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 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 67 76
Rank change year-on-year +43 +9 -29
Permanent jobs citing Retail 58 16 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 3.92% 2.04% 2.02%
As % of the General category 9.60% 2.94% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 32 8 16
10th Percentile £28,000 - £28,500
25th Percentile £29,019 - £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £32,851 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.67% -47.44% +19.05%
75th Percentile £45,000 £34,326 £90,000
90th Percentile - £47,375 -
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £32,851 £48,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% -31.56% +92.00%

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 general skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 604 545 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 40.84% 69.43% 54.49%
Number of salaries quoted 305 189 240
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,000 £39,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £53,445
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.16% -2.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -34.00% -4.76%

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 October 2026.

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (3.45%) Google Analytics
1 2 (3.45%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (1.72%) Azure
2 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (1.72%) IaaS
2 1 (1.72%) OCI
2 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.76%) Broadband
2 1 (1.72%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (18.97%) Marketing
2 4 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Finance
3 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.72%) Automotive
5 1 (1.72%) Banking
5 1 (1.72%) Electronics
5 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Business Development Manager
1 21 (36.21%) Business Manager
1 21 (36.21%) Development Manager
2 3 (5.17%) Analyst
2 3 (5.17%) Business Support Analyst
2 3 (5.17%) Business Systems Analyst
2 3 (5.17%) Customer Service Advisor
2 3 (5.17%) E-Commerce Executive
2 3 (5.17%) Field Sales Executive
2 3 (5.17%) Sales Executive
2 3 (5.17%) Support Analyst
2 3 (5.17%) Systems Analyst
2 3 (5.17%) Systems Support
2 3 (5.17%) Systems Support Analyst
3 2 (3.45%) Customer Service Representative
3 2 (3.45%) Sales Representative
4 1 (1.72%) Database Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Help Desk Administrator
4 1 (1.72%) Senior Database Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) FMCG
2 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) AIX
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Solaris
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Business Development
2 14 (24.14%) Customer Service
3 7 (12.07%) CRM
4 5 (8.62%) Commercial Awareness
4 5 (8.62%) Customer Insight
4 5 (8.62%) E-Commerce
5 3 (5.17%) B2B
5 3 (5.17%) B2B Sales
5 3 (5.17%) Coaching
5 3 (5.17%) Customer Experience
5 3 (5.17%) Fintech
5 3 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (3.45%) A/B Testing
6 2 (3.45%) Analytics
6 2 (3.45%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Lead Generation
6 2 (3.45%) SEO
6 2 (3.45%) User Experience
6 2 (3.45%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) Bash
1 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.72%) Python
1 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.72%) City & Guilds
1 1 (1.72%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) BT
2 2 (3.45%) Google
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle
3 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow