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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 44 55
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +30
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,538 6,281 8,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.57% 6.22% 5.64%
As % of the General category 7.65% 9.12% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 3,229 4,065
10th Percentile £26,000 £34,145 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,077 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £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 59,322 68,855 101,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.79% 68.16% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,670 37,231 50,896
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £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 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +5 4,243 £47,500 -20.83% 2,195
UK excluding London -9 3,220 £45,000 -18.18% 1,656
Work from Home -16 1,696 £48,000 -23.20% 871
London -1 1,173 £62,500 -7.41% 586
North of England -18 843 £45,000 -18.18% 516
Midlands +53 738 £41,000 -25.45% 348
South East +15 707 £45,000 -18.18% 364
North West +7 521 £45,000 -18.18% 294
East of England +47 379 £47,750 -13.18% 170
South West -17 379 £47,500 -13.45% 187
East Midlands +52 367 £37,500 -31.82% 165
West Midlands +41 366 £45,000 -14.37% 183
Yorkshire -36 235 £47,000 -21.67% 181
Scotland -143 88 £46,250 -22.92% 79
North East -10 87 £41,600 -24.36% 51
Wales -20 59 £37,000 -17.78% 38
Northern Ireland +47 35 £28,000 -30.00% 10

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 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 42 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (0.84%) CMS
4 34 (0.75%) SAS
5 32 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 32 (0.71%) Confluence
6 24 (0.53%) Apache
7 21 (0.46%) WordPress
8 14 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 8 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
12 5 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.066%) Drupal
13 3 (0.066%) IIS
13 3 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 574 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 353 (7.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 285 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 42 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 38 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.53%) Trello
10 22 (0.48%) Simulink
11 18 (0.40%) AutoCAD
11 18 (0.40%) InDesign
12 14 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
13 11 (0.24%) Adobe XD
14 8 (0.18%) MS Visio
15 7 (0.15%) 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 (1.37%) Shopify
2 48 (1.06%) Magento
3 40 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 30 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 26 (0.57%) Endur
7 24 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
8 23 (0.51%) NetSuite
9 14 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
9 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
10 13 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
11 12 (0.26%) SAP PP
12 11 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
13 10 (0.22%) ResourceLink
14 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
15 8 (0.18%) SAP Retail
15 8 (0.18%) SAP WM
16 7 (0.15%) SAP MM
16 7 (0.15%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 618 (13.62%) Azure
2 395 (8.70%) AWS
3 374 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 261 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (3.44%) SaaS
6 149 (3.28%) GCP
7 102 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.04%) GitHub
9 47 (1.04%) Serverless
10 36 (0.79%) Entra ID
10 36 (0.79%) Google Analytics
11 35 (0.77%) WhatsApp
12 33 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 32 (0.71%) Power Automate
14 30 (0.66%) Figma
15 29 (0.64%) Snowflake
16 25 (0.55%) Google Sheets
17 24 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 124 (2.73%) Firewall
2 118 (2.60%) WAN
3 111 (2.45%) LAN
4 101 (2.23%) Internet
5 76 (1.67%) Intranet
6 75 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 65 (1.43%) VPN
8 52 (1.15%) Broadband
9 38 (0.84%) Wireless
10 31 (0.68%) Network Security
11 27 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 27 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 24 (0.53%) DNS
13 22 (0.48%) VoIP
14 18 (0.40%) DHCP
14 18 (0.40%) VLAN
14 18 (0.40%) WLAN
15 11 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
16 10 (0.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (7.40%) Power BI
2 277 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 177 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
4 173 (3.81%) Tableau
5 115 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 82 (1.81%) MySQL
7 56 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 43 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (0.90%) Big Data
11 38 (0.84%) BigQuery
11 38 (0.84%) Data Lake
12 37 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 29 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
14 26 (0.57%) GIS
15 23 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (0.42%) DynamoDB
17 18 (0.40%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
18 17 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 231 (5.09%) Git
2 97 (2.14%) JIRA
3 42 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 35 (0.77%) GitLab
4 35 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 27 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 12 (0.26%) JUnit
7 11 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.22%) JBehave
8 10 (0.22%) JMeter
8 10 (0.22%) Selenium
8 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
8 10 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.22%) webpack
9 8 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
10 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.15%) gulp
10 7 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,862 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 1,237 (27.26%) Finance
3 1,099 (24.22%) Analytical Skills
4 505 (11.13%) Marketing
5 303 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 274 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
7 267 (5.88%) Legal
8 259 (5.71%) German Language
9 252 (5.55%) Manufacturing
10 191 (4.21%) Public Sector
11 189 (4.16%) Banking
12 160 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
13 128 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 100 (2.20%) Law
15 89 (1.96%) Advertising
16 78 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
17 70 (1.54%) Automotive
18 65 (1.43%) Billing
19 62 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
20 55 (1.21%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 790 (17.41%) Analyst
2 625 (13.77%) Senior
3 428 (9.43%) Developer
4 273 (6.02%) Architect
5 271 (5.97%) Graduate
6 263 (5.80%) Lead
7 239 (5.27%) Project Manager
8 223 (4.91%) Consultant
9 183 (4.03%) Business Analyst
10 181 (3.99%) Data Analyst
11 168 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
12 149 (3.28%) IT Manager
13 135 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
14 119 (2.62%) Administrator
15 105 (2.31%) Software Engineer
16 98 (2.16%) Senior Developer
17 88 (1.94%) Senior Data Analyst
18 84 (1.85%) Senior Manager
19 82 (1.81%) Business Intelligence Consultant
20 80 (1.76%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (4.89%) .NET
2 199 (4.39%) HTML
3 170 (3.75%) CSS
4 148 (3.26%) React
5 107 (2.36%) .NET Core
6 83 (1.83%) Web Services
7 81 (1.78%) ASP.NET
8 75 (1.65%) Vue
9 68 (1.50%) .NET Framework
9 68 (1.50%) AngularJS
10 64 (1.41%) Node.js
11 63 (1.39%) XML
12 62 (1.37%) REST
13 58 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
14 48 (1.06%) RESTful
15 46 (1.01%) JSON
16 44 (0.97%) Entity Framework
17 39 (0.86%) Laravel
18 30 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
18 30 (0.66%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 479 (10.56%) Self-Motivation
2 332 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 163 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 138 (3.04%) FMCG
5 126 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 101 (2.23%) Social Media
7 100 (2.20%) EPoS
8 98 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 97 (2.14%) PMI
10 90 (1.98%) Cloud Native
11 84 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
12 77 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 72 (1.59%) Mobile App
14 68 (1.50%) Data Centre
14 68 (1.50%) Photography
15 49 (1.08%) Algorithms
16 44 (0.97%) Blog
17 42 (0.93%) Data Structures
18 39 (0.86%) NHS
19 34 (0.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 311 (6.85%) Windows
2 116 (2.56%) Linux
3 101 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 52 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 47 (1.04%) VMS
6 39 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 37 (0.82%) Android
8 36 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 21 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.37%) Unix
10 17 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.29%) Windows 7
13 11 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 11 (0.24%) 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 (0.066%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,093 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 819 (18.05%) Agile
3 564 (12.43%) Customer Service
4 524 (11.55%) E-Commerce
5 502 (11.06%) Analytics
6 489 (10.78%) Project Management
7 399 (8.79%) Decision-Making
8 395 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
9 380 (8.37%) Roadmaps
10 282 (6.21%) Mentoring
11 280 (6.17%) Logistics
12 277 (6.10%) Data Analysis
13 276 (6.08%) Coaching
14 262 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 257 (5.66%) Mathematics
16 242 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 242 (5.33%) Visualisation
17 238 (5.24%) Change Management
18 233 (5.13%) ERP
19 229 (5.05%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 723 (15.93%) SQL
2 382 (8.42%) Python
3 279 (6.15%) JavaScript
4 221 (4.87%) C#
5 132 (2.91%) PHP
5 132 (2.91%) TypeScript
6 107 (2.36%) Java
7 68 (1.50%) R
8 49 (1.08%) PowerShell
9 43 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 40 (0.88%) VBA
11 39 (0.86%) C
11 39 (0.86%) Go
12 32 (0.71%) MATLAB
13 31 (0.68%) VB.NET
14 27 (0.59%) Bash
15 26 (0.57%) Ruby
16 22 (0.48%) VB
17 20 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 992 (21.86%) Degree
2 474 (10.45%) DBS Check
3 130 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 112 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 77 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 56 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 54 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 54 (1.19%) HNC
9 50 (1.10%) ACCA
10 49 (1.08%) CIMA
10 49 (1.08%) SC Cleared
11 45 (0.99%) CCNP
12 43 (0.95%) CISSP
13 37 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 28 (0.62%) CCNA
15 27 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 25 (0.55%) AWS Certification
17 22 (0.48%) CREST Certified
17 22 (0.48%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (4.52%) QA
2 103 (2.27%) SLA
3 91 (2.01%) GDPR
4 65 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 55 (1.21%) PMO
6 50 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 45 (0.99%) NIST
8 36 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 36 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 25 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 24 (0.53%) IFRS
11 21 (0.46%) IFRS 9
12 18 (0.40%) CRD IV
13 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.24%) ISO 14000
15 8 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 214 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 109 (2.40%) Docker
3 50 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 28 (0.62%) Firmware
6 13 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.088%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.066%) KVM
10 3 (0.066%) 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
1 127 (2.80%) Terraform
2 121 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.26%) Ansible
4 39 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.55%) Grafana
6 24 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 18 (0.40%) Puppet
8 16 (0.35%) SCCM
9 14 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.20%) CASB
11 8 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.18%) SCOM
12 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
13 5 (0.11%) Kibana
13 5 (0.11%) logstash
14 4 (0.088%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 4 (0.088%) WSUS
15 3 (0.066%) Consul
15 3 (0.066%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 951 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 192 (4.23%) Google
3 156 (3.44%) SAP
4 135 (2.97%) Databricks
5 98 (2.16%) Adobe
6 70 (1.54%) Oracle
6 70 (1.54%) VMware
7 69 (1.52%) Cisco
7 69 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 66 (1.45%) Virgin Media
9 47 (1.04%) IBM
10 46 (1.01%) NEC
11 36 (0.79%) Dell
12 32 (0.71%) HP
13 29 (0.64%) Apple
13 29 (0.64%) MuleSoft
14 27 (0.59%) Northgate
15 25 (0.55%) Citrix
16 24 (0.53%) NetApp
17 19 (0.42%) ServiceNow