Retail Contracts in Wales

Retailing
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 42 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +27
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.03% 0.76% 2.20%
As % of the General category 1.96% 1.70% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - £583
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £147 - £586
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £597
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%

All General Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 153 176 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 52.58% 44.78% 47.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 96 215
10th Percentile £166 £143 £164
25th Percentile £261 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +5.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £558 £550
90th Percentile £590 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 14
10th Percentile £15.40 £11.39 -
25th Percentile £20.00 £11.88 £10.92
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.68 £11.56
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +96.19% -51.33%
75th Percentile £41.25 £51.75 £29.84
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.40 £46.14
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Wales

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Wales

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Wales

Retail
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South Wales +9 3 £147 - 36
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation