Retail Job Trends in Glasgow

Retailing
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +24
Permanent jobs citing Retail 9 27 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.19% 3.04% 4.34%
As % of the General category 2.24% 5.45% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 27
10th Percentile £40,781 £29,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,676 £41,250 £34,866
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +71.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £61,123
90th Percentile - - £61,174
Scotland median annual salary £32,851 £50,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -34.30% +100.00% -59.32%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 402 495 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 53.10% 55.74% 66.25%
Number of salaries quoted 204 209 302
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £31,325
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £66,375
90th Percentile £74,625 £95,500 £78,000
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -33.96% +0.95% -8.70%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Retail
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Glasgow

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Civil 3D
2 1 (11.11%) Navisworks
2 1 (11.11%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Aviation
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Network Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Life Science
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Business Forecasting
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Logistics
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Task-Oriented
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Autodesk
2 1 (11.11%) BT
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft