Retail Job Trends in North Shields

Retailing
Tyne and Wear > North Shields

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in North Shields. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	6	5	2
Rank change year-on-year	-1	-3	-
Permanent jobs citing Retail	11	1	11
As % of all permanent jobs in North Shields	25.00%	9.09%	45.83%
As % of the General category	37.93%	33.33%	78.57%
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	8
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£36,250	-	£24,960
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	-	£31,230
75^th Percentile	£38,750	-	£38,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Tyne and Wear median annual salary	£45,000	£31,200	£37,500
% change year-on-year	+44.23%	-16.80%	-8.54%

All General Skills
North Shields

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in North Shields.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	29	3	14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Shields	65.91%	27.27%	58.33%
Number of salaries quoted	7	2	11
10^th Percentile	£31,684	£24,678	-
25^th Percentile	£34,250	£25,982	£24,960
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£34,500	£29,405	£35,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.33%	-15.99%	-
75^th Percentile	£38,750	£34,077	£38,750
90^th Percentile	-	£36,131	-
Tyne and Wear median annual salary	£55,000	£40,831	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+34.70%	+2.08%	-17.17%

Retail Job Vacancy Trend in North Shields

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

Retail Salary Trend in North Shields

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Shields citing Retail.

Retail Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Shields

For the 6 months to 8 November 2026, job vacancies citing Retail also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North Shields region citing Retail.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Broadband	72.7%	8
1	BT	72.7%	8
3	Amazon Ads	27.3%	3
3	E-Commerce	27.3%	3
3	Google	27.3%	3
3	Google Ads	27.3%	3
3	Meta Ads	27.3%	3
3	Microsoft	27.3%	3
3	Paid Search	27.3%	3
3	Pay per click	27.3%	3
3	Problem-Solving	27.3%	3
3	Strategic Thinking	27.3%	3
13	Customer Service	9.1%	1

Retail Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Shields by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	27.3%	3