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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 44 56
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 +26
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,661 5,996 9,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.62% 6.09% 5.66%
As % of the General category 7.79% 8.93% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 3,189 4,100
10th Percentile £26,000 £33,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £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 £91,250 £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 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £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 23 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 23 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 +7 4,371 £47,500 -20.83% 2,294
UK excluding London -3 3,316 £45,000 -18.18% 1,750
Work from Home -14 1,741 £47,500 -24.00% 838
London -2 1,200 £62,500 -8.76% 609
North of England -16 860 £45,000 -18.18% 531
Midlands +58 802 £41,492 -24.56% 363
South East +22 726 £45,000 -18.18% 396
North West +12 543 £45,000 -18.18% 291
East Midlands +55 403 £37,500 -31.82% 189
West Midlands +50 394 £45,000 -16.67% 174
East of England +50 382 £48,750 -11.36% 149
South West -24 380 £47,500 -13.45% 213
Yorkshire -34 228 £45,000 -23.73% 167
North East -12 89 £43,200 -21.45% 82
Scotland -140 84 £46,250 -24.74% 108
Wales -23 57 £37,000 -17.78% 38
Northern Ireland +52 34 £28,000 -30.00% 7

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
1 160 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 40 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (0.77%) CMS
4 33 (0.71%) Confluence
5 24 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 23 (0.49%) SAS
7 21 (0.45%) WordPress
8 16 (0.34%) Apache
9 14 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 9 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 8 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 8 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.17%) WebSphere
12 7 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
15 3 (0.064%) Drupal
15 3 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.064%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.064%) Smallworld
Applications
1 628 (13.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 378 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 341 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 42 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 38 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.51%) Trello
10 22 (0.47%) Simulink
11 18 (0.39%) AutoCAD
11 18 (0.39%) InDesign
12 14 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
13 11 (0.24%) Adobe XD
14 8 (0.17%) MS Visio
15 7 (0.15%) Stateflow
16 6 (0.13%) Sketch
17 5 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
17 5 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
18 4 (0.086%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 64 (1.37%) Shopify
2 51 (1.09%) Magento
3 40 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
6 27 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
6 27 (0.58%) Endur
7 23 (0.49%) NetSuite
8 15 (0.32%) ResourceLink
9 14 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
10 13 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
11 12 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
12 11 (0.24%) SAP PP
13 10 (0.21%) Misys Midas
13 10 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 9 (0.19%) SAP BPC
15 8 (0.17%) SAP Retail
15 8 (0.17%) SAP WM
16 7 (0.15%) SAP ERP
17 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 607 (13.02%) Azure
2 417 (8.95%) AWS
3 365 (7.83%) Power Platform
4 256 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
5 153 (3.28%) SaaS
6 147 (3.15%) GCP
7 99 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.01%) GitHub
10 44 (0.94%) Serverless
11 35 (0.75%) Google Analytics
11 35 (0.75%) WhatsApp
12 34 (0.73%) Entra ID
12 34 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 33 (0.71%) Power Automate
14 30 (0.64%) Figma
15 28 (0.60%) Snowflake
16 25 (0.54%) Google Sheets
17 24 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 127 (2.72%) Firewall
2 115 (2.47%) WAN
3 112 (2.40%) LAN
4 104 (2.23%) Internet
5 76 (1.63%) Intranet
6 74 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (1.48%) VPN
8 52 (1.12%) Broadband
9 39 (0.84%) Wireless
10 33 (0.71%) Network Security
11 27 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 25 (0.54%) DNS
13 23 (0.49%) SD-WAN
13 23 (0.49%) VoIP
14 19 (0.41%) DHCP
15 18 (0.39%) VLAN
15 18 (0.39%) WLAN
16 11 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
17 10 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (0.21%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 328 (7.04%) Power BI
2 275 (5.90%) SQL Server
3 191 (4.10%) Tableau
4 171 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
5 115 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 82 (1.76%) MySQL
7 59 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.05%) MongoDB
9 44 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (0.84%) Big Data
11 38 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 38 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 36 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 29 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
14 26 (0.56%) GIS
15 22 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
16 19 (0.41%) DynamoDB
17 18 (0.39%) NoSQL
17 18 (0.39%) Redis
18 16 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 246 (5.28%) Git
2 98 (2.10%) JIRA
3 41 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.71%) GitLab
4 33 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 26 (0.56%) TeamCity
6 12 (0.26%) JUnit
7 11 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.21%) JBehave
8 10 (0.21%) JMeter
8 10 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 10 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.21%) webpack
9 8 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.15%) gulp
10 7 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.15%) Selenium
10 7 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,902 (40.81%) Social Skills
2 1,285 (27.57%) Finance
3 1,126 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 542 (11.63%) Marketing
5 318 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 304 (6.52%) Legal
7 286 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
8 263 (5.64%) Manufacturing
9 259 (5.56%) German Language
10 189 (4.05%) Public Sector
11 187 (4.01%) Banking
12 160 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
13 125 (2.68%) Telecoms
14 97 (2.08%) Law
15 89 (1.91%) Advertising
16 78 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
17 70 (1.50%) Automotive
18 67 (1.44%) Billing
19 62 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
20 54 (1.16%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 813 (17.44%) Analyst
2 658 (14.12%) Senior
3 434 (9.31%) Developer
4 290 (6.22%) Architect
5 273 (5.86%) Graduate
6 271 (5.81%) Lead
7 241 (5.17%) Project Manager
8 222 (4.76%) Consultant
9 206 (4.42%) Data Analyst
10 200 (4.29%) Business Analyst
11 179 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
12 148 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
13 147 (3.15%) IT Manager
14 122 (2.62%) Administrator
15 111 (2.38%) Senior Data Analyst
16 110 (2.36%) Software Engineer
17 102 (2.19%) Senior Developer
18 99 (2.12%) Development Manager
19 93 (2.00%) Senior Manager
20 82 (1.76%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (4.78%) .NET
2 200 (4.29%) HTML
3 173 (3.71%) CSS
4 145 (3.11%) React
5 107 (2.30%) .NET Core
6 83 (1.78%) ASP.NET
7 81 (1.74%) Web Services
8 76 (1.63%) Vue
9 69 (1.48%) .NET Framework
10 68 (1.46%) Node.js
11 67 (1.44%) AngularJS
12 66 (1.42%) REST
12 66 (1.42%) XML
13 57 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
14 49 (1.05%) RESTful
15 48 (1.03%) JSON
16 44 (0.94%) Entity Framework
17 38 (0.82%) Laravel
18 32 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
19 30 (0.64%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 476 (10.21%) Self-Motivation
2 340 (7.29%) Driving Licence
3 161 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 135 (2.90%) FMCG
5 125 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 101 (2.17%) Social Media
7 100 (2.15%) EPoS
8 97 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 92 (1.97%) PMI
10 88 (1.89%) Cloud Native
11 82 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
12 77 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 72 (1.54%) Mobile App
14 67 (1.44%) Data Centre
14 67 (1.44%) Photography
15 49 (1.05%) Algorithms
15 49 (1.05%) Data Structures
16 43 (0.92%) Blog
17 39 (0.84%) NHS
18 34 (0.73%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 306 (6.57%) Windows
2 118 (2.53%) Linux
3 95 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.05%) VMS
4 49 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 42 (0.90%) Ubuntu
6 36 (0.77%) Android
7 34 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.28%) Windows 7
12 12 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 11 (0.24%) Unix
13 11 (0.24%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.17%) AIX
15 8 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.11%) CentOS
17 3 (0.064%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,114 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 848 (18.19%) Agile
3 567 (12.16%) Customer Service
4 524 (11.24%) E-Commerce
5 513 (11.01%) Analytics
6 492 (10.56%) Project Management
7 421 (9.03%) Decision-Making
8 387 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
9 379 (8.13%) Roadmaps
10 366 (7.85%) Logistics
11 303 (6.50%) Coaching
12 295 (6.33%) Mentoring
13 286 (6.14%) Data Analysis
14 270 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 268 (5.75%) Mathematics
16 259 (5.56%) Visualisation
17 254 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
18 242 (5.19%) Change Management
19 240 (5.15%) Business Strategy
20 233 (5.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 731 (15.68%) SQL
2 389 (8.35%) Python
3 279 (5.99%) JavaScript
4 218 (4.68%) C#
5 134 (2.87%) TypeScript
6 130 (2.79%) PHP
7 106 (2.27%) Java
8 57 (1.22%) R
9 46 (0.99%) PowerShell
10 45 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 39 (0.84%) C
11 39 (0.84%) Go
12 36 (0.77%) VBA
13 31 (0.67%) VB.NET
14 28 (0.60%) MATLAB
15 24 (0.51%) Bash
15 24 (0.51%) Ruby
16 22 (0.47%) VB
17 20 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 1,032 (22.14%) Degree
2 499 (10.71%) DBS Check
3 135 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 109 (2.34%) PMI Certification
5 80 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 66 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 55 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 55 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 54 (1.16%) HNC
9 50 (1.07%) ACCA
9 50 (1.07%) SC Cleared
10 49 (1.05%) CIMA
11 46 (0.99%) CCNP
12 42 (0.90%) CISSP
13 34 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 33 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
15 30 (0.64%) CCNA
16 25 (0.54%) AWS Certification
17 22 (0.47%) CREST Certified
17 22 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (4.96%) QA
2 103 (2.21%) SLA
3 90 (1.93%) GDPR
4 62 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 54 (1.16%) PMO
6 51 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (0.99%) NIST
8 37 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 37 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 26 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.32%) IFRS
11 14 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.26%) IFRS 9
13 11 (0.24%) ISO 14000
14 9 (0.19%) CRD IV
14 9 (0.19%) GMP
15 8 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 213 (4.57%) Active Directory
2 102 (2.19%) Docker
3 47 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (0.75%) Firmware
5 34 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.086%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.064%) KVM
10 3 (0.064%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.043%) vSphere
12 1 (0.021%) FreeRADIUS
12 1 (0.021%) IAG
12 1 (0.021%) LXC
12 1 (0.021%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.021%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.021%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 125 (2.68%) Terraform
2 114 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.27%) Ansible
4 35 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.54%) Grafana
6 24 (0.51%) Progress Chef
7 17 (0.36%) Puppet
8 14 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.19%) CASB
9 9 (0.19%) SCCM
10 6 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.11%) Kibana
11 5 (0.11%) logstash
11 5 (0.11%) SCOM
12 4 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 4 (0.086%) WSUS
13 3 (0.064%) Consul
13 3 (0.064%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 999 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 194 (4.16%) Google
3 158 (3.39%) Databricks
4 157 (3.37%) SAP
5 98 (2.10%) Adobe
6 76 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 70 (1.50%) Cisco
8 69 (1.48%) Oracle
9 67 (1.44%) VMware
10 66 (1.42%) Virgin Media
11 49 (1.05%) IBM
12 46 (0.99%) NEC
13 37 (0.79%) Dell
14 32 (0.69%) HP
15 30 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 30 (0.64%) NetApp
16 29 (0.62%) Apple
17 27 (0.58%) Northgate
18 25 (0.54%) Citrix
19 18 (0.39%) ServiceNow