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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 57 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 -21 +41
Permanent jobs citing Retail 172 378 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.78% 4.07% 7.32%
As % of the General category 7.67% 7.54% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 125 256 329
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,625 £30,932
25th Percentile £45,272 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.45% +32.31%
75th Percentile £68,568 £61,563 £71,245
90th Percentile £74,554 £72,500 £84,729
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +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 2,243 5,011 4,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 62.37% 53.98% 63.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 3,399 2,383
10th Percentile £25,294 £26,250 £28,135
25th Percentile £32,772 £32,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £64,488 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
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 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 12 May 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 12 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
Wiltshire +26 64 £64,627 +17.50% 17
Somerset +24 33 £57,500 +51.04% 33
Bristol -9 30 £48,507 +11.51% 81
Devon +7 18 £51,000 +23.64% 23
Dorset +4 18 £30,000 -33.33% 8
Gloucestershire +15 8 £35,600 -25.05% 60
Cornwall +3 1 £46,000 +2.22% 1
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%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.74%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (10.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 13 (7.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.58%) Magento
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.58%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 50 (29.07%) Azure
2 29 (16.86%) Power Platform
3 23 (13.37%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.47%) Power Automate
5 17 (9.88%) AWS
6 13 (7.56%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (6.40%) OneDrive
8 10 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (5.23%) GitHub
10 5 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.91%) Figma
10 5 (2.91%) SaaS
11 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.33%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.33%) Serverless
12 3 (1.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.33%) VPN
2 3 (1.74%) Broadband
3 2 (1.16%) Internet
4 1 (0.58%) 5G
4 1 (0.58%) DHCP
4 1 (0.58%) DNS
4 1 (0.58%) Firewall
4 1 (0.58%) IPsec
4 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.58%) SSH
4 1 (0.58%) VLAN
4 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.88%) Power BI
2 15 (8.72%) Data Mining
3 14 (8.14%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (4.07%) Metadata
5 4 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
5 4 (2.33%) MySQL
6 3 (1.74%) Ataccama
7 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.58%) Power Query
8 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Git
2 5 (2.91%) Postman
2 5 (2.91%) Selenium
3 4 (2.33%) JIRA
3 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.58%) Appium
4 1 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.58%) JMeter
4 1 (0.58%) Maven
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.58%) PROIV
4 1 (0.58%) RStudio
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 42 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.84%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (22.09%) Finance
4 16 (9.30%) Banking
5 12 (6.98%) Legal
6 9 (5.23%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.49%) Marketing
9 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.58%) Local Government
11 1 (0.58%) Military
11 1 (0.58%) Police
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (23.26%) Senior
2 31 (18.02%) Developer
3 19 (11.05%) Support Technician
4 18 (10.47%) Junior
5 15 (8.72%) IT Manager
6 14 (8.14%) Junior Developer
7 13 (7.56%) Lead
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
9 11 (6.40%) Project Manager
9 11 (6.40%) Senior Manager
9 11 (6.40%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (5.23%) Analyst
10 9 (5.23%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.65%) Change and Release Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Change Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Release Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.40%) HTML
2 9 (5.23%) CSS
2 9 (5.23%) RESTful
3 6 (3.49%) JSON
3 6 (3.49%) XML
4 5 (2.91%) ADO
4 5 (2.91%) Web Services
5 4 (2.33%) .NET
5 4 (2.33%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.33%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (2.33%) Bootstrap
5 4 (2.33%) LAMP
5 4 (2.33%) Laravel
5 4 (2.33%) NgRx
5 4 (2.33%) RxJS
5 4 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (1.74%) EDI
7 2 (1.16%) Android SDK
7 2 (1.16%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.14%) Data Structures
2 9 (5.23%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.65%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.33%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.33%) FMCG
6 4 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.74%) EPoS
7 3 (1.74%) Handset
8 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.16%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.16%) Online Banking
8 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.98%) Mac OS
1 12 (6.98%) Windows
2 6 (3.49%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Android
4 1 (0.58%) Solaris
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.67%) Data Management
2 34 (19.77%) Customer Service
3 33 (19.19%) Agile
4 29 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (15.12%) DevOps
5 26 (15.12%) Service Delivery
6 21 (12.21%) Coaching
7 19 (11.05%) CRM
8 18 (10.47%) Analytics
8 18 (10.47%) Project Delivery
8 18 (10.47%) Project Management
9 17 (9.88%) Performance Management
9 17 (9.88%) Software Engineering
10 16 (9.30%) Mathematics
10 16 (9.30%) Service Management
11 15 (8.72%) Customer Experience
12 14 (8.14%) Commercial Awareness
12 14 (8.14%) Computer Science
12 14 (8.14%) Data Analysis
12 14 (8.14%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.86%) SQL
2 23 (13.37%) JavaScript
3 18 (10.47%) C#
4 17 (9.88%) Python
5 15 (8.72%) VBA
6 7 (4.07%) R
7 6 (3.49%) Java
8 4 (2.33%) PHP
8 4 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.74%) Clojure
10 1 (0.58%) Bash
10 1 (0.58%) C++
10 1 (0.58%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (15.12%) 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
8 5 (2.91%) CISM
8 5 (2.91%) CISSP
9 4 (2.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
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%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.16%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.72%) QA
2 10 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.49%) GDPR
4 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.74%) NIST
5 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (12.21%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) LXC
4 1 (0.58%) Samba
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.16%) Grafana
2 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (36.05%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.14%) Facebook
3 11 (6.40%) VMware
4 5 (2.91%) Talend
5 4 (2.33%) Databricks
5 4 (2.33%) Google
6 3 (1.74%) Oracle
7 2 (1.16%) Twitter
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe
8 1 (0.58%) IFS
8 1 (0.58%) Informatica