Retailing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 44 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +31
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,481 6,467 8,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.54% 6.23% 5.61%
As % of the General category 7.59% 9.12% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 3,288 4,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,605 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,150 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,028 70,875 99,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.29% 63.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 38,205 51,280
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK

Retail
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +4 4,181 £47,500 -20.83% 2,045
UK excluding London -12 3,162 £45,000 -18.18% 1,541
Work from Home -18 1,669 £48,500 -22.40% 804
London -2 1,175 £62,500 -7.41% 551
North of England -20 811 £45,000 -18.18% 450
Midlands +47 716 £41,492 -24.56% 328
South East +18 696 £45,000 -18.18% 348
North West +3 490 £45,000 -18.18% 259
South West -19 382 £45,000 -17.57% 180
East of England +45 376 £48,000 -12.73% 178
East Midlands +48 357 £37,500 -31.82% 157
West Midlands +31 354 £45,000 -14.45% 171
Yorkshire -36 235 £46,000 -23.33% 152
Scotland -139 92 £46,250 -22.30% 63
North East -11 86 £40,001 -27.27% 47
Wales -19 59 £37,000 -17.78% 41
Northern Ireland +53 37 £28,000 -30.00% 9

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 159 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 43 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (0.89%) CMS
4 36 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 34 (0.76%) SAS
6 32 (0.71%) Confluence
7 28 (0.62%) Apache
8 21 (0.47%) WordPress
9 14 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
10 9 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 8 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 8 (0.18%) Anypoint
11 8 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
13 5 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
14 4 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.067%) Drupal
15 3 (0.067%) Smallworld
Applications
1 546 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 335 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 259 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 42 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 38 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.54%) Trello
10 22 (0.49%) Simulink
11 18 (0.40%) AutoCAD
11 18 (0.40%) InDesign
12 14 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
13 11 (0.25%) Adobe XD
14 8 (0.18%) MS Visio
15 7 (0.16%) Stateflow
16 6 (0.13%) Sketch
16 6 (0.13%) SPSS
17 5 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
17 5 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 62 (1.38%) Shopify
2 47 (1.05%) Magento
3 41 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 32 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
5 26 (0.58%) Endur
6 24 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
7 23 (0.51%) NetSuite
8 15 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
9 14 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
9 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
10 12 (0.27%) SAP PP
11 11 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
12 10 (0.22%) SAP Retail
13 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
13 9 (0.20%) SAP MM
14 8 (0.18%) SAP FI
14 8 (0.18%) SAP WM
15 7 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 617 (13.77%) Azure
2 384 (8.57%) Power Platform
3 380 (8.48%) AWS
4 261 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 154 (3.44%) SaaS
6 152 (3.39%) GCP
7 106 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
9 51 (1.14%) GitHub
10 46 (1.03%) Serverless
11 36 (0.80%) Entra ID
11 36 (0.80%) Google Analytics
12 34 (0.76%) WhatsApp
13 33 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 32 (0.71%) Power Automate
15 30 (0.67%) Figma
16 29 (0.65%) Snowflake
17 25 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (0.56%) Google Sheets
18 23 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 124 (2.77%) Firewall
2 123 (2.74%) WAN
3 113 (2.52%) LAN
4 102 (2.28%) Internet
5 76 (1.70%) Intranet
6 74 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 65 (1.45%) VPN
8 52 (1.16%) Broadband
9 38 (0.85%) Wireless
10 30 (0.67%) Network Security
11 29 (0.65%) SD-WAN
12 26 (0.58%) TCP/IP
13 24 (0.54%) DNS
14 22 (0.49%) VoIP
15 18 (0.40%) VLAN
15 18 (0.40%) WLAN
16 16 (0.36%) DHCP
17 11 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
18 10 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
19 9 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (7.72%) Power BI
2 282 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 181 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
4 161 (3.59%) Tableau
5 120 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 86 (1.92%) MySQL
7 61 (1.36%) Relational Database
8 48 (1.07%) MongoDB
8 48 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
9 45 (1.00%) Big Data
10 42 (0.94%) BigQuery
10 42 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 38 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (0.58%) GIS
14 22 (0.49%) NoSQL
15 19 (0.42%) DynamoDB
16 18 (0.40%) Looker
17 17 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 213 (4.75%) Git
2 99 (2.21%) JIRA
3 46 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 37 (0.83%) Visual Studio
5 35 (0.78%) GitLab
6 27 (0.60%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.27%) JUnit
8 11 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.22%) JBehave
9 10 (0.22%) JMeter
9 10 (0.22%) Selenium
9 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 10 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.22%) webpack
10 8 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.16%) gulp
11 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,830 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 1,228 (27.40%) Finance
3 1,081 (24.12%) Analytical Skills
4 493 (11.00%) Marketing
5 308 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (5.78%) German Language
7 250 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
8 242 (5.40%) Manufacturing
9 237 (5.29%) Legal
10 197 (4.40%) Public Sector
11 196 (4.37%) Banking
12 160 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
13 127 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 103 (2.30%) Law
15 89 (1.99%) Advertising
16 79 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
17 72 (1.61%) Automotive
18 63 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
19 61 (1.36%) Billing
20 54 (1.21%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 765 (17.07%) Analyst
2 616 (13.75%) Senior
3 434 (9.69%) Developer
4 283 (6.32%) Architect
5 272 (6.07%) Graduate
6 268 (5.98%) Lead
7 237 (5.29%) Project Manager
8 225 (5.02%) Consultant
9 179 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 162 (3.62%) Data Analyst
11 150 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
12 148 (3.30%) IT Manager
13 143 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
14 119 (2.66%) Administrator
15 104 (2.32%) Software Engineer
16 101 (2.25%) Senior Developer
17 83 (1.85%) Senior Manager
18 82 (1.83%) .NET Developer
18 82 (1.83%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 80 (1.79%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (5.02%) .NET
2 199 (4.44%) HTML
3 169 (3.77%) CSS
4 146 (3.26%) React
5 105 (2.34%) .NET Core
6 82 (1.83%) Web Services
7 81 (1.81%) ASP.NET
8 75 (1.67%) Vue
9 68 (1.52%) .NET Framework
9 68 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 63 (1.41%) Node.js
10 63 (1.41%) REST
10 63 (1.41%) XML
11 58 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
12 47 (1.05%) RESTful
13 46 (1.03%) JSON
14 44 (0.98%) Entity Framework
15 39 (0.87%) Laravel
16 36 (0.80%) Kafka
17 30 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 481 (10.73%) Self-Motivation
2 326 (7.28%) Driving Licence
3 162 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 139 (3.10%) FMCG
5 126 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 100 (2.23%) EPoS
6 100 (2.23%) Social Media
7 99 (2.21%) PMI
8 95 (2.12%) Onboarding
9 91 (2.03%) Cloud Native
10 86 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
11 78 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 71 (1.58%) Mobile App
13 68 (1.52%) Photography
14 65 (1.45%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.09%) Algorithms
16 44 (0.98%) Blog
17 41 (0.91%) Data Structures
18 39 (0.87%) NHS
19 36 (0.80%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 316 (7.05%) Windows
2 121 (2.70%) Linux
3 103 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 52 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 49 (1.09%) VMS
6 41 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 37 (0.83%) Android
7 37 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (0.40%) Unix
10 17 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.29%) Windows 7
13 11 (0.25%) Mac OS
13 11 (0.25%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.18%) AIX
17 5 (0.11%) CentOS
18 3 (0.067%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,055 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
2 807 (18.01%) Agile
3 549 (12.25%) Customer Service
4 525 (11.72%) E-Commerce
5 482 (10.76%) Project Management
6 481 (10.73%) Analytics
7 405 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
8 397 (8.86%) Decision-Making
9 383 (8.55%) Roadmaps
10 281 (6.27%) Mentoring
11 266 (5.94%) Coaching
12 262 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 253 (5.65%) Data Analysis
14 252 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 237 (5.29%) ERP
16 236 (5.27%) Change Management
17 235 (5.24%) Logistics
18 233 (5.20%) Machine Learning
18 233 (5.20%) Mathematics
19 228 (5.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 713 (15.91%) SQL
2 366 (8.17%) Python
3 280 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 222 (4.95%) C#
5 133 (2.97%) PHP
6 131 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 111 (2.48%) Java
8 68 (1.52%) R
9 51 (1.14%) PowerShell
10 45 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.89%) VBA
12 39 (0.87%) C
12 39 (0.87%) Go
13 33 (0.74%) MATLAB
14 31 (0.69%) VB.NET
15 30 (0.67%) Bash
16 27 (0.60%) Ruby
17 22 (0.49%) VB
18 21 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 14 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 962 (21.47%) Degree
2 450 (10.04%) DBS Check
3 135 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 112 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 76 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 56 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 54 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 53 (1.18%) SC Cleared
10 50 (1.12%) ACCA
11 48 (1.07%) HNC
12 44 (0.98%) CCNP
12 44 (0.98%) CISSP
13 42 (0.94%) CIMA
14 37 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 28 (0.62%) CCNA
16 24 (0.54%) AWS Certification
16 24 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
17 23 (0.51%) HND
18 22 (0.49%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (4.26%) QA
2 102 (2.28%) SLA
3 90 (2.01%) GDPR
4 64 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 56 (1.25%) PMO
6 49 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (0.94%) NIST
8 37 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 36 (0.80%) Accessibility
10 25 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 24 (0.54%) IFRS
12 21 (0.47%) IFRS 9
13 18 (0.40%) CRD IV
14 15 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
15 11 (0.25%) ISO 14000
16 8 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 14001
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 22301
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 218 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 111 (2.48%) Docker
3 51 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 25 (0.56%) Firmware
6 14 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.089%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.067%) KVM
10 3 (0.067%) 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
1 135 (3.01%) Terraform
2 123 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.32%) Ansible
4 41 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.56%) Grafana
6 24 (0.54%) Progress Chef
7 19 (0.42%) Puppet
7 19 (0.42%) SCCM
8 14 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.20%) CASB
10 8 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.18%) SCOM
11 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.11%) Kibana
12 5 (0.11%) logstash
13 4 (0.089%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.089%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 3 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.067%) Functional Safety
14 3 (0.067%) Packer
Vendors
1 927 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 195 (4.35%) Google
3 153 (3.41%) SAP
4 119 (2.66%) Databricks
5 98 (2.19%) Adobe
6 72 (1.61%) Oracle
7 70 (1.56%) VMware
8 69 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 66 (1.47%) Cisco
9 66 (1.47%) Virgin Media
10 46 (1.03%) IBM
10 46 (1.03%) NEC
11 34 (0.76%) Dell
12 30 (0.67%) HP
13 28 (0.62%) Apple
13 28 (0.62%) MuleSoft
14 27 (0.60%) Northgate
15 25 (0.56%) Citrix
16 21 (0.47%) NetApp
17 20 (0.45%) ServiceNow