Retail Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Retailing
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.73% - 2.58%
As % of the General category 1.21% - 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £24.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £16.34 £16.00
% change year-on-year +22.44% +2.09% -27.27%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 247 102 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 59.95% 55.14% 58.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 66 58
10th Percentile £185 £148 £181
25th Percentile £222 £170 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £383 £434
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -11.83% -13.18%
75th Percentile £536 £525 £500
90th Percentile £640 £689 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 5
10th Percentile £37.49 £12.74 £24.45
25th Percentile £47.50 £13.38 £27.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.43 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +186.82% -37.74% +23.08%
75th Percentile £54.38 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £25.55 £35.75
South East median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +99.26% -67.18% +9.24%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Retail job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Crawley - 2 £550 - 10
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Shopify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Contracts Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Development
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
1 2 (66.67%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) VMware