Retail Contracts in the West Midlands

Retailing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 102 74
Rank change year-on-year +32 -28 +19
Contract jobs citing Retail 43 41 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.23% 1.71% 2.95%
As % of the General category 3.93% 2.94% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 84
10th Percentile £528 £316 £290
25th Percentile £575 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +2.15% +14.81%
75th Percentile £750 £531 £575
90th Percentile £813 £663 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £11.06 - -
25th Percentile £11.23 - -
Median hourly rate £13.83 - -
75th Percentile £16.63 - -
90th Percentile £16.67 - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +26.92%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,093 1,393 1,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.69% 58.24% 56.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 978 1,508
10th Percentile £263 £225 £250
25th Percentile £398 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +5.32% +17.28%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £546
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.67% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 42 55
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.90 £12.70 £12.90
Median hourly rate £19.59 £17.85 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.75% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £39.34 £26.82 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £56.63 £23.15
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.76% +58.69% -4.78%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +11 13 £725 +48.72% 68
Coventry +22 11 £650 +17.65% 9
Warwickshire +4 7 £500 +24.22% 7
Staffordshire 0 3 £750 +57.07% 25
Wolverhampton - 1 £525 - 3
Walsall - 1 - - 3
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 2 (4.65%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) AWS
3 5 (11.63%) CloudFront
3 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) DNS
1 5 (11.63%) Network Security
1 5 (11.63%) VPN
2 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Vault
1 1 (2.33%) Tableau
General
1 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Automotive
4 6 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Marketing
6 2 (4.65%) Cantonese Language
6 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (4.65%) Publishing
7 1 (2.33%) Back Office
7 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (13.95%) Analyst
2 5 (11.63%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (11.63%) Business Analyst
2 5 (11.63%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (11.63%) Lead
2 5 (11.63%) Security Engineer
3 4 (9.30%) IT Support
4 3 (6.98%) Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Technical Leader
5 2 (4.65%) Agile Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.65%) Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Head of Analytics
5 2 (4.65%) Mobile Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Product Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Retail Business Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Workday Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) OAuth
1 5 (11.63%) OAuth2
1 5 (11.63%) SAML
2 2 (4.65%) React Native
3 1 (2.33%) Dask
3 1 (2.33%) Keras
3 1 (2.33%) NumPy
3 1 (2.33%) Pandas
3 1 (2.33%) PySpark
3 1 (2.33%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.33%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.33%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Cloud Native
1 5 (11.63%) FMCG
2 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.33%) CCTV
3 1 (2.33%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Agile
2 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (11.63%) Application Security
3 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
3 5 (11.63%) Cloud Security
3 5 (11.63%) Data Security
3 5 (11.63%) Defensive Programming
3 5 (11.63%) DevSecOps
3 5 (11.63%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (11.63%) Incident Response
3 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (11.63%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (11.63%) Task Automation
3 5 (11.63%) The Twelve-Factor App
4 4 (9.30%) Analytics
4 4 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (9.30%) Data Integration
4 4 (9.30%) Data Science
4 4 (9.30%) Migration
5 3 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) AWS Certification
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) PhD
3 1 (2.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
1 5 (11.63%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Informatica
2 3 (6.98%) PeopleSoft
2 3 (6.98%) Workday
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle
4 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.33%) SAP