Retail Contracts in London

Retailing
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 107 68
Rank change year-on-year +30 -39 +25
Contract jobs citing Retail 514 645 1,498
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.91% 2.46% 3.89%
As % of the General category 4.61% 3.89% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 402 946
10th Percentile £297 £351 £413
25th Percentile £408 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% -6.38% +11.90%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £700
90th Percentile £738 £825 £800
England median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £31.17 £38.13
Median hourly rate £19.75 £31.92 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.13% -36.16% -30.56%
75th Percentile £33.22 £32.67 £66.25
90th Percentile £49.48 - £72.85
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +13.79%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,147 16,587 23,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.17% 63.31% 60.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,946 12,019 16,736
10th Percentile £336 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 212 294
10th Percentile £15.90 £16.40 £19.22
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.18 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.71 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% -15.44% +33.83%
75th Percentile £44.75 £57.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.44%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in London

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in London

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in London

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in London

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Retail in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Retail in London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Central London +43 80 £525 - 54
West London +26 7 £250 -2.91% 36
East London -1 1 £575 +31.43% 21
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 6 (1.17%) CMS
2 4 (0.78%) Headless CMS
2 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.58%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.39%) SAS
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.19%) Appian
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.95%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.17%) InDesign
8 5 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.78%) Trello
10 3 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.39%) Sketch
12 1 (0.19%) Blender
12 1 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.19%) InVision
Business Applications
1 26 (5.06%) Shopify
2 22 (4.28%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.17%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.78%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.39%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 2 (0.39%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 73 (14.20%) Azure
2 41 (7.98%) AWS
3 40 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 34 (6.61%) GCP
5 31 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.09%) BigCommerce
7 21 (4.09%) Power Automate
7 21 (4.09%) PowerApps
8 16 (3.11%) Google Analytics
9 13 (2.53%) Serverless
10 12 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
11 10 (1.95%) GitHub
12 9 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (1.56%) Apigee
13 8 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.56%) Figma
14 5 (0.97%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (0.97%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.39%) ATM
2 2 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (0.39%) CTI
2 2 (0.39%) DHCP
2 2 (0.39%) DNS
2 2 (0.39%) FTP
2 2 (0.39%) Internet
2 2 (0.39%) Network Security
2 2 (0.39%) RFID
2 2 (0.39%) SCCP
2 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.39%) VoIP
2 2 (0.39%) VPN
2 2 (0.39%) Wireless
3 1 (0.19%) VLAN
3 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.78%) Power BI
2 29 (5.64%) Data Lake
3 12 (2.33%) MySQL
3 12 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.95%) BigQuery
4 10 (1.95%) Metadata
4 10 (1.95%) Tableau
5 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.36%) Looker
7 6 (1.17%) Data Mining
7 6 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.17%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.78%) Big Data
8 4 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.92%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.33%) Git
3 10 (1.95%) JIRA
4 9 (1.75%) Postman
5 8 (1.56%) ERwin
6 6 (1.17%) Maven
6 6 (1.17%) Selenium
7 4 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.58%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.39%) Appium
9 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.39%) GitLab
9 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.19%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.19%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 142 (27.63%) Finance
2 140 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 68 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (13.04%) Marketing
5 57 (11.09%) Banking
6 33 (6.42%) Investment Banking
7 30 (5.84%) Corporate Banking
8 29 (5.64%) Public Sector
9 27 (5.25%) Retail Banking
10 25 (4.86%) Manufacturing
11 21 (4.09%) General Ledger
12 17 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (2.14%) Advertising
13 11 (2.14%) Legal
14 10 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.75%) Electronics
15 9 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.97%) Automotive
16 5 (0.97%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (11.67%) Project Manager
2 59 (11.48%) Analyst
3 57 (11.09%) Architect
4 48 (9.34%) Senior
5 41 (7.98%) Consultant
6 39 (7.59%) Lead
7 38 (7.39%) Developer
8 30 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
9 29 (5.64%) Business Analyst
10 19 (3.70%) Microsoft Consultant
11 15 (2.92%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.72%) Product Manager
13 13 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 13 (2.53%) Enterprise Architect
13 13 (2.53%) Product Owner
14 12 (2.33%) Data Architect
15 11 (2.14%) Functional Consultant
15 11 (2.14%) Java Engineer
16 10 (1.95%) PMO Manager
17 9 (1.75%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.31%) HTML
2 16 (3.11%) CSS
2 16 (3.11%) React
2 16 (3.11%) VML
3 15 (2.92%) Spring
4 12 (2.33%) GraphQL
4 12 (2.33%) Node.js
4 12 (2.33%) Spring Boot
5 11 (2.14%) .NET
5 11 (2.14%) REST
6 10 (1.95%) jQuery
6 10 (1.95%) Web Services
7 9 (1.75%) Swagger
8 8 (1.56%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.36%) JSON
10 6 (1.17%) PySpark
10 6 (1.17%) Sass
11 5 (0.97%) Java EE
11 5 (0.97%) Middleware
11 5 (0.97%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.06%) Data Structures
2 23 (4.47%) FMCG
3 20 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 15 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.75%) Credit Risk
6 9 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.56%) Wiki
8 7 (1.36%) Life Science
8 7 (1.36%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.17%) EPoS
10 5 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.97%) Mobile Banking
10 5 (0.97%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.78%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.78%) Replication
12 3 (0.58%) Graphic Design
12 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.72%) Windows
2 13 (2.53%) Apple iOS
3 11 (2.14%) Android
4 6 (1.17%) Linux
4 6 (1.17%) Unix
5 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.58%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (23.15%) Agile
2 73 (14.20%) E-Commerce
3 66 (12.84%) DevOps
4 61 (11.87%) Analytics
5 54 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (9.34%) Customer Experience
7 47 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (8.56%) Project Management
9 36 (7.00%) CI/CD
9 36 (7.00%) Roadmaps
10 34 (6.61%) Scrum
11 32 (6.23%) Software Engineering
12 29 (5.64%) Microservices
12 29 (5.64%) Wealth Management
13 27 (5.25%) Accounts Payable
13 27 (5.25%) Data Modelling
13 27 (5.25%) Requirements Gathering
14 26 (5.06%) CRM
14 26 (5.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.34%) SQL
2 47 (9.14%) Python
3 24 (4.67%) Java
4 22 (4.28%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.92%) C#
6 9 (1.75%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.36%) Go
7 7 (1.36%) PHP
8 5 (0.97%) ABAP
9 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.58%) R
10 2 (0.39%) Perl
10 2 (0.39%) Scala
11 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.19%) Bash
11 1 (0.19%) C
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.19%) Ruby
11 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (12.65%) Degree
2 12 (2.33%) PMI Certification
3 11 (2.14%) Master's Degree
4 10 (1.95%) PMP
5 9 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.97%) CISSP
6 5 (0.97%) SAP Certification
6 5 (0.97%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.97%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.78%) CEH
8 3 (0.58%) CIMA
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CISA
9 2 (0.39%) CISM
9 2 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.39%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.28%) PMO
2 17 (3.31%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.31%) QA
3 16 (3.11%) GDPR
4 8 (1.56%) SLA
5 6 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.58%) COBIT
7 3 (0.58%) GAAP
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.58%) NIST
8 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.39%) IFRS
8 2 (0.39%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.39%) P3O
8 2 (0.39%) PSD2
8 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 13 (2.53%) Docker
2 11 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.75%) Ansible
2 9 (1.75%) Terraform
3 5 (0.97%) Puppet
4 4 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.58%) Kibana
6 2 (0.39%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.39%) Nessus
6 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.39%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) Consul
7 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.19%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) Packer
7 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 86 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.62%) SAP
3 50 (9.73%) Google
4 45 (8.75%) Adobe
5 30 (5.84%) Salesforce
6 23 (4.47%) Oracle
7 21 (4.09%) Sitecore
8 12 (2.33%) Apple
9 11 (2.14%) Databricks
10 10 (1.95%) Dell
10 10 (1.95%) Optimizely
11 9 (1.75%) Intel
12 8 (1.56%) Cisco
12 8 (1.56%) Monetate
12 8 (1.56%) Planview
12 8 (1.56%) Sparx
13 6 (1.17%) Ensighten
13 6 (1.17%) Omniture
13 6 (1.17%) Tealium
14 4 (0.78%) Workday