Retail Jobs in the City of London

Retailing
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 77 116
Rank change year-on-year +19 +39 -63
Permanent jobs citing Retail 84 109 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.29% 3.26% 2.59%
As % of the General category 6.08% 5.32% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 49 67 73
10th Percentile - £39,500 £35,900
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,774 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £108,000 £104,400 £97,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% +5.45% -21.43%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,381 2,049 2,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.60% 61.24% 65.66%
Number of salaries quoted 979 1,579 2,380
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,988
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £118,875
Central London median annual salary £71,975 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.82% -3.45% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the City of London

Retail
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the City of London.

Salary trend for Retail in the City of London

Retail
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in the City of London

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 16 (19.05%) Apache Spark
2 3 (3.57%) CMS
3 2 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.38%) CoreMedia CMS
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.33%) AWS
2 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.57%) SaaS
4 2 (2.38%) Azure
4 2 (2.38%) dbt
4 2 (2.38%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) GCP
5 1 (1.19%) GitHub
5 1 (1.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.19%) PaaS
5 1 (1.19%) Serverless
5 1 (1.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.05%) HTTP
2 2 (2.38%) WAN
2 2 (2.38%) Wireless
3 1 (1.19%) DHCP
3 1 (1.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.71%) Tableau
2 5 (5.95%) Power BI
3 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.19%) Metadata
3 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Git
2 2 (2.38%) JUnit
3 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 64 (76.19%) Finance
2 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 28 (33.33%) Games
4 24 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 17 (20.24%) Advertising
5 17 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (20.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (16.67%) Marketing
7 12 (14.29%) Manufacturing
8 9 (10.71%) Banking
9 7 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.57%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 2 (2.38%) Local Government
11 2 (2.38%) Multimedia
12 1 (1.19%) Automotive
12 1 (1.19%) Back Office
12 1 (1.19%) Billing
12 1 (1.19%) Law
12 1 (1.19%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 44 (52.38%) Senior
2 25 (29.76%) Software Engineer
3 22 (26.19%) Senior Software Engineer
4 11 (13.10%) Risk Manager
4 11 (13.10%) Technology Risk Manager
5 9 (10.71%) Analyst
6 8 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) AWS Software Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Data Analyst
7 6 (7.14%) Senior Data Analyst
8 3 (3.57%) Developer
8 3 (3.57%) Head of Delivery
8 3 (3.57%) Java Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Java Software Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.38%) Architect
9 2 (2.38%) Consultant
9 2 (2.38%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.05%) Kafka
2 7 (8.33%) Node.js
3 6 (7.14%) REST
3 6 (7.14%) Web Services
4 3 (3.57%) CSS
4 3 (3.57%) HTML
5 1 (1.19%) AWS CDK
5 1 (1.19%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.19%) Next.js
5 1 (1.19%) NumPy
5 1 (1.19%) Pandas
5 1 (1.19%) React
5 1 (1.19%) React Native
5 1 (1.19%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.38%) Blockchain
1 23 (27.38%) Robotics
2 16 (19.05%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.38%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.38%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.19%) EPoS
6 1 (1.19%) Equities
6 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.19%) IoT
6 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (65.48%) Agile
2 31 (36.90%) Analytics
3 28 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 27 (32.14%) Mentoring
5 24 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 24 (28.57%) Data Analytics
6 23 (27.38%) Coaching
6 23 (27.38%) Creative Thinking
6 23 (27.38%) Robotic Process Automation
7 21 (25.00%) Computer Science
8 20 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (19.05%) Machine Learning
9 16 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
9 16 (19.05%) Programmatic Advertising
10 14 (16.67%) ERP
10 14 (16.67%) Information Security
10 14 (16.67%) Project Delivery
10 14 (16.67%) Risk Management
11 12 (14.29%) Change Management
11 12 (14.29%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 30 (35.71%) Python
2 16 (19.05%) Scala
3 13 (15.48%) SQL
4 7 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.76%) Java
6 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.57%) VBA
7 1 (1.19%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (35.71%) Degree
2 12 (14.29%) CISA
2 12 (14.29%) ISACA
3 6 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.57%) PMP
5 2 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.38%) CCSP
5 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.38%) CISM
5 2 (2.38%) CISSP
5 2 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (27.38%) ITGC
2 4 (4.76%) QA
3 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.38%) NIST
4 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.38%) Terraform
2 1 (1.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.24%) Google
3 16 (19.05%) Apple
4 12 (14.29%) Oracle
4 12 (14.29%) SAP
5 6 (7.14%) Databricks
5 6 (7.14%) Ping Identity
6 3 (3.57%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.57%) Anaplan
7 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.19%) Citrix
8 1 (1.19%) Criteo
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow