Retail Job Trends in Sheffield

Retailing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 49 43
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 +25
Permanent jobs citing Retail 9 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.21% 0.87% 3.25%
As % of the General category 3.52% 1.35% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile £56,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £39,922 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,961 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% +52.85% -9.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £84,000 - £50,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £64,961 £37,000
% change year-on-year +3.91% +75.57% -10.84%

All General Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 256 297 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 62.75% 64.43% 62.99%
Number of salaries quoted 205 102 238
10th Percentile - £30,693 £24,150
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +35.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,874 £81,250 £75,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.13% +27.78% +1.48%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Retail
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Sheffield over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Sheffield

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (22.22%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) SaaS
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Automotive
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Data Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Python Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Software Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Python Developer
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Sales Representative
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Data Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Telesales Representative
2 2 (22.22%) Trainer
3 1 (11.11%) PHP Developer
3 1 (11.11%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) B2B
2 2 (22.22%) B2C
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Conversational UI
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Microservices
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Telesales
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) PayPal