Retail Jobs in England

Retailing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 36 41 54
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 +17
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,593 5,215 8,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.03% 6.20% 5.85%
As % of the General category 8.72% 9.17% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 2,773 3,744
10th Percentile £25,643 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +3.52% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,852 £95,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.20% +3.52% +4.55%

All General Skills
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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 52,673 56,886 92,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.65% 67.66% 65.07%
Number of salaries quoted 36,182 31,971 45,974
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in England

Retail
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 1,208 £61,000 -9.63% 696
North of England -14 928 £45,000 -18.18% 486
Midlands +55 898 £41,492 -24.56% 346
South East +25 768 £45,000 -18.18% 389
North West +4 564 £45,000 -18.18% 268
East Midlands +44 462 £37,500 -31.82% 184
West Midlands +43 431 £45,000 -16.67% 162
East of England +43 386 £47,500 -13.64% 150
South West -18 384 £47,500 -13.45% 254
Yorkshire -30 237 £45,000 -18.18% 177
North East -2 127 £30,000 -45.45% 48
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 160 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 40 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (0.76%) CMS
4 34 (0.74%) Confluence
5 20 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 18 (0.39%) WordPress
7 14 (0.30%) SAS
8 12 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.20%) Apache
10 8 (0.17%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.087%) Office Communications Server
14 3 (0.065%) Drupal
14 3 (0.065%) IIS
14 3 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.065%) Smallworld
Applications
1 725 (15.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 440 (9.58%) Microsoft Office
3 394 (8.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 36 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 36 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 31 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 29 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 23 (0.50%) Trello
9 22 (0.48%) Simulink
10 18 (0.39%) InDesign
11 14 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
11 14 (0.30%) AutoCAD
12 9 (0.20%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.15%) Stateflow
14 6 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
14 6 (0.13%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.13%) Sketch
15 5 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
16 4 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 66 (1.44%) Shopify
2 51 (1.11%) Magento
3 35 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 34 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 28 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
5 28 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
6 27 (0.59%) Endur
7 23 (0.50%) NetSuite
8 15 (0.33%) ResourceLink
9 14 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
10 11 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
12 9 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
12 9 (0.20%) SAP PP
13 8 (0.17%) SAP BPC
14 7 (0.15%) SAP ERP
14 7 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 7 (0.15%) SAP WM
15 6 (0.13%) SAP MDG
15 6 (0.13%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 578 (12.58%) Azure
2 392 (8.53%) AWS
3 349 (7.60%) Power Platform
4 243 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
5 146 (3.18%) SaaS
6 127 (2.77%) GCP
7 88 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 85 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (0.81%) Serverless
10 35 (0.76%) GitHub
10 35 (0.76%) WhatsApp
11 33 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 32 (0.70%) Google Analytics
12 32 (0.70%) Power Automate
13 31 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 29 (0.63%) Figma
15 25 (0.54%) Google Sheets
15 25 (0.54%) Snowflake
16 24 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
17 23 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 126 (2.74%) Firewall
2 111 (2.42%) WAN
3 109 (2.37%) LAN
4 105 (2.29%) Internet
5 76 (1.65%) Intranet
6 75 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 71 (1.55%) VPN
8 51 (1.11%) Broadband
9 36 (0.78%) Wireless
10 33 (0.72%) Network Security
11 24 (0.52%) TCP/IP
12 23 (0.50%) DNS
12 23 (0.50%) SD-WAN
13 21 (0.46%) VoIP
14 18 (0.39%) DHCP
14 18 (0.39%) WLAN
15 15 (0.33%) VLAN
16 11 (0.24%) BGP
16 11 (0.24%) MPLS
16 11 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (6.84%) Power BI
2 266 (5.79%) SQL Server
3 187 (4.07%) Tableau
4 161 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 114 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 79 (1.72%) MySQL
7 60 (1.31%) Relational Database
8 50 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 45 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (0.78%) BigQuery
11 35 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.63%) Data Lake
12 29 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
13 27 (0.59%) Big Data
13 27 (0.59%) GIS
14 20 (0.44%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.39%) Redis
16 17 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (0.37%) Hadoop
17 13 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 239 (5.20%) Git
2 94 (2.05%) JIRA
3 33 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 32 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 30 (0.65%) GitLab
6 25 (0.54%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.22%) JBehave
8 10 (0.22%) JMeter
8 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 9 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.15%) gulp
10 7 (0.15%) JUnit
10 7 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.15%) Selenium
10 7 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.15%) webpack
11 6 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 1,863 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 1,318 (28.70%) Finance
3 1,153 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 587 (12.78%) Marketing
5 318 (6.92%) Legal
6 281 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 272 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
8 259 (5.64%) German Language
9 216 (4.70%) Manufacturing
10 171 (3.72%) Public Sector
11 153 (3.33%) Banking
11 153 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
12 124 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 90 (1.96%) Advertising
14 78 (1.70%) Law
15 71 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
16 67 (1.46%) Billing
17 57 (1.24%) Automotive
18 51 (1.11%) Back Office
19 49 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 815 (17.74%) Analyst
2 634 (13.80%) Senior
3 405 (8.82%) Developer
4 294 (6.40%) Architect
5 272 (5.92%) Graduate
6 263 (5.73%) Lead
7 237 (5.16%) Project Manager
8 223 (4.86%) Data Analyst
9 220 (4.79%) Business Analyst
10 201 (4.38%) Consultant
11 170 (3.70%) Development Manager
12 169 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
13 156 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
14 136 (2.96%) Administrator
15 132 (2.87%) IT Manager
16 111 (2.42%) Senior Data Analyst
17 103 (2.24%) Software Engineer
18 100 (2.18%) Business Manager
18 100 (2.18%) Senior Developer
19 95 (2.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (4.66%) .NET
2 187 (4.07%) HTML
3 159 (3.46%) CSS
4 137 (2.98%) React
5 102 (2.22%) .NET Core
6 79 (1.72%) ASP.NET
7 75 (1.63%) Node.js
8 73 (1.59%) Vue
9 72 (1.57%) .NET Framework
10 71 (1.55%) Web Services
11 66 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 66 (1.44%) REST
12 59 (1.28%) XML
13 54 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
14 50 (1.09%) JSON
15 47 (1.02%) RESTful
16 44 (0.96%) Entity Framework
17 36 (0.78%) Laravel
18 32 (0.70%) ASP.NET MVC
19 28 (0.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 437 (9.51%) Self-Motivation
2 332 (7.23%) Driving Licence
3 149 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 126 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 114 (2.48%) FMCG
6 96 (2.09%) Social Media
7 92 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 91 (1.98%) EPoS
9 77 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 75 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 74 (1.61%) PMI
12 72 (1.57%) Cloud Native
13 68 (1.48%) Data Centre
14 67 (1.46%) Mobile App
15 66 (1.44%) Photography
16 49 (1.07%) Algorithms
17 47 (1.02%) Data Structures
18 38 (0.83%) Blog
19 37 (0.81%) NHS
20 32 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 283 (6.16%) Windows
2 111 (2.42%) Linux
3 91 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.07%) VMS
5 45 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 43 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 21 (0.46%) Android
7 21 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 17 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.28%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.24%) Windows 8
13 10 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 9 (0.20%) Unix
15 8 (0.17%) AIX
16 7 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (0.11%) CentOS
18 3 (0.065%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,081 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
2 875 (19.05%) Agile
3 541 (11.78%) Customer Service
4 499 (10.86%) Logistics
5 498 (10.84%) E-Commerce
6 485 (10.56%) Analytics
7 454 (9.88%) Project Management
8 425 (9.25%) Decision-Making
9 371 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
10 368 (8.01%) Roadmaps
11 317 (6.90%) Coaching
12 315 (6.86%) Business Development
13 286 (6.23%) Data Management
14 281 (6.12%) Mentoring
15 273 (5.94%) Data Analysis
16 265 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 254 (5.53%) Visualisation
18 250 (5.44%) Mathematics
19 237 (5.16%) Business Strategy
20 235 (5.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 699 (15.22%) SQL
2 366 (7.97%) Python
3 252 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 209 (4.55%) C#
5 129 (2.81%) TypeScript
6 124 (2.70%) PHP
7 88 (1.92%) Java
8 52 (1.13%) R
9 48 (1.05%) T-SQL
10 39 (0.85%) PowerShell
11 36 (0.78%) VBA
12 34 (0.74%) C
12 34 (0.74%) Go
13 31 (0.67%) VB.NET
14 27 (0.59%) MATLAB
15 22 (0.48%) VB
16 20 (0.44%) Bash
16 20 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 18 (0.39%) Ruby
18 11 (0.24%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,006 (21.90%) Degree
2 495 (10.78%) DBS Check
3 132 (2.87%) Security Cleared
4 90 (1.96%) PMI Certification
5 72 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 67 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 53 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (1.15%) HNC
8 52 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 50 (1.09%) ACCA
10 49 (1.07%) CIMA
11 46 (1.00%) SC Cleared
12 44 (0.96%) CCNP
13 41 (0.89%) CISSP
14 32 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
15 29 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 28 (0.61%) CCNA
17 24 (0.52%) AWS Certification
18 21 (0.46%) Azure Certification
19 19 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 245 (5.33%) QA
2 137 (2.98%) SLA
3 83 (1.81%) GDPR
4 65 (1.42%) Data Quality
5 53 (1.15%) PMO
6 52 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (1.00%) NIST
8 37 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 31 (0.67%) Accessibility
10 26 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 15 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.24%) GMP
12 11 (0.24%) ISO 14000
13 9 (0.20%) IFRS
14 8 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.15%) ISO 14001
15 7 (0.15%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.15%) ISO 26262
15 7 (0.15%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 201 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 91 (1.98%) Docker
3 44 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (0.67%) Firmware
5 30 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.087%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.065%) KVM
10 3 (0.065%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.022%) IAG
11 1 (0.022%) LXC
11 1 (0.022%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) vSphere
11 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 118 (2.57%) Terraform
2 100 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.26%) Ansible
4 33 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.54%) Grafana
6 15 (0.33%) Puppet
7 14 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.20%) CASB
9 9 (0.20%) SCCM
10 7 (0.15%) Consul
11 6 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.11%) Kibana
12 5 (0.11%) logstash
12 5 (0.11%) SCOM
13 4 (0.087%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.087%) HP ALM
13 4 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,081 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 169 (3.68%) Google
3 157 (3.42%) Databricks
4 146 (3.18%) SAP
5 94 (2.05%) Adobe
6 81 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 70 (1.52%) Oracle
8 66 (1.44%) Virgin Media
9 64 (1.39%) Cisco
10 63 (1.37%) VMware
11 46 (1.00%) NEC
12 43 (0.94%) IBM
13 32 (0.70%) Dell
14 30 (0.65%) MuleSoft
15 27 (0.59%) HP
15 27 (0.59%) Northgate
16 25 (0.54%) Apple
17 24 (0.52%) NetApp
18 23 (0.50%) Citrix
19 19 (0.41%) Meraki