Retail Jobs in Kent

Retailing
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 23 63
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -19
Permanent jobs citing Retail 71 89 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.32% 8.95% 4.73%
As % of the General category 8.43% 13.36% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 56 40 44
10th Percentile £25,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,688 £52,500 £38,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £50,313
90th Percentile £61,250 - £51,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

All General Skills
Kent

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 842 666 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 51.28% 67.00% 63.78%
Number of salaries quoted 571 272 363
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,150 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +7.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Kent

Retail
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Retail in Kent

Retail
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Kent over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in Kent

Retail
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 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
Maidstone +20 18 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Canterbury +1 14 £47,500 -13.64% 6
Sevenoaks - 3 £26,500 -
Tonbridge - 3 £36,000 - 1
Dartford - 2 - - 1
Gravesend - 2 £75,000 - 1
Folkestone +1 1 £70,000 +16.67%
Tunbridge Wells -2 1 £32,500 -45.83% 4
Snodland - 1 £47,500 - 1
Dover - 1 - -
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 8 (11.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.63%) CMS
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Simulink
1 7 (9.86%) Stateflow
2 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Magento
1 4 (5.63%) Shopify
2 1 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Azure
2 16 (22.54%) Power Platform
3 11 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (9.86%) AWS
5 4 (5.63%) Google Analytics
6 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.23%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.82%) Google Ads
7 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Advertising
8 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.86%) J1939
2 2 (2.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.31%) Power BI
2 12 (16.90%) SQL Server
3 11 (15.49%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (8.45%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (8.45%) MongoDB
4 6 (8.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.23%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) ClearCase
1 4 (5.63%) Plastic SCM
2 3 (4.23%) JIRA
3 1 (1.41%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Selenium
General
1 29 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.90%) Finance
2 12 (16.90%) Marketing
3 11 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.86%) Automotive
6 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.63%) Electronics
8 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.23%) Local Government
9 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Legal
10 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 13 (18.31%) Developer
2 9 (12.68%) Senior
3 7 (9.86%) .NET Developer
3 7 (9.86%) Consultant
4 6 (8.45%) Administrator
5 5 (7.04%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Help Desk Administrator
6 4 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (5.63%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Junior
7 3 (4.23%) Junior Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) SharePoint Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (2.82%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) .NET
1 7 (9.86%) .NET Core
1 7 (9.86%) .NET Framework
1 7 (9.86%) ASP.NET
1 7 (9.86%) React
2 6 (8.45%) AngularJS
2 6 (8.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (8.45%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (8.45%) Entity Framework
2 6 (8.45%) Node.js
2 6 (8.45%) Vue
3 2 (2.82%) CSS
3 2 (2.82%) Web Services
4 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.41%) HTML
4 1 (1.41%) LAMP
4 1 (1.41%) Next.js
4 1 (1.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (9.86%) Algorithms
3 6 (8.45%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (7.04%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.63%) Blog
5 4 (5.63%) Graphic Design
6 3 (4.23%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.72%) Customer Service
3 13 (18.31%) Agile
3 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (14.08%) E-Commerce
5 9 (12.68%) Project Management
5 9 (12.68%) Time Management
6 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
7 7 (9.86%) BDD
7 7 (9.86%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (9.86%) Migration
7 7 (9.86%) MVC
8 6 (8.45%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (8.45%) Data Science
8 6 (8.45%) Kanban
8 6 (8.45%) Microservices
8 6 (8.45%) Scrum
8 6 (8.45%) TDD
9 5 (7.04%) People Management
9 5 (7.04%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.08%) SQL
2 7 (9.86%) C
2 7 (9.86%) C#
2 7 (9.86%) JavaScript
2 7 (9.86%) MATLAB
3 6 (8.45%) TypeScript
4 4 (5.63%) Embedded C
4 4 (5.63%) Perl
4 4 (5.63%) Python
5 2 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.82%) PHP
6 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (26.76%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) HND
3 3 (4.23%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.82%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) Automotive SPICE
1 7 (9.86%) ISO 26262
2 4 (5.63%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (5.63%) ISO 9001
2 4 (5.63%) MISRA
3 3 (4.23%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Functional Safety
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (43.66%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) Facebook
2 7 (9.86%) Instagram
3 6 (8.45%) Google
4 4 (5.63%) Adobe
4 4 (5.63%) IBM
4 4 (5.63%) Lauterbach
4 4 (5.63%) WooCommerce