Retail Jobs in Manchester

Retailing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 38 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 +9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 130 278 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 5.66% 5.29% 6.90%
As % of the General category 7.79% 9.64% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84 204 154
10th Percentile £29,800 £24,196 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £30,325 £46,352
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £78,125 £61,863 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,000 £78,439 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,668 2,884 3,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.65% 54.88% 67.30%
Number of salaries quoted 888 2,146 1,514
10th Percentile £28,940 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £66,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £81,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +2.06%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Manchester

Retail
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in Manchester.

Salary trend for Retail in Manchester

Retail
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Manchester

Retail
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton -8 13 £25,103 -47.15% 23
Wigan - 3 - - 4
Salford +14 2 - - 5
Stockport +8 2 - - 15
Oldham -6 2 - - 1
Altrincham -10 2 - - 9
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - - 8
Sale - 2 - -
Retail
North West

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.08%) SAS
2 3 (2.31%) Confluence
3 2 (1.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.77%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.54%) InDesign
3 2 (1.54%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.77%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.77%) Blender
4 1 (0.77%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 42 (32.31%) AWS
2 30 (23.08%) Azure
3 8 (6.15%) Google Analytics
4 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.08%) GCP
5 4 (3.08%) Serverless
6 3 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.54%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.54%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.77%) Azure Table
8 1 (0.77%) dbt
8 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.31%) DNS
2 2 (1.54%) DHCP
2 2 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (0.77%) Broadband
3 1 (0.77%) IPsec
3 1 (0.77%) LAN
3 1 (0.77%) Network Security
3 1 (0.77%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.77%) VLAN
3 1 (0.77%) VPN
3 1 (0.77%) WAN
3 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (20.77%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.62%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.85%) Power BI
3 5 (3.85%) Tableau
4 4 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.31%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.54%) Metadata
7 1 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.77%) Big Data
7 1 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.77%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.77%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.77%) MySQL
7 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (16.15%) JIRA
2 19 (14.62%) GitLab
2 19 (14.62%) Selenium
3 18 (13.85%) Bitbucket
3 18 (13.85%) Cucumber
3 18 (13.85%) Maven
3 18 (13.85%) SonarQube
3 18 (13.85%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.54%) TestRail
5 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.77%) MLflow
5 1 (0.77%) PHPUnit
General
1 52 (40.00%) Finance
2 41 (31.54%) Social Skills
3 34 (26.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (23.08%) Banking
5 25 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (13.85%) Corporate Banking
6 18 (13.85%) Investment Banking
7 14 (10.77%) Marketing
8 13 (10.00%) Manufacturing
9 9 (6.92%) Automotive
10 7 (5.38%) Back Office
11 5 (3.85%) Games
12 4 (3.08%) Advertising
12 4 (3.08%) Electronics
12 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (3.08%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (2.31%) Law
14 2 (1.54%) Dutch Language
14 2 (1.54%) Retail Finance
14 2 (1.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 32 (24.62%) Senior
2 29 (22.31%) Software Engineer
3 17 (13.08%) Analyst
4 12 (9.23%) Developer
5 9 (6.92%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Applications Support
5 9 (6.92%) Applications Support Analyst
5 9 (6.92%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Senior Developer
5 9 (6.92%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.15%) .NET Developer
6 8 (6.15%) Senior .NET Developer
6 8 (6.15%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) AWS Software Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) IT Support
9 5 (3.85%) Architect
9 5 (3.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.00%) REST
2 24 (18.46%) React
3 19 (14.62%) CSS
3 19 (14.62%) HTML
4 18 (13.85%) CSS3
4 18 (13.85%) HTML5
4 18 (13.85%) Jest
4 18 (13.85%) JPA
4 18 (13.85%) Kafka
4 18 (13.85%) Redux
4 18 (13.85%) RESTful
4 18 (13.85%) Sass
4 18 (13.85%) Spring
4 18 (13.85%) Spring Boot
5 10 (7.69%) .NET
6 9 (6.92%) .NET Core
7 7 (5.38%) Node.js
8 6 (4.62%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (4.62%) Blazor
8 6 (4.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Product Ownership
2 18 (13.85%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (6.92%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 7 (5.38%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.62%) Social Media
6 5 (3.85%) EPoS
6 5 (3.85%) FMCG
7 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.31%) CCTV
8 3 (2.31%) Online Games
8 3 (2.31%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.69%) Linux
2 3 (2.31%) Windows
3 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.77%) Android
4 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (36.15%) Agile
2 37 (28.46%) Software Engineering
3 32 (24.62%) Microservices
4 30 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 26 (20.00%) User Experience
6 25 (19.23%) DevOps
7 24 (18.46%) Analytics
7 24 (18.46%) Performance Optimisation
8 20 (15.38%) Mentoring
8 20 (15.38%) Migration
9 19 (14.62%) Containerisation
9 19 (14.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 19 (14.62%) Strategic Thinking
9 19 (14.62%) Test Automation
10 18 (13.85%) Front End Development
10 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (13.85%) Responsive Web Design
10 18 (13.85%) SDLC
11 16 (12.31%) E-Commerce
12 14 (10.77%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (33.08%) SQL
2 28 (21.54%) TypeScript
3 20 (15.38%) Java
4 19 (14.62%) JavaScript
4 19 (14.62%) Python
5 10 (7.69%) Shell Script
6 9 (6.92%) C#
6 9 (6.92%) C-shell
6 9 (6.92%) Korn
7 7 (5.38%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.85%) Go
9 3 (2.31%) PHP
10 1 (0.77%) C++
10 1 (0.77%) R
10 1 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (19.23%) Degree
2 11 (8.46%) PhD
3 10 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.15%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.31%) Tableau Certification
6 2 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.77%) CCNA
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.92%) QA
2 19 (14.62%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.31%) GDPR
4 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.77%) ITGC
4 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.77%) PERC
System Software
1 26 (20.00%) Docker
2 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (20.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.77%) Ansible
3 1 (0.77%) Grafana
3 1 (0.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (13.85%) Solace
2 14 (10.77%) Oracle
3 10 (7.69%) Google
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.62%) Ping Identity
5 3 (2.31%) Concur
5 3 (2.31%) Databricks
5 3 (2.31%) Facebook
5 3 (2.31%) IBM
6 2 (1.54%) Adobe
6 2 (1.54%) Instagram
6 2 (1.54%) Proofpoint
6 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.54%) VMware
7 1 (0.77%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.77%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.77%) TikTok
7 1 (0.77%) Veeam
7 1 (0.77%) YouTube
7 1 (0.77%) Zend