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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 39 44
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Retail 2,065 4,250 5,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.23% 4.95% 6.34%
As % of the General category 6.15% 8.35% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 2,455 2,898
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £34,605
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £45,077
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,313 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £82,500 £90,450
UK median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -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 33,599 50,887 61,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.82% 59.24% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16,553 35,691 33,301
10th Percentile £28,500 £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 £104,970
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 12 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 12 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 -29 519 £67,500 +8.00% 1,927
North of England -41 442 £45,750 +1.67% 625
Midlands -6 439 £45,000 +9.76% 337
South East -5 418 £43,250 -3.89% 796
North West -64 270 £52,500 +16.67% 418
West Midlands +5 254 £45,000 - 179
East Midlands -18 183 £41,750 +11.33% 136
South West +3 172 £57,500 +21.05% 187
Yorkshire +6 142 £42,000 -10.64% 188
East of England -75 77 £50,000 +4.71% 172
North East -5 29 £37,000 -11.06% 36
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 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 29 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.21%) Confluence
4 19 (0.92%) CMS
5 14 (0.68%) WinCC
6 10 (0.48%) SAS
7 9 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.39%) IIS
9 7 (0.34%) WordPress
10 6 (0.29%) Apache
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.097%) CoreMedia CMS
12 2 (0.097%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.097%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.097%) Strapi
12 2 (0.097%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.048%) nginx
13 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
Applications
1 96 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (0.77%) Maya
6 14 (0.68%) EPLAN
7 9 (0.44%) Acrobat
7 9 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
8 7 (0.34%) InDesign
9 6 (0.29%) Blender
10 5 (0.24%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.097%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.048%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (1.79%) Shopify
2 33 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
4 20 (0.97%) Magento
5 16 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.15%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.15%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.097%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle BPM
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.048%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.048%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.048%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 367 (17.77%) Azure
2 229 (11.09%) AWS
3 128 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 72 (3.49%) GCP
6 67 (3.24%) SaaS
7 57 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (2.76%) Google Analytics
8 43 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (1.45%) GitHub
11 28 (1.36%) Serverless
12 26 (1.26%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 24 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 24 (1.16%) Google Workspace
13 24 (1.16%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.16%) SonarCloud
14 20 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (0.97%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.95%) Firewall
2 54 (2.62%) WAN
3 48 (2.32%) LAN
4 47 (2.28%) DNS
5 43 (2.08%) DHCP
6 42 (2.03%) 5G
7 41 (1.99%) 4G
8 32 (1.55%) VLAN
9 30 (1.45%) VoIP
10 26 (1.26%) Network Security
10 26 (1.26%) TCP/IP
11 24 (1.16%) HTTP
12 22 (1.07%) VPN
13 15 (0.73%) BGP
13 15 (0.73%) OSPF
14 14 (0.68%) Ethernet
14 14 (0.68%) Modbus
14 14 (0.68%) Profibus
14 14 (0.68%) RS-485
14 14 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 96 (4.65%) Power BI
3 66 (3.20%) Tableau
4 48 (2.32%) Data Mining
5 31 (1.50%) Data Lake
6 27 (1.31%) MySQL
7 25 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 22 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (0.87%) Metadata
10 15 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (0.68%) Power Query
12 12 (0.58%) Big Data
12 12 (0.58%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.48%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.48%) QlikView
15 8 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 144 (6.97%) JIRA
2 118 (5.71%) Git
3 102 (4.94%) GitLab
4 99 (4.79%) Maven
5 97 (4.70%) Selenium
6 92 (4.46%) SonarQube
6 92 (4.46%) Sonatype Nexus
7 91 (4.41%) Bitbucket
7 91 (4.41%) Cucumber
8 46 (2.23%) Visual Studio
9 34 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
10 25 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
11 24 (1.16%) MSBuild
12 12 (0.58%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.39%) Postman
13 8 (0.39%) Subversion
14 7 (0.34%) Jenkins
14 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.29%) webpack
16 5 (0.24%) gulp
General
1 606 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 546 (26.44%) Finance
3 426 (20.63%) Manufacturing
4 342 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
5 217 (10.51%) Marketing
6 209 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 167 (8.09%) Banking
8 119 (5.76%) Telecoms
9 104 (5.04%) Dutch Language
10 98 (4.75%) Finnish Language
10 98 (4.75%) Norwegian Language
11 94 (4.55%) Investment Banking
12 92 (4.46%) Law
13 90 (4.36%) Corporate Banking
14 84 (4.07%) Games
15 74 (3.58%) Legal
16 65 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
17 50 (2.42%) Automotive
18 49 (2.37%) Advertising
19 47 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 298 (14.43%) Senior
2 296 (14.33%) Trainer
3 176 (8.52%) Analyst
4 160 (7.75%) Software Engineer
5 155 (7.51%) Developer
6 128 (6.20%) Lead
7 99 (4.79%) Architect
8 75 (3.63%) IT Support
9 59 (2.86%) Project Manager
10 56 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
11 47 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
12 46 (2.23%) Data Analyst
12 46 (2.23%) Senior Manager
13 45 (2.18%) IT Manager
14 42 (2.03%) Senior Developer
15 41 (1.99%) Technical Support
16 40 (1.94%) Senior Software Engineer
17 37 (1.79%) Risk Manager
18 36 (1.74%) Junior
19 35 (1.69%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (9.64%) HTML
2 191 (9.25%) CSS
3 135 (6.54%) REST
4 130 (6.30%) React
5 123 (5.96%) Kafka
6 116 (5.62%) RESTful
7 100 (4.84%) Spring
8 98 (4.75%) HTML5
9 97 (4.70%) Sass
9 97 (4.70%) Spring Boot
10 96 (4.65%) CSS3
11 92 (4.46%) .NET
12 91 (4.41%) Redux
13 90 (4.36%) Jest
13 90 (4.36%) JPA
14 51 (2.47%) ASP.NET
15 43 (2.08%) JSON
15 43 (2.08%) XML
16 38 (1.84%) Bootstrap
16 38 (1.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 348 (16.85%) Robotics
2 143 (6.92%) Product Ownership
3 113 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
4 93 (4.50%) Management Information System
5 62 (3.00%) FMCG
6 54 (2.62%) Blockchain
7 42 (2.03%) Cloud Native
7 42 (2.03%) EPoS
8 39 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 39 (1.89%) CCTV
8 39 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 34 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 33 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.50%) Mobile App
11 31 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (1.50%) Social Media
12 27 (1.31%) Data Structures
13 26 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
13 26 (1.26%) Security Posture
14 24 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 137 (6.63%) Windows
2 61 (2.95%) Linux
3 53 (2.57%) Windows 10
4 43 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 29 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (1.21%) Mac OS X
7 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.73%) Android
9 14 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 13 (0.63%) Mac OS
11 10 (0.48%) Unix
12 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.097%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.048%) AIX
15 1 (0.048%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.048%) Solaris
15 1 (0.048%) SUSE
15 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 679 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
2 444 (21.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 408 (19.76%) Agile
4 373 (18.06%) Machine Learning
5 339 (16.42%) Analytics
6 325 (15.74%) Generative AI
7 310 (15.01%) LLM
8 294 (14.24%) Red Team
9 275 (13.32%) Data Privacy
10 259 (12.54%) DevOps
11 237 (11.48%) Mentoring
12 236 (11.43%) Software Engineering
13 210 (10.17%) E-Commerce
14 200 (9.69%) Customer Service
15 185 (8.96%) Roadmaps
16 183 (8.86%) Strategic Thinking
17 177 (8.57%) Coaching
17 177 (8.57%) Project Management
18 170 (8.23%) CI/CD
19 169 (8.18%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 370 (17.92%) SQL
2 240 (11.62%) JavaScript
3 168 (8.14%) Python
4 141 (6.83%) Java
5 117 (5.67%) TypeScript
6 116 (5.62%) C#
7 33 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 30 (1.45%) R
9 25 (1.21%) PHP
10 22 (1.07%) Scala
11 21 (1.02%) VBA
12 11 (0.53%) Bash
13 10 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.44%) C-shell
14 9 (0.44%) Korn
14 9 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.34%) Delphi
16 6 (0.29%) Go
17 5 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 601 (29.10%) Degree
2 76 (3.68%) DBS Check
3 75 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (2.23%) Security Cleared
5 34 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (1.60%) HNC
7 27 (1.31%) SC Cleared
8 25 (1.21%) CISA
9 22 (1.07%) CISSP
9 22 (1.07%) ISACA
10 20 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 20 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.77%) HND
12 15 (0.73%) CISM
12 15 (0.73%) PhD
12 15 (0.73%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.68%) MCSE
14 13 (0.63%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (7.60%) QA
2 106 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 84 (4.07%) GDPR
4 50 (2.42%) ITGC
5 41 (1.99%) PCI DSS
6 40 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.16%) SLA
9 21 (1.02%) NIST
10 14 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.68%) GMP
11 12 (0.58%) PMO
12 10 (0.48%) PERC
13 8 (0.39%) GRC
14 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 19770
17 2 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 154 (7.46%) Docker
2 109 (5.28%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.048%) LXC
8 1 (0.048%) Samba
8 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.048%) vSphere
8 1 (0.048%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 123 (5.96%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (0.73%) Terraform
4 14 (0.68%) Wonderware InTouch
5 10 (0.48%) SCCM
6 7 (0.34%) Grafana
6 7 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.29%) Ansible
8 5 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.19%) Puppet
10 3 (0.15%) Avamar
10 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.15%) VxRail
11 2 (0.097%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.097%) Istio
12 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.048%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 476 (23.05%) Google
2 400 (19.37%) Microsoft
3 386 (18.69%) Databricks
4 363 (17.58%) Adobe
5 90 (4.36%) Solace
6 74 (3.58%) SAP
7 69 (3.34%) Oracle
8 51 (2.47%) Cisco
9 42 (2.03%) TikTok
10 38 (1.84%) Salesforce
11 37 (1.79%) BT
12 35 (1.69%) Dell
13 34 (1.65%) Apple
14 29 (1.40%) Facebook
15 27 (1.31%) VMware
16 22 (1.07%) Fortinet
17 16 (0.77%) Pinterest
18 15 (0.73%) IBM
18 15 (0.73%) OpenAI
18 15 (0.73%) Siemens