Retail Jobs in Birmingham

Retailing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 57 64
Rank change year-on-year +30 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing Retail 107 100 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.64% 3.63% 3.52%
As % of the General category 12.10% 6.78% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 20 72 50
10th Percentile £40,875 £32,625 £33,625
25th Percentile £47,188 £37,204 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £87,750 £103,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,600
% change year-on-year - -14.45% +2.14%

All General Skills
Birmingham

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 884 1,475 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 63.10% 53.50% 65.75%
Number of salaries quoted 457 1,184 924
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -0.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.95%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Birmingham

Retail
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Retail in Birmingham

Retail
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Birmingham

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (3.74%) CMS
2 3 (2.80%) WordPress
3 2 (1.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (20.56%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.93%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 36 (33.64%) Azure
2 30 (28.04%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.67%) AWS
4 3 (2.80%) Google Analytics
4 3 (2.80%) SaaS
4 3 (2.80%) Serverless
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.87%) GCP
5 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.93%) Algolia
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.93%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.93%) IaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Advertising
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (28.04%) LAN
1 30 (28.04%) VoIP
1 30 (28.04%) WAN
2 3 (2.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.93%) DNS
3 1 (0.93%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) Maven
General
1 49 (45.79%) Finance
2 45 (42.06%) Telecoms
3 32 (29.91%) Social Skills
4 23 (21.50%) Manufacturing
5 22 (20.56%) Games
5 22 (20.56%) Marketing
6 7 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Advertising
7 3 (2.80%) Automotive
8 2 (1.87%) Banking
8 2 (1.87%) Law
9 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (28.04%) IT Support
1 30 (28.04%) IT Support Specialist
1 30 (28.04%) Support Specialist
2 29 (27.10%) Senior
3 23 (21.50%) Risk Manager
3 23 (21.50%) Technology Risk Manager
4 4 (3.74%) Analyst
5 3 (2.80%) Head of Communications
5 3 (2.80%) Head of Design
5 3 (2.80%) Head of Digital
5 3 (2.80%) Head of Operations
5 3 (2.80%) Head of Security
5 3 (2.80%) Project Manager
5 3 (2.80%) Software Engineer
6 2 (1.87%) Azure Architect
6 2 (1.87%) Commercial Analyst
6 2 (1.87%) Senior Commercial Analyst
6 2 (1.87%) Senior Risk Manager
6 2 (1.87%) Software Applications Engineer
6 2 (1.87%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) Node.js
2 3 (2.80%) React
2 3 (2.80%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (1.87%) .NET
4 1 (0.93%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.93%) REST
4 1 (0.93%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) Spring
4 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (42.06%) Blockchain
1 45 (42.06%) Robotics
2 30 (28.04%) CCTV
3 22 (20.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.80%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.80%) Social Media
5 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.93%) EPoS
5 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (28.04%) Windows
1 30 (28.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.93%) Android
2 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (54.21%) Agile
2 54 (50.47%) Analytics
3 48 (44.86%) Artificial Intelligence
4 45 (42.06%) Coaching
4 45 (42.06%) Data Analytics
4 45 (42.06%) Mentoring
4 45 (42.06%) Robotic Process Automation
5 43 (40.19%) Creative Thinking
6 36 (33.64%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (27.10%) Risk Management
8 24 (22.43%) Information Security
9 23 (21.50%) Change Management
9 23 (21.50%) ERP
9 23 (21.50%) IT Governance
10 22 (20.56%) IT Audit
10 22 (20.56%) Project Delivery
11 21 (19.63%) People Management
12 6 (5.61%) Project Management
13 4 (3.74%) PRINCE2
13 4 (3.74%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.67%) SQL
2 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.80%) Java
3 3 (2.80%) Ruby
4 2 (1.87%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (29.91%) Degree
2 22 (20.56%) CISA
2 22 (20.56%) ISACA
3 3 (2.80%) CISM
3 3 (2.80%) CISSP
3 3 (2.80%) HNC
3 3 (2.80%) SANS
4 2 (1.87%) IISP
5 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PMP
5 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (42.06%) ITGC
2 3 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (28.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (36.45%) Microsoft
2 22 (20.56%) Oracle
2 22 (20.56%) SAP
3 4 (3.74%) Google
4 3 (2.80%) Databricks
4 3 (2.80%) Facebook
4 3 (2.80%) Instagram
4 3 (2.80%) Twitter
4 3 (2.80%) YouTube