Retail Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Retailing
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 16 28
Rank change year-on-year -67 +12 +44
Permanent jobs citing Retail 9 18 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.79% 6.10% 6.49%
As % of the General category 1.28% 9.42% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile £30,075 - -
25th Percentile £32,438 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,851 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.15% -49.46% +18.18%
75th Percentile £44,375 - £90,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £37,140 £94,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -17.39%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 705 191 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 62.11% 64.75% 55.41%
Number of salaries quoted 162 65 205
10th Percentile - £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,938 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Retail
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Northern Ireland

Retail
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
County Antrim -34 8 £37,500 -6.25% 8
County Down -35 1 £52,500 +59.81% 2
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) ATM
1 1 (11.11%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Account Executive
2 2 (22.22%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Signage
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
2 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (11.11%) Cost Control
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) GitOps
2 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 8583
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft