Retail Jobs in the North of England

Retailing
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 23 45
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +20
Permanent jobs citing Retail 921 1,677 1,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.88% 10.39% 6.61%
As % of the General category 9.04% 14.99% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 620 718 649
10th Percentile £24,196 £33,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,156 £71,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,548 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.20% +3.52% -

All General Skills
North of England

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,189 11,189 10,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 54.03% 69.34% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7,531 4,963 6,136
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £80,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the North of England.

Salary trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +8 558 £45,000 -18.18% 269
Yorkshire -32 236 £45,000 -18.18% 177
North East 0 127 £30,000 -45.45% 53
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 20 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.98%) SAS
3 8 (0.87%) Anypoint
3 8 (0.87%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 8 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (0.87%) WebSphere
3 8 (0.87%) WordPress
4 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.54%) CMS
6 5 (0.54%) Confluence
7 4 (0.43%) Apache
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 113 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (8.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.41%) Photoshop
5 11 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.98%) Trello
7 7 (0.76%) InDesign
8 6 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.22%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.22%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.11%) Sketch
11 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (2.50%) Magento
2 17 (1.85%) Shopify
3 13 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.98%) Epicor Tropos
6 8 (0.87%) SAP BPC
7 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.65%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.54%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.43%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.43%) SAP MDM
9 4 (0.43%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.43%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.43%) SAP Retail
9 4 (0.43%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.43%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 158 (17.16%) Azure
2 76 (8.25%) Power Platform
3 69 (7.49%) AWS
4 68 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (3.26%) GCP
7 24 (2.61%) SaaS
8 16 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.19%) GitHub
10 9 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (0.98%) Serverless
11 8 (0.87%) Datadog
12 7 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.76%) Figma
13 6 (0.65%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.58%) Internet
2 28 (3.04%) Broadband
3 25 (2.71%) Firewall
4 20 (2.17%) LAN
4 20 (2.17%) WAN
5 18 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (1.85%) Network Security
7 12 (1.30%) DNS
8 10 (1.09%) VoIP
8 10 (1.09%) VPN
9 7 (0.76%) DHCP
9 7 (0.76%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.76%) WLAN
10 6 (0.65%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.22%) VLAN
13 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.71%) Power BI
2 68 (7.38%) SQL Server
3 48 (5.21%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (3.80%) MySQL
5 28 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.74%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.19%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.98%) Redis
10 8 (0.87%) SAP BW
11 7 (0.76%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.76%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.65%) Big Data
13 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.54%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
15 3 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (4.13%) Git
2 26 (2.82%) JIRA
3 16 (1.74%) GitLab
4 13 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.54%) JMeter
6 5 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.54%) Subversion
7 3 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.22%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.11%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.11%) QADirector
9 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 379 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 258 (28.01%) Finance
3 130 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (8.58%) Marketing
5 48 (5.21%) Manufacturing
6 45 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.45%) Billing
8 37 (4.02%) Legal
9 34 (3.69%) Telecoms
10 32 (3.47%) Public Sector
11 30 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.82%) Games
14 19 (2.06%) Banking
15 13 (1.41%) Retail Finance
16 11 (1.19%) Local Government
17 10 (1.09%) Advertising
17 10 (1.09%) Social Housing
18 8 (0.87%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 134 (14.55%) Analyst
1 134 (14.55%) Developer
2 118 (12.81%) Senior
3 61 (6.62%) Lead
4 54 (5.86%) Project Manager
5 46 (4.99%) Architect
6 34 (3.69%) Senior Developer
7 33 (3.58%) Service Analyst
8 32 (3.47%) IT Support
9 31 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
10 30 (3.26%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.15%) Development Manager
12 28 (3.04%) Data Analyst
13 27 (2.93%) Business Development Manager
14 26 (2.82%) Consultant
15 25 (2.71%) IT Manager
15 25 (2.71%) Support Engineer
16 23 (2.50%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.50%) Quantity Surveyor
17 22 (2.39%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.54%) .NET
2 39 (4.23%) CSS
3 37 (4.02%) HTML
4 35 (3.80%) React
5 34 (3.69%) Node.js
6 29 (3.15%) .NET Core
7 20 (2.17%) JSON
8 19 (2.06%) XML
9 18 (1.95%) Vue
10 16 (1.74%) .NET Framework
10 16 (1.74%) OLE
11 13 (1.41%) Entity Framework
11 13 (1.41%) RESTful
12 11 (1.19%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.98%) ASP.NET
13 9 (0.98%) Laravel
13 9 (0.98%) PySpark
14 8 (0.87%) SOAP
14 8 (0.87%) Spring
15 7 (0.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (3.91%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.15%) Product Ownership
4 27 (2.93%) Smartphone
5 26 (2.82%) EPoS
6 22 (2.39%) NHS
7 21 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 20 (2.17%) FMCG
9 17 (1.85%) Social Media
10 16 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.09%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.09%) Educational Technology
12 10 (1.09%) e-Learning
12 10 (1.09%) Onboarding
13 9 (0.98%) PMI
14 7 (0.76%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (7.71%) Windows
2 26 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.50%) Linux
4 8 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.33%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.22%) Android
8 2 (0.22%) VMS
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Unix
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (21.17%) Agile
3 133 (14.44%) Customer Service
4 105 (11.40%) E-Commerce
5 91 (9.88%) Analytics
6 87 (9.45%) Roadmaps
7 83 (9.01%) DevOps
8 82 (8.90%) Project Management
9 80 (8.69%) ERP
10 77 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
11 72 (7.82%) Mentoring
12 67 (7.27%) Logistics
12 67 (7.27%) Time Management
13 65 (7.06%) Data Management
14 64 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (6.73%) Decision-Making
16 60 (6.51%) Business Development
16 60 (6.51%) Coaching
17 57 (6.19%) Collaborative Culture
18 54 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 136 (14.77%) SQL
2 67 (7.27%) C#
3 57 (6.19%) JavaScript
4 55 (5.97%) PHP
5 42 (4.56%) Python
5 42 (4.56%) TypeScript
6 25 (2.71%) R
7 21 (2.28%) Java
8 16 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.52%) Go
10 13 (1.41%) VB.NET
11 10 (1.09%) Bash
12 9 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.87%) Ruby
14 6 (0.65%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.54%) Groovy
16 3 (0.33%) C
17 2 (0.22%) ABAP
17 2 (0.22%) VBA
18 1 (0.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 98 (10.64%) Degree
2 45 (4.89%) DBS Check
3 31 (3.37%) CIMA
4 29 (3.15%) ACCA
5 22 (2.39%) HNC
6 20 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.19%) A+ Certification
9 11 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.09%) HND
10 10 (1.09%) Security Cleared
11 9 (0.98%) AAT
11 9 (0.98%) CCNP
12 7 (0.76%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.76%) PMP
13 6 (0.65%) CISA
14 5 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.93%) SLA
2 37 (4.02%) QA
3 19 (2.06%) PMO
4 17 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.19%) GDPR
6 7 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.54%) IFRS
8 5 (0.54%) IFRS 9
9 4 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.33%) CRD IV
10 3 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (7.93%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.58%) Docker
3 14 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.87%) Firmware
6 4 (0.43%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.33%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.22%) KVM
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 35 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.58%) Terraform
3 12 (1.30%) Grafana
4 10 (1.09%) Ansible
5 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.98%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.87%) Puppet
7 7 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.54%) Kibana
9 4 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.33%) SELinux
11 2 (0.22%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 203 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.89%) Virgin Media
3 44 (4.78%) SAP
4 38 (4.13%) Google
5 24 (2.61%) VMware
6 23 (2.50%) NEC
7 22 (2.39%) Adobe
7 22 (2.39%) Northgate
8 19 (2.06%) Oracle
9 18 (1.95%) IBM
10 13 (1.41%) Dell
11 12 (1.30%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.30%) NetApp
12 9 (0.98%) BT
12 9 (0.98%) Cisco
12 9 (0.98%) Epicor
12 9 (0.98%) HP
12 9 (0.98%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.87%) New Relic
14 7 (0.76%) CA