Retail Jobs in Scotland

Retailing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 20 58 48
Rank change year-on-year +38 -10 +64
Permanent jobs citing Retail 335 248 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.64% 4.89% 5.94%
As % of the General category 15.60% 6.91% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 315 169 122
10th Percentile - £33,250 £30,000
25th Percentile - £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £61,456 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -59.32% +17.06% +12.90%
75th Percentile £28,000 £77,715 £64,688
90th Percentile £61,123 £97,319 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,108 £61,180 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.83% +6.40% -

All General Skills
Scotland

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,148 3,587 2,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 74.64% 70.79% 59.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 1,929 1,609
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,600 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in Scotland.

Salary trend for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 +5 102 £43,160 -35.65% 35
Midlothian - 102 £25,000 - 11
Glasgow +12 33 £52,500 +40.00% 44
South Ayrshire - 28 £25,000 -
East Lothian - 24 £25,000 - 1
East Ayrshire - 18 £25,000 -
West Lothian +17 12 £25,000 -31.51% 4
Ayrshire - 10 £25,000 - 1
Highlands - 4 £25,000 - 4
Dundee -6 2 £48,750 +2.63% 7
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.69%) Confluence
2 8 (2.39%) SAS
3 5 (1.49%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.49%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) Jetty
4 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) EViews
4 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.27%) Power Platform
2 17 (5.07%) GCP
3 14 (4.18%) AWS
4 13 (3.88%) PaaS
4 13 (3.88%) SaaS
5 10 (2.99%) Azure
6 8 (2.39%) IaaS
7 7 (2.09%) GitHub
8 3 (0.90%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.60%) Apigee
9 2 (0.60%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.60%) dbt
9 2 (0.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.30%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 236 (70.45%) Broadband
2 4 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 4 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 4 (1.19%) Firewall
2 4 (1.19%) VPN
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) DHCP
4 1 (0.30%) DMZ
4 1 (0.30%) DNS
4 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (6.27%) Power BI
3 16 (4.78%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.90%) Big Data
8 2 (0.60%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 9 (2.69%) Jenkins
1 9 (2.69%) JIRA
2 5 (1.49%) Cucumber
2 5 (1.49%) IBM UrbanCode
2 5 (1.49%) LoadRunner
2 5 (1.49%) Selenium
3 3 (0.90%) Maven
3 3 (0.90%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.90%) Spinnaker
4 2 (0.60%) Git
4 2 (0.60%) JUnit
4 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 267 (79.70%) Social Skills
2 236 (70.45%) Games
2 236 (70.45%) Local Government
2 236 (70.45%) Telecoms
3 72 (21.49%) Finance
4 62 (18.51%) Banking
5 23 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.27%) Marketing
7 14 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.39%) Legal
9 6 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.60%) Law
10 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.30%) Billing
11 1 (0.30%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 122 (36.42%) Business Development Manager
1 122 (36.42%) Business Manager
1 122 (36.42%) Development Manager
2 119 (35.52%) Consultant
3 118 (35.22%) Enterprise Consultant
4 27 (8.06%) Architect
5 25 (7.46%) Analyst
6 21 (6.27%) Senior
7 19 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.09%) Enterprise Architect
10 6 (1.79%) Security Architect
10 6 (1.79%) Senior Architect
10 6 (1.79%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.79%) Technical Manager
11 5 (1.49%) Digital Architect
11 5 (1.49%) Digital Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.49%) Security Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.49%) Test Automation Engineer
11 5 (1.49%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.58%) OpenID
2 10 (2.99%) HTML
3 8 (2.39%) Spring Boot
4 5 (1.49%) OAuth
4 5 (1.49%) SOAP
4 5 (1.49%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (1.19%) Spine.js
5 4 (1.19%) Spring
6 3 (0.90%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.60%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.60%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (0.60%) CSS
7 2 (0.60%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.60%) jQuery
7 2 (0.60%) JSON
7 2 (0.60%) XML
8 1 (0.30%) Kafka
8 1 (0.30%) Middleware
8 1 (0.30%) REST
8 1 (0.30%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.48%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.88%) Product Ownership
3 10 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.69%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.39%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.09%) Blockchain
6 7 (2.09%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.49%) FMCG
8 4 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.60%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.60%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.30%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.30%) IoT
10 1 (0.30%) PKI
10 1 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.18%) Unix
2 7 (2.09%) Linux
3 3 (0.90%) Windows
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (74.33%) Decision-Making
2 244 (72.84%) Customer Experience
3 243 (72.54%) Collaborative Working
4 237 (70.75%) B2B
5 236 (70.45%) B2C
6 122 (36.42%) Business Development
7 72 (21.49%) Agile
8 31 (9.25%) Analytics
9 25 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (5.67%) Line Management
11 19 (5.67%) Roadmaps
11 19 (5.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (5.37%) CI/CD
12 18 (5.37%) DevOps
12 18 (5.37%) Risk Management
13 17 (5.07%) Microservices
14 14 (4.18%) Technology Strategy
15 13 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (3.58%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.66%) SQL
2 20 (5.97%) Python
3 11 (3.28%) Java
4 5 (1.49%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.19%) R
6 3 (0.90%) C++
6 3 (0.90%) Groovy
6 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.60%) Bash
7 2 (0.60%) Bicep
7 2 (0.60%) C
7 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (2.39%) Degree
2 5 (1.49%) CISMP
2 5 (1.49%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.49%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.49%) GRC
3 3 (0.90%) CRD IV
4 2 (0.60%) IFRS
4 2 (0.60%) IFRS 9
4 2 (0.60%) QA
5 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.60%) Docker
1 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.99%) Terraform
2 7 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.49%) Istio
4 4 (1.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 236 (70.45%) BT
2 20 (5.97%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.99%) Teradata
4 5 (1.49%) Dynatrace
4 5 (1.49%) HP
4 5 (1.49%) Splunk
5 4 (1.19%) CheckPoint
5 4 (1.19%) Cisco
5 4 (1.19%) F5
5 4 (1.19%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.19%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.60%) Google
6 2 (0.60%) IBM
7 1 (0.30%) Confluent
7 1 (0.30%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle