Retail Contract Job Trends 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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.01% - 0.25%
As % of the General category 1.72% - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £625 £134 £550
% change year-on-year +364.82% -75.55% +205.56%

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 174 192 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 58.39% 53.78% 47.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 82 133
10th Percentile £213 £120 £179
25th Percentile £292 £162 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £343 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -23.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £515 £600
90th Percentile £594 £594 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £425
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.20 £15.73
25th Percentile £13.37 £20.12 £20.44
Median hourly rate £15.31 £24.68 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -37.99% -17.27% +49.16%
75th Percentile £26.88 £50.63 £53.19
90th Percentile £40.77 £53.75 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.00 £24.68 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.96% -9.15% +35.83%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Retail job vacancy trend in South Wales

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Retail

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 19 October 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 - 2 £625 - 7
Bridgend - 1 - -
Retail
Wales

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore