Retail Jobs in the North West

Retailing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 46 44
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 480 519 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.95% 6.52% 7.11%
As % of the General category 9.25% 9.44% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 344 291 374
10th Percentile £22,750 £30,138 £31,475
25th Percentile £28,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,123 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £82,013
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,135
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.21% +1.10%

All General Skills
North West

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,190 5,499 5,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.53% 69.06% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,863 2,508 3,074
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,688
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North West

Retail
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester +3 230 £47,500 -13.64% 137
Cheshire +18 150 £32,500 -38.10% 44
Merseyside +27 47 £40,000 -15.79% 26
Lancashire -22 43 £37,500 -21.05% 19
Cumbria -12 9 £70,000 +27.27% 3
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.04%) WordPress
4 4 (0.83%) CMS
4 4 (0.83%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) SAS
5 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.42%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
Applications
1 75 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.46%) Trello
5 6 (1.25%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.63%) InDesign
7 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.92%) Epicor Tropos
2 9 (1.88%) Magento
2 9 (1.88%) SAP BPC
2 9 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.83%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.83%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.83%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.83%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.83%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.83%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.42%) Shopify
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.21%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 78 (16.25%) Azure
2 62 (12.92%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (10.42%) AWS
4 40 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (4.17%) GCP
7 13 (2.71%) GitHub
8 10 (2.08%) Azure API Management
8 10 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.67%) Serverless
11 7 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (1.25%) Azure App Service
12 6 (1.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 6 (1.25%) SaaS
13 5 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.04%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.04%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.04%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.83%) Broadband
2 23 (4.79%) Internet
3 15 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.50%) Firewall
5 10 (2.08%) DNS
6 8 (1.67%) VoIP
7 7 (1.46%) DHCP
8 6 (1.25%) Network Security
9 5 (1.04%) LAN
9 5 (1.04%) WAN
10 4 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.42%) Wireless
13 1 (0.21%) Intranet
13 1 (0.21%) LTE
13 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 36 (7.50%) Power BI
3 30 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (5.00%) MySQL
5 14 (2.92%) DynamoDB
6 13 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.88%) SAP BW
9 6 (1.25%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.63%) Big Data
10 3 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.63%) Redis
11 1 (0.21%) GIS
11 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.21%) OLTP
11 1 (0.21%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (6.25%) Git
2 17 (3.54%) GitLab
3 9 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.67%) JIRA
5 5 (1.04%) JMeter
5 5 (1.04%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.42%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.21%) Appium
8 1 (0.21%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.21%) Postman
8 1 (0.21%) QADirector
8 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 191 (39.79%) Social Skills
2 143 (29.79%) Finance
3 93 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.75%) Marketing
5 39 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.08%) Telecoms
7 31 (6.46%) Billing
8 22 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (4.17%) Legal
10 17 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.54%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.71%) Banking
11 13 (2.71%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.50%) Games
13 10 (2.08%) Retail Finance
14 9 (1.88%) Local Government
15 6 (1.25%) Electronics
15 6 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.04%) Advertising
16 5 (1.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 83 (17.29%) Analyst
2 72 (15.00%) Senior
3 50 (10.42%) Developer
4 33 (6.88%) Lead
5 30 (6.25%) Service Analyst
5 30 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
6 26 (5.42%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.79%) Architect
7 23 (4.79%) IT Support
7 23 (4.79%) Quantity Surveyor
8 18 (3.75%) IT Analyst
8 18 (3.75%) Support Analyst
9 17 (3.54%) SAP Architect
10 14 (2.92%) Head of IT
10 14 (2.92%) IT Engineer
10 14 (2.92%) Senior Developer
11 13 (2.71%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.29%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (2.29%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.04%) .NET
2 28 (5.83%) React
3 25 (5.21%) CSS
3 25 (5.21%) HTML
4 23 (4.79%) Node.js
5 18 (3.75%) JSON
6 16 (3.33%) OLE
7 14 (2.92%) RESTful
8 13 (2.71%) XML
9 10 (2.08%) Vue
10 8 (1.67%) .NET Core
10 8 (1.67%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.46%) Kafka
11 7 (1.46%) Laravel
11 7 (1.46%) SOAP
12 5 (1.04%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.04%) Jest
12 5 (1.04%) Lambda Expressions
12 5 (1.04%) Serverless Framework
12 5 (1.04%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.21%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (5.63%) Smartphone
3 25 (5.21%) Driving Licence
4 23 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.96%) EPoS
6 15 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.50%) Social Media
8 11 (2.29%) FMCG
9 9 (1.88%) Educational Technology
9 9 (1.88%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.25%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.04%) NHS
13 4 (0.83%) Animation
13 4 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.83%) Media Streaming
13 4 (0.83%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (9.38%) Windows
2 17 (3.54%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.13%) Linux
4 6 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.63%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.42%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.38%) Agile
2 98 (20.42%) Customer Service
3 80 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (12.29%) Roadmaps
5 58 (12.08%) DevOps
5 58 (12.08%) ERP
6 56 (11.67%) E-Commerce
7 54 (11.25%) Mentoring
8 46 (9.58%) Project Management
9 45 (9.38%) Coaching
10 43 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (8.75%) Time Management
12 37 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
13 33 (6.88%) Analytics
14 32 (6.67%) CRM
15 31 (6.46%) CI/CD
16 30 (6.25%) Software Engineering
17 29 (6.04%) Data Management
18 27 (5.63%) ITSM
19 24 (5.00%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (14.17%) SQL
2 44 (9.17%) C#
3 30 (6.25%) PHP
4 25 (5.21%) Python
5 23 (4.79%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.58%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.17%) R
8 12 (2.50%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.29%) Java
9 11 (2.29%) VB.NET
10 9 (1.88%) Go
11 6 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.04%) Bash
13 4 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.63%) C
14 3 (0.63%) Ruby
15 2 (0.42%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 42 (8.75%) Degree
2 30 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 29 (6.04%) ACCA
4 23 (4.79%) CIMA
5 12 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.29%) A+ Certification
6 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.67%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.25%) CISA
9 6 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.83%) CCNP
10 4 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.83%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.63%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.42%) CAPM
12 2 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.42%) CISSP
12 2 (0.42%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.58%) SLA
2 16 (3.33%) QA
3 9 (1.88%) GDPR
4 7 (1.46%) PMO
5 6 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.63%) NIST
8 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 59 (12.29%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.83%) Docker
3 12 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.04%) Firmware
6 4 (0.83%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.42%) KVM
8 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.21%) IAG
Systems Management
1 37 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.08%) Terraform
3 7 (1.46%) Grafana
4 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.04%) Ansible
5 5 (1.04%) Kibana
6 4 (0.83%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.63%) Puppet
7 3 (0.63%) SELinux
8 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.42%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.21%) SCCM
9 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 105 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.38%) Virgin Media
3 26 (5.42%) SAP
4 23 (4.79%) NEC
5 16 (3.33%) VMware
6 14 (2.92%) Epicor
7 12 (2.50%) Adobe
7 12 (2.50%) Google
8 9 (1.88%) NetApp
9 8 (1.67%) Dell
9 8 (1.67%) Oracle
10 7 (1.46%) Cisco
10 7 (1.46%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.25%) CA
11 6 (1.25%) IBM
11 6 (1.25%) TikTok
11 6 (1.25%) Veeam
12 5 (1.04%) HP
12 5 (1.04%) LogicMonitor
12 5 (1.04%) PagerDuty