Retail Job Trends in Scotland

Retailing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 12 149
Rank change year-on-year -43 +137 -98
Permanent jobs citing Retail 83 312 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.60% 14.10% 1.83%
As % of the General category 5.42% 17.80% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 41 160 71
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile - - £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,851 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -31.56% -15.87%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile £41,250 £32,951 £65,000
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -20.20%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,530 1,753 4,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.01% 79.21% 70.21%
Number of salaries quoted 647 652 1,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,800 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Scotland

Retail
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Edinburgh -19 30 £30,000 -8.68% 6
Glasgow +26 26 £40,800 +24.20% 14
Perthshire - 15 £30,000 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 15 £30,000 -
Angus - 12 - - 2
Dundee -5 3 £27,000 -
Midlothian -8 3 - - 4
Clackmannanshire - 3 - -
Stirling -15 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £26,500 - 2
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.02%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Chatbot
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) AWS
1 5 (6.02%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.20%) Azure
3 1 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.20%) IaaS
3 1 (1.20%) OCI
3 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Broadband
1 1 (1.20%) DHCP
1 1 (1.20%) DNS
1 1 (1.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Metadata
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Finance
3 20 (24.10%) Manufacturing
4 12 (14.46%) Legal
5 7 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Marketing
7 4 (4.82%) Billing
8 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (26.51%) Field Engineer
2 16 (19.28%) Development Manager
3 13 (15.66%) Analyst
4 10 (12.05%) Field Service Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) Support Analyst
5 9 (10.84%) Commercial Lawyer
6 8 (9.64%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (8.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 7 (8.43%) EPoS Engineer
7 7 (8.43%) EPoS Field Engineer
7 7 (8.43%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 5 (6.02%) Programmer
8 5 (6.02%) Trainee
8 5 (6.02%) Trainee Programmer
9 4 (4.82%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.82%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (4.82%) Business Development Executive
9 4 (4.82%) Business Development Manager
9 4 (4.82%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) Hugging Face
1 5 (6.02%) Matplotlib
1 5 (6.02%) NumPy
1 5 (6.02%) Pandas
1 5 (6.02%) scikit-learn
1 5 (6.02%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) FMCG
2 13 (15.66%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.64%) Driving Licence
4 7 (8.43%) EPoS
5 5 (6.02%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.61%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.41%) Social Media
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) AIX
2 1 (1.20%) Android
2 1 (1.20%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Solaris
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (16.87%) Customer Service
4 8 (9.64%) Business Development
4 8 (9.64%) Data Privacy
5 6 (7.23%) B2B
5 6 (7.23%) Commercial Awareness
5 6 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (7.23%) Quality Management
6 5 (6.02%) AI
6 5 (6.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 5 (6.02%) Conversational UI
6 5 (6.02%) LLM
6 5 (6.02%) Neural Network
6 5 (6.02%) OO
6 5 (6.02%) OOP
6 5 (6.02%) Prompt Engineering
6 5 (6.02%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
6 5 (6.02%) Sentiment Analysis
6 5 (6.02%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.23%) Python
2 1 (1.20%) Bash
2 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) CIPD
2 8 (9.64%) Degree
3 5 (6.02%) A+ Certification
3 5 (6.02%) AWS Certification
3 5 (6.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) Server+ Certification
4 3 (3.61%) CCA
5 1 (1.20%) ACCA
5 1 (1.20%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.61%) QA
1 3 (3.61%) SLA
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
2 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) SAP
3 3 (3.61%) Google
3 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.20%) Apple
4 1 (1.20%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow