Retail Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 42 66
Rank change year-on-year -14 +24 +1
Permanent jobs citing Retail 324 431 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.68% 6.93% 4.78%
As % of the General category 7.50% 11.41% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 200 341 256
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £25,135
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% +15.54% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,070 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,548 £81,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -0.79% +4.35%

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 common skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,320 3,779 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.12% 60.73% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 2,330 3,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,238
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,462 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,801
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.78% +0.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol -51 76 £47,500 -16.59% 45
Wiltshire +9 58 £55,000 +7.84% 20
Gloucestershire +17 53 £45,000 -18.18% 12
Somerset +25 50 £38,070 -30.78% 22
Dorset +12 47 £53,500 +1.90% 19
Devon -38 22 £42,500 +25.00% 15
Cornwall - 4 - - 3
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.54%) Apache
2 5 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.23%) Simulink
5 3 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.31%) InDesign
6 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Magento
2 5 (1.54%) Shopify
3 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.23%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.95%) Azure
2 16 (4.94%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (2.78%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.47%) AWS
6 8 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.47%) SaaS
7 7 (2.16%) GCP
8 5 (1.54%) dbt
8 5 (1.54%) Fivetran
8 5 (1.54%) GitHub
8 5 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (1.54%) Google Ads
8 5 (1.54%) Google Data Studio
8 5 (1.54%) Stitch
9 4 (1.23%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.93%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.01%) Firewall
2 8 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
3 5 (1.54%) VXLAN
4 3 (0.93%) VSAT
5 2 (0.62%) DNS
5 2 (0.62%) FTP
5 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 1 (0.31%) LAN
6 1 (0.31%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.10%) MySQL
2 16 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (4.63%) Tableau
4 12 (3.70%) Power BI
5 11 (3.40%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.47%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.16%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.85%) Oracle BI EE
9 5 (1.54%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.54%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.54%) Looker
9 5 (1.54%) Redshift Spectrum
10 3 (0.93%) Big Data
10 3 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (4.94%) Git
2 5 (1.54%) GitLab
2 5 (1.54%) IntelliJ
3 4 (1.23%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.93%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) JUnit
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 103 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 82 (25.31%) Finance
3 44 (13.58%) Legal
4 37 (11.42%) Marketing
5 36 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (10.19%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.40%) Banking
7 11 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (2.78%) Law
9 9 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.85%) Military
11 5 (1.54%) Billing
11 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.23%) Police
13 3 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
13 3 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 43 (13.27%) Analyst
2 41 (12.65%) Senior
3 29 (8.95%) Developer
4 27 (8.33%) Lead
5 23 (7.10%) Consultant
6 21 (6.48%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.56%) Product Manager
8 15 (4.63%) Security Analyst
8 15 (4.63%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (4.01%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.01%) Technical Support
10 12 (3.70%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.70%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 11 (3.40%) IT Analyst
11 11 (3.40%) IT Security Analyst
11 11 (3.40%) Lead Consultant
11 11 (3.40%) PHP Developer
11 11 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.09%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.95%) HTML
2 24 (7.41%) CSS
3 20 (6.17%) REST
4 17 (5.25%) React
5 16 (4.94%) RESTful
6 13 (4.01%) Laravel
6 13 (4.01%) Vue
7 11 (3.40%) Web Services
8 9 (2.78%) LAMP
9 8 (2.47%) Node.js
10 7 (2.16%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.16%) Django
11 6 (1.85%) .NET
11 6 (1.85%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.54%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
12 5 (1.54%) Flask
12 5 (1.54%) SOAP
12 5 (1.54%) Spring
13 4 (1.23%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.09%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (2.47%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.47%) FMCG
4 8 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.85%) Replication
7 4 (1.23%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.93%) EPoS
8 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.93%) iPad
8 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.62%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.32%) Linux
2 13 (4.01%) Windows
3 10 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.54%) CentOS
6 4 (1.23%) AIX
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (20.68%) Agile
3 66 (20.37%) E-Commerce
4 54 (16.67%) Coaching
5 49 (15.12%) Logistics
6 47 (14.51%) Analytics
7 46 (14.20%) Line Management
8 42 (12.96%) People Management
9 41 (12.65%) Mentoring
10 39 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (11.11%) Customer Service
12 34 (10.49%) Roadmaps
13 26 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (7.72%) Software Engineering
14 25 (7.72%) Strategic Thinking
15 23 (7.10%) Product Roadmap
16 22 (6.79%) DevOps
16 22 (6.79%) Project Management
17 21 (6.48%) Information Security
17 21 (6.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 29 (8.95%) PHP
3 25 (7.72%) SQL
4 16 (4.94%) TypeScript
5 13 (4.01%) C#
5 13 (4.01%) Python
6 7 (2.16%) VBA
7 6 (1.85%) Java
8 4 (1.23%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.93%) Bicep
9 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (22.53%) Degree
2 35 (10.80%) CIPD
3 28 (8.64%) Security Cleared
4 20 (6.17%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.63%) CISSP
6 9 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.47%) CCNA
7 8 (2.47%) CCNP
7 8 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.54%) ACCA
8 5 (1.54%) RHCE
8 5 (1.54%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.23%) CCSK
9 4 (1.23%) HNC
9 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.23%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.62%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.62%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.94%) NIST
2 14 (4.32%) QA
3 13 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.01%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.09%) GDPR
5 9 (2.78%) SLA
6 5 (1.54%) GAAP
6 5 (1.54%) IFRS
7 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.93%) GLP
8 3 (0.93%) GMP
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.62%) Docker
3 2 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.78%) CASB
2 6 (1.85%) Terraform
3 5 (1.54%) Ansible
3 5 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (1.54%) Puppet
4 2 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.62%) SCCM
4 2 (0.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 52 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.94%) Google
3 15 (4.63%) Oracle
4 13 (4.01%) VMware
5 11 (3.40%) Twitter
6 6 (1.85%) Adobe
7 5 (1.54%) CA
7 5 (1.54%) Cisco
7 5 (1.54%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.93%) Databricks
8 3 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.62%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (0.62%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.62%) Citrix
9 2 (0.62%) IBM
9 2 (0.62%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.62%) Thales
9 2 (0.62%) UiPath
10 1 (0.31%) SAP