Retail Job Trends in Leighton Buzzard

Retailing
Bedfordshire > Leighton Buzzard

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Leighton Buzzard. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Retail 7 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leighton Buzzard 20.00% 11.76% -
As % of the General category 43.75% 14.81% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -50.00%

All General Skills
Leighton Buzzard

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 Leighton Buzzard.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 16 27 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leighton Buzzard 45.71% 79.41% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,900 - £32,500
75th Percentile £25,975 - £33,750
90th Percentile £34,875 - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £42,500 £37,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +14.86% -22.11% -15.18%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Leighton Buzzard

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Leighton Buzzard

Retail
Salary Trend in Leighton Buzzard

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leighton Buzzard citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leighton Buzzard citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leighton Buzzard 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
General
1 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
1 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Programme Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Programme Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics Manager
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Development Executive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Actionable Insight
1 6 (85.71%) E-Commerce
2 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) B2C
4 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Multivariate Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft