Retail Job Trends in the North of England

Retailing
England > North of England

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 40 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 -9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 625 618 901
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.83% 6.39% 5.94%
As % of the General category 6.81% 9.45% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 442 269 452
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,188 £24,960
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £87,950
England median annual salary £53,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.63% -5.00% -14.54%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,177 6,541 8,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 41.50% 67.67% 54.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,133 2,889 4,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £27,260
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the North of England

Retail
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
North West +11 391 £47,500 +7.95% 221
Yorkshire -24 187 £55,000 +15.79% 124
North East -61 47 £42,500 +29.37% 33
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.92%) Jupyter
3 10 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.64%) Moodle
5 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.16%) CICS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 31 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.92%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.76%) SAP MDG
3 8 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.28%) SAP MDG-BP
4 5 (0.80%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
4 5 (0.80%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.80%) Shopify
5 4 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.64%) Magento
5 4 (0.64%) SAP MDG-F
5 4 (0.64%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.48%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.32%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.32%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 71 (11.36%) Azure
2 67 (10.72%) Power Platform
3 48 (7.68%) SaaS
4 40 (6.40%) AWS
5 34 (5.44%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.88%) GitHub
7 17 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (2.72%) Boomi
7 17 (2.72%) PowerApps
8 15 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 14 (2.24%) GCP
9 14 (2.24%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.60%) Datadog
11 10 (1.60%) Google Analytics
11 10 (1.60%) Route 53
11 10 (1.60%) Serverless
12 7 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.40%) Broadband
2 8 (1.28%) DHCP
2 8 (1.28%) DNS
3 4 (0.64%) VPN
4 3 (0.48%) Firewall
4 3 (0.48%) HTTP
4 3 (0.48%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.48%) RFID
4 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.48%) Wireless
5 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.96%) Power BI
2 24 (3.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.76%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.28%) Metadata
6 7 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.12%) Power Query
6 7 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.80%) Looker
8 3 (0.48%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.48%) MySQL
8 3 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.32%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.32%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.32%) Tableau
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 24 (3.84%) JIRA
2 14 (2.24%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (1.12%) Git
4 2 (0.32%) JUnit
4 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.16%) Ant
5 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 129 (20.64%) Social Skills
2 120 (19.20%) Finance
3 83 (13.28%) Marketing
4 63 (10.08%) Manufacturing
5 54 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (6.08%) Games
7 30 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.52%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.72%) Law
11 12 (1.92%) Advertising
11 12 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.76%) Legal
13 10 (1.60%) Aviation
14 8 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.12%) Banking
15 7 (1.12%) Billing
15 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 91 (14.56%) Analyst
2 68 (10.88%) Senior
3 62 (9.92%) Developer
4 34 (5.44%) Business Manager
5 33 (5.28%) Development Manager
6 32 (5.12%) Business Development Manager
6 32 (5.12%) Software Engineer
7 27 (4.32%) Consultant
8 23 (3.68%) Architect
8 23 (3.68%) IT Analyst
9 22 (3.52%) Lead
10 21 (3.36%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.20%) Service Analyst
11 20 (3.20%) Service Desk Analyst
12 19 (3.04%) IT Support
12 19 (3.04%) Trainee
13 18 (2.88%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
13 18 (2.88%) Business Analyst
14 16 (2.56%) Principal Software Engineer
14 16 (2.56%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.68%) Middleware
2 19 (3.04%) REST
3 17 (2.72%) EDI
4 14 (2.24%) SOAP
4 14 (2.24%) XML
5 13 (2.08%) JSON
6 12 (1.92%) Hugging Face
6 12 (1.92%) Matplotlib
6 12 (1.92%) NumPy
6 12 (1.92%) Pandas
6 12 (1.92%) scikit-learn
6 12 (1.92%) Streamlit
7 10 (1.60%) .NET
8 9 (1.44%) React
9 7 (1.12%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (0.96%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.96%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.80%) Node.js
11 5 (0.80%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.32%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.04%) EPoS
5 18 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.24%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.24%) FMCG
8 13 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
11 10 (1.60%) Social Media
12 9 (1.44%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.44%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.28%) Digital Signage
14 7 (1.12%) Pricing Data
14 7 (1.12%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.48%) Windows
2 13 (2.08%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.76%) Linux
4 8 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.48%) zOS
8 2 (0.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (13.76%) E-Commerce
2 78 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 78 (12.48%) Customer Service
3 77 (12.32%) ERP
4 70 (11.20%) Roadmaps
5 69 (11.04%) Decision-Making
6 67 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (8.96%) Analytics
8 55 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (8.48%) Software Engineering
10 51 (8.16%) CRM
11 48 (7.68%) AI
11 48 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 47 (7.52%) Business Development
12 47 (7.52%) Logistics
13 46 (7.36%) Agile
14 45 (7.20%) B2B
15 39 (6.24%) Disruptive Innovation
16 37 (5.92%) Mentoring
17 33 (5.28%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 69 (11.04%) SQL
2 34 (5.44%) Python
3 17 (2.72%) JavaScript
4 16 (2.56%) C#
5 12 (1.92%) Java
6 11 (1.76%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.76%) VBA
7 7 (1.12%) ABAP
8 6 (0.96%) Kotlin
8 6 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.80%) C++
10 3 (0.48%) C
10 3 (0.48%) CLIST
10 3 (0.48%) JCL
10 3 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.48%) REXX
11 2 (0.32%) R
11 2 (0.32%) RPG
11 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (5.60%) Degree
2 14 (2.24%) SC Cleared
2 14 (2.24%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.08%) AWS Certification
4 12 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 10 (1.60%) ACCA
5 10 (1.60%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.44%) CIMA
7 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.32%) CISM
10 2 (0.32%) CISMP
10 2 (0.32%) CISSP
10 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.32%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.16%) CFA
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.16%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.20%) TickIT
3 12 (1.92%) QA
4 8 (1.28%) PMO
4 8 (1.28%) SLA
5 7 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.80%) GDPR
7 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) GRC
9 2 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.80%) Docker
3 3 (0.48%) Firmware
3 3 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.12%) Terraform
3 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 130 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.08%) SAP
3 20 (3.20%) Google
4 16 (2.56%) BT
5 13 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.60%) Databricks
7 5 (0.80%) Ariba
7 5 (0.80%) IBM
7 5 (0.80%) ServiceNow
7 5 (0.80%) Xero
8 4 (0.64%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.64%) MuleSoft
8 4 (0.64%) Oracle
9 3 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.48%) Sage
9 3 (0.48%) Workday
10 2 (0.32%) Infor
10 2 (0.32%) OpenText
10 2 (0.32%) TikTok
10 2 (0.32%) YouTube