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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 39 22
Rank change year-on-year -33 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing Retail 480 846 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.16% 4.84% 10.65%
As % of the General category 5.85% 8.69% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 217 581 730
10th Percentile £29,800 £24,196 £34,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £30,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +4.35%

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 8,204 9,733 12,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.12% 55.64% 70.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,839 7,363 5,114
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.97% +4.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,320 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
North West -68 282 £50,000 +11.11% 414
Yorkshire +13 166 £42,000 -10.64% 185
North East -6 31 £36,000 -16.67% 54
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 14 (2.92%) WinCC
2 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.83%) SAS
4 3 (0.63%) Confluence
5 2 (0.42%) Apache
5 2 (0.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (2.92%) EPLAN
2 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.63%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.63%) InDesign
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.21%) Blender
7 1 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.21%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.67%) Azure
2 100 (20.83%) AWS
3 22 (4.58%) Power Platform
4 21 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.08%) Google Analytics
5 10 (2.08%) SaaS
6 8 (1.67%) GitHub
7 6 (1.25%) GCP
8 5 (1.04%) Boomi
8 5 (1.04%) Facebook Ads
8 5 (1.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 5 (1.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.83%) Serverless
10 3 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.42%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.42%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.92%) Ethernet
1 14 (2.92%) Modbus
1 14 (2.92%) Profibus
1 14 (2.92%) RS-485
2 11 (2.29%) DNS
3 10 (2.08%) DHCP
4 8 (1.67%) Firewall
5 7 (1.46%) LAN
6 6 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (1.25%) VLAN
7 5 (1.04%) IPv4
8 2 (0.42%) WAN
9 1 (0.21%) Broadband
9 1 (0.21%) Internet
9 1 (0.21%) IPsec
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) VPN
9 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (19.79%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.75%) Power BI
3 8 (1.67%) Tableau
4 6 (1.25%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.63%) Big Data
7 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.63%) MySQL
7 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.42%) Metadata
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.21%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 77 (16.04%) JIRA
2 74 (15.42%) GitLab
2 74 (15.42%) Maven
3 73 (15.21%) Selenium
3 73 (15.21%) SonarQube
3 73 (15.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 72 (15.00%) Bitbucket
4 72 (15.00%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.67%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.83%) Git
8 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.42%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.42%) TestRail
10 1 (0.21%) Gradle
10 1 (0.21%) JUnit
10 1 (0.21%) MLflow
10 1 (0.21%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.21%) Subversion
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (34.58%) Manufacturing
2 146 (30.42%) Finance
3 113 (23.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (18.33%) Social Skills
5 85 (17.71%) Banking
6 72 (15.00%) Corporate Banking
6 72 (15.00%) Investment Banking
7 41 (8.54%) Dutch Language
8 40 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
9 39 (8.13%) Finnish Language
9 39 (8.13%) Norwegian Language
10 25 (5.21%) Marketing
11 12 (2.50%) Automotive
11 12 (2.50%) Games
12 11 (2.29%) Legal
13 10 (2.08%) Back Office
14 9 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.67%) Advertising
15 8 (1.67%) Law
16 7 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (24.58%) Trainer
2 89 (18.54%) Software Engineer
3 53 (11.04%) Senior
4 40 (8.33%) Analyst
5 25 (5.21%) Developer
6 21 (4.38%) IT Support
7 19 (3.96%) Support Analyst
8 17 (3.54%) Project Manager
9 15 (3.13%) Applications Support
9 15 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (2.92%) Applications Support Analyst
10 14 (2.92%) Process Engineer
11 13 (2.71%) Senior Manager
12 12 (2.50%) IT Engineer
12 12 (2.50%) Lead
13 11 (2.29%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.29%) Senior Project Manager
14 10 (2.08%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 10 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
15 9 (1.88%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (18.13%) CSS
1 87 (18.13%) HTML
2 86 (17.92%) React
3 80 (16.67%) REST
4 74 (15.42%) Spring Boot
5 73 (15.21%) Kafka
5 73 (15.21%) RESTful
5 73 (15.21%) Sass
6 72 (15.00%) CSS3
6 72 (15.00%) HTML5
6 72 (15.00%) Jest
6 72 (15.00%) JPA
6 72 (15.00%) Redux
6 72 (15.00%) Spring
7 22 (4.58%) .NET
8 18 (3.75%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.29%) ASP.NET
10 9 (1.88%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.67%) Bootstrap
11 8 (1.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 117 (24.38%) Robotics
2 78 (16.25%) Product Ownership
3 72 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (3.13%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.92%) SCADA
6 12 (2.50%) Social Media
7 10 (2.08%) FMCG
8 9 (1.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 8 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.46%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.46%) EPoS
11 5 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.83%) CCTV
13 3 (0.63%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.63%) Digital Signage
13 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.63%) Online Games
13 3 (0.63%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.75%) Windows
2 15 (3.13%) Linux
3 8 (1.67%) Android
3 8 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.25%) Unix
5 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (36.46%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (25.21%) Artificial Intelligence
3 120 (25.00%) Agile
4 119 (24.79%) Machine Learning
5 117 (24.38%) Generative AI
5 117 (24.38%) LLM
5 117 (24.38%) Red Team
6 99 (20.63%) Software Engineering
7 89 (18.54%) CI/CD
7 89 (18.54%) Microservices
8 88 (18.33%) User Experience
9 86 (17.92%) DevOps
10 83 (17.29%) Mentoring
11 80 (16.67%) Data Privacy
11 80 (16.67%) Migration
12 79 (16.46%) Performance Optimisation
12 79 (16.46%) Test Automation
13 75 (15.63%) SDLC
14 74 (15.42%) Full-Stack Development
15 73 (15.21%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 123 (25.63%) SQL
2 87 (18.13%) JavaScript
3 84 (17.50%) TypeScript
4 76 (15.83%) Java
5 28 (5.83%) Python
6 21 (4.38%) C#
7 9 (1.88%) C-shell
7 9 (1.88%) Korn
7 9 (1.88%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.67%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.04%) Go
11 4 (0.83%) PHP
12 3 (0.63%) Bash
13 2 (0.42%) C++
13 2 (0.42%) VBA
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.21%) R
14 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 157 (32.71%) Degree
2 15 (3.13%) HNC
3 13 (2.71%) DBS Check
4 12 (2.50%) PhD
5 11 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.63%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.63%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.63%) Tableau Certification
7 1 (0.21%) CCNA
7 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.21%) HND
7 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (17.08%) QA
2 76 (15.83%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 5 (1.04%) ITGC
5 4 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 82 (17.08%) Docker
2 12 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 81 (16.88%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.92%) Wonderware InTouch
3 10 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.25%) Terraform
5 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) Istio
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 151 (31.46%) Google
2 122 (25.42%) Adobe
3 121 (25.21%) Databricks
4 72 (15.00%) Solace
5 42 (8.75%) Microsoft
6 20 (4.17%) BT
7 18 (3.75%) Oracle
8 14 (2.92%) Allen-Bradley
8 14 (2.92%) Siemens
8 14 (2.92%) Wonderware
9 9 (1.88%) Facebook
10 8 (1.67%) Cisco
10 8 (1.67%) SAP
11 6 (1.25%) Ping Identity
11 6 (1.25%) Veeam
12 5 (1.04%) Dell
12 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.83%) IBM
13 4 (0.83%) Instagram
13 4 (0.83%) VMware