Retail Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 25 78
Rank change year-on-year +5 +53 -24
Permanent jobs citing Retail 588 861 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.51% 6.69% 4.38%
As % of the General category 14.10% 12.20% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 145 500 217
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £32,256 £29,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,246 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -25.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £55,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,522 £67,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +8.42% -20.20% +3.52%

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,170 7,056 6,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 60.33% 54.86% 73.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,762 4,789 3,033
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
West Midlands +9 300 £45,000 - 190
East Midlands +1 286 £45,000 +20.00% 157
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (2.04%) CMS
2 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.51%) WordPress
3 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.34%) Strapi
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (3.74%) Dynamics AX
1 22 (3.74%) Shopify
2 18 (3.06%) Magento
3 8 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.17%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.17%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.07%) Azure
2 38 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (6.29%) AWS
4 18 (3.06%) SaaS
5 16 (2.72%) BigCommerce
6 15 (2.55%) Serverless
7 11 (1.87%) Google Workspace
8 8 (1.36%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (1.19%) GCP
9 7 (1.19%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.68%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.68%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (0.68%) Google App Engine
11 4 (0.68%) Google Compute Engine
11 4 (0.68%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.61%) WAN
2 31 (5.27%) LAN
3 30 (5.10%) VoIP
4 14 (2.38%) Firewall
5 13 (2.21%) VLAN
6 12 (2.04%) DHCP
6 12 (2.04%) DNS
7 11 (1.87%) BGP
7 11 (1.87%) OSPF
7 11 (1.87%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.87%) WLAN
8 7 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.51%) Network Security
10 2 (0.34%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.17%) Internet
11 1 (0.17%) SAN
11 1 (0.17%) VPN
11 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.21%) Tableau
3 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.02%) Power BI
4 5 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.68%) Cloud Spanner
5 4 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.51%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.51%) Parquet
6 3 (0.51%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.34%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) DTS
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.91%) JIRA
2 19 (3.23%) Git
2 19 (3.23%) GitLab
3 17 (2.89%) Maven
4 16 (2.72%) Bitbucket
4 16 (2.72%) Cucumber
4 16 (2.72%) Selenium
4 16 (2.72%) SonarQube
4 16 (2.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.34%) JMeter
5 2 (0.34%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.34%) Postman
5 2 (0.34%) Subversion
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 311 (52.89%) Manufacturing
2 121 (20.58%) Social Skills
3 114 (19.39%) Finance
4 76 (12.93%) Dutch Language
4 76 (12.93%) Finnish Language
4 76 (12.93%) Norwegian Language
5 69 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (7.65%) Telecoms
7 44 (7.48%) Marketing
8 28 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (3.74%) Games
11 20 (3.40%) Banking
12 19 (3.23%) Automotive
12 19 (3.23%) Catalan Language
13 17 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.72%) Corporate Banking
14 16 (2.72%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.19%) Public Sector
16 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 285 (48.47%) Trainer
2 39 (6.63%) Senior
3 32 (5.44%) IT Support
4 30 (5.10%) IT Support Specialist
4 30 (5.10%) Support Specialist
5 27 (4.59%) Analyst
6 23 (3.91%) Developer
6 23 (3.91%) Risk Manager
6 23 (3.91%) Technology Risk Manager
7 21 (3.57%) Software Engineer
8 16 (2.72%) Technical Support
9 14 (2.38%) Lead
9 14 (2.38%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (2.21%) IT Engineer
11 11 (1.87%) Architect
12 10 (1.70%) Consultant
12 10 (1.70%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.53%) Data Analyst
13 9 (1.53%) Lead Developer
14 8 (1.36%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.46%) HTML
2 30 (5.10%) CSS
3 26 (4.42%) React
4 20 (3.40%) RESTful
5 18 (3.06%) HTML5
5 18 (3.06%) Kafka
5 18 (3.06%) Sass
6 17 (2.89%) REST
6 17 (2.89%) Spring
6 17 (2.89%) Spring Boot
7 16 (2.72%) CSS3
7 16 (2.72%) Jest
7 16 (2.72%) JPA
7 16 (2.72%) Redux
8 11 (1.87%) .NET
9 8 (1.36%) Node.js
10 6 (1.02%) PySpark
11 4 (0.68%) Express.js
11 4 (0.68%) JSON
11 4 (0.68%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 330 (56.12%) Robotics
2 45 (7.65%) Blockchain
3 37 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.10%) CCTV
5 22 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.23%) EPoS
7 17 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.87%) Smartphone
9 9 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.51%) Social Media
14 2 (0.34%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.34%) Cyber Defence
14 2 (0.34%) Data Centre
14 2 (0.34%) FMCG
14 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (8.67%) Windows
2 43 (7.31%) Windows 10
3 14 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.04%) Linux
5 11 (1.87%) Mac OS X
5 11 (1.87%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (57.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 332 (56.46%) Problem-Solving
3 289 (49.15%) Machine Learning
4 285 (48.47%) Generative AI
4 285 (48.47%) LLM
4 285 (48.47%) Red Team
5 225 (38.27%) Data Privacy
6 89 (15.14%) Agile
7 85 (14.46%) Mentoring
8 80 (13.61%) Analytics
9 52 (8.84%) Coaching
10 49 (8.33%) Data Analytics
11 45 (7.65%) ERP
11 45 (7.65%) Robotic Process Automation
12 43 (7.31%) Creative Thinking
13 42 (7.14%) E-Commerce
14 39 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (5.78%) Software Engineering
16 32 (5.44%) Risk Management
17 31 (5.27%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.71%) SQL
2 41 (6.97%) JavaScript
3 27 (4.59%) Java
4 22 (3.74%) Python
5 19 (3.23%) C#
6 17 (2.89%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.53%) Delphi
9 3 (0.51%) Ruby
10 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.17%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 364 (61.90%) Degree
2 23 (3.91%) CISA
3 22 (3.74%) ISACA
4 21 (3.57%) DBS Check
5 16 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.21%) HNC
7 12 (2.04%) HND
8 11 (1.87%) MCSE
8 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.02%) CISM
11 5 (0.85%) CISSP
11 5 (0.85%) SANS
12 2 (0.34%) IISP
12 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.34%) PMP
12 2 (0.34%) Security Cleared
13 1 (0.17%) PhD
13 1 (0.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.65%) ITGC
2 22 (3.74%) QA
3 21 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.51%) PMO
8 2 (0.34%) GDPR
8 2 (0.34%) GRC
8 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) IFRS
9 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.89%) Docker
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.17%) SCCM
2 1 (0.17%) SCOM
2 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 309 (52.55%) Google
2 306 (52.04%) Databricks
3 290 (49.32%) Adobe
4 76 (12.93%) Microsoft
5 31 (5.27%) SAP
6 23 (3.91%) Oracle
7 16 (2.72%) Solace
8 14 (2.38%) Cisco
9 12 (2.04%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.87%) Apple
10 11 (1.87%) Dell
10 11 (1.87%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (0.85%) Facebook
11 5 (0.85%) YouTube
12 3 (0.51%) Instagram
12 3 (0.51%) Twitter
13 2 (0.34%) Freshdesk
13 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.34%) WooCommerce
13 2 (0.34%) Zscaler