Retail Job Trends in Merseyside

Retailing
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 30 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 24 28 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 3.77% 5.25% 6.12%
As % of the General category 6.70% 7.41% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 22
10th Percentile £31,825 - £31,290
25th Percentile £44,063 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £90,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +60.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile - - £65,313
90th Percentile £63,125 - £70,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 358 378 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 56.29% 70.92% 55.70%
Number of salaries quoted 204 149 177
10th Percentile £27,620 £30,700 £27,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,279 £70,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -0.97% -1.90%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Retail
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Merseyside over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Merseyside

Retail
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Liverpool -2 19 £49,000 -45.56% 38
St Helens -4 2 £38,750 -
Wirral - 1 - -
Southport - 1 £50,000 -
Birkenhead - 1 £50,000 - 3
Retail
North West

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (4.17%) CMS
1 1 (4.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) LAN
1 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
1 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Advertising
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Trainer
2 3 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Senior
2 3 (12.50%) Senior Data Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Data Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Data Scientist
4 1 (4.17%) Account Executive
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Producer
4 1 (4.17%) Junior
4 1 (4.17%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (29.17%) AI
2 7 (29.17%) Conversational UI
3 3 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (8.33%) Data Science
4 2 (8.33%) Disruptive Innovation
5 1 (4.17%) B2B
5 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.17%) Content Management
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analytics
5 1 (4.17%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (4.17%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) ETL
5 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.17%) Logistics
5 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) CCNA
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) PayPal
2 2 (8.33%) YouTube
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe