Retail Job Trends in the South West

Retailing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 46 54
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -20
Permanent jobs citing Retail 301 153 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.35% 4.40% 3.58%
As % of the General category 7.62% 7.07% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 201 103 178
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -24.53% -3.64%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,752 £73,108 £86,250
England median annual salary £54,067 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.82% -5.00% -14.03%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,950 2,165 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 43.93% 62.32% 47.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 1,313 2,391
10th Percentile £28,380 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the South West

Retail
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South West over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in the South West

Retail
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Wiltshire +8 77 £55,000 +7.72% 18
Bristol -2 55 £42,500 -29.17% 32
Somerset -24 48 £40,000 -23.81% 18
Cornwall - 38 £25,000 - 9
Gloucestershire -26 35 £50,000 +42.86% 15
Devon -5 31 £55,000 +44.74% 15
Dorset -11 15 £42,500 +41.67% 9
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) Jupyter
Applications
1 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.66%) AutoCAD
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.99%) Civil 3D
5 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.00%) Revit
6 3 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.66%) Trello
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.33%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.33%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (0.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.31%) AWS
1 22 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (6.64%) Azure
3 11 (3.65%) GCP
4 10 (3.32%) SaaS
5 9 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.66%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.66%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.66%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.00%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.66%) IaaS
9 2 (0.66%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Figma
10 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.30%) Broadband
2 15 (4.98%) Firewall
3 12 (3.99%) LAN
3 12 (3.99%) VLAN
3 12 (3.99%) WAN
4 10 (3.32%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (3.32%) Cisco Firepower
4 10 (3.32%) Unified Communications
4 10 (3.32%) WebEx
5 6 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.00%) DHCP
6 3 (1.00%) DNS
6 3 (1.00%) RFID
7 2 (0.66%) DMZ
7 2 (0.66%) MPLS
7 2 (0.66%) Network Security
7 2 (0.66%) SMS
7 2 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.99%) Power BI
2 8 (2.66%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.66%) Power Query
3 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.66%) Star Schema
4 4 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.33%) Looker
4 4 (1.33%) Tableau
5 3 (1.00%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Git
2 6 (1.99%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.99%) Subversion
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
3 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 62 (20.60%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (13.62%) Finance
4 29 (9.63%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (7.64%) Banking
5 23 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 22 (7.31%) Manufacturing
6 22 (7.31%) Marketing
7 14 (4.65%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.99%) Advertising
11 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.00%) Legal
12 3 (1.00%) Local Government
12 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Back Office
13 1 (0.33%) Law
13 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (11.96%) Senior
2 27 (8.97%) Analyst
3 25 (8.31%) Delivery Manager
3 25 (8.31%) Service Delivery Manager
3 25 (8.31%) Service Manager
4 23 (7.64%) Lead
5 18 (5.98%) Business Manager
6 17 (5.65%) Development Manager
7 14 (4.65%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.99%) Account Manager
9 12 (3.99%) Business Development Manager
9 12 (3.99%) IT Support
10 11 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.32%) Data Analyst
11 10 (3.32%) Developer
12 9 (2.99%) Customer Analyst
12 9 (2.99%) IT Technician
12 9 (2.99%) Systems Tester
12 9 (2.99%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.32%) XMPP
2 7 (2.33%) .NET
3 6 (1.99%) Jakarta EE
3 6 (1.99%) React
3 6 (1.99%) RESTful
3 6 (1.99%) Struts
3 6 (1.99%) Web Services
4 4 (1.33%) Middleware
5 3 (1.00%) Java RMI
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) Hugging Face
6 2 (0.66%) Matplotlib
6 2 (0.66%) NumPy
6 2 (0.66%) Pandas
6 2 (0.66%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.66%) Streamlit
7 1 (0.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.31%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.98%) Virtual Team
3 18 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.32%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.32%) FlexPod
5 10 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.33%) Replication
7 6 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.66%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.66%) EPoS
8 5 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.00%) FMCG
10 3 (1.00%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.66%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.66%) Social Media
12 1 (0.33%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.33%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.31%) Windows
2 13 (4.32%) Linux
3 10 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.99%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.99%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 46 (15.28%) Service Delivery
3 44 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (11.63%) Actionable Insight
5 34 (11.30%) ERP
6 30 (9.97%) AI
7 27 (8.97%) Customer Experience
7 27 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (8.64%) Data Management
8 26 (8.64%) Logistics
8 26 (8.64%) Project Management
9 25 (8.31%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (8.31%) Strategic Thinking
10 22 (7.31%) Data Protection
11 21 (6.98%) Agile
11 21 (6.98%) Six Sigma
11 21 (6.98%) WFM
12 20 (6.64%) Customer Service
13 19 (6.31%) Business Development
13 19 (6.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.98%) SQL
2 20 (6.64%) Python
3 8 (2.66%) Clojure
4 6 (1.99%) C++
4 6 (1.99%) Java
4 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.99%) Perl
5 5 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.66%) C#
7 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (4.32%) Degree
2 8 (2.66%) ISTQB
3 7 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.99%) AWS Certification
4 6 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.66%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.00%) HNC
7 3 (1.00%) HND
7 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.66%) CCNA
8 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.66%) RIBA
8 2 (0.66%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.99%) Data Quality
1 9 (2.99%) QA
2 7 (2.33%) GDPR
3 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.66%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.66%) SLA
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 7 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 7 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
1 7 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (2.33%) vSphere
2 6 (1.99%) Docker
3 2 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.32%) Ansible
1 10 (3.32%) Cisco CUCM
1 10 (3.32%) Grafana
2 8 (2.66%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.33%) Terraform
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 48 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.30%) BT
3 18 (5.98%) IFS
4 17 (5.65%) Oracle
5 10 (3.32%) Cisco
5 10 (3.32%) Fortinet
5 10 (3.32%) Google
5 10 (3.32%) Palo Alto
5 10 (3.32%) Splunk
6 7 (2.33%) NetApp
6 7 (2.33%) VMware
7 4 (1.33%) Epicor
7 4 (1.33%) Infor
7 4 (1.33%) SAP
7 4 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.00%) Talend
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Facebook
9 1 (0.33%) Pinterest
9 1 (0.33%) Siemens