Retail Jobs 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 38 44
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 2,198 4,264 5,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.49% 4.97% 6.33%
As % of the General category 6.46% 8.39% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 2,450 2,887
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £34,605
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,500 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £90,450
UK median annual salary £51,058 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.49% -20.83% +4.35%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,026 50,841 60,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.54% 59.31% 68.22%
Number of salaries quoted 16,296 35,628 33,101
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in England.

Salary trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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 -25 522 £67,500 +8.00% 2,353
Midlands -1 488 £44,810 +9.29% 434
North of England -33 480 £45,000 - 789
South East +7 462 £43,250 -3.89% 895
North West -68 282 £50,000 +11.11% 505
West Midlands +8 268 £45,000 - 229
East Midlands -8 218 £42,500 +13.33% 180
South West +8 174 £57,500 +21.05% 224
Yorkshire +13 166 £42,000 -10.64% 231
East of England -84 75 £50,000 +4.71% 209
North East -6 31 £36,000 -16.67% 67
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.09%) Confluence
5 18 (0.82%) CMS
6 14 (0.64%) WinCC
7 10 (0.45%) SAS
8 9 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.36%) IIS
10 7 (0.32%) WordPress
11 6 (0.27%) Apache
12 4 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.091%) CoreMedia CMS
13 2 (0.091%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.091%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.091%) Strapi
13 2 (0.091%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.045%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 1 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 100 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (0.73%) Maya
6 14 (0.64%) EPLAN
7 9 (0.41%) Acrobat
7 9 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.32%) CINEMA 4D
8 7 (0.32%) InDesign
9 6 (0.27%) Blender
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.091%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.045%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 37 (1.68%) Shopify
2 34 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
4 20 (0.91%) Magento
5 15 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.23%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.14%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.14%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.091%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle BPM
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.045%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.045%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.045%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 364 (16.56%) Azure
2 229 (10.42%) AWS
3 130 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.00%) GCP
6 64 (2.91%) SaaS
7 56 (2.55%) Google Analytics
8 55 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (1.32%) GitHub
12 27 (1.23%) Serverless
13 26 (1.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 25 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 24 (1.09%) Google Workspace
15 24 (1.09%) SonarCloud
16 20 (0.91%) Google Ads
17 19 (0.86%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.68%) Firewall
2 56 (2.55%) WAN
3 48 (2.18%) LAN
4 45 (2.05%) DNS
5 43 (1.96%) 5G
6 42 (1.91%) DHCP
7 41 (1.87%) 4G
8 31 (1.41%) VLAN
9 30 (1.36%) VoIP
10 25 (1.14%) TCP/IP
11 24 (1.09%) Network Security
12 23 (1.05%) HTTP
13 21 (0.96%) VPN
14 15 (0.68%) BGP
14 15 (0.68%) OSPF
15 14 (0.64%) Ethernet
15 14 (0.64%) Modbus
15 14 (0.64%) Profibus
15 14 (0.64%) RS-485
15 14 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 97 (4.41%) Power BI
3 67 (3.05%) Tableau
4 50 (2.27%) Data Mining
5 31 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 26 (1.18%) MySQL
7 25 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (0.82%) Metadata
10 16 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (0.64%) Power Query
12 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.55%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.50%) Big Data
13 11 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (0.45%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.45%) QlikView
15 9 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 142 (6.46%) JIRA
2 116 (5.28%) Git
3 103 (4.69%) GitLab
4 98 (4.46%) Maven
5 97 (4.41%) Selenium
6 91 (4.14%) Bitbucket
6 91 (4.14%) Cucumber
6 91 (4.14%) SonarQube
6 91 (4.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 46 (2.09%) Visual Studio
8 35 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
9 25 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 24 (1.09%) MSBuild
11 13 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.36%) Postman
12 8 (0.36%) Subversion
13 6 (0.27%) Jenkins
13 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.27%) webpack
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 611 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 571 (25.98%) Manufacturing
3 540 (24.57%) Finance
4 350 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
5 216 (9.83%) Marketing
6 208 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 167 (7.60%) Banking
8 153 (6.96%) Dutch Language
9 147 (6.69%) Finnish Language
9 147 (6.69%) Norwegian Language
10 119 (5.41%) Telecoms
11 94 (4.28%) Investment Banking
12 92 (4.19%) Law
13 90 (4.09%) Corporate Banking
14 83 (3.78%) Games
15 73 (3.32%) Legal
16 66 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
17 49 (2.23%) Automotive
18 48 (2.18%) Advertising
18 48 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 443 (20.15%) Trainer
2 296 (13.47%) Senior
3 176 (8.01%) Analyst
4 159 (7.23%) Software Engineer
5 154 (7.01%) Developer
6 128 (5.82%) Lead
7 95 (4.32%) Architect
8 79 (3.59%) IT Support
9 58 (2.64%) Project Manager
10 56 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
11 46 (2.09%) Data Analyst
11 46 (2.09%) Senior Manager
12 45 (2.05%) IT Manager
13 43 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (1.87%) Senior Developer
14 41 (1.87%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (1.87%) Technical Support
15 37 (1.68%) Junior
15 37 (1.68%) Risk Manager
16 36 (1.64%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (8.92%) HTML
2 188 (8.55%) CSS
3 137 (6.23%) REST
4 129 (5.87%) React
5 122 (5.55%) Kafka
6 116 (5.28%) RESTful
7 99 (4.50%) Spring
8 98 (4.46%) HTML5
9 96 (4.37%) CSS3
9 96 (4.37%) Sass
10 95 (4.32%) Spring Boot
11 91 (4.14%) .NET
11 91 (4.14%) Redux
12 90 (4.09%) Jest
12 90 (4.09%) JPA
13 50 (2.27%) ASP.NET
14 43 (1.96%) JSON
14 43 (1.96%) XML
15 39 (1.77%) Web Services
16 38 (1.73%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 495 (22.52%) Robotics
2 142 (6.46%) Product Ownership
3 113 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
4 93 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 60 (2.73%) FMCG
6 54 (2.46%) Blockchain
7 44 (2.00%) EPoS
8 41 (1.87%) CCTV
8 41 (1.87%) Driving Licence
9 40 (1.82%) Cloud Native
10 39 (1.77%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 33 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 32 (1.46%) Mobile App
13 32 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
14 31 (1.41%) Social Media
15 29 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 29 (1.32%) Security Posture
16 25 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
17 24 (1.09%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 137 (6.23%) Windows
2 58 (2.64%) Linux
3 53 (2.41%) Windows 10
4 42 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 29 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (1.14%) Mac OS X
7 20 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (0.73%) Android
9 14 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 13 (0.59%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.36%) Unix
12 6 (0.27%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.091%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.045%) AIX
14 1 (0.045%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.045%) Solaris
14 1 (0.045%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (37.49%) Problem-Solving
2 589 (26.80%) Artificial Intelligence
3 518 (23.57%) Machine Learning
4 471 (21.43%) Generative AI
5 457 (20.79%) LLM
6 441 (20.06%) Red Team
7 411 (18.70%) Agile
8 373 (16.97%) Data Privacy
9 334 (15.20%) Analytics
10 251 (11.42%) DevOps
11 240 (10.92%) Mentoring
12 232 (10.56%) Software Engineering
13 208 (9.46%) E-Commerce
14 199 (9.05%) Customer Service
15 187 (8.51%) Strategic Thinking
16 182 (8.28%) Roadmaps
17 178 (8.10%) Coaching
17 178 (8.10%) Project Management
18 170 (7.73%) CI/CD
19 169 (7.69%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 370 (16.83%) SQL
2 236 (10.74%) JavaScript
3 167 (7.60%) Python
4 139 (6.32%) Java
5 118 (5.37%) TypeScript
6 115 (5.23%) C#
7 30 (1.36%) PowerShell
7 30 (1.36%) R
8 23 (1.05%) PHP
8 23 (1.05%) VBA
9 21 (0.96%) Scala
10 10 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.45%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.41%) Bash
11 9 (0.41%) C-shell
11 9 (0.41%) Korn
11 9 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.32%) Delphi
13 6 (0.27%) Go
14 5 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 746 (33.94%) Degree
2 74 (3.37%) DBS Check
3 71 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (2.09%) Security Cleared
5 33 (1.50%) HNC
6 32 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (1.23%) SC Cleared
8 25 (1.14%) CISA
8 25 (1.14%) CISSP
9 23 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.00%) ISACA
11 19 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 19 (0.86%) CISM
12 16 (0.73%) HND
13 15 (0.68%) PhD
13 15 (0.68%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.64%) MCSE
15 13 (0.59%) AWS Certification
16 11 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (7.23%) QA
2 106 (4.82%) Accessibility
3 82 (3.73%) GDPR
4 50 (2.27%) ITGC
5 42 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 30 (1.36%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.09%) NIST
9 23 (1.05%) SLA
10 14 (0.64%) GMP
10 14 (0.64%) PMO
11 13 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.45%) PERC
13 8 (0.36%) GRC
14 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.091%) IFRS
17 2 (0.091%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 151 (6.87%) Docker
2 109 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.045%) LXC
8 1 (0.045%) Samba
8 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 120 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (0.64%) Terraform
3 14 (0.64%) Wonderware InTouch
4 11 (0.50%) SCCM
5 7 (0.32%) Grafana
5 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.27%) Ansible
7 5 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.18%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) Avamar
9 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.14%) VxRail
10 2 (0.091%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.045%) Istio
11 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.045%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.045%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 620 (28.21%) Google
2 533 (24.25%) Databricks
3 508 (23.11%) Adobe
4 402 (18.29%) Microsoft
5 90 (4.09%) Solace
6 72 (3.28%) SAP
7 69 (3.14%) Oracle
8 51 (2.32%) Cisco
9 42 (1.91%) TikTok
10 37 (1.68%) BT
11 36 (1.64%) Salesforce
12 35 (1.59%) Dell
13 33 (1.50%) Apple
14 32 (1.46%) Facebook
15 27 (1.23%) VMware
16 22 (1.00%) Fortinet
17 16 (0.73%) Pinterest
18 15 (0.68%) IBM
18 15 (0.68%) OpenAI
18 15 (0.68%) Siemens