Retail Job Trends in Blackburn

Retailing
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Blackburn. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 8.70% 26.56% -
As % of the General category 13.79% 39.53% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 0
10th Percentile £27,300 £36,550 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% - -
75th Percentile £71,875 £48,750 -
90th Percentile £88,750 £52,500 -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% +51.79% -44.00%

All General Skills
Blackburn

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 general skills in Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29 43 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 63.04% 67.19% 52.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13 32 13
10th Percentile - £33,250 £28,525
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £62,498 £53,073 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,830 £55,000
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.10% +11.23% +5.88%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Retail relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackburn.

Retail job vacancy trend in Blackburn

Retail
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Blackburn

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Blackburn over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Blackburn

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) OSPF
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) HR Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Junior
1 1 (25.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP