Retail Jobs in the South East

Retailing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 48 72
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 558 756 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.76% 4.29% 3.95%
As % of the General category 8.41% 7.67% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 198 379 298
10th Percentile £23,731 £24,500 £30,363
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% -18.18% +8.91%
75th Percentile £60,938 £55,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +8.42% -20.20% +3.52%

All General Skills
South East

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 common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,633 9,851 8,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.49% 55.91% 63.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,781 6,140 4,314
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £28,575
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South East

Retail
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the South East.

Salary trend for Retail in the South East

Retail
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in the South East

Retail
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +24 271 £60,000 +33.33% 149
Buckinghamshire +9 157 £50,000 +17.65% 41
East Sussex +9 110 £35,000 -26.32% 19
Berkshire +28 82 £82,500 +73.68% 72
Surrey -13 62 £31,500 -33.68% 44
Kent +10 44 £31,000 -34.74% 28
Hampshire +24 39 £40,350 -15.05% 87
Oxfordshire +4 32 £55,000 +37.50% 57
West Sussex +10 22 £55,000 +57.14% 21
Middlesex -7 10 - - 1
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.25%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.97%) Shopify
2 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (10.57%) Azure
2 30 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (4.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 23 (4.12%) Azure Service Bus
4 23 (4.12%) Power Platform
4 23 (4.12%) SonarCloud
5 18 (3.23%) Google Analytics
6 15 (2.69%) Vertex AI
7 14 (2.51%) AWS
7 14 (2.51%) GCP
7 14 (2.51%) Google Tag Manager
8 12 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.97%) Google Ads
10 8 (1.43%) Salsify
11 7 (1.25%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.25%) IBM Watson
12 6 (1.08%) SaaS
13 4 (0.72%) Amazon Ads
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.35%) 4G
1 41 (7.35%) 5G
2 9 (1.61%) Firewall
3 8 (1.43%) VPN
4 7 (1.25%) Intranet
5 3 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.54%) DHCP
5 3 (0.54%) DNS
5 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.54%) VLAN
6 2 (0.36%) Broadband
6 2 (0.36%) DMZ
6 2 (0.36%) DWDM
6 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 2 (0.36%) LAN
6 2 (0.36%) MPLS
6 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.36%) WAN
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.30%) Data Mining
3 23 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
4 22 (3.94%) Power BI
5 13 (2.33%) MySQL
6 8 (1.43%) Metadata
7 7 (1.25%) QlikView
8 4 (0.72%) Tableau
9 3 (0.54%) GIS
10 2 (0.36%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.18%) DB2
11 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (6.63%) Git
2 29 (5.20%) Visual Studio
3 23 (4.12%) MSBuild
3 23 (4.12%) Octopus Deploy
3 23 (4.12%) Team Foundation Server
4 17 (3.05%) JIRA
General
1 246 (44.09%) Manufacturing
2 100 (17.92%) Social Skills
3 86 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.47%) Dutch Language
4 64 (11.47%) Finnish Language
4 64 (11.47%) Norwegian Language
5 53 (9.50%) Telecoms
6 51 (9.14%) Finance
7 46 (8.24%) Law
8 43 (7.71%) Marketing
9 23 (4.12%) Legal
10 16 (2.87%) Catalan Language
11 12 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.79%) Automotive
13 8 (1.43%) Back Office
14 7 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Military
16 4 (0.72%) Banking
16 4 (0.72%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 242 (43.37%) Trainer
2 48 (8.60%) Senior
3 40 (7.17%) Lead
4 24 (4.30%) Architect
4 24 (4.30%) Technical Architect
5 23 (4.12%) IT Support
6 19 (3.41%) Analyst
7 18 (3.23%) Developer
8 17 (3.05%) Technical Support
9 11 (1.97%) Support Engineer
10 10 (1.79%) Junior
10 10 (1.79%) Junior Developer
10 10 (1.79%) PPC Executive
11 9 (1.61%) Technical Engineer
11 9 (1.61%) Technical Support Engineer
12 8 (1.43%) Senior Manager
13 7 (1.25%) Audit Manager
13 7 (1.25%) Software Engineer
13 7 (1.25%) Support Analyst
13 7 (1.25%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.45%) CSS
1 36 (6.45%) HTML
2 33 (5.91%) .NET
3 32 (5.73%) ASP.NET
4 25 (4.48%) XML
5 23 (4.12%) Bootstrap
5 23 (4.12%) gRPC
5 23 (4.12%) JSON
5 23 (4.12%) REST
6 12 (2.15%) LAMP
6 12 (2.15%) Web Services
7 9 (1.61%) RESTful
8 8 (1.43%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.08%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (1.08%) Laravel
10 3 (0.54%) React
11 2 (0.36%) Entity Framework
11 2 (0.36%) GraphQL
11 2 (0.36%) Kafka
11 2 (0.36%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 249 (44.62%) Robotics
2 34 (6.09%) Algorithms
3 18 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.51%) Digital Media
5 10 (1.79%) FMCG
6 9 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.43%) Taxonomies
8 7 (1.25%) Blockchain
8 7 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.25%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.25%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.08%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.08%) Digital Signage
9 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.90%) CCTV
10 5 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.54%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.02%) Windows
2 12 (2.15%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (1.25%) Linux
5 6 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.54%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.18%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (62.37%) Problem-Solving
2 286 (51.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 278 (49.82%) Machine Learning
4 264 (47.31%) Generative AI
5 255 (45.70%) LLM
6 240 (43.01%) Red Team
7 199 (35.66%) Data Privacy
8 73 (13.08%) Analytics
9 64 (11.47%) Agile
9 64 (11.47%) DevOps
10 63 (11.29%) Customer Service
11 61 (10.93%) Customer Experience
12 44 (7.89%) MVC
13 41 (7.35%) Roadmaps
14 38 (6.81%) Strategic Thinking
15 34 (6.09%) Design Patterns
15 34 (6.09%) Natural Language Processing
16 33 (5.91%) Customer-Centricity
17 31 (5.56%) Data Science
18 29 (5.20%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.11%) SQL
2 43 (7.71%) JavaScript
3 36 (6.45%) C#
4 15 (2.69%) Python
5 13 (2.33%) PHP
6 8 (1.43%) R
7 6 (1.08%) Java
8 3 (0.54%) C
9 2 (0.36%) VBA
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 272 (48.75%) Degree
2 7 (1.25%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (0.54%) APMP
4 3 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (0.54%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.36%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.18%) CCNA
6 1 (0.18%) CCNP
6 1 (0.18%) CEH
6 1 (0.18%) CIPD
6 1 (0.18%) CISA
6 1 (0.18%) CISSP
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.18%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.89%) GDPR
2 10 (1.79%) SLA
3 9 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.25%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.25%) PERC
5 5 (0.90%) QA
6 3 (0.54%) GRC
7 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (4.66%) Docker
2 7 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.54%) SCCM
2 2 (0.36%) Grafana
2 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 283 (50.72%) Google
2 261 (46.77%) Databricks
3 248 (44.44%) Adobe
4 107 (19.18%) Microsoft
5 15 (2.69%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.15%) Pinterest
6 12 (2.15%) TikTok
7 10 (1.79%) BT
8 9 (1.61%) IBM
8 9 (1.61%) SAP
9 7 (1.25%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.72%) Cognos
11 4 (0.72%) Criteo
11 4 (0.72%) Twitter
12 3 (0.54%) Cisco
12 3 (0.54%) Infor
12 3 (0.54%) MobileIron
12 3 (0.54%) Riverbed
12 3 (0.54%) Trend Micro