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 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 12 88
Rank change year-on-year -21 +76 -71
Permanent jobs citing Retail 145 345 129
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.66% 13.63% 2.95%
As % of the General category 7.77% 19.07% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 57 221 74
10th Percentile £26,763 - £28,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,851 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -31.56% +92.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £32,951 £62,425
90th Percentile £45,000 £34,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.16%

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 1,867 1,809 2,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.18% 71.47% 63.81%
Number of salaries quoted 848 720 1,016
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,938 £31,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -34.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Glasgow +35 50 £40,000 +21.76% 27
Edinburgh -32 21 £30,000 -8.68% 28
Perthshire +2 17 £30,000 -11.76% 1
Perth and Kinross +1 17 £30,000 -11.76%
North Lanarkshire - 13 £50,000 -
Angus -1 12 - - 1
Dundee -4 10 £36,250 - 6
Aberdeenshire - 6 - - 2
Fife -5 5 - - 3
Clackmannanshire - 5 - - 2
Midlothian -4 4 - - 6
Highlands -9 3 £26,500 -17.19% 3
Stirling -3 1 £28,175 -17.13% 3
Aberdeen -16 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £31,000 - 12
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:

Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.38%) 3ds Max
3 2 (1.38%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.38%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.38%) Revit
4 1 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.69%) Blender
4 1 (0.69%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.38%) Google Analytics
1 2 (1.38%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (0.69%) Azure
2 1 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (0.69%) IaaS
2 1 (0.69%) OCI
2 1 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (24.14%) Broadband
2 3 (2.07%) 5G
2 3 (2.07%) Internet
3 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.07%) Metadata
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
General
1 34 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.48%) Finance
2 21 (14.48%) Manufacturing
3 16 (11.03%) Marketing
4 9 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.52%) Legal
6 7 (4.83%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.14%) Local Government
7 6 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Billing
10 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Automotive
11 1 (0.69%) Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 40 (27.59%) Development Manager
2 26 (17.93%) Business Development Manager
2 26 (17.93%) Business Manager
3 14 (9.66%) Field Engineer
4 8 (5.52%) Graduate
5 7 (4.83%) Senior
6 6 (4.14%) Administrator
6 6 (4.14%) Customer Service Advisor
6 6 (4.14%) Customer Service Representative
6 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 6 (4.14%) QA Engineer
6 6 (4.14%) Quality Engineer
6 6 (4.14%) Senior Development Manager
6 6 (4.14%) Senior Manager
7 5 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (2.76%) Field Sales Executive
8 4 (2.76%) Sales Executive
9 3 (2.07%) Customer Executive
9 3 (2.07%) Customer Service Executive
9 3 (2.07%) E-Commerce Executive
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.66%) FMCG
2 7 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.07%) Social Media
5 2 (1.38%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.38%) EPoS
6 1 (0.69%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) AIX
1 1 (0.69%) Linux
1 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.69%) Solaris
1 1 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 28 (19.31%) Business Development
3 16 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (10.34%) Commercial Awareness
4 15 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (5.52%) CRM
5 8 (5.52%) Quality Management
6 7 (4.83%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (4.83%) Mentoring
7 6 (4.14%) B2B
7 6 (4.14%) B2B Sales
7 6 (4.14%) Budget Management
7 6 (4.14%) Customer Experience
7 6 (4.14%) Financial Modelling
8 5 (3.45%) Document Management
8 5 (3.45%) E-Commerce
8 5 (3.45%) ERP
8 5 (3.45%) Internal Audit
8 5 (3.45%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.69%) Bash
1 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.69%) Python
1 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.52%) CIPD
1 8 (5.52%) Degree
2 6 (4.14%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.07%) CCA
4 1 (0.69%) HNC
4 1 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.34%) QA
2 6 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.69%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.69%) Data Guard
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 32 (22.07%) BT
2 7 (4.83%) Google
2 7 (4.83%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.45%) SAP
4 2 (1.38%) Adobe
5 1 (0.69%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow