Retail Contract Job Trends in Watford

Retailing
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing Retail 20 2 16
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 18.02% 4.08% 17.39%
As % of the General category 32.26% 13.33% 37.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 7
10th Percentile - - £250
25th Percentile £238 - £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £325
75th Percentile £638 - £550
90th Percentile - - £640
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.33
25th Percentile - - £14.44
Median hourly rate £13.66 - £14.75
75th Percentile - - £14.94
90th Percentile - - £14.98
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £13.66 - £14.75

All General Skills
Watford

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 general skills in Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 62 15 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 55.86% 30.61% 46.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 10 24
10th Percentile £238 £297 £274
25th Percentile £325 £372 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +33.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £581 £584 £452
90th Percentile £638 £589 £618
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -9.52% +31.25% -24.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile £14.57 - £13.20
25th Percentile - - £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.96 - £14.13
75th Percentile £15.51 - £14.75
90th Percentile £18.70 - £14.90
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% -29.80%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Watford

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Watford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Watford over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Watford

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Figma
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Product Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Project Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Buyer
7 1 (5.00%) Designer
7 1 (5.00%) HR Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Transformation Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Transformation Project Manager
7 1 (5.00%) UX Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Workday Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) mPOS
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) API Integration
4 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (20.00%) System Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
5 3 (15.00%) Order Management
5 3 (15.00%) Product Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (5.00%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (5.00%) Creative Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) BT
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Workday