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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 16 132
Rank change year-on-year -34 +116 -87
Permanent jobs citing Retail 98 325 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.93% 13.11% 2.12%
As % of the General category 6.12% 17.77% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 57 177 74
10th Percentile £26,200 £26,929 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,000 - £40,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,851 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -31.56% -12.80%
75th Percentile £40,000 £32,951 £61,650
90th Percentile £41,250 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -8.16% -14.78%

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 1,601 1,829 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.82% 73.78% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 732 727 1,444
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,918 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,638 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,174 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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 23 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
Edinburgh -19 32 £30,000 -8.68% 9
Glasgow +23 24 £40,000 +21.76% 9
Perth and Kinross - 17 £30,000 - 1
Perthshire - 15 £30,000 - 1
Angus - 12 - -
Aberdeenshire -3 6 - - 1
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Midlothian -3 4 - - 2
Dundee -6 3 £27,000 - 1
Highlands - 3 £26,500 - 4
North Lanarkshire - 2 £50,000 - 2
Fife - 1 - - 1
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 (5.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Chatbot
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.10%) AWS
1 5 (5.10%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.04%) Google Analytics
2 2 (2.04%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.02%) Azure
3 1 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.02%) IaaS
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.02%) OCI
3 1 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) Broadband
2 3 (3.06%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) Metadata
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.45%) Manufacturing
3 21 (21.43%) Finance
4 16 (16.33%) Marketing
5 12 (12.24%) Legal
6 8 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.12%) Local Government
8 5 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.04%) Billing
10 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (38.78%) Development Manager
2 22 (22.45%) Field Engineer
3 20 (20.41%) Business Development Manager
3 20 (20.41%) Business Manager
4 10 (10.20%) Field Service Engineer
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
6 7 (7.14%) Analyst
6 7 (7.14%) EPoS Engineer
6 7 (7.14%) EPoS Field Engineer
6 7 (7.14%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
7 6 (6.12%) Senior Development Manager
7 6 (6.12%) Senior Manager
7 6 (6.12%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.10%) Administrator
8 5 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 5 (5.10%) Programmer
8 5 (5.10%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (5.10%) Trainee
8 5 (5.10%) Trainee Programmer
9 4 (4.08%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.10%) Hugging Face
1 5 (5.10%) Matplotlib
1 5 (5.10%) NumPy
1 5 (5.10%) Pandas
1 5 (5.10%) scikit-learn
1 5 (5.10%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.37%) FMCG
2 10 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 7 (7.14%) EPoS
5 5 (5.10%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.06%) Digital Media
6 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) AIX
1 1 (1.02%) Linux
1 1 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.02%) Solaris
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.45%) Business Development
2 20 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (15.31%) Customer Service
5 10 (10.20%) Commercial Awareness
6 8 (8.16%) Data Privacy
6 8 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (8.16%) Quality Management
7 6 (6.12%) AI
7 6 (6.12%) Budget Management
7 6 (6.12%) Financial Modelling
7 6 (6.12%) Mentoring
8 5 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 5 (5.10%) Conversational UI
8 5 (5.10%) Customer Experience
8 5 (5.10%) Document Management
8 5 (5.10%) LLM
8 5 (5.10%) Neural Network
8 5 (5.10%) Prompt Engineering
8 5 (5.10%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.12%) Python
2 1 (1.02%) Bash
2 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (12.24%) CIPD
2 7 (7.14%) Degree
3 6 (6.12%) DBS Check
4 5 (5.10%) A+ Certification
4 5 (5.10%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) Server+ Certification
5 3 (3.06%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) QA
2 3 (3.06%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.06%) SLA
3 1 (1.02%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Google
3 5 (5.10%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.10%) SAP
4 1 (1.02%) BT
4 1 (1.02%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle
4 1 (1.02%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow