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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 58 41
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +38
Permanent jobs citing Retail 172 384 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.84% 3.85% 7.08%
As % of the General category 7.47% 7.40% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 124 253 324
10th Percentile £29,650 £26,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,618 £35,625 £37,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.45% +33.86%
75th Percentile £68,568 £61,250 £67,178
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,627
England median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +8.42% -20.20% +3.52%

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 2,303 5,187 4,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.85% 52.05% 62.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 3,501 2,298
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £37,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,369
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.70% +3.32%
75th Percentile £63,790 £60,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 2 June 2025.

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 2 June 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
Wiltshire +29 64 £64,627 +17.50% 120
Somerset +14 36 £57,500 +51.04% 125
Bristol +2 29 £48,507 +11.51% 168
Devon +5 18 £51,000 +23.64% 207
Dorset +1 17 £30,000 -33.33% 103
Gloucestershire +8 8 £41,200 -8.44% 246
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 13 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.74%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (11.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 13 (7.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.16%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.58%) Magento
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 51 (29.65%) Azure
2 29 (16.86%) Power Platform
3 25 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.47%) AWS
5 16 (9.30%) Power Automate
6 13 (7.56%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (7.56%) OneDrive
7 9 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.23%) GitHub
8 6 (3.49%) SaaS
9 5 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.91%) Figma
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.33%) Serverless
10 4 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.33%) 5G
1 4 (2.33%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.33%) VPN
1 4 (2.33%) WAN
2 3 (1.74%) Broadband
3 1 (0.58%) DHCP
3 1 (0.58%) DNS
3 1 (0.58%) Firewall
3 1 (0.58%) Internet
3 1 (0.58%) IPsec
3 1 (0.58%) SSH
3 1 (0.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.88%) Data Mining
1 17 (9.88%) Power BI
2 15 (8.72%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (4.07%) Metadata
4 4 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
4 4 (2.33%) MySQL
5 3 (1.74%) Ataccama
6 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Git
2 4 (2.33%) JIRA
2 4 (2.33%) Postman
2 4 (2.33%) Selenium
2 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 46 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 40 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (20.35%) Finance
4 15 (8.72%) Banking
5 14 (8.14%) Legal
6 9 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.23%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.65%) Marketing
8 4 (2.33%) Military
8 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.16%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.58%) Local Government
11 1 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (20.35%) Senior
2 31 (18.02%) Developer
3 19 (11.05%) Support Technician
4 18 (10.47%) Junior
5 16 (9.30%) Lead
6 15 (8.72%) Junior Developer
7 14 (8.14%) IT Manager
8 12 (6.98%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 12 (6.98%) Senior Developer
9 11 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 10 (5.81%) Technical Support
11 8 (4.65%) Analyst
11 8 (4.65%) Change Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Release Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
11 8 (4.65%) Senior Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.81%) HTML
2 8 (4.65%) CSS
2 8 (4.65%) RESTful
3 6 (3.49%) JSON
3 6 (3.49%) XML
4 4 (2.33%) .NET
4 4 (2.33%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.33%) ADO
4 4 (2.33%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (2.33%) Bootstrap
4 4 (2.33%) Laravel
4 4 (2.33%) NgRx
4 4 (2.33%) RxJS
4 4 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (1.74%) EDI
5 3 (1.74%) LAMP
5 3 (1.74%) Web Services
6 2 (1.16%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.16%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.72%) Data Structures
2 8 (4.65%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.07%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.49%) FMCG
4 6 (3.49%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.33%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.33%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.74%) EPoS
6 3 (1.74%) Handset
7 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.58%) Hackathon
8 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.14%) Mac OS
2 13 (7.56%) Windows
3 7 (4.07%) Linux
4 1 (0.58%) Android
4 1 (0.58%) Solaris
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (23.26%) Data Management
2 36 (20.93%) Customer Service
3 31 (18.02%) Agile
3 31 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (15.70%) Service Delivery
5 25 (14.53%) DevOps
6 23 (13.37%) Coaching
7 20 (11.63%) CRM
8 18 (10.47%) Performance Management
9 17 (9.88%) Analytics
9 17 (9.88%) Computer Science
9 17 (9.88%) Customer Experience
10 16 (9.30%) Project Delivery
10 16 (9.30%) Service Management
10 16 (9.30%) Software Engineering
11 15 (8.72%) Commercial Awareness
11 15 (8.72%) Data Analysis
11 15 (8.72%) Mathematics
11 15 (8.72%) Project Management
11 15 (8.72%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.70%) SQL
2 23 (13.37%) JavaScript
3 19 (11.05%) Python
4 18 (10.47%) C#
5 16 (9.30%) VBA
6 6 (3.49%) R
7 5 (2.91%) Java
8 4 (2.33%) C++
8 4 (2.33%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.33%) PHP
8 4 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.74%) Clojure
10 1 (0.58%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (16.28%) Degree
2 22 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 21 (12.21%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.40%) AWS Certification
5 9 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.65%) A+ Certification
7 7 (4.07%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (2.33%) CISM
9 4 (2.33%) CISSP
9 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.74%) PhD
10 3 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.74%) PMP
10 3 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.56%) QA
2 10 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.91%) GDPR
4 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.16%) NIST
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) GRC
System Software
1 22 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) LXC
4 1 (0.58%) Samba
Systems Management
1 13 (7.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.16%) Grafana
2 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (37.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.72%) Facebook
3 13 (7.56%) VMware
4 5 (2.91%) Talend
5 4 (2.33%) Databricks
5 4 (2.33%) Google
6 2 (1.16%) IFS
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe
7 1 (0.58%) Informatica
7 1 (0.58%) Twitter