Retail Job Trends in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +25
Permanent jobs citing Retail 565 651 948
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.70% 11.51% 9.44%
As % of the General category 8.45% 17.72% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 421 212 240
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +3.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -16.67%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,684 3,674 5,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.78% 64.96% 53.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,295 2,099 2,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £74,028
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
East Midlands -15 309 £40,000 -11.11% 154
West Midlands -30 256 £55,000 +15.79% 160
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.18%) CMS
3 1 (0.18%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 22 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (1.24%) Shopify
2 6 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.35%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 49 (8.67%) Azure
2 38 (6.73%) SaaS
3 31 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (4.07%) AWS
4 23 (4.07%) Power Platform
5 11 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.42%) GCP
7 5 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.71%) GitHub
8 4 (0.71%) Google Ads
8 4 (0.71%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (0.53%) Google Analytics
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.35%) OCI
10 2 (0.35%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.18%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.18%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.24%) DNS
1 7 (1.24%) WAN
2 6 (1.06%) BGP
2 6 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (1.06%) Firewall
2 6 (1.06%) LAN
2 6 (1.06%) OSPF
2 6 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (1.06%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.06%) VLAN
3 5 (0.88%) DHCP
4 4 (0.71%) 5G
4 4 (0.71%) EIGRP
4 4 (0.71%) Ethernet VPN
4 4 (0.71%) HSRP
4 4 (0.71%) VRRP
4 4 (0.71%) VXLAN
5 3 (0.53%) Broadband
6 2 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.07%) Power BI
2 8 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (1.42%) MongoDB
2 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.71%) GIS
4 4 (0.71%) Metadata
5 3 (0.53%) Power Query
6 2 (0.35%) Db2
6 2 (0.35%) Easytrieve
6 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Git
2 5 (0.88%) JIRA
3 4 (0.71%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.71%) Metasploit
3 4 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) JMeter
5 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) TestRail
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 104 (18.41%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.68%) Finance
3 63 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (9.91%) Manufacturing
5 39 (6.90%) Marketing
6 36 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (5.49%) Banking
8 23 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (3.19%) Games
9 18 (3.19%) Legal
10 11 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.59%) Dutch Language
12 9 (1.59%) Italian Language
13 8 (1.42%) Law
14 7 (1.24%) Automotive
14 7 (1.24%) Social Housing
14 7 (1.24%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.06%) French Language
Job Titles
1 80 (14.16%) Analyst
2 72 (12.74%) Business Manager
3 70 (12.39%) Business Development Manager
3 70 (12.39%) Development Manager
4 47 (8.32%) Technologist
5 40 (7.08%) IT Analyst
6 35 (6.19%) Senior
7 28 (4.96%) Help Desk Analyst
8 25 (4.42%) Developer
8 25 (4.42%) Lead
9 23 (4.07%) Support Analyst
10 19 (3.36%) Administrator
11 17 (3.01%) Account Executive
11 17 (3.01%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.48%) Account Manager
12 14 (2.48%) Coordinator
12 14 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (2.48%) IT Programme Manager
12 14 (2.48%) Mathematician
12 14 (2.48%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.54%) .NET
2 14 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (1.95%) Node.js
3 11 (1.95%) React
4 9 (1.59%) Terraform
5 8 (1.42%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.06%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.06%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
6 6 (1.06%) Blazor
6 6 (1.06%) Pandas
6 6 (1.06%) PyTorch
6 6 (1.06%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.88%) Next.js
7 5 (0.88%) REST
8 4 (0.71%) EDI
8 4 (0.71%) YAML
9 2 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.35%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.35%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (4.25%) EPoS
3 19 (3.36%) FMCG
4 14 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (2.48%) Onboarding
5 11 (1.95%) Driving Licence
5 11 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.59%) FPGA
8 7 (1.24%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.24%) iSeries
8 7 (1.24%) PMI
8 7 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.06%) IoT
9 6 (1.06%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.88%) CCTV
11 4 (0.71%) AS400
11 4 (0.71%) Insider Threat
11 4 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.53%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.66%) Windows
2 8 (1.42%) Android
3 6 (1.06%) Linux
4 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (14.51%) Business Development
3 75 (13.27%) Customer Service
4 69 (12.21%) Logistics
5 60 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (8.85%) E-Commerce
7 41 (7.26%) Agile
8 34 (6.02%) Roadmaps
9 33 (5.84%) Decision-Making
10 32 (5.66%) Analytics
11 31 (5.49%) ERP
12 29 (5.13%) B2B
13 28 (4.96%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (4.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (4.78%) Customer Experience
15 26 (4.60%) AI
15 26 (4.60%) ITIL
16 24 (4.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (4.07%) Business Intelligence
18 22 (3.89%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.50%) SQL
2 22 (3.89%) Python
3 18 (3.19%) C#
4 9 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (1.42%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.06%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.71%) RPG
7 4 (0.71%) RPG IV
7 4 (0.71%) RPG/400
8 2 (0.35%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.35%) COBOL
8 2 (0.35%) JCL
8 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.18%) Bash
9 1 (0.18%) Delphi
9 1 (0.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (6.02%) Degree
2 13 (2.30%) SC Cleared
2 13 (2.30%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.59%) DBS Check
4 8 (1.42%) PMP
5 7 (1.24%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.88%) CISM
7 5 (0.88%) CISSP
7 5 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (0.71%) CCSP
8 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.35%) ACCA
9 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.35%) HNC
10 1 (0.18%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.65%) SLA
2 14 (2.48%) QA
3 12 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.42%) ISO 9001
5 7 (1.24%) GRC
6 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.88%) GDPR
7 5 (0.88%) NIST
8 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.71%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.35%) COSHH
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.88%) Docker
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.71%) Ansible
2 4 (0.71%) Nmap
3 3 (0.53%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Bosun
4 2 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.36%) Oracle
3 18 (3.19%) Google
4 17 (3.01%) Databricks
5 14 (2.48%) SAP
6 12 (2.12%) Cisco
7 6 (1.06%) IBM
7 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.71%) Facebook
8 4 (0.71%) Screaming Frog
9 3 (0.53%) BT
9 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.53%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.53%) YouTube
10 2 (0.35%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.35%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.35%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.35%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.35%) VMware
11 1 (0.18%) Botify