Retail Contracts in Yorkshire

Retailing
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 35 31
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Retail 37 72 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.64% 4.26% 5.21%
As % of the General category 5.87% 7.45% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 35 70
10th Percentile £310 £198 £413
25th Percentile £350 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -4.19% +7.50%
75th Percentile £450 £600 £634
90th Percentile £555 - £776
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 0
Median hourly rate - £12.30 -
England median hourly rate £30.25 £16.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +89.06% -19.23% +20.06%

All General Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 630 966 1,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 61.95% 57.19% 60.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 558 954
10th Percentile £254 £198 £304
25th Percentile £360 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £645 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 79 14
10th Percentile £11.60 £12.07 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £12.15 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.55 £14.63 £17.86
Median % change year-on-year +26.84% -18.11% -4.49%
75th Percentile £22.14 £15.19 £35.24
90th Percentile £38.68 £23.37 £63.82
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Yorkshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Yorkshire

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Yorkshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Yorkshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Yorkshire -13 28 £450 -10.00% 211
South Yorkshire +14 7 £364 - 23
North Yorkshire +11 2 £400 -33.33% 24
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (10.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (10.81%) AutoCAD
3 4 (10.81%) SketchUp
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Entra ID
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
General
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (29.73%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Games
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Support Manager
2 11 (29.73%) IT Manager
3 8 (21.62%) 1st Line Support
3 8 (21.62%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 8 (21.62%) IT Support
3 8 (21.62%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Project Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Support Assistant
5 4 (10.81%) Architect
6 3 (8.11%) AutoCAD Designer
6 3 (8.11%) CAD Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Compliance Executive
6 3 (8.11%) Designer
6 3 (8.11%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Senior
6 3 (8.11%) Solutions Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) iPhone
1 13 (35.14%) Smartphone
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) Client/Server
3 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) PMI
3 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.70%) Clustering
4 1 (2.70%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.70%) EPoS
4 1 (2.70%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.70%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) ITIL
1 15 (40.54%) ITSM
1 15 (40.54%) Service Management
2 13 (35.14%) Customer Service
2 13 (35.14%) Incident Management
2 13 (35.14%) Mobile Device Management
3 9 (24.32%) Project Management
4 5 (13.51%) Agile
4 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
4 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.81%) 3D Visualisation
5 4 (10.81%) Budgeting
5 4 (10.81%) Change Management
5 4 (10.81%) Programme Management
5 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
5 4 (10.81%) Visualisation
6 3 (8.11%) DevOps
6 3 (8.11%) Project Planning
6 3 (8.11%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (8.11%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
1 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 13 (35.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.70%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) ServiceNow
2 13 (35.14%) Apple
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) Adobe
4 2 (5.41%) Databricks
5 1 (2.70%) Commvault
5 1 (2.70%) IBM
5 1 (2.70%) Veeam
5 1 (2.70%) Veritas