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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 22 45
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 +29
Permanent jobs citing Retail 855 1,731 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.84% 10.25% 6.61%
As % of the General category 8.73% 14.61% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 581 728 649
10th Percentile £24,196 £34,723 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +11.11% -1.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

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 9,795 11,846 10,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.40% 70.14% 58.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,391 5,089 6,156
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,750 £78,750
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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +15 537 £45,000 -18.18% 288
Yorkshire -34 231 £47,000 -20.34% 186
North East -5 87 £43,200 -21.45% 49
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 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.87%) SAS
3 12 (1.40%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.05%) Apache
5 8 (0.94%) Anypoint
5 8 (0.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 8 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.94%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.94%) WordPress
6 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.47%) CMS
7 4 (0.47%) Confluence
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.23%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 104 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (7.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.52%) Photoshop
5 11 (1.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.17%) Trello
7 7 (0.82%) InDesign
8 6 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.23%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.23%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.23%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.12%) EViews
11 1 (0.12%) Sketch
11 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.22%) Magento
2 15 (1.75%) Shopify
3 13 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (1.40%) Epicor Tropos
5 9 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (1.05%) SAP BPC
6 7 (0.82%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.58%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.47%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.47%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.47%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.47%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.47%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.47%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.35%) SAP MDM
10 3 (0.35%) SAP Retail
11 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
12 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 152 (17.78%) Azure
2 80 (9.36%) Power Platform
3 70 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (8.07%) AWS
5 41 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (3.74%) GCP
7 21 (2.46%) SaaS
8 16 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.52%) GitHub
10 9 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.94%) Datadog
11 8 (0.94%) Serverless
12 7 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.70%) Azure API Management
13 6 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.70%) Figma
13 6 (0.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.86%) Internet
2 28 (3.27%) Broadband
3 26 (3.04%) Firewall
4 21 (2.46%) LAN
4 21 (2.46%) WAN
5 18 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.87%) Network Security
7 13 (1.52%) DNS
8 10 (1.17%) VoIP
8 10 (1.17%) VPN
9 8 (0.94%) DHCP
10 7 (0.82%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.82%) WLAN
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.23%) VLAN
13 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.77%) Power BI
2 68 (7.95%) SQL Server
3 48 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.21%) MySQL
5 27 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.29%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.05%) SAP BW
11 8 (0.94%) Redis
12 7 (0.82%) Big Data
12 7 (0.82%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.58%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.58%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
15 3 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 41 (4.80%) Git
2 24 (2.81%) JIRA
3 17 (1.99%) GitLab
4 14 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.58%) JMeter
6 5 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.58%) Subversion
7 3 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.23%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.12%) QADirector
9 1 (0.12%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 330 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 250 (29.24%) Finance
3 141 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (9.01%) Marketing
5 43 (5.03%) Manufacturing
6 42 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.80%) Billing
8 37 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (4.09%) Legal
9 35 (4.09%) Telecoms
10 32 (3.74%) Banking
10 32 (3.74%) Public Sector
11 31 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.92%) Games
13 17 (1.99%) Retail Finance
14 10 (1.17%) Local Government
15 8 (0.94%) Advertising
15 8 (0.94%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.94%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (14.62%) Analyst
2 122 (14.27%) Developer
3 117 (13.68%) Senior
4 58 (6.78%) Lead
5 54 (6.32%) Project Manager
6 47 (5.50%) Architect
7 33 (3.86%) Service Analyst
8 32 (3.74%) IT Support
9 31 (3.63%) Service Desk Analyst
10 28 (3.27%) Senior Developer
11 25 (2.92%) IT Manager
11 25 (2.92%) Support Engineer
12 23 (2.69%) Consultant
12 23 (2.69%) Quantity Surveyor
13 22 (2.57%) IT Analyst
13 22 (2.57%) IT Engineer
13 22 (2.57%) Software Engineer
14 21 (2.46%) Head of IT
15 19 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (2.11%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.73%) .NET
2 41 (4.80%) CSS
3 39 (4.56%) HTML
4 38 (4.44%) React
5 29 (3.39%) Node.js
6 26 (3.04%) .NET Core
7 20 (2.34%) Vue
8 19 (2.22%) JSON
8 19 (2.22%) XML
9 16 (1.87%) OLE
10 15 (1.75%) .NET Framework
11 14 (1.64%) RESTful
12 13 (1.52%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.52%) Entity Framework
13 12 (1.40%) Laravel
14 9 (1.05%) ASP.NET
14 9 (1.05%) PySpark
14 9 (1.05%) Spring
15 8 (0.94%) Kafka
15 8 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (4.21%) Driving Licence
3 31 (3.63%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.16%) Smartphone
6 26 (3.04%) EPoS
7 22 (2.57%) NHS
8 20 (2.34%) FMCG
8 20 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.64%) Social Media
11 13 (1.52%) PMI
12 12 (1.40%) Credit Risk
13 11 (1.29%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.17%) e-Learning
14 10 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.05%) Educational Technology
15 9 (1.05%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
16 7 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (8.42%) Windows
2 27 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.69%) Linux
4 8 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.23%) Android
8 2 (0.23%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (23.86%) Agile
2 181 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
3 134 (15.67%) Customer Service
4 96 (11.23%) E-Commerce
5 92 (10.76%) Analytics
6 87 (10.18%) Roadmaps
7 86 (10.06%) ERP
8 82 (9.59%) DevOps
9 80 (9.36%) Project Management
10 79 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
11 74 (8.65%) Mentoring
12 67 (7.84%) Time Management
13 62 (7.25%) Coaching
14 59 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (6.55%) Collaborative Culture
16 55 (6.43%) Collaborative Working
17 50 (5.85%) Decision-Making
17 50 (5.85%) Logistics
18 48 (5.61%) Software Engineering
19 44 (5.15%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 141 (16.49%) SQL
2 68 (7.95%) C#
3 63 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 57 (6.67%) PHP
5 49 (5.73%) Python
6 40 (4.68%) TypeScript
7 31 (3.63%) R
8 25 (2.92%) Java
9 16 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.64%) Go
11 13 (1.52%) VB.NET
12 10 (1.17%) Bash
13 9 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.94%) Ruby
15 5 (0.58%) Groovy
15 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.35%) ABAP
16 3 (0.35%) C
17 2 (0.23%) VBA
18 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 103 (12.05%) Degree
2 45 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 31 (3.63%) CIMA
4 29 (3.39%) ACCA
5 22 (2.57%) HNC
6 19 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.11%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.29%) A+ Certification
9 11 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.17%) HND
11 9 (1.05%) AAT
11 9 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.05%) CCNP
11 9 (1.05%) Security Cleared
12 7 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.82%) PMP
13 6 (0.70%) CISA
14 5 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.21%) SLA
2 32 (3.74%) QA
3 19 (2.22%) PMO
4 11 (1.29%) GDPR
5 10 (1.17%) IFRS
5 10 (1.17%) IFRS 9
6 9 (1.05%) CRD IV
7 8 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.35%) NIST
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 74 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.21%) Docker
3 15 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.82%) Firmware
6 4 (0.47%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.23%) KVM
8 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 39 (4.56%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.09%) Terraform
3 12 (1.40%) Grafana
4 10 (1.17%) Ansible
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.05%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.94%) Puppet
7 7 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.58%) Kibana
9 3 (0.35%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.35%) SELinux
10 2 (0.23%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 189 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.26%) Virgin Media
3 41 (4.80%) SAP
4 33 (3.86%) Google
5 25 (2.92%) VMware
6 23 (2.69%) NEC
7 22 (2.57%) Northgate
8 21 (2.46%) Adobe
9 18 (2.11%) IBM
10 17 (1.99%) Oracle
11 13 (1.52%) Dell
12 12 (1.40%) Epicor
12 12 (1.40%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.29%) NetApp
14 9 (1.05%) Cisco
14 9 (1.05%) HP
15 8 (0.94%) Salesforce
16 7 (0.82%) CA
16 7 (0.82%) New Relic
17 6 (0.70%) Veeam