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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 44 55
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 +32
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,490 6,433 8,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.55% 6.22% 5.62%
As % of the General category 7.59% 9.11% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,632 3,285 4,111
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,605 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,150 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +3.45% +0.87%
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 59,136 70,580 100,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.25% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,700 38,102 51,376
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £42,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £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 6 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 6 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 +4 4,191 £47,500 -20.83% 2,276
UK excluding London -12 3,165 £45,000 -18.18% 1,676
Work from Home -19 1,674 £49,000 -21.60% 876
London -3 1,180 £62,500 -7.41% 634
North of England -21 815 £45,000 -18.18% 495
Midlands +53 717 £41,000 -25.45% 348
South East +15 698 £45,000 -18.18% 375
North West +7 496 £45,000 -18.18% 290
South West -20 379 £45,000 -18.01% 220
East of England +43 376 £48,000 -12.73% 176
East Midlands +54 357 £37,500 -31.82% 167
West Midlands +40 355 £45,000 -14.29% 181
Yorkshire -36 233 £47,000 -21.67% 168
Scotland -141 92 £46,250 -22.30% 67
North East -12 86 £40,001 -27.27% 46
Wales -16 59 £37,000 -17.78% 39
Northern Ireland +47 36 £28,000 -30.00% 12

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 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 44 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (0.89%) CMS
4 34 (0.76%) SAS
5 32 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 32 (0.71%) Confluence
6 24 (0.53%) Apache
7 21 (0.47%) 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 4 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.067%) Drupal
14 3 (0.067%) IIS
Applications
1 545 (12.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 338 (7.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 259 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 42 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 38 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.53%) Trello
10 22 (0.49%) 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 (0.16%) 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 (1.38%) Shopify
2 47 (1.05%) Magento
3 43 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 31 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
6 26 (0.58%) Endur
7 24 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
8 23 (0.51%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
10 14 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
10 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
11 12 (0.27%) SAP PP
12 11 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
13 10 (0.22%) SAP Retail
14 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
14 9 (0.20%) SAP MM
15 8 (0.18%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.18%) SAP WM
16 7 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 620 (13.81%) Azure
2 384 (8.55%) AWS
3 378 (8.42%) Power Platform
4 262 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
5 154 (3.43%) SaaS
6 149 (3.32%) GCP
7 106 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.05%) GitHub
10 46 (1.02%) Serverless
11 36 (0.80%) Entra ID
11 36 (0.80%) Google Analytics
12 34 (0.76%) WhatsApp
13 33 (0.73%) PowerApps
14 32 (0.71%) Power Automate
15 30 (0.67%) Figma
16 29 (0.65%) Snowflake
17 25 (0.56%) Google Sheets
18 23 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 23 (0.51%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 125 (2.78%) Firewall
2 123 (2.74%) WAN
3 114 (2.54%) LAN
4 102 (2.27%) Internet
5 76 (1.69%) Intranet
6 74 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 66 (1.47%) VPN
8 52 (1.16%) Broadband
9 38 (0.85%) Wireless
10 30 (0.67%) Network Security
11 28 (0.62%) SD-WAN
12 27 (0.60%) TCP/IP
13 25 (0.56%) DNS
14 22 (0.49%) VoIP
15 18 (0.40%) VLAN
15 18 (0.40%) WLAN
16 17 (0.38%) DHCP
17 11 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
18 10 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
19 9 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 340 (7.57%) Power BI
2 283 (6.30%) SQL Server
3 181 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
4 161 (3.59%) Tableau
5 120 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 82 (1.83%) MySQL
7 57 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 44 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (0.91%) Big Data
11 38 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 38 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 38 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (0.58%) GIS
14 19 (0.42%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.40%) NoSQL
16 17 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 217 (4.83%) Git
2 99 (2.20%) JIRA
3 42 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 36 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 35 (0.78%) GitLab
6 27 (0.60%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.27%) JUnit
8 11 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.22%) JBehave
9 10 (0.22%) JMeter
9 10 (0.22%) Selenium
9 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 10 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.22%) webpack
10 8 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.16%) gulp
11 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,838 (40.94%) Social Skills
2 1,228 (27.35%) Finance
3 1,080 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 493 (10.98%) Marketing
5 310 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (5.77%) German Language
7 254 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
8 247 (5.50%) Manufacturing
9 237 (5.28%) Legal
10 197 (4.39%) Public Sector
11 192 (4.28%) Banking
12 161 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
13 127 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 102 (2.27%) Law
15 89 (1.98%) Advertising
16 78 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
17 72 (1.60%) Automotive
18 62 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
19 61 (1.36%) Billing
20 54 (1.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 765 (17.04%) Analyst
2 621 (13.83%) Senior
3 433 (9.64%) Developer
4 284 (6.33%) Architect
5 272 (6.06%) Graduate
6 267 (5.95%) Lead
7 239 (5.32%) Project Manager
8 225 (5.01%) Consultant
9 179 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 165 (3.67%) Data Analyst
11 154 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
12 148 (3.30%) IT Manager
13 144 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
14 120 (2.67%) Administrator
15 105 (2.34%) Software Engineer
16 100 (2.23%) Senior Developer
17 83 (1.85%) Senior Manager
18 82 (1.83%) .NET Developer
18 82 (1.83%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 80 (1.78%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (5.06%) .NET
2 199 (4.43%) HTML
3 169 (3.76%) CSS
4 149 (3.32%) React
5 107 (2.38%) .NET Core
6 82 (1.83%) Web Services
7 81 (1.80%) ASP.NET
8 75 (1.67%) Vue
9 68 (1.51%) .NET Framework
9 68 (1.51%) AngularJS
10 65 (1.45%) Node.js
11 63 (1.40%) REST
11 63 (1.40%) XML
12 58 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
13 48 (1.07%) RESTful
14 46 (1.02%) JSON
15 44 (0.98%) Entity Framework
16 39 (0.87%) Laravel
17 31 (0.69%) Kafka
18 30 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 482 (10.73%) Self-Motivation
2 327 (7.28%) Driving Licence
3 163 (3.63%) Management Information System
4 140 (3.12%) FMCG
5 126 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 101 (2.25%) EPoS
7 100 (2.23%) Social Media
8 99 (2.20%) PMI
9 95 (2.12%) Onboarding
10 90 (2.00%) Cloud Native
11 84 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
12 77 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 71 (1.58%) Mobile App
14 68 (1.51%) Photography
15 65 (1.45%) Data Centre
16 49 (1.09%) Algorithms
17 44 (0.98%) Blog
18 41 (0.91%) Data Structures
19 39 (0.87%) NHS
20 36 (0.80%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 317 (7.06%) Windows
2 120 (2.67%) Linux
3 102 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 52 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 49 (1.09%) VMS
6 41 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 37 (0.82%) Android
7 37 (0.82%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (0.40%) Unix
10 17 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.36%) 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 (0.067%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,064 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
2 807 (17.97%) Agile
3 551 (12.27%) Customer Service
4 526 (11.71%) E-Commerce
5 483 (10.76%) Analytics
5 483 (10.76%) Project Management
6 399 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
7 394 (8.78%) Decision-Making
8 383 (8.53%) Roadmaps
9 281 (6.26%) Mentoring
10 268 (5.97%) Coaching
11 262 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 256 (5.70%) Data Analysis
13 252 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
14 238 (5.30%) Logistics
15 237 (5.28%) Change Management
15 237 (5.28%) ERP
15 237 (5.28%) Mathematics
16 229 (5.10%) Machine Learning
17 228 (5.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 717 (15.97%) SQL
2 369 (8.22%) Python
3 280 (6.24%) JavaScript
4 224 (4.99%) C#
5 134 (2.98%) TypeScript
6 133 (2.96%) PHP
7 110 (2.45%) Java
8 68 (1.51%) R
9 50 (1.11%) PowerShell
10 45 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.89%) VBA
12 39 (0.87%) C
12 39 (0.87%) Go
13 33 (0.73%) MATLAB
14 31 (0.69%) VB.NET
15 29 (0.65%) Bash
16 27 (0.60%) Ruby
17 22 (0.49%) VB
18 21 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 13 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 967 (21.54%) Degree
2 455 (10.13%) DBS Check
3 135 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 113 (2.52%) PMI Certification
5 77 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 56 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 54 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 53 (1.18%) SC Cleared
10 50 (1.11%) ACCA
11 48 (1.07%) HNC
12 44 (0.98%) CCNP
13 43 (0.96%) CISSP
14 42 (0.94%) CIMA
15 37 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (0.62%) CCNA
17 26 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
18 24 (0.53%) AWS Certification
19 23 (0.51%) HND
20 22 (0.49%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (4.30%) QA
2 103 (2.29%) SLA
3 90 (2.00%) GDPR
4 64 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 56 (1.25%) PMO
6 48 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (0.94%) NIST
8 36 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 36 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 25 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 24 (0.53%) IFRS
11 21 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.16%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 219 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 112 (2.49%) Docker
3 51 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.60%) Firmware
6 14 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.089%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.067%) KVM
10 3 (0.067%) 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
1 131 (2.92%) Terraform
2 124 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.31%) Ansible
4 41 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.56%) Grafana
6 24 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 19 (0.42%) Puppet
7 19 (0.42%) SCCM
8 14 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.20%) CASB
10 8 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.18%) SCOM
11 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.11%) Kibana
12 5 (0.11%) logstash
13 4 (0.089%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.089%) WSUS
14 3 (0.067%) Consul
14 3 (0.067%) Packer
Vendors
1 929 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 190 (4.23%) Google
3 154 (3.43%) SAP
4 121 (2.69%) Databricks
5 98 (2.18%) Adobe
6 71 (1.58%) Oracle
6 71 (1.58%) VMware
7 69 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 68 (1.51%) Cisco
9 66 (1.47%) Virgin Media
10 47 (1.05%) IBM
11 46 (1.02%) NEC
12 36 (0.80%) Dell
13 32 (0.71%) HP
14 29 (0.65%) Apple
15 28 (0.62%) MuleSoft
16 27 (0.60%) Northgate
17 25 (0.56%) Citrix
18 23 (0.51%) NetApp
19 19 (0.42%) ServiceNow