Retail Job Trends in the East of England

Retailing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 69 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 -40 +32
Permanent jobs citing Retail 193 131 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.62% 3.78% 4.96%
As % of the General category 6.05% 5.60% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 109 90 73
10th Percentile £26,800 £30,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,188 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,563 £55,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £73,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -13.04%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,189 2,338 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.35% 67.42% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 1,186 1,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the East of England

Retail
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in the East of England

Retail
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Hertfordshire -2 86 £50,000 +4.17% 43
Cambridgeshire -6 47 £40,000 -15.79% 21
Essex -11 19 £47,500 +18.75% 27
Norfolk -20 18 £60,000 -4.00% 6
Suffolk +20 12 £26,000 -64.14% 5
Bedfordshire -12 11 £40,000 +18.52% 7
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (2.59%) CMS
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (3.63%) Shopify
2 3 (1.55%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.55%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (1.04%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.52%) Magento
4 1 (0.52%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (6.74%) Azure
3 4 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
3 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.07%) SaaS
4 3 (1.55%) Azure Event Grid
4 3 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.55%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.52%) AWS
5 1 (0.52%) Canva
5 1 (0.52%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.52%) Figma
5 1 (0.52%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.52%) Meta Ads
5 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.77%) Firewall
2 9 (4.66%) Wireless
3 5 (2.59%) DNS
3 5 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.07%) Internet
5 2 (1.04%) SSL
6 1 (0.52%) Broadband
6 1 (0.52%) DHCP
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
6 1 (0.52%) VLAN
6 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.07%) MySQL
2 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (22.80%) Finance
2 33 (17.10%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.51%) Manufacturing
4 19 (9.84%) Marketing
5 11 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Legal
10 4 (2.07%) Banking
11 3 (1.55%) Law
12 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.52%) Advertising
13 1 (0.52%) German Language
Job Titles
1 26 (13.47%) Senior
2 18 (9.33%) Analyst
3 17 (8.81%) IT Support
4 13 (6.74%) Support Engineer
5 12 (6.22%) IT Engineer
5 12 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (5.70%) Sales Executive
6 11 (5.70%) Senior Manager
7 8 (4.15%) Architect
7 8 (4.15%) Business Manager
7 8 (4.15%) Field Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) Field Service Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) Lead
8 7 (3.63%) Account Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Business Development Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Development Manager
9 6 (3.11%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) Support Technician
9 6 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.63%) HTML
1 7 (3.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.59%) .NET
3 2 (1.04%) React
3 2 (1.04%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.52%) CSS
4 1 (0.52%) EDI
4 1 (0.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.52%) Sass
4 1 (0.52%) SOAP
4 1 (0.52%) Svelte
4 1 (0.52%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.52%) Vue
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.52%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.22%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.11%) FMCG
5 5 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.59%) EPoS
5 5 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.07%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.07%) Social Network
7 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.04%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.04%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.04%) SCADA
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.52%) Midjourney
8 1 (0.52%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.70%) Windows
2 9 (4.66%) Linux
3 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.07%) Debian
5 2 (1.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (11.92%) Analytics
1 23 (11.92%) E-Commerce
2 20 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (9.84%) Customer Experience
4 18 (9.33%) Service Delivery
5 17 (8.81%) Decision-Making
5 17 (8.81%) ERP
6 16 (8.29%) Customer Service
7 15 (7.77%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (7.25%) AI
9 13 (6.74%) Logistics
10 12 (6.22%) Roadmaps
11 11 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (5.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (5.18%) Budgeting
12 10 (5.18%) Coaching
12 10 (5.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (4.66%) Agile
13 9 (4.66%) Asset Management
13 9 (4.66%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.77%) SQL
2 7 (3.63%) Python
3 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.55%) C#
4 3 (1.55%) VBA
5 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.52%) Java
6 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (7.25%) Degree
2 6 (3.11%) ACCA
2 6 (3.11%) CIMA
3 5 (2.59%) APMG
4 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.07%) PMP
5 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.04%) CIPD
7 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.18%) QA
2 5 (2.59%) SLA
3 4 (2.07%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.07%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) Oracle
3 6 (3.11%) Dell
3 6 (3.11%) HubSpot
3 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.59%) Sage
4 5 (2.59%) SAP
4 5 (2.59%) Workday
5 4 (2.07%) Google
6 3 (1.55%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.04%) Adobe
7 2 (1.04%) IBM
7 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.52%) TikTok
8 1 (0.52%) WooCommerce