Retail Contracts in the UK excluding London

Retailing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 85 58
Rank change year-on-year -7 -27 +25
Contract jobs citing Retail 453 644 1,161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.24% 2.78% 3.78%
As % of the General category 4.11% 4.92% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 383 697
10th Percentile £263 £363 £328
25th Percentile £375 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +10.19%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £725 £729 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £535 £536
% change year-on-year -5.52% -0.33% +7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 50 102
10th Percentile £11.13 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £12.15 £18.25 £14.44
Median hourly rate £15.90 £19.81 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.74% +20.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £21.37 £22.00 £20.56
90th Percentile £21.46 £22.16 £22.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £20.25 £16.50
% change year-on-year -20.99% +22.73% +10.00%

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,029 13,079 17,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.42% 56.54% 55.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,303 8,902 11,804
10th Percentile £208 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £596 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,647 751 1,045
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.74 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -3.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.66 £37.00
90th Percentile £67.15 £70.00 £55.84
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England -5 148 £506 -3.57% 509
South East +12 121 £475 -13.64% 433
East of England +1 100 £450 -21.74% 165
Yorkshire -8 73 £515 -6.36% 185
North West 0 65 £450 -10.00% 284
Midlands -20 50 £610 +34.81% 368
West Midlands +17 38 £650 +36.84% 200
South West -23 23 £475 -2.56% 201
East Midlands -17 12 £494 +16.18% 168
Scotland +27 8 £430 +4.24% 87
North East +7 5 £600 +6.19% 50
Wales +9 3 - - 37
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (2.65%) CMS
2 9 (1.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.77%) Confluence
4 7 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.88%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.65%) Shopify
2 9 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.77%) SAP Hybris
3 8 (1.77%) SAP Retail
4 5 (1.10%) Magento
5 3 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.66%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.44%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 50 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (9.05%) Azure
3 37 (8.17%) AWS
4 33 (7.28%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.09%) Cloudflare
6 12 (2.65%) Akamai
6 12 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.99%) BigCommerce
7 9 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.77%) Amazon S3
8 8 (1.77%) SaaS
8 8 (1.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 8 (1.77%) Serverless
9 7 (1.55%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.32%) Google Sheets
10 6 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.10%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (2.65%) DNS
3 10 (2.21%) Network Security
4 9 (1.99%) ATM
4 9 (1.99%) Firewall
4 9 (1.99%) VPN
5 8 (1.77%) LAN
6 5 (1.10%) WAN
7 3 (0.66%) VoIP
7 3 (0.66%) Wireless
7 3 (0.66%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.44%) DHCP
8 2 (0.44%) SMS
8 2 (0.44%) VLAN
9 1 (0.22%) Broadband
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.22%) HTTP
9 1 (0.22%) IPsec
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.84%) Power BI
2 15 (3.31%) Tableau
3 10 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.32%) MS Access
5 6 (1.32%) MySQL
6 5 (1.10%) GIS
6 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.10%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.88%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.88%) Metadata
7 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.66%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.44%) Big Data
9 2 (0.44%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 24 (5.30%) JIRA
2 5 (1.10%) Git
3 4 (0.88%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.88%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.66%) ERwin
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.44%) kappa
5 2 (0.44%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.22%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 153 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.87%) Finance
3 57 (12.58%) Marketing
4 42 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.64%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.97%) Legal
6 18 (3.97%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.75%) Banking
8 14 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.65%) Automotive
10 9 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.77%) Corporate Banking
11 8 (1.77%) Publishing
12 7 (1.55%) Back Office
13 6 (1.32%) Billing
14 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.10%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.88%) Electronics
16 3 (0.66%) German Language
16 3 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 99 (21.85%) Analyst
2 42 (9.27%) Project Manager
3 39 (8.61%) Service Analyst
4 33 (7.28%) Service Desk Analyst
5 32 (7.06%) Developer
6 31 (6.84%) Architect
7 24 (5.30%) Business Analyst
8 21 (4.64%) Consultant
9 17 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.53%) Lead
11 14 (3.09%) IT Support
12 13 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.65%) Administrator
13 12 (2.65%) Senior
14 10 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
15 9 (1.99%) IT Technician
15 9 (1.99%) SAP Consultant
16 8 (1.77%) Coordinator
16 8 (1.77%) IT Manager
17 7 (1.55%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.55%) HTML
2 5 (1.10%) .NET
2 5 (1.10%) OAuth
2 5 (1.10%) OAuth2
2 5 (1.10%) SAML
2 5 (1.10%) VML
3 4 (0.88%) CSS
3 4 (0.88%) JSON
3 4 (0.88%) Kafka
4 3 (0.66%) React
4 3 (0.66%) REST
4 3 (0.66%) XML
5 2 (0.44%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.44%) CSS3
5 2 (0.44%) HTML5
5 2 (0.44%) LESS
5 2 (0.44%) Node.js
5 2 (0.44%) React Native
5 2 (0.44%) RESTful
5 2 (0.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.08%) Driving Licence
2 22 (4.86%) EPoS
3 21 (4.64%) FMCG
4 14 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.43%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.43%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.99%) Smartphone
7 9 (1.99%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.55%) Digital Signage
9 7 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.32%) Blog
10 6 (1.32%) CMDB
10 6 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.10%) Social Media
12 4 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.88%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.08%) Windows
2 9 (1.99%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.99%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.55%) Windows 7
4 5 (1.10%) Unix
5 4 (0.88%) Linux
5 4 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.66%) Debian
6 3 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (14.35%) Customer Service
2 64 (14.13%) E-Commerce
3 51 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (10.60%) Migration
5 45 (9.93%) Agile
6 42 (9.27%) ITIL
6 42 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (9.05%) Project Management
8 36 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (7.95%) Incident Management
9 33 (7.28%) Decision-Making
10 32 (7.06%) CRM
11 30 (6.62%) Coaching
12 29 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (6.18%) DevOps
13 28 (6.18%) Time Management
14 24 (5.30%) Data Migration
15 21 (4.64%) Logistics
16 20 (4.42%) Roadmaps
17 19 (4.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.69%) SQL
2 20 (4.42%) Python
3 9 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.10%) Java
4 5 (1.10%) VBA
5 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.66%) Bash
6 3 (0.66%) Go
6 3 (0.66%) PHP
6 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.44%) C#
7 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.44%) Scala
8 1 (0.22%) ABAP
8 1 (0.22%) C++
8 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (6.18%) A+ Certification
1 28 (6.18%) MCSA
1 28 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (5.74%) Degree
3 21 (4.64%) SC Cleared
3 21 (4.64%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.77%) AWS Certification
5 7 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.32%) MCP
7 4 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.44%) CCNA
8 2 (0.44%) CCNP
8 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.44%) PMP
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.22%) PhD
9 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.31%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.09%) PMO
2 14 (3.09%) SLA
3 8 (1.77%) GDPR
3 8 (1.77%) QA
4 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.66%) IFRS
6 3 (0.66%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.44%) GRC
7 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 6 (1.32%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.32%) Terraform
2 3 (0.66%) Ansible
2 3 (0.66%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.22%) AppManager
3 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
3 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 49 (10.82%) SAP
2 42 (9.27%) Microsoft
3 33 (7.28%) ServiceNow
4 29 (6.40%) Citrix
5 18 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.53%) Adobe
7 15 (3.31%) F5
8 14 (3.09%) Oracle
9 9 (1.99%) Google
9 9 (1.99%) Workday
10 7 (1.55%) RedPrairie
11 6 (1.32%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.10%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.10%) Informatica
12 5 (1.10%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.88%) Ceridian
13 4 (0.88%) Cisco
14 3 (0.66%) Aruba
14 3 (0.66%) Dell
14 3 (0.66%) Splunk