Retail Job Trends in Hove

Retailing
East Sussex > Hove

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Hove. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Hove 5.26% - 10.00%
As % of the General category 8.33% - 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £29,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.28%
75th Percentile - - £29,500
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% -16.36% -3.95%

All General Skills
Hove

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 Hove.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hove 63.16% 66.67% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 7
10th Percentile £25,500 £36,450 £25,600
25th Percentile £31,628 £49,500 £29,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,360 £72,500 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -41.57% +11.43% +4.50%
75th Percentile £50,625 £73,750 £69,605
90th Percentile £60,375 - £72,433
East Sussex median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -18.18%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Hove

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Hove

Retail
Salary Trend in Hove

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hove citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hove citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hove 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Operations
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft