Retail Jobs 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 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 31 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 792 749 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.51% 8.13% 8.28%
As % of the General category 9.69% 12.40% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 342 486 673
10th Percentile £24,960 £26,375 £31,655
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,879 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% -3.33% +6.19%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,175 6,041 10,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 56.89% 65.57% 62.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,487 3,976 6,190
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,600 £27,800
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,367 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -0.26% +8.42%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the North of England.

Salary trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

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 11 October 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
North West +13 403 £52,500 +2.97% 208
Yorkshire -17 239 £50,000 -9.16% 187
North East +6 150 £37,500 -11.32% 46
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (2.65%) Apache
2 17 (2.15%) nginx
3 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.51%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 112 (14.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (14.02%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (10.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.66%) iTrent
2 15 (1.89%) Magento
3 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.76%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.63%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.63%) SAP Retail
4 5 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.51%) SAP MDM
5 4 (0.51%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG-BP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 52 (6.57%) Azure
2 37 (4.67%) SaaS
3 30 (3.79%) AWS
4 29 (3.66%) SuccessFactors
5 26 (3.28%) GCP
6 17 (2.15%) Datadog
7 11 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.88%) Serverless
9 6 (0.76%) Azure AKS
9 6 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (0.76%) PaaS
9 6 (0.76%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.63%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.63%) IaaS
11 4 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.51%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.39%) Firewall
2 9 (1.14%) VPN
3 8 (1.01%) DNS
3 8 (1.01%) LAN
4 7 (0.88%) Network Security
4 7 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.76%) VLAN
6 5 (0.63%) WAN
7 4 (0.51%) Internet
7 4 (0.51%) IPv6
7 4 (0.51%) MPLS
8 3 (0.38%) Broadband
8 3 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.38%) Wireless
8 3 (0.38%) WLAN
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
9 2 (0.25%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.25%) IPv4
10 1 (0.13%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.28%) MySQL
2 18 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.76%) Power BI
4 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.25%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.25%) Tableau
8 1 (0.13%) Big Data
8 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.13%) Redis
8 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.15%) PHPUnit
2 11 (1.39%) Git
2 11 (1.39%) JIRA
3 3 (0.38%) Subversion
4 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 372 (46.97%) Social Skills
2 164 (20.71%) Finance
3 96 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
4 76 (9.60%) Legal
5 54 (6.82%) Marketing
6 47 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (5.18%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.66%) Games
9 21 (2.65%) Billing
10 18 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.15%) Local Government
12 16 (2.02%) Law
13 13 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.39%) Automotive
14 11 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.39%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.26%) Banking
16 8 (1.01%) Social Housing
16 8 (1.01%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.88%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (17.68%) Analyst
2 102 (12.88%) Developer
3 99 (12.50%) Development Manager
4 94 (11.87%) Business Manager
5 92 (11.62%) Business Development Manager
6 85 (10.73%) Senior
7 61 (7.70%) Business Analyst
8 59 (7.45%) Lead
9 55 (6.94%) IT Analyst
10 54 (6.82%) Business IT Analyst
10 54 (6.82%) IT Business Analyst
11 45 (5.68%) Consultant
12 36 (4.55%) Senior Developer
13 33 (4.17%) HR Analyst
14 28 (3.54%) Lead Consultant
14 28 (3.54%) Microsoft Consultant
15 26 (3.28%) Senior Manager
16 20 (2.53%) Architect
16 20 (2.53%) Audit Manager
16 20 (2.53%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.69%) .NET
2 39 (4.92%) React
3 29 (3.66%) CSS
4 26 (3.28%) .NET Core
4 26 (3.28%) HTML
5 17 (2.15%) Blazor
5 17 (2.15%) LAMP
5 17 (2.15%) LEMP Stack
5 17 (2.15%) Symfony
6 16 (2.02%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.89%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
8 14 (1.77%) Node.js
9 12 (1.52%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.63%) SAP ALE
11 4 (0.51%) LAPP Stack
12 3 (0.38%) CakePHP
12 3 (0.38%) Laravel
12 3 (0.38%) Web Services
13 2 (0.25%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.73%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.17%) STB
3 30 (3.79%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.02%) iPad
5 13 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
7 10 (1.26%) EPoS
7 10 (1.26%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.14%) Social Media
9 8 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.88%) Credit Risk
11 6 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.63%) AS400
12 5 (0.63%) Graphic Design
12 5 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.63%) Replication
13 4 (0.51%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.51%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.18%) Linux
2 29 (3.66%) Windows
3 14 (1.77%) Unix
4 13 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.63%) Android
6 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 178 (22.47%) Customer Service
3 132 (16.67%) Logistics
4 129 (16.29%) Business Development
4 129 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 123 (15.53%) Agile
6 112 (14.14%) Data Analysis
7 100 (12.63%) Analytics
8 97 (12.25%) Mentoring
9 88 (11.11%) Mathematics
10 80 (10.10%) Mechatronics
11 69 (8.71%) Contract Negotiation
12 66 (8.33%) E-Commerce
13 60 (7.58%) Change Control
14 58 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
15 57 (7.20%) Decision-Making
16 56 (7.07%) Business Analysis
17 55 (6.94%) Strategic Planning
18 54 (6.82%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
18 54 (6.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (14.27%) SQL
2 52 (6.57%) JavaScript
3 48 (6.06%) C#
4 30 (3.79%) TypeScript
5 29 (3.66%) Python
5 29 (3.66%) VBA
6 25 (3.16%) PHP
7 8 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.63%) C++
10 5 (0.63%) Java
11 4 (0.51%) Bicep
11 4 (0.51%) C
12 2 (0.25%) Bash
12 2 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) ABAP
13 1 (0.13%) Go
13 1 (0.13%) R
Qualifications
1 123 (15.53%) Degree
2 81 (10.23%) HNC
3 27 (3.41%) DBS Check
4 21 (2.65%) ACCA
5 14 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.14%) CIMA
7 8 (1.01%) AAT
8 7 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.76%) CCNA
10 5 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 2 (0.25%) CCNP
12 2 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.25%) PMP
12 2 (0.25%) Security Cleared
13 1 (0.13%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.46%) SLA
2 35 (4.42%) QA
3 22 (2.78%) IFRS
4 20 (2.53%) GAAP
5 13 (1.64%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.14%) NEBOSH
7 7 (0.88%) GDPR
8 5 (0.63%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.25%) PMO
11 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.63%) Docker
4 5 (0.63%) Firmware
4 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.26%) Terraform
3 4 (0.51%) Ansible
3 4 (0.51%) HP ALM
3 4 (0.51%) Puppet
4 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.25%) Grafana
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.13%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 180 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.68%) SAP
3 37 (4.67%) Google
4 34 (4.29%) IFS
5 23 (2.90%) BT
6 20 (2.53%) Oracle
7 14 (1.77%) VMware
8 7 (0.88%) Cisco
9 6 (0.76%) Sage
9 6 (0.76%) Veeam
10 5 (0.63%) Adobe
10 5 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
10 5 (0.63%) Aruba
10 5 (0.63%) Dell
10 5 (0.63%) HP
10 5 (0.63%) IBM
10 5 (0.63%) NetApp
10 5 (0.63%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.51%) JDA
11 4 (0.51%) Xamarin