Retail Contracts in South Wales

Retailing
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 40 43
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +28
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.26% 0.30% 2.71%
As % of the General category 2.33% 0.69% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - £583
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £147 - £586
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £597
Wales median daily rate £147 - £586
% change year-on-year - - -16.29%

All General Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 129 144 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 53.97% 43.24% 47.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 80 175
10th Percentile £161 £143 £177
25th Percentile £246 £198 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% -3.16% -2.06%
75th Percentile £466 £591 £575
90th Percentile £589 £625 £635
Wales median daily rate £375 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -21.05% +2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 12
10th Percentile £15.20 £11.02 -
25th Percentile £18.06 £12.78 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.93 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +119.14% -51.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £62.19 £14.27
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £48.11
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £22.68 £11.56
% change year-on-year -7.41% +96.19% -53.76%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in South Wales

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in South Wales

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in South Wales

Retail
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 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
Cardiff - 1 £147 - 14
Newport - 1 £147 - 4
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 £147 -
Retail
Wales

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation