Retail Contracts in the UK excluding London

Retailing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 88 59
Rank change year-on-year -7 -29 +25
Contract jobs citing Retail 450 626 1,168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.11% 2.76% 3.84%
As % of the General category 3.96% 4.91% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 385 727
10th Percentile £263 £352 £290
25th Percentile £363 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +8.40%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £735 £675
UK median daily rate £505 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 38 105
10th Percentile £11.13 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £12.15 £19.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.95 £19.81 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +20.06% +22.22%
75th Percentile £21.37 £22.00 £20.56
90th Percentile £21.46 - £22.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year -19.23% +10.06% +28.57%

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,359 12,744 17,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.27% 56.16% 55.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,395 8,644 11,704
10th Percentile £205 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,713 737 1,038
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £27.50 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +40.36% +3.12%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £69.25 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 June 2024. 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
North of England -14 142 £500 -4.76% 509
South East +20 121 £475 -13.64% 350
East of England +1 102 £413 -31.25% 153
Yorkshire -14 73 £500 -9.09% 199
North West -4 60 £425 -15.00% 276
Midlands -29 49 £610 +28.42% 356
West Midlands +10 37 £650 +36.84% 190
South West -25 25 £475 -1.30% 212
East Midlands -30 12 £513 +13.89% 165
Scotland +37 8 £500 +25.00% 89
North East +3 4 £600 +6.19% 45
Wales +10 3 - - 62
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 10 (2.22%) CMS
2 9 (2.00%) Confluence
3 7 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.67%) SAS
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.44%) Shopify
2 9 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.78%) SAP Hybris
4 7 (1.56%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.89%) Magento
6 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.44%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (7.78%) Azure
3 32 (7.11%) AWS
4 31 (6.89%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.11%) Cloudflare
6 12 (2.67%) Akamai
7 11 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 9 (2.00%) SaaS
10 8 (1.78%) Amazon S3
10 8 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.78%) Serverless
11 7 (1.56%) BigCommerce
11 7 (1.56%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.56%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.33%) Google Sheets
13 5 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (1.11%) CloudFront
13 5 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.44%) DNS
2 11 (2.44%) Network Security
3 9 (2.00%) ATM
3 9 (2.00%) Firewall
3 9 (2.00%) LAN
4 8 (1.78%) VPN
5 6 (1.33%) WAN
6 5 (1.11%) VoIP
7 4 (0.89%) Wireless
8 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.44%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.44%) PBX
9 2 (0.44%) SMS
9 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.44%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.22%) DHCP
10 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.89%) Power BI
2 16 (3.56%) Tableau
3 10 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.33%) MS Access
5 5 (1.11%) Big Data
5 5 (1.11%) GIS
5 5 (1.11%) MySQL
5 5 (1.11%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.89%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.67%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.44%) Cloudera CDH
8 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 26 (5.78%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (0.89%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.89%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.44%) kappa
4 2 (0.44%) Maven
4 2 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) JMeter
5 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.22%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 147 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.22%) Finance
3 54 (12.00%) Marketing
4 44 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.33%) Telecoms
6 16 (3.56%) Banking
6 16 (3.56%) Legal
7 15 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.89%) Automotive
9 12 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.78%) Corporate Banking
11 8 (1.78%) Publishing
12 7 (1.56%) Back Office
12 7 (1.56%) Billing
13 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.89%) German Language
15 3 (0.67%) Local Government
15 3 (0.67%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (21.78%) Analyst
2 46 (10.22%) Project Manager
3 38 (8.44%) Service Analyst
4 36 (8.00%) Developer
5 33 (7.33%) Service Desk Analyst
6 26 (5.78%) Architect
7 23 (5.11%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.22%) Consultant
8 19 (4.22%) Lead
9 15 (3.33%) IT Manager
10 14 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.67%) Administrator
11 12 (2.67%) Data Analyst
11 12 (2.67%) IT Support
11 12 (2.67%) Senior
12 9 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.00%) IT Technician
13 8 (1.78%) IT Project Manager
13 8 (1.78%) Programme Manager
13 8 (1.78%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.33%) HTML
1 6 (1.33%) Kafka
2 5 (1.11%) .NET
2 5 (1.11%) OAuth
2 5 (1.11%) OAuth2
2 5 (1.11%) SAML
2 5 (1.11%) VML
3 4 (0.89%) JSON
3 4 (0.89%) React
3 4 (0.89%) Spring
3 4 (0.89%) XML
4 3 (0.67%) CSS
4 3 (0.67%) REST
5 2 (0.44%) Ajax
5 2 (0.44%) CSS3
5 2 (0.44%) HTML5
5 2 (0.44%) Laravel
5 2 (0.44%) Node.js
5 2 (0.44%) RESTful
5 2 (0.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.33%) FMCG
2 23 (5.11%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.44%) EPoS
4 16 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (2.22%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.00%) Smartphone
8 8 (1.78%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.56%) Digital Signage
9 7 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.33%) Blog
10 6 (1.33%) CMDB
10 6 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.89%) e-Health
11 4 (0.89%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.67%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.11%) Windows
2 9 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 9 (2.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.56%) Unix
3 7 (1.56%) Windows 7
4 6 (1.33%) Linux
5 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.67%) Debian
6 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (14.89%) Customer Service
2 65 (14.44%) E-Commerce
3 60 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (10.67%) Agile
5 44 (9.78%) ITIL
5 44 (9.78%) Migration
6 41 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (8.44%) Project Management
8 37 (8.22%) Incident Management
9 33 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
10 31 (6.89%) CRM
10 31 (6.89%) Decision-Making
11 30 (6.67%) DevOps
12 29 (6.44%) Coaching
12 29 (6.44%) Time Management
13 22 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (4.67%) Data Migration
15 20 (4.44%) Analytics
16 19 (4.22%) Logistics
16 19 (4.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 60 (13.33%) SQL
2 20 (4.44%) Python
3 11 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.56%) Java
5 5 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.11%) VBA
6 4 (0.89%) PHP
7 3 (0.67%) Bash
7 3 (0.67%) Go
7 3 (0.67%) Scala
7 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.44%) C
8 2 (0.44%) C#
8 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.22%) ABAP
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (6.22%) A+ Certification
2 28 (6.22%) MCSA
3 27 (6.00%) Degree
4 20 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.78%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.33%) MCP
7 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.67%) CCNA
9 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.44%) CCNP
9 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.44%) PMP
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.22%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.33%) QA
2 14 (3.11%) PMO
2 14 (3.11%) SLA
3 12 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.33%) GDPR
5 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.89%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.67%) IFRS
7 3 (0.67%) IFRS 9
7 3 (0.67%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.44%) GRC
8 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.22%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 8 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.33%) Terraform
3 3 (0.67%) Ansible
3 3 (0.67%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.44%) Control-M
5 1 (0.22%) AppManager
5 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 45 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.78%) SAP
3 33 (7.33%) ServiceNow
4 29 (6.44%) Citrix
5 18 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.78%) Adobe
7 15 (3.33%) F5
8 10 (2.22%) Oracle
9 8 (1.78%) Google
10 7 (1.56%) Cisco
10 7 (1.56%) RedPrairie
11 6 (1.33%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.33%) Splunk
12 5 (1.11%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.11%) Informatica
12 5 (1.11%) Sitecore
12 5 (1.11%) Workday
13 3 (0.67%) Dell
13 3 (0.67%) Intel
13 3 (0.67%) JDA