Retail Jobs in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 84 52
Rank change year-on-year +58 -32 -7
Permanent jobs citing Retail 804 347 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.42% 3.87% 5.14%
As % of the General category 11.63% 5.27% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 501 215 388
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £29,750 £43,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,492 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,040
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,915 6,581 6,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.23% 73.33% 62.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,764 3,054 4,243
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,053 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,991 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
East Midlands +52 406 £37,500 -31.82% 199
West Midlands +47 393 £45,000 -16.67% 180
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.87%) Confluence
3 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.12%) CMS
5 4 (0.50%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.25%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 122 (15.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 106 (13.18%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.87%) Trello
7 6 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.75%) InDesign
8 5 (0.62%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (1.24%) Misys Midas
3 6 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.75%) ResourceLink
4 5 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.37%) Magento
6 3 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.12%) iTrent
8 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 102 (12.69%) Azure
2 69 (8.58%) AWS
3 60 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (5.72%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.86%) SaaS
6 17 (2.11%) WhatsApp
7 15 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.62%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.62%) GCP
9 9 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.75%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.50%) Figma
13 3 (0.37%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.37%) PaaS
14 2 (0.25%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
2 29 (3.61%) WAN
3 27 (3.36%) Internet
4 25 (3.11%) LAN
5 22 (2.74%) Broadband
6 20 (2.49%) Wireless
7 18 (2.24%) Firewall
7 18 (2.24%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.62%) VPN
9 10 (1.24%) VLAN
10 9 (1.12%) VoIP
10 9 (1.12%) WLAN
11 8 (1.00%) BGP
11 8 (1.00%) MPLS
11 8 (1.00%) OSPF
12 7 (0.87%) DNS
12 7 (0.87%) EIGRP
12 7 (0.87%) Spanning Tree
12 7 (0.87%) VRRP
12 7 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 45 (5.60%) Power BI
3 30 (3.73%) Tableau
4 26 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.49%) Power Query
7 11 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.24%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.87%) UniData
11 6 (0.75%) MySQL
12 5 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.62%) Redis
12 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.50%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.50%) GIS
13 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 25 (3.11%) Git
2 16 (1.99%) JIRA
3 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.62%) GitLab
4 5 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.37%) Appium
6 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.37%) Gatling
6 3 (0.37%) JBehave
6 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.37%) JMeter
6 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 3 (0.37%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.25%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.25%) sqlmap
8 1 (0.12%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.12%) fastlane
8 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 313 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 301 (37.44%) Finance
3 156 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (9.20%) Legal
5 55 (6.84%) Marketing
6 53 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
7 52 (6.47%) Manufacturing
8 42 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (4.73%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.48%) Public Sector
11 21 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.36%) Local Government
13 18 (2.24%) Billing
14 14 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.49%) Banking
16 11 (1.37%) Automotive
17 9 (1.12%) Back Office
17 9 (1.12%) Social Housing
18 7 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.87%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 174 (21.64%) Analyst
2 80 (9.95%) Senior
3 67 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 50 (6.22%) Developer
5 48 (5.97%) Lead
6 43 (5.35%) Architect
7 42 (5.22%) IT Manager
8 39 (4.85%) Business Analyst
9 36 (4.48%) Development Manager
10 33 (4.10%) Consultant
10 33 (4.10%) Data Analyst
11 27 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.99%) Help Desk Analyst
13 23 (2.86%) Business Manager
13 23 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.86%) Team Leader
14 18 (2.24%) Quantity Surveyor
15 17 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
15 17 (2.11%) Operations Analyst
16 16 (1.99%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.48%) .NET
2 23 (2.86%) HTML
3 22 (2.74%) CSS
4 18 (2.24%) React
5 17 (2.11%) .NET Core
5 17 (2.11%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.62%) ASP.NET
7 12 (1.49%) .NET Framework
8 11 (1.37%) Vue
9 10 (1.24%) REST
10 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (0.87%) JSON
10 7 (0.87%) Kafka
11 6 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web API
11 6 (0.75%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.75%) Web Services
12 5 (0.62%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.62%) HTML5
12 5 (0.62%) Node.js
12 5 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.46%) Driving Licence
2 44 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.36%) FMCG
5 20 (2.49%) PMI
5 20 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.74%) EPoS
9 10 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.75%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.75%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.62%) Acoustics
13 5 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.46%) Windows
2 36 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.61%) Linux
4 19 (2.36%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.37%) Windows 7
6 11 (1.37%) Windows 8
7 9 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.62%) Android
8 5 (0.62%) Unix
8 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.50%) AIX
9 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (18.41%) Logistics
3 140 (17.41%) Agile
4 115 (14.30%) Project Management
5 104 (12.94%) Customer Service
6 77 (9.58%) ITIL
7 76 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (8.71%) E-Commerce
9 68 (8.46%) Project Delivery
10 65 (8.08%) ERP
11 64 (7.96%) Analytics
12 59 (7.34%) Roadmaps
13 58 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
13 58 (7.21%) Mentoring
14 57 (7.09%) Business Development
15 55 (6.84%) Data Management
15 55 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
16 52 (6.47%) Data Analysis
17 49 (6.09%) Coaching
17 49 (6.09%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 120 (14.93%) SQL
2 55 (6.84%) Python
3 46 (5.72%) JavaScript
4 29 (3.61%) C#
5 22 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 13 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.12%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.00%) Java
8 8 (1.00%) PHP
9 6 (0.75%) R
9 6 (0.75%) VBA
10 5 (0.62%) Go
10 5 (0.62%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.50%) Ruby
12 3 (0.37%) Bash
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.12%) Groovy
13 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.12%) Swift
Qualifications
1 147 (18.28%) Degree
2 39 (4.85%) DBS Check
3 25 (3.11%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.61%) PMI Certification
5 20 (2.49%) CCNP
5 20 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 18 (2.24%) ACCA
7 18 (2.24%) CIMA
7 18 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.49%) CCNA
9 12 (1.49%) HNC
10 11 (1.37%) CCIE
11 10 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.00%) CCSA
12 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.87%) CCDP
13 7 (0.87%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.34%) QA
2 23 (2.86%) SLA
3 14 (1.74%) GDPR
3 14 (1.74%) PMO
4 10 (1.24%) NIST
5 8 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 42 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.74%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.49%) Firmware
5 8 (1.00%) Docker
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (1.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.75%) Terraform
3 5 (0.62%) SCOM
4 4 (0.50%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) Ansible
7 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 234 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 24 (2.99%) Databricks
3 23 (2.86%) NEC
3 23 (2.86%) SAP
3 23 (2.86%) VMware
4 22 (2.74%) Cisco
5 21 (2.61%) Virgin Media
6 19 (2.36%) Google
7 18 (2.24%) Openreach
8 12 (1.49%) Apple
8 12 (1.49%) Citrix
9 11 (1.37%) Adobe
10 10 (1.24%) Dell
11 8 (1.00%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.00%) Ekahau
12 7 (0.87%) Meraki
12 7 (0.87%) YouTube
13 6 (0.75%) HP
13 6 (0.75%) Kronos
13 6 (0.75%) NetApp