Retail Jobs in the North West

Retailing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 33 41 46
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Retail 558 517 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.23% 6.99% 6.77%
As % of the General category 9.98% 10.48% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 358 280 363
10th Percentile £23,114 £29,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £27,500 £43,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,504 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.20% +3.52% -

All General Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,592 4,935 5,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.41% 66.77% 61.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,021 2,354 3,089
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,960
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +3.02% +7.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,140
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Retail in the North West

Retail
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North West 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
Manchester +8 301 £47,500 -13.70% 138
Cheshire +9 154 £35,000 -27.46% 62
Merseyside +44 50 £40,000 -27.27% 27
Lancashire -36 43 £37,500 -21.05% 25
Cumbria -17 9 £70,000 +27.27% 12
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 11 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (0.90%) Confluence
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.90%) WordPress
4 4 (0.72%) CMS
4 4 (0.72%) SAS
5 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 102 (18.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (13.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 48 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.25%) Trello
5 6 (1.08%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.54%) InDesign
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.97%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.61%) Epicor Tropos
2 9 (1.61%) Magento
3 8 (1.43%) SAP BPC
3 8 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.72%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.72%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.72%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.72%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.72%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.72%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.72%) Shopify
6 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (14.70%) Azure
2 58 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (8.60%) AWS
4 37 (6.63%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.23%) GCP
7 11 (1.97%) GitHub
7 11 (1.97%) SaaS
8 9 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.43%) Serverless
10 6 (1.08%) Figma
11 5 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (0.90%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.90%) Anthos
11 5 (0.90%) Azure API Management
11 5 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (0.90%) BrowserStack
11 5 (0.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (0.72%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.02%) Broadband
2 22 (3.94%) Internet
3 15 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.79%) Firewall
5 9 (1.61%) DNS
6 8 (1.43%) VoIP
7 7 (1.25%) Network Security
8 6 (1.08%) DHCP
9 4 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.72%) LAN
9 4 (0.72%) WAN
10 3 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.36%) Wireless
12 1 (0.18%) Intranet
12 1 (0.18%) LTE
12 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.91%) Power BI
3 29 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (4.12%) MySQL
5 14 (2.51%) DynamoDB
5 14 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.43%) SAP BW
9 6 (1.08%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.54%) Big Data
10 3 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.54%) Redis
11 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.18%) OLTP
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.18%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (5.02%) Git
2 16 (2.87%) GitLab
3 9 (1.61%) JIRA
4 7 (1.25%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.90%) JMeter
5 5 (0.90%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.18%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.18%) QADirector
General
1 220 (39.43%) Social Skills
2 175 (31.36%) Finance
3 91 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.01%) Marketing
5 41 (7.35%) Billing
6 37 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.91%) Telecoms
8 30 (5.38%) Legal
9 26 (4.66%) Games
10 20 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.69%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.33%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.97%) Banking
15 10 (1.79%) Local Government
15 10 (1.79%) Retail Finance
16 9 (1.61%) Advertising
17 6 (1.08%) Electronics
18 5 (0.90%) Back Office
18 5 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (15.77%) Analyst
2 74 (13.26%) Senior
3 53 (9.50%) Developer
4 35 (6.27%) Lead
5 30 (5.38%) Service Analyst
5 30 (5.38%) Service Desk Analyst
6 27 (4.84%) Development Manager
6 27 (4.84%) Project Manager
7 25 (4.48%) Business Development Manager
7 25 (4.48%) Business Manager
8 23 (4.12%) IT Support
8 23 (4.12%) Quantity Surveyor
9 22 (3.94%) Architect
10 18 (3.23%) IT Analyst
11 16 (2.87%) SAP Architect
12 15 (2.69%) IT Engineer
12 15 (2.69%) Software Engineer
13 14 (2.51%) Head of IT
13 14 (2.51%) Senior Developer
13 14 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.20%) .NET
2 27 (4.84%) Node.js
2 27 (4.84%) React
3 23 (4.12%) CSS
3 23 (4.12%) HTML
4 18 (3.23%) JSON
5 16 (2.87%) OLE
6 13 (2.33%) RESTful
6 13 (2.33%) XML
7 10 (1.79%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.43%) Vue
9 7 (1.25%) SOAP
10 6 (1.08%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.08%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.90%) AWS CDK
11 5 (0.90%) AWS SAM
11 5 (0.90%) Jest
11 5 (0.90%) Kafka
11 5 (0.90%) Lambda Expressions
11 5 (0.90%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.14%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.02%) Driving Licence
3 27 (4.84%) Smartphone
4 23 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.94%) EPoS
6 17 (3.05%) Social Media
7 12 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.97%) FMCG
8 11 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.79%) Educational Technology
10 9 (1.61%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.43%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.08%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.90%) NHS
14 4 (0.72%) Animation
14 4 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.72%) Media Streaming
14 4 (0.72%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.42%) Windows
2 16 (2.87%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.33%) Linux
4 6 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.27%) Agile
2 113 (20.25%) Customer Service
3 102 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 59 (10.57%) E-Commerce
6 57 (10.22%) Business Development
7 56 (10.04%) DevOps
8 55 (9.86%) Analytics
9 54 (9.68%) Mentoring
10 53 (9.50%) Logistics
11 52 (9.32%) ERP
12 50 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (8.96%) Project Management
13 45 (8.06%) Coaching
13 45 (8.06%) Time Management
14 44 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
15 43 (7.71%) Collaborative Working
15 43 (7.71%) Decision-Making
16 36 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
17 31 (5.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 56 (10.04%) SQL
2 39 (6.99%) C#
3 26 (4.66%) PHP
4 25 (4.48%) TypeScript
5 24 (4.30%) Python
6 20 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.58%) R
7 11 (1.97%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.97%) VB.NET
8 9 (1.61%) Go
8 9 (1.61%) Java
9 6 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.90%) Bash
10 5 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.54%) C
11 3 (0.54%) Ruby
12 1 (0.18%) ABAP
12 1 (0.18%) Bicep
12 1 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 44 (7.89%) Degree
2 40 (7.17%) DBS Check
3 31 (5.56%) CIMA
4 29 (5.20%) ACCA
5 12 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.97%) A+ Certification
6 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.43%) AAT
9 7 (1.25%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.08%) CISA
10 6 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.72%) CCNP
11 4 (0.72%) NVQ Level 3
11 4 (0.72%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.54%) HNC
13 2 (0.36%) CISM
13 2 (0.36%) CISSP
13 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.66%) SLA
2 19 (3.41%) QA
3 9 (1.61%) GDPR
4 7 (1.25%) PMO
5 6 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.54%) NIST
8 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
System Software
1 57 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.12%) Docker
3 11 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.43%) Firmware
6 4 (0.72%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.54%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.36%) KVM
8 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (5.02%) Terraform
2 27 (4.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.25%) Grafana
4 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.90%) Ansible
5 5 (0.90%) Kibana
6 4 (0.72%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.54%) Puppet
7 3 (0.54%) SELinux
8 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.36%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 136 (24.37%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.06%) Virgin Media
3 26 (4.66%) SAP
4 23 (4.12%) NEC
5 18 (3.23%) Google
6 15 (2.69%) VMware
7 12 (2.15%) Adobe
7 12 (2.15%) NetApp
8 11 (1.97%) Dell
9 10 (1.79%) Oracle
10 9 (1.61%) Epicor
10 9 (1.61%) IBM
11 8 (1.43%) HP
12 7 (1.25%) Cisco
12 7 (1.25%) TikTok
13 6 (1.08%) BT
13 6 (1.08%) CA
13 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.08%) Veeam
14 5 (0.90%) PagerDuty