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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 90 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 -33 +39
Contract jobs citing Retail 408 607 1,849
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.78% 2.50% 4.16%
As % of the General category 4.73% 4.25% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 404 1,160
10th Percentile £300 £363 £380
25th Percentile £375 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £729 £751
UK median daily rate £505 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.05% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 26
10th Percentile £24.96 - £12.85
25th Percentile £28.28 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £35.06 £22.16 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% +3.07% +72.00%
75th Percentile £46.88 £27.42 £31.81
90th Percentile £54.75 £32.67 £47.50
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £20.41 £16.50
% change year-on-year -21.59% +23.67% +13.79%

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 8,625 14,268 24,287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.87% 58.66% 54.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,671 10,087 17,667
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £435
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 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 323 341
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +50.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.13 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.10 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +2.27%

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 28 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 28 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 (2.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.21%) Confluence
3 7 (1.72%) CMS
4 3 (0.74%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.49%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.49%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.49%) Mule
5 2 (0.49%) SAS
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.23%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.98%) InDesign
5 4 (0.98%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (8.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (7.35%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (2.21%) SAP Hybris
3 9 (2.21%) Shopify
4 8 (1.96%) SAP Retail
5 5 (1.23%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.98%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.49%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.49%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.25%) Magento
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.18%) Azure
2 45 (11.03%) Power Platform
3 39 (9.56%) Dynamics 365
4 34 (8.33%) AWS
5 28 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.39%) GCP
6 22 (5.39%) Power Automate
6 22 (5.39%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.21%) Adobe Analytics
7 9 (2.21%) Google Analytics
7 9 (2.21%) Google Sheets
7 9 (2.21%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 7 (1.72%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.47%) BigCommerce
9 6 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.23%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.23%) Serverless
10 5 (1.23%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.70%) VPN
2 10 (2.45%) DNS
3 8 (1.96%) Network Security
4 7 (1.72%) Firewall
5 5 (1.23%) CTI
5 5 (1.23%) VoIP
6 3 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.74%) DHCP
6 3 (0.74%) VLAN
7 2 (0.49%) ATM
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.49%) Internet
7 2 (0.49%) SCCP
7 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.25%) Broadband
8 1 (0.25%) DMVPN
8 1 (0.25%) FTP
8 1 (0.25%) LAN
8 1 (0.25%) MPLS
8 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.54%) Power BI
2 24 (5.88%) Data Lake
3 18 (4.41%) Tableau
4 10 (2.45%) BigQuery
4 10 (2.45%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.21%) MySQL
6 8 (1.96%) Metadata
7 7 (1.72%) Looker
8 5 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.23%) GIS
8 5 (1.23%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.74%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.49%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.49%) Redis
10 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.39%) JIRA
2 6 (1.47%) ERwin
3 5 (1.23%) Selenium
4 4 (0.98%) Git
4 4 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.98%) PHPUnit
4 4 (0.98%) Postman
5 2 (0.49%) Appium
5 2 (0.49%) Maven
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
6 1 (0.25%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.25%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.25%) LSMW
6 1 (0.25%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.25%) Travis CI
General
1 115 (28.19%) Finance
2 93 (22.79%) Social Skills
3 53 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.27%) Marketing
5 29 (7.11%) Banking
6 26 (6.37%) Manufacturing
7 22 (5.39%) General Ledger
8 21 (5.15%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.92%) Corporate Banking
9 16 (3.92%) Legal
10 15 (3.68%) Investment Banking
11 14 (3.43%) Retail Banking
12 11 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.21%) Electronics
15 8 (1.96%) Advertising
15 8 (1.96%) Publishing
16 6 (1.47%) Back Office
17 5 (1.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 70 (17.16%) Consultant
2 50 (12.25%) Architect
3 45 (11.03%) Analyst
3 45 (11.03%) Developer
4 39 (9.56%) Project Manager
5 30 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (6.86%) Senior
7 25 (6.13%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 21 (5.15%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.15%) Lead
9 15 (3.68%) Microsoft Consultant
10 13 (3.19%) Functional Consultant
10 13 (3.19%) SAP Consultant
11 12 (2.94%) Data Analyst
12 10 (2.45%) Enterprise Architect
12 10 (2.45%) Junior
12 10 (2.45%) SAP Manager
13 9 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (2.21%) Integration Consultant
13 9 (2.21%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.19%) CSS
2 11 (2.70%) HTML
2 11 (2.70%) Web Services
3 10 (2.45%) React
3 10 (2.45%) REST
4 8 (1.96%) GraphQL
4 8 (1.96%) JSON
4 8 (1.96%) Middleware
4 8 (1.96%) Node.js
5 7 (1.72%) jQuery
5 7 (1.72%) Sass
6 6 (1.47%) OAuth
6 6 (1.47%) OAuth2
6 6 (1.47%) SAML
6 6 (1.47%) Spring
6 6 (1.47%) VML
6 6 (1.47%) XML
7 5 (1.23%) Laravel
8 4 (0.98%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.98%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.37%) Data Structures
2 23 (5.64%) FMCG
3 19 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.43%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.47%) Wiki
8 5 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.23%) IVR
8 5 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.98%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.74%) EPoS
10 3 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.74%) IoT
10 3 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.74%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.43%) Windows
2 6 (1.47%) Unix
3 5 (1.23%) Linux
4 4 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.74%) Android
5 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.49%) VMS
6 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (17.16%) Agile
2 60 (14.71%) DevOps
3 51 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (11.52%) E-Commerce
5 36 (8.82%) Analytics
6 35 (8.58%) Migration
6 35 (8.58%) Project Management
7 34 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (6.86%) CRM
9 27 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (5.88%) Accounts Payable
10 24 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
11 23 (5.64%) Requirements Workshops
12 22 (5.39%) Accounts Receivable
12 22 (5.39%) Customer Experience
12 22 (5.39%) ERP
12 22 (5.39%) User Experience
13 21 (5.15%) CI/CD
13 21 (5.15%) Roadmaps
14 19 (4.66%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 52 (12.75%) SQL
2 35 (8.58%) Python
3 17 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.94%) Java
5 7 (1.72%) PHP
6 6 (1.47%) ABAP
6 6 (1.47%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.23%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.74%) C#
8 3 (0.74%) Go
8 3 (0.74%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.74%) R
9 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.25%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) Bicep
10 1 (0.25%) C
10 1 (0.25%) C++
10 1 (0.25%) Rust
10 1 (0.25%) VB
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (10.78%) Degree
2 15 (3.68%) AWS Certification
3 11 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.21%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.47%) SAP Certification
7 6 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.47%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.98%) PMP
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%) CSSLP
11 1 (0.25%) CSPO
11 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.25%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.68%) GDPR
2 13 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.94%) PMO
4 11 (2.70%) QA
5 7 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.23%) SLA
7 4 (0.98%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.98%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.98%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.74%) NIST
9 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.49%) COBIT
9 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) GAAP
10 1 (0.25%) IFRS
10 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 11 (2.70%) Docker
2 8 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) HDFS
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.23%) Ansible
1 5 (1.23%) Terraform
2 3 (0.74%) Puppet
3 2 (0.49%) CloudHub
3 2 (0.49%) Grafana
3 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.49%) Nessus
4 1 (0.25%) AppManager
4 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.25%) Kibana
4 1 (0.25%) logstash
4 1 (0.25%) MOM
4 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 67 (16.42%) SAP
3 34 (8.33%) Google
4 28 (6.86%) Adobe
5 17 (4.17%) Oracle
6 14 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.19%) Workday
8 10 (2.45%) Cisco
9 8 (1.96%) RedPrairie
10 7 (1.72%) Databricks
11 6 (1.47%) Apple
11 6 (1.47%) F5
11 6 (1.47%) Optimizely
11 6 (1.47%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.47%) Sparx
12 5 (1.23%) Avaya
12 5 (1.23%) Genesys
12 5 (1.23%) Monetate
12 5 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.98%) Tealium