Retail Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Retailing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 77 158 133
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.37% 14.54% 6.46%
As % of the General category 9.45% 17.04% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 57 14 61
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £90,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £36,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -18.18%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 815 927 1,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 46.20% 85.28% 59.27%
Number of salaries quoted 553 270 610
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,887 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% -2.47% -7.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
Milton Keynes 0 59 £50,000 -33.33% 14
Newport Pagnell +5 5 - -
High Wycombe -7 4 £37,500 -60.53% 2
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (5.19%) Google Analytics
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.30%) AWS
4 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) DNS
1 2 (2.60%) SSL
2 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Git
General
1 14 (18.18%) Finance
1 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Marketing
3 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.90%) Social Science
6 2 (2.60%) Banking
6 2 (2.60%) Electronics
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) Back Office
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (14.29%) Account Manager
1 11 (14.29%) EPoS Manager
2 8 (10.39%) Analyst
3 7 (9.09%) Lead
4 6 (7.79%) Programme Manager
4 6 (7.79%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) EPoS Support Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Installation Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Senior
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Programme Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Analytics Manager
6 4 (5.19%) E-Commerce Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Administrator
7 3 (3.90%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (3.90%) Product Specialist
7 3 (3.90%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) User Researcher
8 2 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.30%) Blazor
2 1 (1.30%) React
2 1 (1.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.78%) EPoS
2 6 (7.79%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.60%) CCTV
4 2 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.60%) FMCG
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (15.58%) User Experience
2 11 (14.29%) Agile
3 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (11.69%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (11.69%) Analytics
4 9 (11.69%) Decision-Making
4 9 (11.69%) E-Commerce
4 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Culture
6 7 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 6 (7.79%) CRM
7 6 (7.79%) Energy Management
8 5 (6.49%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (6.49%) PRINCE2
8 5 (6.49%) Scrum
9 4 (5.19%) Budgeting
9 4 (5.19%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
9 4 (5.19%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.79%) SQL
2 3 (3.90%) C#
2 3 (3.90%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) Go
3 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) ICAEW
2 6 (7.79%) Degree
3 5 (6.49%) PMP
4 2 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.30%) CCNP
5 1 (1.30%) CCSE
5 1 (1.30%) CCSM
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) PMO
2 4 (5.19%) ISO 9001
2 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.60%) ISO 14001
3 2 (2.60%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.19%) Google
3 3 (3.90%) SAP
4 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.60%) Siemens
5 1 (1.30%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco
5 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.30%) VMware
5 1 (1.30%) Workday