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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 84 109
Rank change year-on-year +36 +25 -51
Permanent jobs citing Retail 105 109 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 5.19% 3.27% 2.83%
As % of the General category 7.40% 5.29% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 63 68 77
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,600 £35,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,875 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £99,450 £95,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £58,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +16.38% +3.57% -20.00%

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 1,418 2,059 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.06% 61.74% 65.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 1,612 2,448
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,063 £51,223 £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 £92,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £116,625
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +0.69%

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 16 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 19 (18.10%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.86%) CMS
3 2 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.90%) CoreMedia CMS
3 2 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.95%) Confluence
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (11.43%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.95%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.52%) AWS
1 10 (9.52%) Azure
2 8 (7.62%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.76%) SaaS
5 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.86%) GitHub
6 3 (2.86%) PaaS
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.90%) dbt
7 2 (1.90%) GCP
7 2 (1.90%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.90%) Serverless
7 2 (1.90%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.10%) HTTP
2 2 (1.90%) DNS
2 2 (1.90%) WAN
2 2 (1.90%) Wireless
3 1 (0.95%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) Tableau
2 6 (5.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.95%) Big Data
3 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.95%) Metadata
3 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Git
2 3 (2.86%) JIRA
3 2 (1.90%) JUnit
3 2 (1.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (69.52%) Finance
2 53 (50.48%) Social Skills
3 31 (29.52%) Games
4 24 (22.86%) Telecoms
5 21 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (19.05%) Advertising
6 20 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (13.33%) Manufacturing
7 14 (13.33%) Marketing
8 8 (7.62%) Banking
9 7 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.86%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (1.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.90%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.95%) Automotive
12 1 (0.95%) Back Office
12 1 (0.95%) Billing
12 1 (0.95%) Law
12 1 (0.95%) Local Government
12 1 (0.95%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 53 (50.48%) Senior
2 28 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 25 (23.81%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (13.33%) Analyst
5 12 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (10.48%) Risk Manager
6 11 (10.48%) Technology Risk Manager
7 9 (8.57%) Data Analyst
7 9 (8.57%) Senior Data Analyst
8 7 (6.67%) Architect
8 7 (6.67%) Developer
9 6 (5.71%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (5.71%) AWS Software Engineer
10 5 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.86%) Business Analyst
11 3 (2.86%) Head of Delivery
11 3 (2.86%) Java Engineer
11 3 (2.86%) Java Software Engineer
11 3 (2.86%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.86%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (18.10%) Kafka
2 7 (6.67%) Node.js
3 6 (5.71%) REST
3 6 (5.71%) Web Services
4 3 (2.86%) CSS
4 3 (2.86%) HTML
5 2 (1.90%) JSON
6 1 (0.95%) .NET
6 1 (0.95%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.95%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.95%) Next.js
6 1 (0.95%) NumPy
6 1 (0.95%) Pandas
6 1 (0.95%) React
6 1 (0.95%) React Native
6 1 (0.95%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.90%) Blockchain
1 23 (21.90%) Robotics
2 19 (18.10%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (11.43%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.86%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.90%) Blog
6 2 (1.90%) Equities
6 2 (1.90%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.95%) EPoS
7 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.95%) IoT
7 1 (0.95%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (60.00%) Agile
2 36 (34.29%) Analytics
3 32 (30.48%) Software Engineering
4 28 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 26 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (23.81%) Creative Thinking
7 24 (22.86%) Artificial Intelligence
7 24 (22.86%) Coaching
7 24 (22.86%) Computer Science
7 24 (22.86%) Data Analytics
8 23 (21.90%) Robotic Process Automation
9 19 (18.10%) Machine Learning
9 19 (18.10%) Performance Metrics
9 19 (18.10%) Programmatic Advertising
10 15 (14.29%) ERP
11 14 (13.33%) DevOps
11 14 (13.33%) Information Security
11 14 (13.33%) Project Delivery
12 13 (12.38%) Risk Management
12 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (35.24%) Python
2 19 (18.10%) Scala
2 19 (18.10%) SQL
3 7 (6.67%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.81%) Java
4 4 (3.81%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.86%) VBA
6 1 (0.95%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.95%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 32 (30.48%) Degree
2 12 (11.43%) CISA
2 12 (11.43%) ISACA
3 10 (9.52%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.86%) PMP
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.95%) CCSP
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CISM
8 1 (0.95%) CISSP
8 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.95%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.90%) ITGC
2 3 (2.86%) QA
3 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.95%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.95%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.86%) Terraform
2 1 (0.95%) Ansible
2 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (32.38%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.05%) Google
3 19 (18.10%) Apple
4 12 (11.43%) Oracle
4 12 (11.43%) SAP
5 10 (9.52%) Databricks
6 6 (5.71%) Ping Identity
7 4 (3.81%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.86%) Alteryx
8 3 (2.86%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.95%) Adobe
9 1 (0.95%) Citrix
9 1 (0.95%) Conga
9 1 (0.95%) Criteo
9 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow