Retail Contracts in West Yorkshire

Retailing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 28 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Retail 43 43 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 5.78% 5.08% 8.78%
As % of the General category 9.79% 10.80% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 53
10th Percentile £404 £368 £415
25th Percentile £463 £417 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £444 £560
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -20.76% +6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £481 £688
90th Percentile £745 £568 £755
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.15 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £12.30 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.26% +80.95%
75th Percentile - £12.45 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £12.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year - -35.26% +80.95%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 439 398 823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 59.01% 47.04% 60.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 231 541
10th Percentile £235 £350 £333
25th Percentile £375 £444 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £652 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £465 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 33 17
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.15 £13.16
Median hourly rate £23.57 £14.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.16% -18.75% -3.74%
75th Percentile £81.25 £18.27 £21.31
90th Percentile £82.98 £40.00 £25.35
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +1.60%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in West Yorkshire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in West Yorkshire

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Retail
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds +1 41 £581 +29.17% 67
Bradford -5 1 £500 +56.25% 25
Retail
Yorkshire

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (9.30%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) Entra ID
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.28%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 4 (9.30%) Figma
4 4 (9.30%) Serverless
5 2 (4.65%) AWS
5 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.33%) OCI
6 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Firewall
1 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Storybook
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 29 (67.44%) Social Skills
2 18 (41.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Games
4 2 (4.65%) Banking
4 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Legal
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Support Manager
2 14 (32.56%) IT Manager
3 12 (27.91%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (27.91%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (27.91%) IT Support
3 12 (27.91%) IT Support Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Support Assistant
5 5 (11.63%) Lead
5 5 (11.63%) Project Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Compliance Executive
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Leader
7 3 (6.98%) Implementation Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Implementation Project Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Project Implementation Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Technical Leader
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Implementation Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Bootstrap
1 4 (9.30%) CSS
1 4 (9.30%) CSS3
1 4 (9.30%) Express.js
1 4 (9.30%) HTML
1 4 (9.30%) HTML5
1 4 (9.30%) Next.js
1 4 (9.30%) Node.js
1 4 (9.30%) React
1 4 (9.30%) Redux
1 4 (9.30%) RESTful
2 1 (2.33%) EDI
2 1 (2.33%) Middleware
2 1 (2.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (44.19%) iPhone
1 19 (44.19%) Smartphone
2 3 (6.98%) EPoS
3 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) FMCG
4 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (44.19%) Mac OS
2 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) ITIL
2 20 (46.51%) Incident Management
2 20 (46.51%) ITSM
2 20 (46.51%) Service Management
3 19 (44.19%) Customer Service
3 19 (44.19%) Mobile Device Management
4 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (18.60%) Project Management
5 8 (18.60%) Supplier Management
6 7 (16.28%) E-Commerce
7 5 (11.63%) Analytics
7 5 (11.63%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (11.63%) SEO
8 4 (9.30%) DevSecOps
8 4 (9.30%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (9.30%) Performance Analysis
8 4 (9.30%) Proactive Management
8 4 (9.30%) Progressive Web App
8 4 (9.30%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (9.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) ACCA
1 1 (2.33%) ACSP
1 1 (2.33%) ACTC
1 1 (2.33%) Degree
1 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (2.33%) PMP
1 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) COBIT
1 1 (2.33%) GDPR
1 1 (2.33%) PMO
1 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (44.19%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.33%) Ansible
2 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (44.19%) Apple
2 19 (44.19%) ServiceNow
3 6 (13.95%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.33%) Dell
4 1 (2.33%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.33%) F5
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) HP
4 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle