Retek Contract Job Trends

Retek
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Retek products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retek over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Retek, Inc.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 - 637
Rank change year-on-year - - +204
Contract jobs citing Retek 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.006% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £516 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.17%
75th Percentile £549 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 - -

All Vendors
UK

Retek falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,623 16,765 21,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.61% 44.50% 45.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,611 9,871 14,147
10th Percentile £278 £288 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 813 615 673
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.84 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% -26.74% +79.84%
75th Percentile £40.65 £64.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.90 £70.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.35 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.85% -29.41% +111.13%

Retek
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retek relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Retek job vacancy trend in the UK

Retek
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Retek.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Retek

Retek
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Retek.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Retek

Retek
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retek within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England - 1 £533 - 1
East of England - 1 £533 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £533 - 1

Retek
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Retail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle