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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 40 44
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,644 4,164 5,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.57% 4.89% 6.36%
As % of the General category 5.30% 8.24% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 2,465 2,959
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,127 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +3.21%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £83,433 £92,100
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -20.83% +3.45%

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 31,047 50,509 63,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.42% 59.28% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 16,351 35,638 34,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,445 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £83,426
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 1 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 1 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 -30 517 £70,000 +12.00% 1,607
South East -9 331 £45,000 - 821
Midlands -25 302 £45,000 +8.45% 653
North of England -73 268 £46,000 +2.22% 791
West Midlands -12 201 £45,000 - 322
North West -82 163 £51,999 +15.55% 431
South West -2 155 £57,500 +27.78% 173
East Midlands -37 99 £42,500 +13.33% 316
Yorkshire -20 88 £42,000 -6.67% 305
East of England -68 75 £50,000 +4.17% 172
North East -11 16 £42,050 +5.12% 70
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 30 (1.82%) Apache Spark
1 30 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.46%) Confluence
4 20 (1.22%) CMS
5 14 (0.85%) WinCC
6 10 (0.61%) SAS
7 8 (0.49%) IIS
8 6 (0.36%) Apache
8 6 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.30%) WordPress
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) CoreMedia CMS
11 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Strapi
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.061%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.061%) nginx
Applications
1 87 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (0.97%) Maya
6 14 (0.85%) EPLAN
7 10 (0.61%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.55%) Acrobat
8 9 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.43%) CINEMA 4D
9 7 (0.43%) InDesign
10 6 (0.36%) Blender
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe XD
12 4 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
15 1 (0.061%) Stata
Business Applications
1 36 (2.19%) Shopify
2 31 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (1.76%) Dynamics AX
4 16 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.91%) Magento
6 11 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 3 (0.18%) SAP CX
10 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
11 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.061%) Odoo
11 1 (0.061%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.061%) SAP CAR
11 1 (0.061%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 260 (15.82%) Azure
2 133 (8.09%) AWS
3 125 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (6.57%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.44%) GCP
6 65 (3.95%) SaaS
7 59 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (3.41%) Google Analytics
9 43 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (1.76%) Google Ads
12 28 (1.70%) GitHub
12 28 (1.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 27 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
14 24 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 24 (1.46%) Google Workspace
14 24 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.46%) Serverless
14 24 (1.46%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.01%) Firewall
2 54 (3.28%) WAN
3 50 (3.04%) LAN
4 49 (2.98%) DNS
5 45 (2.74%) DHCP
6 41 (2.49%) 4G
6 41 (2.49%) 5G
7 34 (2.07%) VLAN
8 30 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 30 (1.82%) VoIP
9 29 (1.76%) Network Security
10 27 (1.64%) HTTP
11 24 (1.46%) VPN
12 17 (1.03%) BGP
12 17 (1.03%) OSPF
13 15 (0.91%) WLAN
14 14 (0.85%) Ethernet
14 14 (0.85%) Modbus
14 14 (0.85%) Profibus
14 14 (0.85%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.87%) Power BI
3 61 (3.71%) Tableau
4 33 (2.01%) Data Mining
5 31 (1.89%) Data Lake
6 29 (1.76%) MySQL
7 25 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.85%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.79%) Power Query
11 12 (0.73%) Metadata
12 11 (0.67%) Big Data
12 11 (0.67%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.61%) QlikView
14 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.36%) Looker
Development Applications
1 122 (7.42%) Git
2 55 (3.35%) JIRA
3 47 (2.86%) Visual Studio
4 33 (2.01%) Octopus Deploy
5 25 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (1.46%) MSBuild
7 11 (0.67%) GitLab
7 11 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.49%) Maven
8 8 (0.49%) Postman
8 8 (0.49%) Subversion
9 7 (0.43%) Selenium
9 7 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.36%) Jenkins
10 6 (0.36%) webpack
11 5 (0.30%) Gradle
11 5 (0.30%) gulp
12 4 (0.24%) Bazaar
12 4 (0.24%) Grunt
12 4 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 585 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 446 (27.13%) Finance
3 321 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (12.47%) Marketing
5 132 (8.03%) Manufacturing
6 117 (7.12%) Telecoms
7 113 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 85 (5.17%) Law
9 81 (4.93%) Games
10 72 (4.38%) Banking
11 66 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (3.95%) Legal
13 50 (3.04%) Advertising
14 48 (2.92%) Automotive
15 45 (2.74%) Public Sector
16 44 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
17 23 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (1.16%) Back Office
19 14 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
20 12 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 300 (18.25%) Senior
2 173 (10.52%) Analyst
3 139 (8.45%) Developer
4 122 (7.42%) Lead
5 102 (6.20%) Architect
6 74 (4.50%) Software Engineer
7 73 (4.44%) IT Support
8 66 (4.01%) Project Manager
9 54 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
10 50 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
11 47 (2.86%) IT Manager
12 45 (2.74%) Data Analyst
13 44 (2.68%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.55%) Senior Developer
14 42 (2.55%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (2.49%) Technical Support
16 37 (2.25%) Risk Manager
17 35 (2.13%) Support Specialist
18 34 (2.07%) Support Analyst
19 33 (2.01%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (6.87%) HTML
2 106 (6.45%) CSS
3 88 (5.35%) .NET
4 51 (3.10%) ASP.NET
5 46 (2.80%) REST
6 44 (2.68%) JSON
6 44 (2.68%) XML
7 42 (2.55%) React
8 41 (2.49%) Web Services
9 40 (2.43%) Bootstrap
10 34 (2.07%) Kafka
11 31 (1.89%) Node.js
12 27 (1.64%) RESTful
13 26 (1.58%) AngularJS
14 24 (1.46%) .NET Core
14 24 (1.46%) ASP.NET Web API
14 24 (1.46%) gRPC
15 22 (1.34%) LAMP
16 19 (1.16%) Laravel
17 18 (1.09%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.60%) Management Information System
2 62 (3.77%) FMCG
3 54 (3.28%) Blockchain
3 54 (3.28%) Robotics
4 50 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.62%) Cloud Native
6 39 (2.37%) Algorithms
7 38 (2.31%) CCTV
8 35 (2.13%) EPoS
9 34 (2.07%) Driving Licence
10 33 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (1.82%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.82%) Onboarding
12 29 (1.76%) Social Media
13 28 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
13 28 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.58%) Security Posture
15 25 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
16 24 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
17 22 (1.34%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 140 (8.52%) Windows
2 64 (3.89%) Linux
3 54 (3.28%) Windows 10
4 45 (2.74%) Windows Server
5 31 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (1.58%) Mac OS X
7 21 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.91%) Android
8 15 (0.91%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.67%) Unix
10 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.061%) AIX
13 1 (0.061%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.061%) Solaris
13 1 (0.061%) SUSE
13 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (20.38%) Analytics
3 315 (19.16%) Agile
4 199 (12.10%) E-Commerce
5 189 (11.50%) Project Management
6 187 (11.37%) Customer Service
7 176 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 170 (10.34%) DevOps
9 151 (9.18%) Software Engineering
10 149 (9.06%) Coaching
11 148 (9.00%) Customer Experience
12 143 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
13 142 (8.64%) Mentoring
14 131 (7.97%) Computer Science
15 124 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 114 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
16 114 (6.93%) ERP
17 110 (6.69%) CRM
18 109 (6.63%) Project Delivery
19 106 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 256 (15.57%) SQL
2 157 (9.55%) Python
3 153 (9.31%) JavaScript
4 115 (7.00%) C#
5 49 (2.98%) Java
6 38 (2.31%) PowerShell
7 27 (1.64%) PHP
7 27 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.58%) R
9 23 (1.40%) Scala
10 10 (0.61%) Bash
10 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.55%) C-shell
11 9 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.55%) Korn
11 9 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.43%) Go
13 6 (0.36%) Delphi
13 6 (0.36%) VBA
14 5 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 302 (18.37%) Degree
2 78 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (4.68%) DBS Check
4 45 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 34 (2.07%) HNC
5 34 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (1.58%) SC Cleared
7 25 (1.52%) CISA
7 25 (1.52%) CISSP
8 22 (1.34%) ISACA
9 19 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.03%) HND
11 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.91%) CISM
12 15 (0.91%) MCSE
12 15 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.85%) PhD
14 13 (0.79%) AWS Certification
14 13 (0.79%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.11%) GDPR
2 66 (4.01%) QA
3 50 (3.04%) ITGC
4 42 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 24 (1.46%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.46%) SLA
7 22 (1.34%) NIST
8 17 (1.03%) Accessibility
9 16 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.85%) GMP
11 12 (0.73%) PMO
12 9 (0.55%) PERC
13 8 (0.49%) GRC
14 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.12%) IFRS
16 2 (0.12%) IFRS 9
16 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 108 (6.57%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.77%) Docker
3 24 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.061%) LXC
8 1 (0.061%) Samba
8 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.061%) vSphere
8 1 (0.061%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (0.85%) Terraform
3 14 (0.85%) Wonderware InTouch
4 10 (0.61%) SCCM
5 7 (0.43%) Grafana
5 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Ansible
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.24%) Puppet
9 3 (0.18%) Avamar
9 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.18%) VxRail
10 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.061%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 387 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 183 (11.13%) Google
3 90 (5.47%) Databricks
4 73 (4.44%) Oracle
4 73 (4.44%) SAP
5 68 (4.14%) Adobe
6 55 (3.35%) Cisco
7 44 (2.68%) TikTok
8 41 (2.49%) Salesforce
9 36 (2.19%) Apple
9 36 (2.19%) Dell
10 29 (1.76%) BT
11 27 (1.64%) VMware
12 25 (1.52%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.22%) Pinterest
14 16 (0.97%) IBM
15 15 (0.91%) Facebook
15 15 (0.91%) OpenAI
15 15 (0.91%) Siemens
15 15 (0.91%) Ubiquiti