Retail Job Trends in Canterbury

Retailing
Kent > Canterbury

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Canterbury. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 0.81% - 19.44%
As % of the General category 1.03% - 31.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £36,949
25th Percentile £50,000 - £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £33,500 £25,154 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.18% -47.04% -13.64%

All General Skills
Canterbury

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 Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 97 21 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 78.86% 87.50% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 2 38
10th Percentile £41,800 £39,375 £25,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,313 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £40,624
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.70% -9.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £45,938 £51,250
90th Percentile - £46,125 £60,000
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £41,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% -7.22% -4.76%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Canterbury

Retail
Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Blazor
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft