Retail Job Trends in Liverpool

Retailing
Merseyside > Liverpool

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 40 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Retail 23 11 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 4.67% 2.79% 5.48%
As % of the General category 7.59% 4.09% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 18
10th Percentile £42,525 £41,825 £31,530
25th Percentile £46,688 £44,750 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £90,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +60.00% +17.80%
75th Percentile £51,250 - £66,250
90th Percentile £67,375 - £70,750
Merseyside median annual salary £50,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -44.44% +63.64% +15.79%

All General Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 303 269 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 61.59% 68.27% 55.71%
Number of salaries quoted 178 121 163
10th Percentile - £30,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.76%
75th Percentile £59,688 £58,750 £62,234
90th Percentile £74,125 £68,279 £70,000
Merseyside median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% -5.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Retail
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Liverpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Liverpool over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Liverpool

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 7 (30.43%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Trainer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Data Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Data Scientist
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Data Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Development Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Domain Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Junior
5 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Development Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Customer Service
2 7 (30.43%) AI
2 7 (30.43%) Conversational UI
3 4 (17.39%) Disruptive Innovation
4 3 (13.04%) Data Science
4 3 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.70%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.35%) Business Development
6 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.35%) Business Strategy
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analytics
6 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.35%) ETL
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.35%) Logistics
6 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.35%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) CCNA
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) PayPal
2 2 (8.70%) YouTube