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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 38 75
Rank change year-on-year -19 +37 +58
Permanent jobs citing Retail 381 495 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.13% 7.15% 4.09%
As % of the General category 7.64% 11.25% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 255 330 212
10th Percentile £26,550 £30,932 £23,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,882 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.01% +29.13% -
75th Percentile £61,875 £71,249 £59,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,419 £74,875
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,498
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.57% +1.30%

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 4,984 4,399 4,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 54.02% 63.51% 59.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,381 2,425 3,022
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £29,932
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £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 5 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 5 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 -26 115 £43,500 -27.80% 57
Gloucestershire -10 68 £47,500 -7.32% 39
Dorset +8 62 £45,000 -18.18% 15
Wiltshire 0 62 £55,000 +20.22% 31
Devon -34 38 £41,250 +10.24% 36
Somerset -6 18 £38,070 -30.78% 49
Cornwall -8 11 £45,000 +50.00% 4
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 7 (1.84%) Apache
2 6 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.31%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.52%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.94%) Simulink
4 8 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.79%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (3.41%) Magento
2 11 (2.89%) Shopify
3 5 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.22%) Azure
2 44 (11.55%) Power Platform
3 27 (7.09%) AWS
4 20 (5.25%) GCP
5 12 (3.15%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.89%) SaaS
7 10 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.62%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.10%) GitHub
9 7 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.31%) dbt
10 5 (1.31%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.31%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.31%) Google Data Studio
10 5 (1.31%) Serverless
10 5 (1.31%) Stitch
11 3 (0.79%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.46%) Firewall
2 7 (1.84%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.84%) WAN
3 5 (1.31%) Ethernet VPN
3 5 (1.31%) VSAT
3 5 (1.31%) VXLAN
4 4 (1.05%) 5G
4 4 (1.05%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.05%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.05%) Wireless
5 3 (0.79%) LAN
6 2 (0.52%) WLAN
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) Intranet
7 1 (0.26%) TETRA
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.92%) MySQL
2 32 (8.40%) Power BI
3 26 (6.82%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (6.30%) SQL Server
5 21 (5.51%) Tableau
6 13 (3.41%) Oracle BI EE
6 13 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (3.15%) Big Data
8 11 (2.89%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.84%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.84%) Looker
10 6 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.57%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.31%) Airbyte
11 5 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.31%) Redshift Spectrum
12 4 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (1.05%) OLAP
12 4 (1.05%) OLAP Cube
12 4 (1.05%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 23 (6.04%) Git
2 5 (1.31%) GitLab
2 5 (1.31%) IntelliJ
2 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.05%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.05%) JIRA
3 4 (1.05%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.79%) JUnit
4 3 (0.79%) Maven
5 1 (0.26%) Appium
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.26%) JBehave
5 1 (0.26%) JMeter
5 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 127 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 96 (25.20%) Finance
3 46 (12.07%) Marketing
4 38 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.09%) Banking
6 26 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.94%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.67%) Military
10 11 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.36%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.36%) French Language
12 9 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.36%) Legal
13 8 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.84%) German Language
15 6 (1.57%) Electronics
15 6 (1.57%) Police
16 5 (1.31%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 60 (15.75%) Senior
2 48 (12.60%) Analyst
3 43 (11.29%) Developer
4 36 (9.45%) Consultant
5 31 (8.14%) Software Engineer
6 26 (6.82%) Architect
7 24 (6.30%) Lead
8 22 (5.77%) Product Manager
9 17 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.20%) Data Analyst
10 16 (4.20%) Security Analyst
11 15 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (3.94%) Software Developer
12 14 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
12 14 (3.67%) Senior Developer
12 14 (3.67%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (3.41%) PHP Developer
13 13 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.15%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.39%) HTML
2 45 (11.81%) CSS
3 26 (6.82%) React
4 21 (5.51%) REST
5 20 (5.25%) RESTful
6 15 (3.94%) Web Services
7 14 (3.67%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.67%) Laravel
8 11 (2.89%) LAMP
9 10 (2.62%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.36%) Spring
11 8 (2.10%) Symfony
12 7 (1.84%) .NET
12 7 (1.84%) Kafka
12 7 (1.84%) Vue
13 6 (1.57%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.57%) Middleware
13 6 (1.57%) SOAP
14 5 (1.31%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.31%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.25%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.36%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.10%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.57%) Replication
8 6 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.31%) Blockchain
9 5 (1.31%) FMCG
9 5 (1.31%) iPad
9 5 (1.31%) Life Science
9 5 (1.31%) Robotics
10 4 (1.05%) EPoS
10 4 (1.05%) GNSS
10 4 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.77%) Windows
2 16 (4.20%) Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.31%) Android
5 5 (1.31%) CentOS
5 5 (1.31%) Unix
6 4 (1.05%) AIX
7 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.52%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.40%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (27.56%) Agile
3 76 (19.95%) E-Commerce
4 62 (16.27%) Analytics
5 58 (15.22%) Customer Service
6 50 (13.12%) Roadmaps
7 49 (12.86%) Mentoring
8 42 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
9 41 (10.76%) Software Engineering
10 37 (9.71%) Collaborative Working
11 32 (8.40%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (8.14%) Project Delivery
13 29 (7.61%) B2B
13 29 (7.61%) User Experience
14 28 (7.35%) Information Security
15 26 (6.82%) Artificial Intelligence
15 26 (6.82%) Decision-Making
15 26 (6.82%) Visualisation
16 25 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (6.56%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.96%) JavaScript
2 51 (13.39%) SQL
3 38 (9.97%) PHP
4 25 (6.56%) Python
5 20 (5.25%) Java
6 19 (4.99%) MATLAB
7 15 (3.94%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.67%) C#
8 14 (3.67%) VBA
9 8 (2.10%) C
9 8 (2.10%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.31%) Ruby
11 4 (1.05%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.79%) Bicep
13 2 (0.52%) Go
13 2 (0.52%) Groovy
13 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.52%) Rust
14 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 60 (15.75%) Degree
2 40 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.09%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.56%) CISSP
5 13 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.36%) CCNP
6 9 (2.36%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.10%) CEH
8 7 (1.84%) CCNA
9 6 (1.57%) CCSK
9 6 (1.57%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.31%) RHCE
10 5 (1.31%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.05%) CCSP
11 4 (1.05%) CISM
11 4 (1.05%) GSEC
11 4 (1.05%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.56%) NIST
2 20 (5.25%) PCI DSS
3 19 (4.99%) QA
3 19 (4.99%) SLA
4 10 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.36%) GDPR
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.52%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.52%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (3.94%) Docker
2 12 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.36%) CASB
2 9 (2.36%) Terraform
3 6 (1.57%) Ansible
3 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.31%) Puppet
4 5 (1.31%) SCCM
5 1 (0.26%) Consul
5 1 (0.26%) Packer
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 75 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.82%) Google
2 26 (6.82%) Oracle
3 13 (3.41%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.15%) Twitter
4 12 (3.15%) VMware
5 7 (1.84%) Cisco
6 5 (1.31%) iManage
6 5 (1.31%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.31%) SAP
7 4 (1.05%) Adobe
7 4 (1.05%) Cognos
7 4 (1.05%) IBM
7 4 (1.05%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.79%) Automation Anywhere
8 3 (0.79%) Blue Prism
8 3 (0.79%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.79%) Thales
8 3 (0.79%) UiPath