Retail Jobs in England

Retailing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 44 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +35
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,153 5,922 7,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.90% 6.35% 5.65%
As % of the General category 8.26% 9.24% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,457 2,988 3,632
10th Percentile £26,045 £34,127 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,150 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,683 £92,150 £95,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
England

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,259 64,087 82,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.26% 68.74% 63.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35,481 34,591 45,074
10th Percentile £27,445 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -1 1,172 £62,500 -7.41% 576
North of England -20 804 £45,000 -18.18% 449
Midlands +43 707 £41,492 -24.56% 335
South East +19 687 £45,000 -18.18% 363
North West +5 480 £45,000 -18.18% 237
South West -14 386 £45,000 -17.57% 178
East of England +43 375 £48,000 -12.73% 172
West Midlands +33 353 £45,000 -16.67% 179
East Midlands +45 349 £37,500 -31.82% 156
Yorkshire -35 239 £45,000 -25.00% 165
North East -11 85 £40,001 -27.27% 59
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
1 157 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (0.89%) CMS
4 34 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 30 (0.72%) Confluence
6 24 (0.58%) Apache
6 24 (0.58%) SAS
7 18 (0.43%) WordPress
8 12 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.19%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 8 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
12 4 (0.096%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.072%) Drupal
13 3 (0.072%) IIS
13 3 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 517 (12.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 310 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 233 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 37 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 37 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 31 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 29 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
8 24 (0.58%) Trello
9 22 (0.53%) Simulink
10 19 (0.46%) InDesign
11 14 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
11 14 (0.34%) AutoCAD
12 9 (0.22%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.17%) Stateflow
14 6 (0.14%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.14%) Sketch
15 5 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
15 5 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
15 5 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 62 (1.49%) Shopify
2 47 (1.13%) Magento
3 35 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 32 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
6 26 (0.63%) Endur
7 24 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
8 22 (0.53%) NetSuite
9 14 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
9 14 (0.34%) Epicor Tropos
10 13 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
11 11 (0.26%) SAP PP
12 10 (0.24%) Misys Midas
13 9 (0.22%) SAP BPC
13 9 (0.22%) SAP FI
13 9 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 8 (0.19%) SAP MM
15 7 (0.17%) SAP ERP
15 7 (0.17%) SAP Retail
15 7 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 582 (14.01%) Azure
2 372 (8.96%) Power Platform
3 344 (8.28%) AWS
4 252 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
5 143 (3.44%) GCP
6 140 (3.37%) SaaS
7 95 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 89 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 46 (1.11%) GitHub
10 41 (0.99%) Serverless
11 34 (0.82%) WhatsApp
12 32 (0.77%) Entra ID
13 31 (0.75%) Google Analytics
14 30 (0.72%) PowerApps
15 29 (0.70%) Power Automate
16 28 (0.67%) Figma
17 27 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
18 26 (0.63%) Snowflake
19 24 (0.58%) Google Sheets
20 21 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (2.84%) Firewall
2 115 (2.77%) WAN
3 108 (2.60%) LAN
4 99 (2.38%) Internet
5 76 (1.83%) Intranet
6 71 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
7 63 (1.52%) VPN
8 50 (1.20%) Broadband
9 34 (0.82%) Wireless
10 26 (0.63%) SD-WAN
11 25 (0.60%) DNS
11 25 (0.60%) Network Security
11 25 (0.60%) TCP/IP
12 21 (0.51%) VoIP
13 18 (0.43%) WLAN
14 16 (0.39%) DHCP
15 15 (0.36%) VLAN
16 10 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
17 9 (0.22%) Ethernet
17 9 (0.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (8.09%) Power BI
2 267 (6.43%) SQL Server
3 168 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
4 148 (3.56%) Tableau
5 114 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 88 (2.12%) MySQL
7 63 (1.52%) Relational Database
8 52 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
9 48 (1.16%) MongoDB
10 44 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 42 (1.01%) Big Data
12 40 (0.96%) Data Lake
13 38 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 29 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (0.67%) GIS
16 24 (0.58%) NoSQL
17 21 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
18 19 (0.46%) DynamoDB
18 19 (0.46%) Looker
19 17 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 199 (4.79%) Git
2 91 (2.19%) JIRA
3 44 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.79%) GitLab
4 33 (0.79%) Visual Studio
5 27 (0.65%) TeamCity
6 11 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.24%) JBehave
7 10 (0.24%) JMeter
7 10 (0.24%) Selenium
7 10 (0.24%) SpecFlow
7 10 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.17%) gulp
9 7 (0.17%) JUnit
9 7 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 1,685 (40.57%) Social Skills
2 1,148 (27.64%) Finance
3 1,017 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 434 (10.45%) Marketing
5 264 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (6.24%) German Language
7 233 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
8 200 (4.82%) Legal
9 184 (4.43%) Manufacturing
10 179 (4.31%) Public Sector
11 177 (4.26%) Banking
12 138 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
13 125 (3.01%) Telecoms
14 91 (2.19%) Advertising
15 87 (2.09%) Law
16 71 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
17 67 (1.61%) Automotive
18 57 (1.37%) Billing
19 52 (1.25%) Back Office
20 48 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 716 (17.24%) Analyst
2 574 (13.82%) Senior
3 402 (9.68%) Developer
4 273 (6.57%) Graduate
5 263 (6.33%) Architect
6 244 (5.88%) Lead
7 221 (5.32%) Project Manager
8 219 (5.27%) Consultant
9 177 (4.26%) Business Analyst
10 150 (3.61%) Data Analyst
11 133 (3.20%) IT Manager
12 132 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
13 130 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
14 117 (2.82%) Administrator
15 101 (2.43%) Senior Developer
16 91 (2.19%) Software Engineer
17 81 (1.95%) .NET Developer
18 80 (1.93%) Business Intelligence Consultant
18 80 (1.93%) Principal Business Analyst
18 80 (1.93%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (5.23%) .NET
2 189 (4.55%) HTML
3 160 (3.85%) CSS
4 139 (3.35%) React
5 98 (2.36%) .NET Core
6 77 (1.85%) ASP.NET
7 74 (1.78%) Web Services
8 71 (1.71%) Vue
9 69 (1.66%) AngularJS
10 68 (1.64%) .NET Framework
11 64 (1.54%) Node.js
12 58 (1.40%) REST
13 56 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
13 56 (1.35%) XML
14 47 (1.13%) RESTful
15 45 (1.08%) JSON
16 44 (1.06%) Entity Framework
17 41 (0.99%) Kafka
18 39 (0.94%) Laravel
19 30 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 450 (10.84%) Self-Motivation
2 317 (7.63%) Driving Licence
3 151 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 127 (3.06%) FMCG
5 125 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 97 (2.34%) PMI
7 91 (2.19%) Social Media
8 87 (2.09%) EPoS
8 87 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 83 (2.00%) Cloud Native
10 81 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
11 78 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 68 (1.64%) Photography
13 63 (1.52%) Mobile App
14 58 (1.40%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.18%) Algorithms
16 39 (0.94%) Blog
16 39 (0.94%) Data Structures
17 38 (0.92%) NHS
18 32 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 303 (7.30%) Windows
2 109 (2.62%) Linux
3 104 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 51 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.16%) VMS
6 40 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 23 (0.55%) Android
7 23 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.41%) Unix
9 17 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.31%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.26%) Windows 8
13 10 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 9 (0.22%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.19%) AIX
16 5 (0.12%) CentOS
17 3 (0.072%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 965 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
2 750 (18.06%) Agile
3 524 (12.62%) Customer Service
4 493 (11.87%) E-Commerce
5 440 (10.59%) Analytics
5 440 (10.59%) Project Management
6 390 (9.39%) Business Intelligence
7 375 (9.03%) Decision-Making
8 371 (8.93%) Roadmaps
9 264 (6.36%) Mentoring
10 251 (6.04%) Coaching
11 247 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 239 (5.75%) Data Analysis
13 235 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 228 (5.49%) Change Management
14 228 (5.49%) ERP
15 226 (5.44%) Machine Learning
16 223 (5.37%) Artificial Intelligence
17 220 (5.30%) Logistics
18 216 (5.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 668 (16.08%) SQL
2 324 (7.80%) Python
3 263 (6.33%) JavaScript
4 214 (5.15%) C#
5 128 (3.08%) PHP
6 122 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 100 (2.41%) Java
8 59 (1.42%) R
9 48 (1.16%) PowerShell
10 42 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.96%) VBA
12 34 (0.82%) Go
13 33 (0.79%) C
13 33 (0.79%) MATLAB
14 31 (0.75%) VB.NET
15 24 (0.58%) Bash
16 23 (0.55%) Ruby
17 22 (0.53%) VB
18 21 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 11 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 884 (21.29%) Degree
2 428 (10.31%) DBS Check
3 130 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 108 (2.60%) PMI Certification
5 63 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (1.52%) DV Cleared
6 54 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 51 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 50 (1.20%) ACCA
8 50 (1.20%) SC Cleared
9 47 (1.13%) HNC
10 44 (1.06%) CISSP
11 41 (0.99%) CIMA
12 40 (0.96%) CCNP
13 35 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 25 (0.60%) CCNA
15 24 (0.58%) AWS Certification
16 22 (0.53%) HND
17 20 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
18 19 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (3.95%) QA
2 98 (2.36%) SLA
3 81 (1.95%) GDPR
4 57 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 48 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.13%) PMO
7 42 (1.01%) NIST
8 37 (0.89%) PCI DSS
9 28 (0.67%) Accessibility
10 25 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 16 (0.39%) IFRS
12 14 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.31%) IFRS 9
14 11 (0.26%) CRD IV
14 11 (0.26%) ISO 14000
15 8 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.17%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.17%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.17%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 213 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.43%) Docker
3 51 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.48%) Firmware
6 14 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.096%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.072%) KVM
10 3 (0.072%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.024%) IAG
11 1 (0.024%) LXC
11 1 (0.024%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.024%) vSphere
11 1 (0.024%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 130 (3.13%) Terraform
2 115 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.35%) Ansible
4 42 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.60%) Grafana
6 23 (0.55%) SCCM
7 17 (0.41%) Puppet
8 14 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.22%) CASB
11 8 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.19%) SCOM
12 5 (0.12%) Kibana
12 5 (0.12%) logstash
13 4 (0.096%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.096%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.072%) Consul
14 3 (0.072%) Packer
14 3 (0.072%) SELinux
Vendors
1 879 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 168 (4.05%) Google
3 131 (3.15%) SAP
4 106 (2.55%) Databricks
5 92 (2.22%) Adobe
6 71 (1.71%) Oracle
7 68 (1.64%) VMware
8 66 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 66 (1.59%) Virgin Media
9 54 (1.30%) Cisco
10 46 (1.11%) NEC
11 42 (1.01%) IBM
12 29 (0.70%) Dell
13 28 (0.67%) MuleSoft
14 27 (0.65%) Northgate
15 25 (0.60%) HP
16 24 (0.58%) Apple
17 21 (0.51%) Citrix
18 20 (0.48%) ServiceNow
19 18 (0.43%) Openreach