Retail Jobs in the UK excluding London

Retailing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 43 56
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +42
Permanent jobs citing Retail 3,200 3,846 3,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.51% 6.39% 5.05%
As % of the General category 7.87% 9.31% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,970 1,945 2,081
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,569 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,606 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.45% +0.87%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,663 41,296 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.34% 68.66% 60.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26,430 18,767 24,017
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 of England -17 836 £45,000 -18.18% 489
Midlands +59 725 £41,000 -25.45% 342
South East +14 706 £45,000 -18.18% 358
North West +7 515 £45,000 -18.18% 275
East of England +48 380 £48,000 -12.73% 164
South West -23 379 £47,500 -13.45% 183
East Midlands +54 361 £37,500 -31.82% 162
West Midlands +43 359 £45,000 -14.45% 180
Yorkshire -33 234 £46,000 -23.33% 175
Scotland -148 88 £46,250 -22.92% 77
North East -12 87 £41,600 -24.36% 48
Wales -25 59 £37,000 -17.78% 37
Northern Ireland +52 35 £28,000 -30.00% 8
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 128 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (0.91%) Confluence
3 29 (0.91%) SAS
4 28 (0.88%) CMS
5 21 (0.66%) Apache
6 20 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.53%) WordPress
8 9 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.094%) IIS
13 2 (0.063%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.031%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
Applications
1 364 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 234 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
3 182 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 29 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 28 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
7 27 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 22 (0.69%) Simulink
9 21 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
10 17 (0.53%) Trello
11 15 (0.47%) AutoCAD
12 14 (0.44%) InDesign
13 7 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
13 7 (0.22%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
13 7 (0.22%) Stateflow
14 6 (0.19%) SPSS
15 5 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
16 4 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
16 4 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 44 (1.38%) Shopify
2 43 (1.34%) Magento
3 28 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
4 23 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
5 16 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 15 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 14 (0.44%) Epicor Tropos
8 10 (0.31%) Misys Midas
9 9 (0.28%) SAP BPC
10 8 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
11 7 (0.22%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.22%) SAP WM
12 6 (0.19%) ResourceLink
12 6 (0.19%) SAP MM
13 5 (0.16%) NEC Housing
13 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
13 5 (0.16%) SAP SD
14 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 487 (15.22%) Azure
2 274 (8.56%) Power Platform
3 219 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 204 (6.38%) AWS
5 94 (2.94%) SaaS
6 76 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (2.34%) GCP
8 64 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (1.00%) Entra ID
10 31 (0.97%) Power Automate
11 26 (0.81%) GitHub
12 24 (0.75%) PowerApps
13 22 (0.69%) WhatsApp
14 21 (0.66%) Serverless
15 19 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 18 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (0.56%) Google Analytics
17 17 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 79 (2.47%) Firewall
2 70 (2.19%) WAN
3 67 (2.09%) LAN
4 63 (1.97%) Internet
4 63 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 59 (1.84%) Intranet
6 52 (1.63%) Broadband
7 37 (1.16%) Wireless
8 25 (0.78%) Network Security
9 24 (0.75%) VPN
10 22 (0.69%) TCP/IP
11 21 (0.66%) DNS
11 21 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 20 (0.63%) VoIP
13 18 (0.56%) WLAN
14 15 (0.47%) VLAN
15 13 (0.41%) DHCP
16 11 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
17 10 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
18 9 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (7.81%) Power BI
2 239 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 150 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
4 107 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 75 (2.34%) MySQL
6 61 (1.91%) Tableau
7 40 (1.25%) MongoDB
8 37 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 29 (0.91%) Big Data
10 29 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 26 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (0.75%) Data Lake
13 19 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 17 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 15 (0.47%) Redis
17 13 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
17 13 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 114 (3.56%) Git
2 81 (2.53%) JIRA
3 31 (0.97%) Visual Studio
4 29 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 28 (0.88%) GitLab
6 10 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.31%) JBehave
6 10 (0.31%) JMeter
6 10 (0.31%) Selenium
6 10 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 8 (0.25%) webpack
8 7 (0.22%) gulp
8 7 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.19%) JUnit
9 6 (0.19%) Subversion
9 6 (0.19%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.16%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,267 (39.59%) Social Skills
2 893 (27.91%) Finance
3 682 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (8.34%) Marketing
5 178 (5.56%) Legal
6 171 (5.34%) Manufacturing
7 148 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 147 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
9 141 (4.41%) Public Sector
10 121 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
11 118 (3.69%) Banking
12 107 (3.34%) Telecoms
13 95 (2.97%) German Language
14 70 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (1.91%) Billing
16 41 (1.28%) Automotive
17 39 (1.22%) Law
17 39 (1.22%) Local Government
18 35 (1.09%) Games
18 35 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 557 (17.41%) Analyst
2 357 (11.16%) Senior
3 351 (10.97%) Developer
4 182 (5.69%) Project Manager
5 166 (5.19%) Lead
6 163 (5.09%) Consultant
7 157 (4.91%) Architect
8 147 (4.59%) Business Analyst
9 112 (3.50%) Graduate
10 105 (3.28%) IT Manager
11 92 (2.88%) Administrator
12 82 (2.56%) Software Engineer
12 82 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
13 80 (2.50%) Business Intelligence Consultant
14 78 (2.44%) Principal Business Analyst
15 75 (2.34%) Senior Developer
16 71 (2.22%) Data Analyst
17 68 (2.13%) .NET Developer
18 65 (2.03%) IT Support
19 64 (2.00%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (5.66%) .NET
2 160 (5.00%) HTML
3 152 (4.75%) CSS
4 106 (3.31%) React
5 91 (2.84%) .NET Core
6 71 (2.22%) ASP.NET
7 70 (2.19%) Vue
8 63 (1.97%) AngularJS
9 59 (1.84%) Web Services
10 52 (1.63%) .NET Framework
10 52 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web API
10 52 (1.63%) Node.js
11 48 (1.50%) REST
12 44 (1.38%) Entity Framework
13 43 (1.34%) JSON
13 43 (1.34%) RESTful
14 41 (1.28%) XML
15 39 (1.22%) Laravel
16 30 (0.94%) ASP.NET MVC
17 25 (0.78%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 278 (8.69%) Self-Motivation
2 195 (6.09%) Driving Licence
3 116 (3.63%) Management Information System
4 91 (2.84%) FMCG
5 85 (2.66%) EPoS
6 83 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 79 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
8 73 (2.28%) PMI
9 70 (2.19%) Onboarding
10 59 (1.84%) Cloud Native
11 55 (1.72%) Mobile App
12 49 (1.53%) Data Centre
13 40 (1.25%) Social Media
14 34 (1.06%) Algorithms
15 30 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 30 (0.94%) NHS
16 28 (0.88%) CCTV
16 28 (0.88%) Credit Risk
16 28 (0.88%) Smartphone
17 27 (0.84%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 241 (7.53%) Windows
2 94 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 70 (2.19%) Linux
4 41 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 22 (0.69%) Android
6 21 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (0.41%) Unix
9 13 (0.41%) Windows 7
9 13 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 10 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.25%) AIX
14 7 (0.22%) VMS
15 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.16%) CentOS
17 4 (0.13%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.094%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
2 616 (19.25%) Agile
3 484 (15.13%) Customer Service
4 373 (11.66%) E-Commerce
5 369 (11.53%) Project Management
6 319 (9.97%) Decision-Making
7 290 (9.06%) Business Intelligence
8 287 (8.97%) Analytics
9 286 (8.94%) Roadmaps
10 250 (7.81%) Coaching
11 230 (7.19%) Mentoring
12 217 (6.78%) Change Management
13 212 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 198 (6.19%) ERP
15 195 (6.09%) Logistics
16 169 (5.28%) Project Delivery
17 168 (5.25%) DevOps
18 161 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 158 (4.94%) Time Management
20 151 (4.72%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 484 (15.13%) SQL
2 229 (7.16%) JavaScript
3 186 (5.81%) C#
4 184 (5.75%) Python
5 130 (4.06%) PHP
6 106 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 64 (2.00%) Java
8 52 (1.63%) R
9 39 (1.22%) VBA
10 38 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 35 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.06%) C
13 32 (1.00%) MATLAB
14 30 (0.94%) VB.NET
15 22 (0.69%) VB
16 21 (0.66%) Go
16 21 (0.66%) Ruby
17 18 (0.56%) Bash
18 15 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 9 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 542 (16.94%) Degree
2 208 (6.50%) DBS Check
3 86 (2.69%) Security Cleared
4 81 (2.53%) PMI Certification
5 49 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (1.53%) HNC
6 48 (1.50%) CIMA
6 48 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (1.47%) ACCA
8 42 (1.31%) CCNP
9 38 (1.19%) SC Cleared
10 37 (1.16%) CISSP
11 33 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 30 (0.94%) DV Cleared
12 30 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (0.81%) CCNA
14 23 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (0.69%) HND
16 21 (0.66%) AWS Certification
17 18 (0.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (4.38%) QA
2 92 (2.88%) SLA
3 72 (2.25%) GDPR
4 45 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 44 (1.38%) PMO
6 40 (1.25%) NIST
7 31 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.59%) IFRS
8 19 (0.59%) IFRS 9
9 17 (0.53%) CRD IV
9 17 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.22%) Automotive SPICE
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 14000
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 157 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 81 (2.53%) Docker
3 48 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.84%) Firmware
6 13 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.094%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.063%) KVM
11 1 (0.031%) IAG
11 1 (0.031%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.72%) Terraform
3 34 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (0.69%) Progress Chef
5 20 (0.63%) Ansible
6 17 (0.53%) Puppet
7 13 (0.41%) Grafana
8 11 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.34%) SCCM
9 9 (0.28%) CASB
10 8 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.25%) SCOM
11 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.16%) Kibana
12 4 (0.13%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.094%) Functional Safety
13 3 (0.094%) SELinux
13 3 (0.094%) Sysprep
13 3 (0.094%) WhatsUp Gold
13 3 (0.094%) WSUS
Vendors
1 773 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 119 (3.72%) Google
3 96 (3.00%) SAP
4 66 (2.06%) Virgin Media
4 66 (2.06%) VMware
5 59 (1.84%) Oracle
6 57 (1.78%) Adobe
6 57 (1.78%) Cisco
7 46 (1.44%) NEC
8 45 (1.41%) IBM
9 40 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 34 (1.06%) Dell
11 31 (0.97%) Databricks
12 29 (0.91%) HP
13 27 (0.84%) Northgate
14 24 (0.75%) Citrix
14 24 (0.75%) MuleSoft
15 22 (0.69%) NetApp
16 18 (0.56%) Epicor
16 18 (0.56%) Openreach