Retail Contracts in South London

Retailing
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 1.63% - 1.80%
As % of the General category 2.44% - 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £128
25th Percentile £133 - £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 - £320
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.05%
75th Percentile £138 - £338
90th Percentile - - £416
London median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -6.38%

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 123 133 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 66.85% 54.51% 67.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 82 201
10th Percentile £370 £201 £300
25th Percentile £450 £402 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £571 £696
90th Percentile £938 £634 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 13
10th Percentile - £16.06 £18.75
25th Percentile - £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -49.89%
75th Percentile £20.38 £61.49 £50.42
90th Percentile £73.96 £83.75 £52.46
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -14.67%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in South London

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in South London

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in South London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 3 £135 - 8
Retail
London

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow