Retail Jobs in the North of England

Retailing
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 22 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 +23 +36
Permanent jobs citing Retail 836 1,838 1,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.79% 10.67% 6.56%
As % of the General category 8.62% 15.17% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 577 732 634
10th Percentile £24,196 £34,723 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £48,835
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.63% -2.33%
75th Percentile £59,500 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £85,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,701 12,119 10,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.55% 70.38% 58.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,348 5,143 6,040
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the North of England.

Salary trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +7 515 £45,000 -18.18% 275
Yorkshire -33 234 £46,000 -23.33% 165
North East -12 87 £41,600 -24.36% 47
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.03%) SAS
3 13 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.20%) Apache
5 8 (0.96%) Anypoint
5 8 (0.96%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 8 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.96%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.96%) WordPress
6 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.48%) CMS
7 4 (0.48%) Confluence
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 99 (11.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (6.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.56%) Photoshop
5 11 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.20%) Trello
7 7 (0.84%) InDesign
8 6 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.24%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.24%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.24%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.12%) EViews
11 1 (0.12%) Sketch
11 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.27%) Magento
2 15 (1.79%) Shopify
3 14 (1.67%) Epicor Tropos
4 11 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (1.08%) SAP BPC
6 8 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.84%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
9 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.48%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.48%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.48%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.48%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.48%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
11 2 (0.24%) SAP MDM
11 2 (0.24%) SAP Retail
12 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 150 (17.94%) Azure
2 81 (9.69%) Power Platform
3 74 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (8.37%) AWS
5 41 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (3.83%) GCP
7 18 (2.15%) SaaS
8 16 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.56%) GitHub
10 10 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.96%) Azure API Management
12 8 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (0.96%) Datadog
12 8 (0.96%) Serverless
13 7 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.72%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.07%) Internet
2 28 (3.35%) Broadband
3 27 (3.23%) Firewall
4 21 (2.51%) LAN
4 21 (2.51%) WAN
5 19 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.91%) Network Security
7 14 (1.67%) DNS
8 10 (1.20%) VoIP
8 10 (1.20%) VPN
9 8 (0.96%) DHCP
10 7 (0.84%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.84%) WLAN
11 4 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.24%) VLAN
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (9.09%) Power BI
2 69 (8.25%) SQL Server
3 48 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.31%) MySQL
5 27 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.91%) DynamoDB
8 15 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.32%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.08%) SAP BW
11 8 (0.96%) Redis
12 7 (0.84%) Big Data
12 7 (0.84%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.84%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.60%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
15 3 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 42 (5.02%) Git
2 23 (2.75%) JIRA
3 18 (2.15%) GitLab
4 14 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.60%) JMeter
6 5 (0.60%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.60%) Subversion
7 3 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.24%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.12%) Postman
9 1 (0.12%) QADirector
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 325 (38.88%) Social Skills
2 245 (29.31%) Finance
3 143 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.13%) Marketing
5 44 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 43 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.67%) Billing
7 39 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (4.19%) Telecoms
9 34 (4.07%) Legal
10 32 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (3.83%) Public Sector
11 31 (3.71%) Banking
12 22 (2.63%) Games
13 17 (2.03%) Retail Finance
14 10 (1.20%) Local Government
15 8 (0.96%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.84%) Social Housing
17 6 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (15.43%) Analyst
2 120 (14.35%) Senior
3 117 (14.00%) Developer
4 57 (6.82%) Lead
5 54 (6.46%) Project Manager
6 47 (5.62%) Architect
7 34 (4.07%) IT Support
7 34 (4.07%) Service Analyst
8 31 (3.71%) Service Desk Analyst
9 27 (3.23%) Senior Developer
10 25 (2.99%) IT Manager
10 25 (2.99%) Support Engineer
11 23 (2.75%) IT Analyst
11 23 (2.75%) IT Engineer
11 23 (2.75%) Quantity Surveyor
12 21 (2.51%) Consultant
12 21 (2.51%) Head of IT
12 21 (2.51%) Software Engineer
13 19 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.27%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.74%) .NET
2 40 (4.78%) CSS
3 38 (4.55%) HTML
3 38 (4.55%) React
4 29 (3.47%) Node.js
5 25 (2.99%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.39%) Vue
7 18 (2.15%) JSON
7 18 (2.15%) XML
8 16 (1.91%) OLE
9 15 (1.79%) .NET Framework
10 14 (1.67%) RESTful
11 13 (1.56%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.56%) Entity Framework
12 12 (1.44%) Laravel
13 9 (1.08%) PySpark
13 9 (1.08%) Spring
14 8 (0.96%) ASP.NET
14 8 (0.96%) Kafka
14 8 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (4.43%) Driving Licence
3 31 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.35%) EPoS
6 27 (3.23%) Smartphone
7 22 (2.63%) NHS
8 20 (2.39%) FMCG
8 20 (2.39%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.56%) Credit Risk
10 13 (1.56%) PMI
11 12 (1.44%) Social Media
12 11 (1.32%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.20%) e-Learning
13 10 (1.20%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.08%) Educational Technology
15 8 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
16 7 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 77 (9.21%) Windows
2 29 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.75%) Linux
4 9 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.24%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (23.44%) Agile
2 176 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (15.79%) Customer Service
4 94 (11.24%) E-Commerce
5 87 (10.41%) ERP
6 85 (10.17%) Analytics
7 84 (10.05%) Roadmaps
8 79 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
8 79 (9.45%) DevOps
8 79 (9.45%) Project Management
9 72 (8.61%) Mentoring
10 68 (8.13%) Time Management
11 62 (7.42%) Coaching
12 56 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (5.98%) Collaborative Culture
14 49 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
15 45 (5.38%) Software Engineering
16 44 (5.26%) Decision-Making
17 42 (5.02%) Business Strategy
17 42 (5.02%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 143 (17.11%) SQL
2 69 (8.25%) C#
3 62 (7.42%) JavaScript
4 57 (6.82%) PHP
5 51 (6.10%) Python
6 40 (4.78%) TypeScript
7 32 (3.83%) R
8 25 (2.99%) Java
9 16 (1.91%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.67%) Go
11 12 (1.44%) VB.NET
12 11 (1.32%) Bash
13 9 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.96%) Ruby
15 5 (0.60%) Groovy
16 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.36%) C
18 2 (0.24%) ABAP
18 2 (0.24%) VBA
19 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 103 (12.32%) Degree
2 43 (5.14%) DBS Check
3 30 (3.59%) CIMA
4 29 (3.47%) ACCA
5 22 (2.63%) HNC
6 19 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.15%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.32%) A+ Certification
9 11 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.20%) HND
11 9 (1.08%) CCNP
11 9 (1.08%) Security Cleared
12 8 (0.96%) AAT
12 8 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.84%) PMP
14 6 (0.72%) CISA
15 5 (0.60%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.43%) SLA
2 29 (3.47%) QA
3 19 (2.27%) PMO
4 11 (1.32%) GDPR
4 11 (1.32%) IFRS
4 11 (1.32%) IFRS 9
5 10 (1.20%) CRD IV
6 8 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.36%) NIST
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 76 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.67%) Docker
3 15 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.72%) Firmware
6 4 (0.48%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.36%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.24%) KVM
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 42 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.55%) Terraform
3 12 (1.44%) Grafana
4 11 (1.32%) Ansible
5 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.08%) Progress Chef
5 9 (1.08%) Puppet
6 7 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.60%) Kibana
8 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.36%) SELinux
9 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.24%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.12%) Salt
10 1 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 185 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.38%) Virgin Media
3 39 (4.67%) SAP
4 30 (3.59%) Google
5 25 (2.99%) VMware
6 23 (2.75%) NEC
7 22 (2.63%) Northgate
8 21 (2.51%) Adobe
9 19 (2.27%) IBM
10 16 (1.91%) Oracle
11 14 (1.67%) Dell
11 14 (1.67%) Epicor
12 12 (1.44%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.20%) Cisco
13 10 (1.20%) HP
13 10 (1.20%) NetApp
14 9 (1.08%) Salesforce
15 7 (0.84%) CA
15 7 (0.84%) New Relic
16 6 (0.72%) Databricks