Retail Job Trends in the North East

Retailing
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -32 -3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Retail 19 70 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.84% 7.53% 7.10%
As % of the General category 3.47% 11.02% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 33 43
10th Percentile £25,000 - £25,000
25th Percentile £25,826 £36,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £35,625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% -49.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £47,500 £72,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 547 635 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 53.11% 68.28% 58.23%
Number of salaries quoted 343 239 373
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +5.26% -3.23%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,302 £60,741
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,500 £72,250
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the North East

Retail
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North East

Retail
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Tyne and Wear -39 11 £26,500 -29.33% 31
Durham +12 4 £40,000 - 4
Northumberland +12 4 £32,000 - 1
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Marketing
3 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Games
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Consultant
2 4 (21.05%) Sales Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Data Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Technology Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Trainee
3 3 (15.79%) Trainee Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Data Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Strategist
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Account Executive
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 1 (5.26%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (5.26%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Data Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Recruitment Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) NHS
2 2 (10.53%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Time Management
2 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 4 (21.05%) Lead Generation
3 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.79%) Coaching
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Experience
4 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
4 3 (15.79%) Scrum
5 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (5.26%) Analytics
6 1 (5.26%) B2B
6 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.26%) Change Data Capture
6 1 (5.26%) Data Engineering
6 1 (5.26%) Data Transformation
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) BT
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft