Retail Job Trends in Swindon

Retailing
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Swindon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 21 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 +30
Permanent jobs citing Retail 10 13 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 5.65% 6.22% 16.92%
As % of the General category 13.51% 10.74% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 25
10th Percentile £50,690 £34,905 -
25th Percentile £69,082 £43,116 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £51,058 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% +0.70% +20.84%
75th Percentile - £68,568 £51,716
90th Percentile £76,649 - £56,686
Wiltshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,279 £50,702
% change year-on-year +14.77% +3.11% +10.82%

All General Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 74 121 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 41.81% 57.89% 52.31%
Number of salaries quoted 54 75 78
10th Percentile £26,325 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,750 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,977 £55,000 £50,351
Median % change year-on-year -20.04% +9.23% +4.70%
75th Percentile £68,694 £72,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,649 £74,500 £72,500
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.04%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Swindon

Retail
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Swindon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Swindon over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Swindon

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) SaaS
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Head of Digital
2 3 (30.00%) Head of Design
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Budget Management
1 8 (80.00%) Business Case
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Scorecard
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) AI
4 3 (30.00%) Community of Practice
4 3 (30.00%) Culture Change
4 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
4 3 (30.00%) Service Design
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (30.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (10.00%) Google
4 1 (10.00%) Teradata