Retail Contracts with Work from Home Options

Retailing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 74 93 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 -35 +36
Contract jobs citing Retail 411 627 1,807
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.73% 2.50% 4.11%
As % of the General category 4.65% 4.28% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 405 1,122
10th Percentile £300 £363 £400
25th Percentile £378 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £770
UK median daily rate £505 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -4.72% -1.40% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 28
10th Percentile £24.22 - £13.11
25th Percentile £26.44 - £17.81
Median hourly rate £30.12 £22.16 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.92% +3.07% +72.00%
75th Percentile £36.31 £27.42 £36.25
90th Percentile £40.02 £32.67 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +10.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,844 14,638 23,927
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 58.47% 54.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,806 10,312 17,373
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 333 343
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.95 £19.43
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +38.30%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.20 £65.45
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £34.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.29% +54.55% -2.22%

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Retail daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Retail hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (1.95%) CMS
2 8 (1.95%) Confluence
3 3 (0.73%) Headless CMS
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.49%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.49%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.49%) Mule
4 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.22%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.97%) InDesign
5 4 (0.97%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.73%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (8.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (7.30%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (3.16%) SAP Retail
4 9 (2.19%) SAP Hybris
5 7 (1.70%) Shopify
6 5 (1.22%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.97%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.73%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.49%) SAP CAR
9 2 (0.49%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
10 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.24%) Magento
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (15.57%) Azure
2 44 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 38 (9.25%) Dynamics 365
4 34 (8.27%) AWS
5 27 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.35%) GCP
6 22 (5.35%) Power Automate
6 22 (5.35%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.19%) Adobe Analytics
7 9 (2.19%) Google Analytics
7 9 (2.19%) Google Sheets
7 9 (2.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 7 (1.70%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.70%) Serverless
8 7 (1.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (1.22%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.22%) CloudFront
10 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.22%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.43%) DNS
2 9 (2.19%) VPN
3 8 (1.95%) Network Security
4 5 (1.22%) CTI
4 5 (1.22%) Firewall
4 5 (1.22%) VoIP
5 3 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.73%) DHCP
5 3 (0.73%) VLAN
6 2 (0.49%) ATM
6 2 (0.49%) SCCP
6 2 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.24%) Broadband
7 1 (0.24%) FTP
7 1 (0.24%) HTTP
7 1 (0.24%) IPsec
7 1 (0.24%) LAN
7 1 (0.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.22%) Power BI
2 24 (5.84%) Data Lake
3 18 (4.38%) Tableau
4 14 (3.41%) Metadata
5 10 (2.43%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.19%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.95%) MySQL
8 7 (1.70%) Looker
9 5 (1.22%) GIS
9 5 (1.22%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.73%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.49%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.49%) Redis
12 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.60%) JIRA
2 12 (2.92%) ERwin
3 6 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (0.97%) Postman
4 4 (0.97%) Selenium
5 3 (0.73%) Git
5 3 (0.73%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.49%) Appium
6 2 (0.49%) GitLab
6 2 (0.49%) Maven
7 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.24%) Darcs
7 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.24%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.24%) Travis CI
General
1 128 (31.14%) Finance
2 95 (23.11%) Social Skills
3 56 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.19%) Marketing
5 28 (6.81%) Manufacturing
5 28 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.57%) Banking
7 22 (5.35%) General Ledger
8 16 (3.89%) Legal
8 16 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 15 (3.65%) Electronics
10 14 (3.41%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.41%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.92%) Retail Banking
12 9 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.95%) Advertising
13 8 (1.95%) Publishing
14 6 (1.46%) Automotive
14 6 (1.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 68 (16.55%) Consultant
2 56 (13.63%) Architect
3 44 (10.71%) Developer
4 43 (10.46%) Project Manager
5 42 (10.22%) Analyst
6 31 (7.54%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (6.33%) Senior
8 25 (6.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 22 (5.35%) Business Analyst
10 20 (4.87%) Lead
11 17 (4.14%) Enterprise Architect
12 15 (3.65%) Microsoft Consultant
13 14 (3.41%) Data Architect
13 14 (3.41%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (2.92%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.92%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (2.92%) SAP Manager
15 11 (2.68%) Enterprise Data Architect
16 10 (2.43%) Integration Consultant
16 10 (2.43%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.16%) CSS
2 11 (2.68%) HTML
2 11 (2.68%) Web Services
3 10 (2.43%) React
3 10 (2.43%) REST
4 8 (1.95%) GraphQL
4 8 (1.95%) JSON
4 8 (1.95%) Middleware
4 8 (1.95%) Node.js
5 7 (1.70%) jQuery
5 7 (1.70%) Sass
6 6 (1.46%) OAuth
6 6 (1.46%) OAuth2
6 6 (1.46%) Spring
7 5 (1.22%) SAML
7 5 (1.22%) VML
7 5 (1.22%) XML
8 4 (0.97%) DOM
8 4 (0.97%) Laravel
8 4 (0.97%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.33%) Data Structures
2 20 (4.87%) FMCG
2 20 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (2.92%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.92%) Wiki
4 10 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.70%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.22%) IVR
7 5 (1.22%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (0.97%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.97%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) Unix
2 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.73%) Android
3 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.73%) Linux
4 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (17.76%) Agile
2 63 (15.33%) DevOps
3 56 (13.63%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (11.68%) E-Commerce
5 40 (9.73%) Project Management
6 37 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (8.52%) Analytics
8 34 (8.27%) Migration
9 27 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (6.08%) CRM
11 24 (5.84%) Accounts Payable
11 24 (5.84%) Requirements Gathering
11 24 (5.84%) Roadmaps
12 23 (5.60%) CI/CD
12 23 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (5.60%) Requirements Workshops
13 22 (5.35%) Accounts Receivable
13 22 (5.35%) Customer Experience
13 22 (5.35%) ERP
13 22 (5.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.68%) SQL
2 29 (7.06%) Python
3 16 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.68%) Java
5 7 (1.70%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.46%) ABAP
6 6 (1.46%) PHP
6 6 (1.46%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.22%) Go
8 2 (0.49%) C#
8 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.49%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.49%) R
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) Bicep
9 1 (0.24%) C
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Rust
9 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (11.44%) Degree
2 13 (3.16%) AWS Certification
3 11 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.19%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.95%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.95%) PMP
6 8 (1.95%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.95%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.46%) SAP Certification
9 5 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.49%) CEH
10 2 (0.49%) CISM
10 2 (0.49%) CISSP
10 2 (0.49%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.49%) CSPO
10 2 (0.49%) CSSLP
11 1 (0.24%) CCNA
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.87%) GDPR
2 19 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.41%) QA
4 13 (3.16%) PMO
5 7 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.22%) SLA
7 4 (0.97%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.73%) NIST
9 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.49%) COBIT
9 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.24%) GAAP
10 1 (0.24%) IFRS
10 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 11 (2.68%) Docker
2 7 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.46%) Terraform
2 5 (1.22%) Ansible
3 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.49%) CloudHub
4 2 (0.49%) Grafana
4 2 (0.49%) Nessus
4 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.49%) Puppet
5 1 (0.24%) AppManager
5 1 (0.24%) Consul
5 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.24%) Kibana
5 1 (0.24%) logstash
5 1 (0.24%) MOM
5 1 (0.24%) Packer
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (17.76%) SAP
2 68 (16.55%) Microsoft
3 35 (8.52%) Google
4 27 (6.57%) Adobe
5 20 (4.87%) Oracle
6 15 (3.65%) Workday
7 12 (2.92%) Sparx
8 11 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.95%) Cisco
10 7 (1.70%) RedPrairie
11 6 (1.46%) Apple
11 6 (1.46%) Databricks
11 6 (1.46%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.22%) Avaya
12 5 (1.22%) Genesys
12 5 (1.22%) Monetate
12 5 (1.22%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.22%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.97%) Ensighten
13 4 (0.97%) Tealium