Retail Job Trends in Cheshire

Retailing
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 38 35 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 -16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Retail 37 22 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 2.82% 3.88% 9.22%
As % of the General category 3.92% 5.60% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 30 13 47
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,125 £50,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +46.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £46,736
90th Percentile - - £63,385
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 943 393 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 71.93% 69.31% 61.77%
Number of salaries quoted 318 177 284
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £22,560
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £47,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% +10.47% +1.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,065
North West median annual salary £47,683 £51,369 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.18% +2.74% -4.76%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Retail
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

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

Salary histogram for Retail in Cheshire

Retail
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Warrington -2 10 £46,250 -15.91% 7
Crewe - 6 £33,000 - 1
Chester 0 5 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Wilmslow - 4 £31,500 - 1
Runcorn -5 3 £50,000 -
Widnes -6 3 £50,000 -
Congleton - 1 £35,000 -
Macclesfield - 1 £32,000 -
Retail
North West

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (8.11%) CMS
1 3 (8.11%) Umbraco
1 3 (8.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Contentful
1 3 (8.11%) Slack
2 2 (5.41%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.70%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (2.70%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Automotive
4 3 (8.11%) Marketing
5 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (2.70%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Account Executive
2 4 (10.81%) Account Manager
3 1 (2.70%) .NET Developer
3 1 (2.70%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (2.70%) Developer
3 1 (2.70%) Digital Account Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (2.70%) E-Commerce Director
3 1 (2.70%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Sales Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Software Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) Blazor
1 1 (2.70%) CSS
1 1 (2.70%) HTML
1 1 (2.70%) React
1 1 (2.70%) REST
1 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.81%) IoT
2 4 (10.81%) Machine to Machine
2 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) CCTV
3 2 (5.41%) e-Learning
3 2 (5.41%) Online Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.70%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Smart Home
4 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) B2B
2 5 (13.51%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (10.81%) Agile
3 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (10.81%) CRM
3 4 (10.81%) Telematics
4 3 (8.11%) Analytics
4 3 (8.11%) Customer Experience
4 3 (8.11%) Customer Service
4 3 (8.11%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (8.11%) Project Management
5 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.41%) Fraud Detection
5 2 (5.41%) Line Management
5 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.41%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.41%) SEO
5 2 (5.41%) Software Deployment
5 2 (5.41%) Time Management
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) City & Guilds
2 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.70%) NVQ Level 3
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.41%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) WooCommerce