Retail Jobs in the South West

Retailing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 35 77
Rank change year-on-year -24 +42 +54
Permanent jobs citing Retail 374 495 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.04% 7.30% 4.13%
As % of the General category 7.49% 11.53% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 254 330 219
10th Percentile £26,475 £30,932 £23,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,125 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,882 £41,957
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +30.81% -6.76%
75th Percentile £62,188 £70,846 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,392 £72,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,991 4,295 4,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.96% 63.35% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,390 2,394 3,056
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.07% +7.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the South West

Retail
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bristol -32 107 £43,500 -27.80% 56
Gloucestershire -8 70 £47,500 -13.64% 24
Dorset +7 62 £45,000 -18.18% 14
Wiltshire -2 62 £55,000 +20.22% 30
Devon -39 37 £41,250 +18.12% 28
Somerset -10 18 £38,070 -30.78% 28
Cornwall -8 11 £45,000 +50.00% 6
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.34%) Apache
2 5 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.01%) Simulink
4 8 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.80%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.53%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (3.48%) Magento
2 11 (2.94%) Shopify
3 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.51%) Azure
2 40 (10.70%) Power Platform
3 27 (7.22%) AWS
4 19 (5.08%) GCP
5 12 (3.21%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.94%) SaaS
7 10 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.41%) Snowflake
9 8 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.60%) GitHub
11 5 (1.34%) dbt
11 5 (1.34%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.34%) Google Data Studio
11 5 (1.34%) Serverless
11 5 (1.34%) Stitch
12 4 (1.07%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.80%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.55%) Firewall
2 7 (1.87%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.60%) WAN
4 5 (1.34%) Ethernet VPN
4 5 (1.34%) VSAT
4 5 (1.34%) VXLAN
5 4 (1.07%) Bluetooth
5 4 (1.07%) Wireless
6 3 (0.80%) 5G
6 3 (0.80%) LAN
6 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.53%) Internet
7 2 (0.53%) WLAN
8 1 (0.27%) Intranet
8 1 (0.27%) TETRA
8 1 (0.27%) VPN
8 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.56%) MySQL
2 28 (7.49%) Power BI
3 25 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (6.42%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.55%) Tableau
6 13 (3.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.94%) Oracle BI EE
8 9 (2.41%) Big Data
8 9 (2.41%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.34%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.34%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.34%) Looker
9 5 (1.34%) Redshift Spectrum
9 5 (1.34%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.07%) OLAP
10 4 (1.07%) OLAP Cube
10 4 (1.07%) Oracle OLAP
10 4 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (6.15%) Git
2 5 (1.34%) GitLab
2 5 (1.34%) IntelliJ
3 4 (1.07%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.07%) JIRA
3 4 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.80%) JUnit
4 3 (0.80%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.80%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) Appium
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.27%) Gatling
5 1 (0.27%) JBehave
5 1 (0.27%) JMeter
5 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.27%) Subversion
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 93 (24.87%) Finance
3 45 (12.03%) Marketing
4 35 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.68%) Banking
6 24 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.28%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.01%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.74%) Military
10 11 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.41%) French Language
13 8 (2.14%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.87%) German Language
14 7 (1.87%) Legal
15 6 (1.60%) Electronics
15 6 (1.60%) Police
16 5 (1.34%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 58 (15.51%) Senior
2 45 (12.03%) Analyst
3 43 (11.50%) Developer
4 37 (9.89%) Consultant
5 31 (8.29%) Software Engineer
6 24 (6.42%) Architect
6 24 (6.42%) Lead
7 22 (5.88%) Product Manager
8 16 (4.28%) Security Analyst
9 15 (4.01%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.01%) Delivery Manager
9 15 (4.01%) Software Developer
9 15 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.74%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 14 (3.74%) Senior Developer
10 14 (3.74%) Senior Manager
10 14 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (3.48%) PHP Developer
12 12 (3.21%) Lead Consultant
12 12 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (13.37%) HTML
2 45 (12.03%) CSS
3 26 (6.95%) React
4 21 (5.61%) REST
5 20 (5.35%) RESTful
6 15 (4.01%) Web Services
7 14 (3.74%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.74%) Laravel
8 11 (2.94%) LAMP
9 9 (2.41%) Spring
9 9 (2.41%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.14%) Symfony
11 7 (1.87%) .NET
11 7 (1.87%) Vue
12 6 (1.60%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.60%) Middleware
12 6 (1.60%) SOAP
13 5 (1.34%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.34%) ASP.NET Web API
14 4 (1.07%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.35%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 10 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.60%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.60%) Replication
7 6 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.34%) FMCG
8 5 (1.34%) iPad
9 4 (1.07%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.07%) EPoS
9 4 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.07%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.61%) Windows
2 16 (4.28%) Linux
3 10 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.34%) Android
5 5 (1.34%) CentOS
6 4 (1.07%) AIX
6 4 (1.07%) Unix
7 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.53%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.53%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (27.01%) Agile
3 76 (20.32%) E-Commerce
4 58 (15.51%) Analytics
4 58 (15.51%) Customer Service
5 51 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 50 (13.37%) Mentoring
7 40 (10.70%) Software Engineering
8 38 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (9.36%) Collaborative Working
10 33 (8.82%) Strategic Thinking
11 30 (8.02%) Project Delivery
12 29 (7.75%) User Experience
13 28 (7.49%) B2B
13 28 (7.49%) Information Security
14 25 (6.68%) Decision-Making
14 25 (6.68%) Mathematics
15 24 (6.42%) Artificial Intelligence
15 24 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (6.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (15.24%) JavaScript
2 49 (13.10%) SQL
3 37 (9.89%) PHP
4 23 (6.15%) Python
5 19 (5.08%) Java
6 18 (4.81%) MATLAB
7 15 (4.01%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.74%) C#
9 12 (3.21%) VBA
10 8 (2.14%) C
10 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.07%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.07%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.07%) Ruby
12 3 (0.80%) Bicep
13 2 (0.53%) Go
13 2 (0.53%) Groovy
13 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.53%) Rust
14 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (15.78%) Degree
2 41 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.22%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.68%) CISSP
5 13 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.41%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.41%) CCNP
6 9 (2.41%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.14%) CEH
8 7 (1.87%) CCNA
8 7 (1.87%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.60%) CCSK
10 5 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.34%) RHCE
10 5 (1.34%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.07%) CCSP
11 4 (1.07%) CISM
11 4 (1.07%) GSEC
11 4 (1.07%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.68%) NIST
2 20 (5.35%) PCI DSS
3 19 (5.08%) QA
3 19 (5.08%) SLA
4 10 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.41%) GDPR
6 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.53%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.53%) SEPA
8 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (3.74%) Docker
2 12 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.80%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (4.28%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.41%) CASB
3 7 (1.87%) Terraform
4 6 (1.60%) Ansible
5 5 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.34%) Puppet
6 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.80%) SCCM
8 1 (0.27%) Consul
8 1 (0.27%) Packer
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.42%) Google
2 24 (6.42%) Oracle
3 13 (3.48%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.21%) Twitter
4 12 (3.21%) VMware
5 7 (1.87%) Cisco
6 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.34%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.34%) SAP
7 4 (1.07%) Adobe
7 4 (1.07%) Cognos
7 4 (1.07%) IBM
7 4 (1.07%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.80%) Automation Anywhere
8 3 (0.80%) Blue Prism
8 3 (0.80%) iManage
8 3 (0.80%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.80%) Thales
8 3 (0.80%) UiPath