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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 53 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +15
Permanent jobs citing Retail 418 707 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.48% 4.20% 4.21%
As % of the General category 6.74% 7.42% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 199 371 322
10th Percentile £23,731 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +5.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +3.45%

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 6,198 9,527 9,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.42% 56.64% 63.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,702 6,036 4,458
10th Percentile £27,775 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 11 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 11 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 +21 204 £60,000 +33.33% 181
Berkshire +29 88 £82,500 +73.68% 104
Buckinghamshire +10 83 £50,000 +17.65% 57
Surrey -15 53 £31,500 -33.68% 51
East Sussex +9 46 £35,000 -26.32% 24
Kent +6 43 £25,154 -47.04% 37
Hampshire +20 37 £51,578 +8.58% 77
Oxfordshire +30 33 £60,000 +50.00% 40
West Sussex +13 22 £55,000 +57.14% 20
Middlesex -4 11 - - 4
Sussex +11 1 - - 17
Home Counties +1 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 13 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) CMS
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.15%) Acrobat
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.79%) Azure
2 31 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
2 31 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (5.98%) Power Platform
4 24 (5.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 24 (5.74%) Azure Service Bus
4 24 (5.74%) SonarCloud
5 20 (4.78%) AWS
5 20 (4.78%) GCP
6 19 (4.55%) Google Analytics
7 15 (3.59%) Google Tag Manager
7 15 (3.59%) Vertex AI
8 13 (3.11%) Google Ads
9 12 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (2.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (2.15%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.15%) IBM Watson
11 8 (1.91%) Salsify
12 7 (1.67%) SaaS
13 4 (0.96%) Amazon Ads
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.81%) 4G
1 41 (9.81%) 5G
2 11 (2.63%) Firewall
3 9 (2.15%) Intranet
4 8 (1.91%) VPN
5 6 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.72%) DHCP
6 3 (0.72%) DNS
6 3 (0.72%) Internet
6 3 (0.72%) Network Security
6 3 (0.72%) VLAN
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.48%) VSAN
8 1 (0.24%) DWDM
8 1 (0.24%) MPLS
8 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.74%) Data Mining
2 24 (5.74%) Elasticsearch
2 24 (5.74%) Power BI
3 15 (3.59%) MySQL
4 9 (2.15%) QlikView
5 8 (1.91%) Metadata
6 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.48%) Tableau
8 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.24%) DB2
8 1 (0.24%) GIS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 41 (9.81%) Git
2 30 (7.18%) Visual Studio
3 24 (5.74%) MSBuild
3 24 (5.74%) Octopus Deploy
3 24 (5.74%) Team Foundation Server
4 19 (4.55%) JIRA
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 107 (25.60%) Manufacturing
2 102 (24.40%) Social Skills
3 69 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (13.16%) Telecoms
5 51 (12.20%) Finance
6 47 (11.24%) Law
7 42 (10.05%) Marketing
8 32 (7.66%) Dutch Language
8 32 (7.66%) Finnish Language
8 32 (7.66%) Norwegian Language
9 23 (5.50%) Legal
10 12 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.15%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.91%) Automotive
12 8 (1.91%) Back Office
13 7 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Local Government
15 4 (0.96%) Banking
15 4 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 96 (22.97%) Trainer
2 54 (12.92%) Senior
3 40 (9.57%) Lead
4 26 (6.22%) Architect
5 25 (5.98%) Technical Architect
6 24 (5.74%) Analyst
7 22 (5.26%) IT Support
8 15 (3.59%) Developer
9 13 (3.11%) Technical Support
10 11 (2.63%) PPC Executive
10 11 (2.63%) Support Engineer
11 9 (2.15%) Analytics Manager
11 9 (2.15%) Audit Manager
11 9 (2.15%) Compliance Advisor
11 9 (2.15%) Data Analytics Manager
11 9 (2.15%) Data Manager
11 9 (2.15%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.15%) Risk Manager
11 9 (2.15%) Security Advisor
11 9 (2.15%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.81%) CSS
1 41 (9.81%) HTML
2 33 (7.89%) .NET
2 33 (7.89%) ASP.NET
3 28 (6.70%) XML
4 26 (6.22%) JSON
4 26 (6.22%) REST
5 24 (5.74%) Bootstrap
5 24 (5.74%) gRPC
6 16 (3.83%) Web Services
7 15 (3.59%) LAMP
8 9 (2.15%) Laravel
9 8 (1.91%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.91%) RESTful
10 6 (1.44%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (0.72%) React
12 2 (0.48%) Entity Framework
12 2 (0.48%) GraphQL
12 2 (0.48%) Kafka
12 2 (0.48%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 105 (25.12%) Robotics
2 34 (8.13%) Algorithms
3 19 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.87%) Digital Media
4 12 (2.87%) FMCG
4 12 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.15%) Blockchain
6 9 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.15%) e-Learning
6 9 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.91%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.91%) Taxonomies
8 6 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.44%) Digital Signage
8 6 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.96%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.72%) CCTV
10 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.70%) Windows
2 13 (3.11%) Linux
3 9 (2.15%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.72%) Mac OS X
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.24%) AIX
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (48.56%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (33.97%) Artificial Intelligence
3 137 (32.78%) Machine Learning
4 120 (28.71%) Generative AI
5 111 (26.56%) LLM
6 96 (22.97%) Red Team
7 88 (21.05%) Data Privacy
8 77 (18.42%) Analytics
9 67 (16.03%) Agile
10 66 (15.79%) DevOps
11 64 (15.31%) Customer Experience
12 60 (14.35%) Customer Service
13 47 (11.24%) MVC
14 42 (10.05%) Roadmaps
15 39 (9.33%) Design Patterns
16 37 (8.85%) Natural Language Processing
16 37 (8.85%) Strategic Thinking
17 33 (7.89%) Data Science
18 31 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (7.18%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.07%) SQL
2 47 (11.24%) JavaScript
3 36 (8.61%) C#
4 16 (3.83%) Python
5 15 (3.59%) PHP
6 12 (2.87%) R
7 7 (1.67%) Java
8 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.48%) VBA
9 1 (0.24%) C
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) Rust
9 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (29.19%) Degree
2 8 (1.91%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (1.20%) CCNP
4 5 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.20%) CISSP
5 3 (0.72%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.48%) APMP
6 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.48%) CCSM
6 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.48%) SANS
6 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.77%) GDPR
2 14 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.39%) QA
4 10 (2.39%) SLA
5 9 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.15%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.15%) PERC
6 5 (1.20%) PMO
7 3 (0.72%) GRC
8 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (6.94%) Docker
2 10 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.96%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.72%) SCCM
2 2 (0.48%) Grafana
2 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Ansible
3 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.24%) Puppet
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 143 (34.21%) Google
2 120 (28.71%) Databricks
3 108 (25.84%) Microsoft
4 106 (25.36%) Adobe
5 15 (3.59%) OpenAI
6 13 (3.11%) Pinterest
6 13 (3.11%) TikTok
7 11 (2.63%) IBM
8 10 (2.39%) BT
9 9 (2.15%) OneTrust
10 7 (1.67%) Cisco
10 7 (1.67%) SAP
11 5 (1.20%) Oracle
11 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.96%) Criteo
12 4 (0.96%) Infor
13 3 (0.72%) MobileIron
13 3 (0.72%) Riverbed
13 3 (0.72%) Trend Micro
13 3 (0.72%) Twitter