Retail Contracts in South Yorkshire

Retailing
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 58 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 -18 +14
Contract jobs citing Retail 7 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.28% 0.82% 2.52%
As % of the General category 1.86% 1.37% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
10th Percentile £316 - £163
25th Percentile £335 £519 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £538 £260
Median % change year-on-year -32.28% +106.73% -58.40%
75th Percentile £375 £572 £420
90th Percentile £509 £581 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +10.00%

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 376 291 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 68.99% 59.75% 74.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 153 236
10th Percentile £294 £304 £300
25th Percentile £380 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £700
90th Percentile £638 £625 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -6.20% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.98 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.78 £20.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +10.53% +6.29%
75th Percentile £18.45 £21.88 £19.75
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £19.90
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.19
% change year-on-year +51.38% -23.80% +2.63%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in South Yorkshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in South Yorkshire

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in South Yorkshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in South Yorkshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Sheffield -3 7 £364 -32.28% 24
Retail
Yorkshire

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Veritas Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
2 3 (42.86%) Sequence Diagram
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
1 1 (14.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Commvault
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) Veritas