Retail Contracts in the South West

Retailing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 110 75
Rank change year-on-year -21 -35 -18
Contract jobs citing Retail 23 63 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 1.78% 2.98%
As % of the General category 1.42% 3.65% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 50 69
10th Percentile - £361 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +2.44%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £625
90th Percentile £813 £684 £720
England median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £10.52 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile £14.70 - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +13.79%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,619 1,727 1,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.88% 48.84% 51.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,277 1,308
10th Percentile £214 £275 £228
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £497
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.71% +7.41%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £589
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 119 136
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.45 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £36.88 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £60.00 £42.29
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +41.89% +5.71%
75th Percentile £70.18 £69.38 £55.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £86.65 £64.50
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.17%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Somerset +1 9 £475 +11.76% 28
Gloucestershire -1 5 £450 -7.69% 21
Bristol -3 4 £663 +26.19% 55
Devon -11 2 - - 30
Wiltshire -3 1 - - 29
Dorset - 1 £465 - 15
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.35%) CMS
1 1 (4.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Shopify
2 2 (8.70%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) BigCommerce
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) LAN
1 3 (13.04%) VoIP
1 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (13.04%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Marketing
3 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) General Ledger
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) IT Manager
1 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Administrator
2 3 (13.04%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Support Assistant
2 3 (13.04%) Technical Assistant
2 3 (13.04%) Technical Support
2 3 (13.04%) Technical Support Assistant
3 2 (8.70%) Data Administrator
3 2 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) VML
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Blog
2 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 4 (17.39%) Change Management
3 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.04%) B2B
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Acquisition
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Experience
4 3 (13.04%) DevOps
4 3 (13.04%) Global Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Load Balancing
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Data Entry
5 2 (8.70%) Data Validation
5 2 (8.70%) Validation
6 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (4.35%) Budget Control
6 1 (4.35%) Facilities Management
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) SAP
3 3 (13.04%) Adobe
3 3 (13.04%) Aruba
3 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) Dell
3 3 (13.04%) F5
3 3 (13.04%) Intel
3 3 (13.04%) Meraki
3 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) Sitecore
4 1 (4.35%) Ceridian