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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 107 65
Rank change year-on-year -22 -42 -3
Contract jobs citing Retail 24 55 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.74% 1.62% 3.12%
As % of the General category 1.48% 3.36% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 45 84
10th Percentile £375 £355 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £638
90th Percentile £813 £770 £750
England median daily rate £513 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -3.30% - +6.00%
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 £20.41 £16.50
% change year-on-year -21.59% +23.67% +22.22%

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 1,627 1,639 1,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.11% 48.19% 51.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 1,203 1,338
10th Percentile £235 £276 £250
25th Percentile £413 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +10.07%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £719 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 110 137
10th Percentile £13.41 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £18.19 £39.55 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +42.86% -1.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £55.83
90th Percentile £73.85 £87.75 £62.79
England median hourly rate £31.00 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -2.88% +48.47% +2.14%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 10 £475 +11.76% 63
Bristol +5 6 £500 -16.67% 67
Gloucestershire +1 4 £450 -5.26% 44
Devon -10 2 - - 32
Wiltshire -1 1 - - 27
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 (4.17%) CMS
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
1 1 (4.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Shopify
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) BigCommerce
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) LAN
1 3 (12.50%) VoIP
1 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) General Ledger
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Administrator
2 3 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Support Assistant
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Assistant
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Support Assistant
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Data Administrator
3 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) VML
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Blog
2 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.17%) FMCG
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.83%) Change Management
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) B2B
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 3 (12.50%) DevOps
5 3 (12.50%) Global Marketing
5 3 (12.50%) Load Balancing
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) Data Entry
6 2 (8.33%) Data Validation
6 2 (8.33%) Validation
7 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.17%) Facilities Management
7 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) HND
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 4 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (12.50%) Adobe
3 3 (12.50%) Aruba
3 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco
3 3 (12.50%) Dell
3 3 (12.50%) F5
3 3 (12.50%) Intel
3 3 (12.50%) Meraki
3 3 (12.50%) Sitecore
4 1 (4.17%) Ceridian