3.08%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.54%) Back Office
10 1 (1.54%) Games
10 1 (1.54%) Law
10 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Architect
1 12 (18.46%) Solutions Architect
2 11 (16.92%) Analyst
3 7 (10.77%) Project Manager
3 7 (10.77%) Senior
4 5 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 5 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Cabling Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Consultant
6 3 (4.62%) Lead
6 3 (4.62%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Service Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.08%) Developer
7 2 (3.08%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Release Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) Web Services
2 2 (3.08%) REST
3 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.54%) Blazor
3 1 (1.54%) CSS
3 1 (1.54%) HTML
3 1 (1.54%) Kafka
3 1 (1.54%) LDAP
3 1 (1.54%) MACH
3 1 (1.54%) Node.js
3 1 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.54%) Parceljs
3 1 (1.54%) React
3 1 (1.54%) RESTful
3 1 (1.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.15%) EPoS
3 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.54%) iPad
4 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.08%) Agile
2 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (15.38%) ITIL
4 9 (13.85%) E-Commerce
4 9 (13.85%) Roadmaps
5 8 (12.31%) B2C
5 8 (12.31%) Microservices
5 8 (12.31%) Migration
5 8 (12.31%) Project Management
6 7 (10.77%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (9.23%) Change Management
7 6 (9.23%) TOGAF
7 6 (9.23%) Waterfall
8 5 (7.69%) Business Case
8 5 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (7.69%) DevOps
9 4 (6.15%) Customer Service
9 4 (6.15%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Python
2 3 (4.62%) SQL
3 2 (3.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.08%) Korn
4 1 (1.54%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.62%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.08%) ACCA
3 2 (3.08%) CISM
3 2 (3.08%) CISSP
3 2 (3.08%) Degree
4 1 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (1.54%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.54%) PMP
4 1 (1.54%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) QA
1 4 (6.15%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) IFRS
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.08%) PMO
3 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) GRC
3 1 (1.54%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.08%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.62%) Terraform
2 1 (1.54%) Ansible
2 1 (1.54%) SCCM
2 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (9.23%) SAP
2 5 (7.69%) Oracle
3 3 (4.62%) Google
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.62%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.08%) Ab Initio
4 2 (3.08%) Splunk
4 2 (3.08%) VMware
4 2 (3.08%) Workday
5 1 (1.54%) Adobe
5 1 (1.54%) Criteo
5 1 (1.54%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.54%) Zscaler