Retail Jobs in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 72 52
Rank change year-on-year +43 -20 +8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 707 416 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.07% 4.32% 5.32%
As % of the General category 10.71% 5.85% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 489 238 380
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £31,950
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,875 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,492 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,250 £76,250 £77,050
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%

All General Skills
Midlands

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,602 7,114 6,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.69% 73.90% 61.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,691 3,155 4,187
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,991 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +33 353 £45,000 -16.67% 179
East Midlands +45 349 £37,500 -31.82% 155
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 19 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.12%) Confluence
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.57%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 72 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (1.13%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.99%) Trello
7 6 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.85%) InDesign
8 5 (0.71%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.41%) Misys Midas
3 9 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.85%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.71%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.57%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.42%) Magento
8 3 (0.42%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.42%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (0.42%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.42%) Shopify
9 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
10 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 109 (15.42%) Azure
2 65 (9.19%) AWS
3 61 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 33 (4.67%) SaaS
6 17 (2.40%) WhatsApp
7 15 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.12%) GCP
8 12 (1.70%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.56%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.85%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.85%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.57%) Figma
13 4 (0.57%) PaaS
14 3 (0.42%) dbt
15 2 (0.28%) ClickUp
15 2 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
2 28 (3.96%) WAN
3 27 (3.82%) Internet
4 24 (3.39%) LAN
5 22 (3.11%) Broadband
6 19 (2.69%) Wireless
7 18 (2.55%) Firewall
7 18 (2.55%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.84%) VPN
9 10 (1.41%) VLAN
10 9 (1.27%) WLAN
11 8 (1.13%) BGP
11 8 (1.13%) MPLS
11 8 (1.13%) OSPF
11 8 (1.13%) VoIP
12 7 (0.99%) DNS
12 7 (0.99%) EIGRP
12 7 (0.99%) SAN
12 7 (0.99%) VRRP
12 7 (0.99%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 48 (6.79%) Power BI
3 29 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (3.39%) Tableau
5 22 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.70%) Power Query
7 11 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.41%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.99%) UniData
11 6 (0.85%) MySQL
12 5 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.71%) Redis
13 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.57%) GIS
13 4 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 19 (2.69%) Git
2 16 (2.26%) JIRA
3 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.71%) GitLab
4 5 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.42%) Appium
6 3 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.42%) Gatling
6 3 (0.42%) JBehave
6 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.42%) JMeter
6 3 (0.42%) JUnit
6 3 (0.42%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.14%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.14%) fastlane
7 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.14%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 282 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 257 (36.35%) Finance
3 123 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.79%) Manufacturing
4 48 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (5.37%) Telecoms
7 30 (4.24%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.54%) Marketing
9 21 (2.97%) Legal
10 19 (2.69%) Local Government
11 18 (2.55%) Billing
12 17 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.26%) Banking
14 11 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.41%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.27%) Automotive
16 9 (1.27%) Back Office
17 7 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.99%) French Language
Job Titles
1 134 (18.95%) Analyst
2 68 (9.62%) Senior
3 65 (9.19%) Project Manager
4 54 (7.64%) Developer
5 41 (5.80%) IT Manager
6 37 (5.23%) Lead
7 36 (5.09%) Consultant
8 33 (4.67%) Architect
9 24 (3.39%) Data Analyst
10 23 (3.25%) Help Desk Analyst
11 21 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (2.55%) Quantity Surveyor
13 17 (2.40%) .NET Developer
13 17 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.40%) Operations Analyst
13 17 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (2.26%) Infrastructure Manager
15 15 (2.12%) 1st Line Support
15 15 (2.12%) Team Leader
16 14 (1.98%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.66%) .NET
2 21 (2.97%) HTML
3 20 (2.83%) CSS
4 19 (2.69%) React
5 17 (2.40%) .NET Core
5 17 (2.40%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.70%) ASP.NET
7 11 (1.56%) .NET Framework
7 11 (1.56%) Vue
8 10 (1.41%) REST
9 7 (0.99%) Kafka
10 6 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (0.85%) Entity Framework
10 6 (0.85%) JSON
10 6 (0.85%) Web Services
11 5 (0.71%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.71%) Node.js
12 4 (0.57%) HTML5
12 4 (0.57%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.21%) Driving Licence
2 42 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (4.24%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.39%) FMCG
4 24 (3.39%) PMI
5 19 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.98%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.56%) EPoS
10 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.85%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.71%) Acoustics
14 5 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (10.04%) Windows
2 41 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.97%) Linux
4 19 (2.69%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.56%) Windows 7
6 11 (1.56%) Windows 8
7 9 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.99%) Unix
9 5 (0.71%) Android
9 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.57%) AIX
11 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (17.26%) Agile
3 108 (15.28%) Project Management
4 96 (13.58%) Customer Service
5 74 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 74 (10.47%) E-Commerce
6 69 (9.76%) Project Delivery
7 68 (9.62%) ERP
8 64 (9.05%) Logistics
9 60 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
10 59 (8.35%) Analytics
10 59 (8.35%) Roadmaps
11 55 (7.78%) Mentoring
12 51 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (6.79%) Data Analysis
14 43 (6.08%) ITIL
15 41 (5.80%) Change Management
16 34 (4.81%) Decision-Making
17 33 (4.67%) Risk Management
18 32 (4.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.68%) SQL
2 47 (6.65%) Python
3 44 (6.22%) JavaScript
4 33 (4.67%) C#
5 22 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 17 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.27%) Java
7 9 (1.27%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.13%) PHP
9 6 (0.85%) R
9 6 (0.85%) VBA
10 5 (0.71%) Go
10 5 (0.71%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.57%) Ruby
11 4 (0.57%) SAPscript
12 3 (0.42%) Bash
13 2 (0.28%) Swift
14 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.14%) Groovy
14 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 109 (15.42%) Degree
2 33 (4.67%) DBS Check
3 27 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.54%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.69%) CCNP
6 19 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.55%) ACCA
7 18 (2.55%) CIMA
8 15 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.56%) CCNA
11 10 (1.41%) CCIE
11 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.27%) HNC
13 8 (1.13%) CCSA
14 7 (0.99%) CCDP
14 7 (0.99%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 6 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.24%) QA
2 22 (3.11%) SLA
3 14 (1.98%) GDPR
4 11 (1.56%) PMO
5 9 (1.27%) NIST
6 8 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 42 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.27%) Firmware
5 8 (1.13%) Docker
6 2 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.99%) SCOM
3 6 (0.85%) Terraform
4 5 (0.71%) SCCM
5 4 (0.57%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.14%) Ansible
8 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 185 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.82%) VMware
3 23 (3.25%) NEC
4 22 (3.11%) SAP
5 21 (2.97%) Cisco
5 21 (2.97%) Virgin Media
6 20 (2.83%) Google
7 18 (2.55%) Databricks
7 18 (2.55%) Openreach
8 12 (1.70%) Apple
9 11 (1.56%) Adobe
10 9 (1.27%) Citrix
11 8 (1.13%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.13%) Dell
11 8 (1.13%) Ekahau
12 7 (0.99%) Meraki
12 7 (0.99%) YouTube
13 6 (0.85%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.71%) Genesys
14 5 (0.71%) Northgate