Retail Jobs in the Thames Valley

Retailing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 98 89
Rank change year-on-year +63 -9 -39
Permanent jobs citing Retail 260 106 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.01% 2.84% 3.55%
As % of the General category 11.32% 4.62% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 65 83 145
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year - -25.37% +28.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £74,100 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £52,250
% change year-on-year -3.38% -0.96% +4.50%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,297 2,292 4,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 53.09% 61.45% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 819 1,273 2,012
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £38,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £69,880
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,100 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Oxfordshire +57 132 £40,000 -1.84% 13
Buckinghamshire +11 90 £47,500 -5.00% 85
Berkshire +8 38 £66,250 +32.50% 30
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 138 (53.08%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (51.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.38%) InDesign
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Shopify
2 3 (1.15%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.15%) Azure
2 16 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 13 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 13 (5.00%) Google Ads
3 13 (5.00%) Google Analytics
3 13 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
3 13 (5.00%) SonarCloud
4 8 (3.08%) AWS
5 6 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.54%) GCP
6 4 (1.54%) SaaS
7 3 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.31%) Firewall
1 6 (2.31%) Wireless
2 5 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.77%) DHCP
4 2 (0.77%) DNS
4 2 (0.77%) FTP
4 2 (0.77%) HTTP
4 2 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.38%) Broadband
5 1 (0.38%) Intelligent Network
5 1 (0.38%) Internet
5 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) GIS
4 1 (0.38%) MySQL
4 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (8.08%) Git
2 13 (5.00%) MSBuild
2 13 (5.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 13 (5.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 13 (5.00%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.69%) JIRA
4 5 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.92%) JMeter
4 5 (1.92%) Maven
4 5 (1.92%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.38%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) The Grinder
General
1 149 (57.31%) Analytical Skills
2 146 (56.15%) Marketing
3 134 (51.54%) Finance
4 41 (15.77%) Social Skills
5 13 (5.00%) Automotive
6 7 (2.69%) Billing
6 7 (2.69%) Games
6 7 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.54%) Legal
8 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.77%) Advertising
9 2 (0.77%) Back Office
9 2 (0.77%) German Language
9 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.77%) Police
10 1 (0.38%) Local Government
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (40.77%) Development Manager
2 22 (8.46%) Architect
3 15 (5.77%) Analyst
4 13 (5.00%) PPC Executive
4 13 (5.00%) Technical Architect
5 12 (4.62%) Junior
6 10 (3.85%) Technical Support
7 9 (3.46%) Business Architect
7 9 (3.46%) Business Solution Architect
7 9 (3.46%) IT Engineer
7 9 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.08%) Developer
8 8 (3.08%) Senior
8 8 (3.08%) Support Engineer
9 7 (2.69%) Network Engineer
9 7 (2.69%) Project Manager
9 7 (2.69%) Software Engineer
10 6 (2.31%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.31%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.31%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.62%) .NET
2 19 (7.31%) ASP.NET
3 15 (5.77%) HTML
3 15 (5.77%) REST
4 14 (5.38%) CSS
5 13 (5.00%) gRPC
5 13 (5.00%) JSON
5 13 (5.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 13 (5.00%) XML
6 7 (2.69%) React
7 5 (1.92%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.92%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (1.92%) Blazor
7 5 (1.92%) OpenAPI
7 5 (1.92%) Swagger
8 2 (0.77%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.38%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.85%) Onboarding
1 10 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
3 5 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.54%) Lidar
4 4 (1.54%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.54%) Tandem
5 3 (1.15%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.15%) FMCG
5 3 (1.15%) IoT
6 2 (0.77%) Blog
6 2 (0.77%) CMDB
6 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.38%) EPoS
7 1 (0.38%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.23%) Windows
2 8 (3.08%) Linux
3 5 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (56.92%) Agile
2 140 (53.85%) Commercial Awareness
3 135 (51.92%) Logistics
4 131 (50.38%) CAD
5 130 (50.00%) Data Management
6 127 (48.85%) Business Development
6 127 (48.85%) Customer Requirements
6 127 (48.85%) Facilities Management
6 127 (48.85%) Financial Modelling
7 47 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (9.23%) Microservices
9 23 (8.85%) Time Management
10 22 (8.46%) Customer Service
11 20 (7.69%) Analytics
12 16 (6.15%) Design Patterns
12 16 (6.15%) DevOps
13 15 (5.77%) MVC
13 15 (5.77%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
14 13 (5.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.62%) SQL
2 24 (9.23%) C#
2 24 (9.23%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.08%) Java
4 6 (2.31%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.92%) Bash
5 5 (1.92%) Groovy
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
6 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (4.23%) Degree
2 7 (2.69%) DBS Check
3 5 (1.92%) HNC
4 4 (1.54%) CCNA
4 4 (1.54%) CCNP
4 4 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (1.15%) CISSP
5 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.15%) GCIA
5 3 (1.15%) SANS
6 2 (0.77%) PMP
7 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.38%) ACCA
7 1 (0.38%) CIMA
7 1 (0.38%) CISA
7 1 (0.38%) CRISC
7 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.54%) GDPR
2 7 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.69%) QA
3 3 (1.15%) SLA
4 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.38%) COBIT
5 1 (0.38%) COSO
5 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.38%) ITGC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (5.38%) Docker
2 7 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.15%) Autotask
3 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 161 (61.92%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.77%) Google
3 6 (2.31%) Pinterest
3 6 (2.31%) TikTok
4 3 (1.15%) Cisco
4 3 (1.15%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.15%) Kronos
4 3 (1.15%) Meraki
4 3 (1.15%) SAP
5 2 (0.77%) Apple
5 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe
6 1 (0.38%) Aruba
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.38%) Veeam
6 1 (0.38%) VMware