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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 26 182
Rank change year-on-year -32 +156 -136
Permanent jobs citing Retail 82 180 87
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.52% 9.19% 1.38%
As % of the General category 5.35% 11.97% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 43 63 49
10th Percentile £27,000 - £26,250
25th Percentile £29,875 - £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,929 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.40% -43.31% -20.83%
75th Percentile £38,650 £32,851 £60,000
90th Percentile £54,250 £46,250 £81,308
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,058 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.72% +7.49% -20.83%

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 1,534 1,504 4,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.14% 76.81% 74.71%
Number of salaries quoted 646 637 1,537
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,094 £32,851 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -6 31 £30,000 +11.40% 14
Glasgow -1 29 £65,000 +80.56% 11
Perth and Kinross - 15 £30,000 -
Perthshire - 14 £30,000 - 1
Angus - 11 - - 2
Dundee -6 3 £27,000 -
Midlothian -9 1 - - 7
Stirling -17 1 - -
Highlands - 1 £32,000 - 4
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 (6.10%) Jupyter
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Chatbot
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.10%) AWS
2 5 (6.10%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.44%) Azure
4 1 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.22%) IaaS
4 1 (1.22%) OCI
4 1 (1.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) DHCP
1 4 (4.88%) DNS
2 3 (3.66%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (3.66%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.66%) WAN
2 3 (3.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) Metadata
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Manufacturing
3 17 (20.73%) Finance
4 11 (13.41%) Legal
5 7 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.32%) Marketing
7 4 (4.88%) Billing
8 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.22%) Banking
10 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Field Engineer
2 16 (19.51%) Analyst
3 13 (15.85%) Development Manager
3 13 (15.85%) Support Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (12.20%) Field Service Engineer
6 9 (10.98%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (10.98%) Commercial Lawyer
7 7 (8.54%) EPoS Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) EPoS Field Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Applications Support
8 5 (6.10%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 5 (6.10%) Programmer
8 5 (6.10%) Trainee
8 5 (6.10%) Trainee Programmer
9 4 (4.88%) Business Development Executive
9 4 (4.88%) IT Support
10 3 (3.66%) Desktop Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) Hugging Face
1 5 (6.10%) Matplotlib
1 5 (6.10%) NumPy
1 5 (6.10%) Pandas
1 5 (6.10%) scikit-learn
1 5 (6.10%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.85%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (13.41%) FMCG
3 8 (9.76%) Driving Licence
4 7 (8.54%) EPoS
5 5 (6.10%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.66%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) Android
2 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.22%) AIX
3 1 (1.22%) Linux
3 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.22%) Solaris
3 1 (1.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (18.29%) Customer Service
2 15 (18.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (7.32%) B2B
3 6 (7.32%) Business Development
3 6 (7.32%) Commercial Awareness
3 6 (7.32%) Data Privacy
4 5 (6.10%) AI
4 5 (6.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 5 (6.10%) Conversational UI
4 5 (6.10%) LLM
4 5 (6.10%) Machine Learning
4 5 (6.10%) Neural Network
4 5 (6.10%) OO
4 5 (6.10%) OOP
4 5 (6.10%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (6.10%) Prompt Engineering
4 5 (6.10%) Sentiment Analysis
4 5 (6.10%) Visualisation
4 5 (6.10%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) Python
2 1 (1.22%) Bash
2 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) CIPD
2 5 (6.10%) A+ Certification
2 5 (6.10%) AWS Certification
2 5 (6.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (6.10%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.10%) Server+ Certification
3 1 (1.22%) ACCA
3 1 (1.22%) CCA
3 1 (1.22%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) GDPR
1 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
1 3 (3.66%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.66%) Apple
2 3 (3.66%) Cisco
3 1 (1.22%) BT
3 1 (1.22%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle
3 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.22%) SAP
3 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow