Retailing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 107 71 75
Rank change year-on-year -36 +4 +56
Contract jobs citing Retail 1,019 2,534 2,933
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.26% 3.26% 3.28%
As % of the General category 3.80% 5.50% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 1,471 1,778
10th Percentile £285 £331 £363
25th Percentile £415 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £749 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 94 82
10th Percentile £15.33 - £12.00
25th Percentile £18.78 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.81 £19.81 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year - +39.02% +18.75%
75th Percentile £20.94 £22.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £29.75 - £60.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.81 £19.81 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +41.50% +33.33%

All General Skills
UK

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,826 46,099 47,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.55% 59.29% 53.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,800 31,532 32,758
10th Percentile £283 £319 £310
25th Percentile £421 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £625
90th Percentile £750 £763 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 1,233 1,436
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +28.07% -13.24%
75th Percentile £59.00 £57.50 £43.00
90th Percentile £71.53 £70.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.72 £17.34
% change year-on-year +38.12% +25.30% -17.65%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the UK

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Retail over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Hourly rate histogram for Retail in the UK

Retail
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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
England -29 921 £525 -4.55% 2,196
UK excluding London -17 477 £500 -1.96% 1,596
London -45 419 £550 -0.90% 771
Work from Home -27 397 £525 -4.55% 1,054
North of England +5 166 £550 +10.00% 468
South East -12 110 £500 -9.09% 336
Yorkshire +1 103 £550 +7.84% 169
East of England -24 82 £310 -43.64% 138
North West +24 56 £550 +15.79% 257
South West +19 54 £475 -9.52% 183
Midlands +6 50 £551 +22.33% 304
West Midlands +50 42 £556 +11.14% 160
Scotland +7 9 £430 -11.79% 127
East Midlands -23 7 £313 -26.47% 143
North East +27 6 £723 +31.36% 51
Wales +15 4 £550 +254.84% 52
Northern Ireland +14 3 £143 -76.25% 29

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (2.16%) Confluence
2 14 (1.37%) CMS
3 9 (0.88%) SAS
4 8 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.098%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.098%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.098%) JBoss
8 1 (0.098%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.098%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.098%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.88%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.29%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.29%) FreeHand
8 3 (0.29%) InDesign
8 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.20%) Revit
10 1 (0.098%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.098%) Stata
10 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (5.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.83%) SAP Retail
3 29 (2.85%) Shopify
4 20 (1.96%) SAP CAR
5 19 (1.86%) Oracle Retail
6 18 (1.77%) SAP SD
7 14 (1.37%) SAP MM
8 13 (1.28%) SAP FI
8 13 (1.28%) SAP MDG
9 12 (1.18%) Magento
9 12 (1.18%) SAP SCM
10 9 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
10 9 (0.88%) SAP CO
10 9 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.69%) NetSuite
11 7 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
11 7 (0.69%) SAP LE
12 6 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.59%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
12 6 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (9.22%) Azure
2 87 (8.54%) AWS
3 39 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.73%) GCP
5 32 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (2.75%) Serverless
7 27 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 24 (2.36%) BigCommerce
9 21 (2.06%) SaaS
10 20 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (1.47%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.47%) GitHub
12 13 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (1.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 9 (0.88%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (2.16%) Firewall
3 12 (1.18%) Network Security
4 9 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
4 9 (0.88%) WAN
5 8 (0.79%) Internet
5 8 (0.79%) LAN
5 8 (0.79%) Wireless
6 7 (0.69%) DNS
7 6 (0.59%) DHCP
7 6 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.49%) VPN
9 4 (0.39%) FTP
9 4 (0.39%) VLAN
9 4 (0.39%) VoIP
10 3 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.29%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.26%) Power BI
1 23 (2.26%) Tableau
2 20 (1.96%) Metadata
3 18 (1.77%) MySQL
4 14 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.28%) Big Data
6 11 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.98%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.79%) Data Mining
8 8 (0.79%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.69%) SAP BW
10 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.59%) Hadoop
10 6 (0.59%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 61 (5.99%) JIRA
2 25 (2.45%) ERwin
3 22 (2.16%) Git
4 21 (2.06%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.98%) GitLab
6 5 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.39%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.29%) JMeter
9 2 (0.20%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.20%) Darcs
9 2 (0.20%) Maven
9 2 (0.20%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.20%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 284 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 221 (21.69%) Finance
3 111 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (9.62%) Marketing
5 75 (7.36%) Banking
6 55 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 37 (3.63%) Retail Banking
8 36 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 31 (3.04%) Automotive
10 30 (2.94%) Legal
10 30 (2.94%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (2.55%) Investment Banking
13 25 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.26%) Corporate Banking
14 23 (2.26%) Electronics
14 23 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.67%) Advertising
16 14 (1.37%) Law
17 9 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 173 (16.98%) Analyst
2 124 (12.17%) Architect
3 100 (9.81%) Consultant
4 97 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 75 (7.36%) Business Analyst
6 74 (7.26%) Senior
7 73 (7.16%) Developer
8 65 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (5.79%) Lead
10 57 (5.59%) SAP Consultant
11 32 (3.14%) Data Architect
12 24 (2.36%) Enterprise Architect
12 24 (2.36%) Programme Manager
12 24 (2.36%) Service Analyst
13 23 (2.26%) Service Desk Analyst
14 21 (2.06%) Designer
15 19 (1.86%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
15 19 (1.86%) Data Engineer
16 18 (1.77%) Support Analyst
17 16 (1.57%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.96%) HTML
2 15 (1.47%) CSS
3 14 (1.37%) React
4 12 (1.18%) .NET
4 12 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.08%) REST
6 10 (0.98%) EDI
6 10 (0.98%) Kafka
6 10 (0.98%) SAP ALE
6 10 (0.98%) XML
7 8 (0.79%) IDoc
8 7 (0.69%) Node.js
8 7 (0.69%) OAuth
9 6 (0.59%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.59%) JSON
9 6 (0.59%) OpenID
9 6 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (0.59%) SAP TM
9 6 (0.59%) Velocity
10 5 (0.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.73%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.53%) FMCG
3 26 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
4 22 (2.16%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.86%) Digital Signage
8 18 (1.77%) Wiki
9 16 (1.57%) Credit Risk
10 15 (1.47%) EPoS
10 15 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 13 (1.28%) Life Science
12 12 (1.18%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.18%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.08%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.88%) Graphic Design
15 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
16 7 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.91%) Windows
2 31 (3.04%) Linux
3 22 (2.16%) Apple iOS
3 22 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 16 (1.57%) Unix
5 15 (1.47%) Windows 7
6 12 (1.18%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.79%) AIX
8 6 (0.59%) Android
9 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.39%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.39%) Rocky
10 4 (0.39%) SUSE
11 2 (0.20%) Solaris
12 1 (0.098%) MVS
12 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (18.45%) Agile
2 160 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 151 (14.82%) E-Commerce
4 116 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (10.21%) Project Management
6 72 (7.07%) Analytics
7 71 (6.97%) DevOps
8 69 (6.77%) Roadmaps
9 65 (6.38%) Customer Service
10 63 (6.18%) Change Management
11 58 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (5.40%) Data Modelling
13 54 (5.30%) CRM
14 50 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (4.51%) Decision-Making
16 44 (4.32%) B2B
16 44 (4.32%) Logistics
17 43 (4.22%) Migration
18 42 (4.12%) CI/CD
19 41 (4.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 108 (10.60%) SQL
2 72 (7.07%) Python
3 31 (3.04%) Java
4 25 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.16%) Go
6 13 (1.28%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.18%) C#
7 12 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.98%) PHP
9 9 (0.88%) ABAP
9 9 (0.88%) Bash
9 9 (0.88%) C
9 9 (0.88%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.69%) VBA
11 6 (0.59%) Scala
12 5 (0.49%) C++
12 5 (0.49%) Groovy
12 5 (0.49%) ProC
13 4 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (8.24%) Degree
2 36 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.34%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.06%) PMP
5 20 (1.96%) MCP
6 17 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.18%) CISSP
8 10 (0.98%) CCNA
9 9 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.69%) CCNP
10 7 (0.69%) CISM
11 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.39%) CBAP
12 4 (0.39%) CCIE
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.81%) QA
2 32 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 29 (2.85%) GDPR
4 23 (2.26%) PMO
5 19 (1.86%) NIST
6 18 (1.77%) SLA
7 12 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.29%) GRC
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.20%) P3O
12 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.098%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.098%) IFRS
13 1 (0.098%) JTAG
System Software
1 37 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.55%) Docker
3 7 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.098%) HDFS
8 1 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.94%) Terraform
3 21 (2.06%) Ansible
4 12 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.08%) Grafana
5 11 (1.08%) Puppet
6 8 (0.79%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.59%) MOM
8 5 (0.49%) CASB
9 4 (0.39%) Avamar
9 4 (0.39%) Consul
9 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.39%) Packer
9 4 (0.39%) SCCM
9 4 (0.39%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (0.29%) Nagios
10 3 (0.29%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.20%) logstash
Vendors
1 190 (18.65%) SAP
2 94 (9.22%) Microsoft
3 70 (6.87%) Oracle
4 54 (5.30%) Adobe
5 46 (4.51%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.75%) Cisco
7 25 (2.45%) Google
7 25 (2.45%) Sitecore
8 18 (1.77%) Sun
9 17 (1.67%) Meraki
9 17 (1.67%) Sparx
10 16 (1.57%) Ariba
11 11 (1.08%) IBM
11 11 (1.08%) JDA
12 10 (0.98%) Workday
13 9 (0.88%) VMware
14 8 (0.79%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.69%) Databricks
16 6 (0.59%) Informatica
16 6 (0.59%) Teradata