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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 37 76
Rank change year-on-year -14 +39 +62
Permanent jobs citing Retail 391 512 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.27% 7.28% 4.14%
As % of the General category 7.93% 11.24% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 258 343 205
10th Percentile £26,775 £29,800 £24,608
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,650 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,453 £84,056 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%

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 4,933 4,554 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.93% 64.72% 59.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 2,476 2,974
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £29,288
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,315 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +0.53% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -23 122 £42,500 -29.17% 55
Gloucestershire -9 69 £47,500 - 24
Dorset +11 62 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Wiltshire -1 61 £55,000 +20.22% 31
Devon -34 41 £41,250 +27.20% 21
Somerset -11 18 £38,070 -30.78% 21
Cornwall 0 11 £45,000 +50.00% 7
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 11 (2.81%) Apache
2 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 30 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.84%) Simulink
4 8 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.77%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.51%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.51%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Magento
2 11 (2.81%) Shopify
3 5 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.58%) Azure
2 48 (12.28%) Power Platform
3 27 (6.91%) AWS
4 23 (5.88%) GCP
5 12 (3.07%) GitHub
5 12 (3.07%) Power Automate
5 12 (3.07%) SaaS
6 11 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.56%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.53%) Vertex AI
10 5 (1.28%) dbt
10 5 (1.28%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.28%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.28%) Google Data Studio
10 5 (1.28%) Serverless
10 5 (1.28%) Stitch
11 3 (0.77%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.60%) Firewall
2 10 (2.56%) WAN
3 7 (1.79%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.53%) 5G
5 5 (1.28%) Ethernet VPN
5 5 (1.28%) VSAT
5 5 (1.28%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.02%) Bluetooth
6 4 (1.02%) Wireless
7 3 (0.77%) LAN
8 2 (0.51%) WLAN
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.26%) Intranet
9 1 (0.26%) Network Security
9 1 (0.26%) NGFW
9 1 (0.26%) TETRA
9 1 (0.26%) VPN
9 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.72%) MySQL
2 36 (9.21%) Power BI
3 25 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.39%) Tableau
4 24 (6.14%) SQL Server
5 15 (3.84%) Big Data
5 15 (3.84%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.32%) Oracle BI EE
6 13 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.81%) BigQuery
7 11 (2.81%) Looker
8 10 (2.56%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.53%) Bigtable
9 6 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.28%) Airbyte
10 5 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.28%) Redshift Spectrum
10 5 (1.28%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 23 (5.88%) Git
2 8 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.28%) GitLab
3 5 (1.28%) IntelliJ
3 5 (1.28%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.02%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.02%) JIRA
4 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.77%) JUnit
5 3 (0.77%) Maven
6 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.26%) Appium
7 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.26%) Gatling
7 1 (0.26%) JBehave
7 1 (0.26%) JMeter
7 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 130 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 101 (25.83%) Finance
3 48 (12.28%) Marketing
4 41 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.67%) Banking
6 28 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.84%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.58%) Military
10 12 (3.07%) Legal
11 11 (2.81%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.81%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.30%) French Language
13 8 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.79%) German Language
15 6 (1.53%) Electronics
15 6 (1.53%) Police
16 5 (1.28%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 61 (15.60%) Senior
2 49 (12.53%) Analyst
3 43 (11.00%) Developer
4 37 (9.46%) Consultant
5 32 (8.18%) Software Engineer
6 25 (6.39%) Architect
6 25 (6.39%) Lead
7 22 (5.63%) Product Manager
8 17 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (4.09%) Data Analyst
9 16 (4.09%) Security Analyst
10 15 (3.84%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.84%) Software Developer
11 14 (3.58%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 14 (3.58%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.58%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.58%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.32%) PHP Developer
12 13 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.07%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.04%) HTML
2 45 (11.51%) CSS
3 26 (6.65%) React
4 21 (5.37%) REST
5 20 (5.12%) RESTful
6 15 (3.84%) Web Services
7 14 (3.58%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.58%) Laravel
8 11 (2.81%) Kafka
8 11 (2.81%) LAMP
9 10 (2.56%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.30%) Spring
11 8 (2.05%) Symfony
12 7 (1.79%) .NET
12 7 (1.79%) Vue
13 6 (1.53%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.53%) Middleware
13 6 (1.53%) SOAP
14 5 (1.28%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.12%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.81%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.05%) Life Science
7 8 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.53%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.53%) GNSS
8 6 (1.53%) iPad
8 6 (1.53%) Replication
8 6 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.28%) Blockchain
9 5 (1.28%) FMCG
9 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.28%) Robotics
10 4 (1.02%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.88%) Windows
2 17 (4.35%) Linux
3 10 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.53%) Unix
6 5 (1.28%) Android
6 5 (1.28%) CentOS
7 4 (1.02%) AIX
8 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.51%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.16%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (27.62%) Agile
3 77 (19.69%) E-Commerce
4 65 (16.62%) Analytics
5 58 (14.83%) Customer Service
6 49 (12.53%) Roadmaps
7 48 (12.28%) Mentoring
8 45 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (10.74%) Software Engineering
10 37 (9.46%) Collaborative Working
11 32 (8.18%) B2B
11 32 (8.18%) Project Delivery
11 32 (8.18%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (7.93%) Artificial Intelligence
13 30 (7.67%) Visualisation
14 29 (7.42%) Cloud Security
14 29 (7.42%) User Experience
15 28 (7.16%) Decision-Making
15 28 (7.16%) Information Security
16 26 (6.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.58%) JavaScript
2 51 (13.04%) SQL
3 38 (9.72%) PHP
4 26 (6.65%) Python
5 20 (5.12%) Java
5 20 (5.12%) MATLAB
6 15 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.58%) C#
7 14 (3.58%) VBA
8 8 (2.05%) C
8 8 (2.05%) Ruby
8 8 (2.05%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.02%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.02%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.77%) Bicep
11 2 (0.51%) Go
11 2 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.51%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (15.86%) Degree
2 39 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.91%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.39%) CISSP
5 14 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.56%) CCNP
7 9 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.30%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.05%) CEH
9 7 (1.79%) CCNA
10 6 (1.53%) CCSK
11 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.28%) HND
11 5 (1.28%) RHCE
11 5 (1.28%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.28%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.02%) CCSP
12 4 (1.02%) CISM
12 4 (1.02%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.39%) NIST
2 20 (5.12%) PCI DSS
3 19 (4.86%) QA
3 19 (4.86%) SLA
4 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.30%) GDPR
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.51%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.51%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (3.84%) Docker
2 12 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.77%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.07%) Terraform
3 9 (2.30%) CASB
3 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.05%) SCCM
5 6 (1.53%) Ansible
6 5 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.28%) Puppet
7 1 (0.26%) Consul
7 1 (0.26%) Packer
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.42%) Google
3 26 (6.65%) Oracle
4 13 (3.32%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.07%) Twitter
5 12 (3.07%) VMware
6 8 (2.05%) Cisco
6 8 (2.05%) iManage
7 5 (1.28%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.28%) SAP
8 4 (1.02%) Adobe
8 4 (1.02%) Cognos
8 4 (1.02%) IBM
8 4 (1.02%) NVIDIA
9 3 (0.77%) Automation Anywhere
9 3 (0.77%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.77%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.77%) Thales
9 3 (0.77%) UiPath