Retail Jobs in Central London

Retailing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 66 87
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 -31
Permanent jobs citing Retail 127 150 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 5.00% 3.97% 3.38%
As % of the General category 6.98% 6.38% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 73 90 112
10th Percentile £40,950 £36,500 £31,465
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,688 £43,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,650 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% +5.94% -18.21%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,313
90th Percentile £111,250 £96,825 £95,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% -

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,820 2,352 3,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 71.65% 62.17% 65.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 1,821 2,807
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,397 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% +5.71%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Central London

Retail
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Retail in Central London

Retail
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Central London

Retail
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
City of London +36 111 £62,500 - 44
City of Westminster -1 23 £62,500 -13.79% 1
West End of London -9 9 - - 6
Camden -12 3 £65,000 +153.48% 2
Southwark - 3 £61,495 -
Lambeth - 1 £80,000 -
Retail
London

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 22 (17.32%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.36%) CMS
3 2 (1.57%) Confluence
3 2 (1.57%) CoreMedia CMS
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.57%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.79%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.60%) Azure
2 12 (9.45%) AWS
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.72%) SaaS
6 5 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.94%) PaaS
7 4 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.15%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.15%) GitHub
8 3 (2.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.57%) Amazon Ads
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.57%) GCP
9 2 (1.57%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.79%) IaaS
10 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.32%) HTTP
2 2 (1.57%) DNS
2 2 (1.57%) WAN
2 2 (1.57%) Wireless
3 1 (0.79%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.96%) Tableau
2 5 (3.94%) Power BI
3 2 (1.57%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (14.17%) Git
2 4 (3.15%) JIRA
3 3 (2.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.57%) JUnit
General
1 83 (65.35%) Finance
2 65 (51.18%) Social Skills
3 35 (27.56%) Games
4 30 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (18.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (18.90%) Telecoms
6 23 (18.11%) Advertising
7 16 (12.60%) Marketing
8 15 (11.81%) Manufacturing
9 10 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (5.51%) Banking
11 2 (1.57%) Billing
11 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.57%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.57%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Law
12 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 67 (52.76%) Senior
2 31 (24.41%) Software Engineer
3 27 (21.26%) Senior Software Engineer
4 25 (19.69%) Analyst
5 21 (16.54%) Senior Analyst
6 17 (13.39%) Data Analyst
6 17 (13.39%) Senior Data Analyst
7 13 (10.24%) Developer
8 11 (8.66%) Risk Manager
8 11 (8.66%) Technology Risk Manager
9 8 (6.30%) Architect
10 6 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) AWS Software Engineer
12 4 (3.15%) Business Analyst
12 4 (3.15%) Java Engineer
12 4 (3.15%) Java Software Engineer
12 4 (3.15%) Senior Business Analyst
12 4 (3.15%) Senior Developer
13 3 (2.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.32%) Kafka
2 7 (5.51%) Node.js
3 6 (4.72%) REST
4 5 (3.94%) Web Services
5 4 (3.15%) .NET
5 4 (3.15%) CSS
5 4 (3.15%) HTML
6 2 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.57%) JSON
7 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.79%) Express.js
7 1 (0.79%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.79%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.79%) Next.js
7 1 (0.79%) React
7 1 (0.79%) React Native
7 1 (0.79%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.11%) Blockchain
1 23 (18.11%) Robotics
2 22 (17.32%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (9.45%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (3.15%) Blog
6 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.36%) Equities
6 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.36%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Derivative
8 1 (0.79%) EPoS
8 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (52.76%) Agile
2 44 (34.65%) Analytics
3 38 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (29.92%) Software Engineering
4 29 (22.83%) Computer Science
5 28 (22.05%) Creative Thinking
6 27 (21.26%) Mentoring
7 26 (20.47%) Coaching
8 25 (19.69%) Artificial Intelligence
9 24 (18.90%) Data Analytics
10 23 (18.11%) Robotic Process Automation
11 22 (17.32%) Machine Learning
11 22 (17.32%) Performance Metrics
11 22 (17.32%) Programmatic Advertising
12 18 (14.17%) DevOps
12 18 (14.17%) Visualisation
13 17 (13.39%) Customer Intelligence
13 17 (13.39%) Data Pipeline
13 17 (13.39%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (13.39%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 45 (35.43%) Python
2 29 (22.83%) SQL
3 22 (17.32%) Scala
4 7 (5.51%) TypeScript
5 6 (4.72%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.94%) Java
7 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.57%) C#
9 2 (1.57%) VBA
10 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Degree
2 18 (14.17%) DBS Check
3 12 (9.45%) CISA
3 12 (9.45%) ISACA
4 8 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.36%) PMP
7 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.11%) ITGC
2 4 (3.15%) GDPR
3 2 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.57%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.57%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (31.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (18.11%) Google
3 22 (17.32%) Apple
4 18 (14.17%) Databricks
5 14 (11.02%) SAP
6 12 (9.45%) Oracle
7 5 (3.94%) Ping Identity
7 5 (3.94%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.57%) Adobe
8 2 (1.57%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.57%) Anaplan
8 2 (1.57%) Conga
8 2 (1.57%) Criteo
9 1 (0.79%) Citrix
9 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.79%) VMware