Retail Job Trends in England

Retailing
UK > England

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 59 39
Rank change year-on-year -1 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing Retail 2,408 1,590 4,118
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.13% 4.28% 5.00%
As % of the General category 6.05% 6.07% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,041 2,490
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,633 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -20.83%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 39,795 26,184 49,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 51.71% 70.45% 59.76%
Number of salaries quoted 22,002 14,340 35,521
10th Percentile £28,697 £30,000 £27,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Retail job vacancy trend in England

Retail
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Retail in England

Retail
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
London +36 858 £69,000 -1.43% 343
North of England +18 495 £50,000 +11.11% 224
Midlands -16 380 £56,000 +24.44% 164
South East -21 347 £45,000 - 234
North West +24 295 £50,000 - 126
West Midlands -21 193 £57,500 +21.05% 75
Yorkshire +6 189 £55,000 +30.95% 78
South West -12 189 £45,000 -21.74% 70
East Midlands -8 187 £56,000 +24.44% 89
East of England +10 136 £40,000 -20.00% 111
North East -37 11 £37,500 -16.67% 24
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 48 (1.99%) Jupyter
2 43 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (1.45%) CMS
4 24 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.46%) Confluence
6 8 (0.33%) SAS
7 7 (0.29%) Moodle
8 4 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.12%) Drupal
10 2 (0.083%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.083%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 98 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.99%) Chatbot
4 37 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.12%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.083%) Maya
9 2 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.042%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 40 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 22 (0.91%) Shopify
4 20 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.50%) SAP Retail
7 11 (0.46%) SAP MM
8 9 (0.37%) Magento
9 7 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
11 5 (0.21%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.21%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 316 (13.12%) SaaS
2 279 (11.59%) AWS
3 226 (9.39%) Azure
4 131 (5.44%) GCP
5 109 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
6 89 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 73 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
8 49 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
9 46 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
10 45 (1.87%) GitHub
11 35 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.16%) Google Analytics
13 23 (0.96%) Entra ID
14 22 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (0.83%) Amazon SageMaker
15 20 (0.83%) Azure AI
15 20 (0.83%) Vertex AI
16 18 (0.75%) Boomi
17 15 (0.62%) Mimecast
18 9 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 67 (2.78%) Firewall
2 47 (1.95%) WAN
3 43 (1.79%) LAN
4 39 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 37 (1.54%) VPN
6 31 (1.29%) VLAN
7 27 (1.12%) Network Security
8 23 (0.96%) WebEx
9 22 (0.91%) Wireless
10 21 (0.87%) DNS
11 19 (0.79%) TCP/IP
12 17 (0.71%) SD-WAN
13 15 (0.62%) DHCP
14 14 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.50%) BGP
16 11 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
18 8 (0.33%) Unified Communications
19 7 (0.29%) IP Telephony
19 7 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (3.24%) Power BI
2 34 (1.41%) Tableau
3 27 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 18 (0.75%) Metadata
5 16 (0.66%) BigQuery
5 16 (0.66%) Looker
5 16 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (0.54%) MySQL
7 10 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.33%) Power Query
9 7 (0.29%) Big Data
9 7 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.29%) SAP BW
10 6 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.25%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.21%) DB2
11 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 69 (2.87%) TeamCity
2 52 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
3 35 (1.45%) JIRA
4 19 (0.79%) Git
5 6 (0.25%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.25%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.21%) GitLab
6 5 (0.21%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.083%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.083%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.083%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.083%) Postman
8 2 (0.083%) webpack
9 1 (0.042%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.042%) JUnit
9 1 (0.042%) MLflow
9 1 (0.042%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 709 (29.44%) Finance
2 587 (24.38%) Social Skills
3 348 (14.45%) Banking
4 345 (14.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 328 (13.62%) Marketing
6 244 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
7 230 (9.55%) Manufacturing
8 228 (9.47%) Law
9 151 (6.27%) Back Office
10 132 (5.48%) Financial Institution
11 111 (4.61%) Legal
12 91 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
13 73 (3.03%) Public Sector
14 64 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (2.57%) Automotive
16 55 (2.28%) Telecoms
17 53 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
18 45 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
19 37 (1.54%) Local Government
20 36 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 354 (14.70%) Senior
2 216 (8.97%) Analyst
3 174 (7.23%) Lead
4 133 (5.52%) Business Manager
5 121 (5.02%) Developer
6 113 (4.69%) Development Manager
7 103 (4.28%) Consultant
8 102 (4.24%) Senior Manager
9 97 (4.03%) Business Development Manager
10 93 (3.86%) Account Manager
11 87 (3.61%) Architect
12 74 (3.07%) Software Engineer
13 66 (2.74%) IT Support
14 59 (2.45%) Support Analyst
15 54 (2.24%) Account Executive
16 50 (2.08%) Senior Developer
16 50 (2.08%) Trainee
17 49 (2.03%) Data Analyst
18 46 (1.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 46 (1.91%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.24%) Pandas
1 54 (2.24%) scikit-learn
2 48 (1.99%) Hugging Face
2 48 (1.99%) Matplotlib
2 48 (1.99%) NumPy
2 48 (1.99%) Streamlit
3 36 (1.50%) React
3 36 (1.50%) REST
4 29 (1.20%) Middleware
5 28 (1.16%) .NET
5 28 (1.16%) EDI
6 24 (1.00%) CSS
6 24 (1.00%) HTML
6 24 (1.00%) RESTful
7 18 (0.75%) JSON
8 13 (0.54%) XML
9 11 (0.46%) GraphQL
9 11 (0.46%) SOAP
10 10 (0.42%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 116 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 89 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 84 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 69 (2.87%) FMCG
5 69 (2.87%) Security Posture
6 68 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 64 (2.66%) Algorithms
7 64 (2.66%) EPoS
8 58 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (2.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 44 (1.83%) Blog
11 42 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 38 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
14 29 (1.20%) Data Centre
15 27 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
16 22 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (0.91%) Life Science
17 21 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 106 (4.40%) Windows
2 52 (2.16%) Linux
3 42 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.83%) Android
6 13 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.17%) Debian
8 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.12%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.083%) zOS
10 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 235 (9.76%) AI
3 235 (9.76%) Analytics
4 225 (9.34%) Business Development
5 215 (8.93%) E-Commerce
6 214 (8.89%) Agile
7 209 (8.68%) Customer Service
8 196 (8.14%) Roadmaps
9 192 (7.97%) Mentoring
10 191 (7.93%) B2B
11 171 (7.10%) Decision-Making
12 169 (7.02%) ERP
13 167 (6.94%) CRM
14 161 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 157 (6.52%) Logistics
16 152 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
17 145 (6.02%) Customer Experience
18 136 (5.65%) CI/CD
18 136 (5.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 179 (7.43%) Python
2 157 (6.52%) SQL
3 113 (4.69%) Java
4 50 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 42 (1.74%) PowerShell
6 41 (1.70%) C#
7 36 (1.50%) Go
8 33 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 23 (0.96%) VBA
10 15 (0.62%) Bash
11 10 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.33%) C++
14 7 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.25%) ABAP
15 6 (0.25%) C
15 6 (0.25%) R
16 5 (0.21%) PHP
17 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 247 (10.26%) Degree
2 81 (3.36%) CISSP
3 69 (2.87%) AWS Certification
4 60 (2.49%) CISM
5 54 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 33 (1.37%) Security Cleared
9 30 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.12%) ACCA
10 27 (1.12%) CIMA
10 27 (1.12%) PMP
10 27 (1.12%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (1.04%) CRISC
12 21 (0.87%) PMI Certification
13 20 (0.83%) CREST Certified
13 20 (0.83%) OSCP
14 18 (0.75%) DBS Check
14 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (3.65%) GDPR
3 84 (3.49%) QA
4 63 (2.62%) NIST
5 51 (2.12%) PCI DSS
6 41 (1.70%) SLA
7 40 (1.66%) GRC
8 38 (1.58%) SOC 2
9 32 (1.33%) Accessibility
9 32 (1.33%) Data Quality
10 24 (1.00%) EU AI Act
11 23 (0.96%) PSD2
11 23 (0.96%) TickIT
12 22 (0.91%) PMO
13 20 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
13 20 (0.83%) HIPAA
13 20 (0.83%) Solvency II
14 19 (0.79%) NIST 800
15 18 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.50%) PERC
System Software
1 67 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (0.83%) Docker
4 14 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 8 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (0.33%) vSphere
7 5 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.17%) Firmware
9 2 (0.083%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 124 (5.15%) Terraform
2 116 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 72 (2.99%) Grafana
4 31 (1.29%) Ansible
5 17 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.46%) Cilium
7 8 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.33%) Proxmox
8 7 (0.29%) Autotask
9 6 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.25%) Nmap
10 4 (0.17%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.17%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.12%) CASB
11 3 (0.12%) SCCM
12 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.042%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.042%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 333 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 84 (3.49%) SAP
3 76 (3.16%) Google
4 49 (2.03%) Cisco
5 43 (1.79%) VMware
6 41 (1.70%) Oracle
7 40 (1.66%) Salesforce
8 35 (1.45%) Databricks
9 22 (0.91%) Dell
10 19 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 19 (0.79%) Meraki
11 18 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.66%) Veeam
13 15 (0.62%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.62%) ServiceNow
14 13 (0.54%) Blue Prism
14 13 (0.54%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.50%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.50%) IBM
15 12 (0.50%) Ruckus Wireless