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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 46 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 -23 +5
Contract jobs citing Retail 54 60 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.52% 3.98% 6.68%
As % of the General category 5.56% 7.43% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 66
10th Percentile £334 £414 £260
25th Percentile £365 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -3.41% +7.84%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £688
90th Percentile £714 - £775
England median daily rate £525 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -3.64%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £19.81
% change year-on-year - -17.72% +1.59%

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 971 808 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 63.30% 53.58% 60.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 452 793
10th Percentile £235 £313 £264
25th Percentile £366 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £625
90th Percentile £636 £661 £700
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.20% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 58 26
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.48 £13.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +1.60%
75th Percentile £26.15 £24.87 £22.02
90th Percentile £81.25 £40.75 £31.04
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +11.88%

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 16 August 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 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -4 43 £563 +26.76% 108
South Yorkshire -10 9 £364 -32.28% 39
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.41%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.85%) SAP CAR
2 1 (1.85%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.19%) Entra ID
1 19 (35.19%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.96%) Azure
3 5 (9.26%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 4 (7.41%) Figma
4 4 (7.41%) Serverless
5 2 (3.70%) AWS
5 2 (3.70%) GCP
5 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.85%) OCI
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
1 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.85%) Power BI
1 1 (1.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Storybook
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (14.81%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Games
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.56%) Legal
7 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Local Government
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Support Manager
2 16 (29.63%) IT Manager
3 12 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (22.22%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (22.22%) IT Support
3 12 (22.22%) IT Support Manager
4 7 (12.96%) Project Manager
5 6 (11.11%) Support Assistant
6 5 (9.26%) Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Lead
7 4 (7.41%) Compliance Executive
7 4 (7.41%) Technical Leader
8 3 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
8 3 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Senior
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Solutions Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Technical Leader
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) Bootstrap
1 4 (7.41%) CSS
1 4 (7.41%) CSS3
1 4 (7.41%) Express.js
1 4 (7.41%) HTML
1 4 (7.41%) HTML5
1 4 (7.41%) Next.js
1 4 (7.41%) Node.js
1 4 (7.41%) React
1 4 (7.41%) Redux
1 4 (7.41%) RESTful
2 2 (3.70%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) EDI
3 1 (1.85%) PySpark
3 1 (1.85%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.19%) iPhone
1 19 (35.19%) Smartphone
2 3 (5.56%) EPoS
2 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.85%) FMCG
4 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) ITIL
2 20 (37.04%) Incident Management
2 20 (37.04%) ITSM
2 20 (37.04%) Service Management
3 19 (35.19%) Customer Service
3 19 (35.19%) Mobile Device Management
4 13 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.37%) Project Management
6 9 (16.67%) E-Commerce
7 8 (14.81%) Agile
7 8 (14.81%) Supplier Management
8 6 (11.11%) Analytics
9 5 (9.26%) DevOps
9 5 (9.26%) Project Governance
9 5 (9.26%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (9.26%) SEO
10 4 (7.41%) B2C
10 4 (7.41%) Change Management
10 4 (7.41%) Project Planning
10 4 (7.41%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) ACCA
2 1 (1.85%) ACSP
2 1 (1.85%) ACTC
2 1 (1.85%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.85%) PMP
2 1 (1.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) PMO
2 1 (1.85%) COBIT
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 19 (35.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 19 (35.19%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.85%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.85%) Puppet
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.19%) Apple
2 19 (35.19%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.85%) Commvault
5 1 (1.85%) Dell
5 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.85%) F5
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) HP
5 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.85%) NCR
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Toshiba
5 1 (1.85%) Veeam
5 1 (1.85%) Veritas