Retail Job Trends 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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 28 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +26
Permanent jobs citing Retail 321 300 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.27% 7.78% 5.36%
As % of the General category 9.47% 10.41% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 229 109 56
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,705 £28,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +4.94% -19.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -24.24% -10.00%

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 general skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,390 2,882 2,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 45.06% 74.74% 51.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 1,024 852
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,938 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,304 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -13.71% -0.10%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,558 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £84,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Retail
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

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 9 October 2026. 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
Berkshire +35 141 £49,500 +20.73% 146
Buckinghamshire -6 126 £50,000 +11.11% 62
Oxfordshire -15 54 £55,000 +43.11% 29
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.74%) Apache
2 10 (3.12%) nginx
3 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.87%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.25%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.56%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.25%) Mathematica
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.43%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.87%) Shopify
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.97%) Azure
2 12 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
2 12 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (3.43%) Google Analytics
4 7 (2.18%) SaaS
5 6 (1.87%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.87%) GitHub
5 6 (1.87%) Google Ads
5 6 (1.87%) Google Tag Manager
6 5 (1.56%) AWS
6 5 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
6 5 (1.56%) IaaS
6 5 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.93%) Azure AI
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.36%) DNS
1 14 (4.36%) Firewall
2 7 (2.18%) DHCP
3 5 (1.56%) 5G
3 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.93%) Broadband
4 3 (0.93%) RFID
4 3 (0.93%) WAN
4 3 (0.93%) Wireless
5 2 (0.62%) LAN
5 2 (0.62%) Network Security
5 2 (0.62%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.62%) SSL
5 2 (0.62%) VLAN
5 2 (0.62%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.31%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.25%) MySQL
3 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.93%) Metadata
4 3 (0.93%) Power BI
5 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.31%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Claude Code
1 4 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
1 4 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 66 (20.56%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.13%) Finance
3 39 (12.15%) Manufacturing
4 35 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (6.54%) Marketing
7 18 (5.61%) Automotive
8 16 (4.98%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.80%) Advertising
9 9 (2.80%) Electronics
10 8 (2.49%) Banking
11 7 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.87%) Legal
13 3 (0.93%) Military
13 3 (0.93%) Social Science
13 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.62%) Games
15 1 (0.31%) Law
15 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (10.28%) Account Manager
2 25 (7.79%) Insight Manager
3 22 (6.85%) Senior
4 21 (6.54%) Analyst
5 18 (5.61%) Developer
5 18 (5.61%) Development Manager
6 17 (5.30%) Field Engineer
7 16 (4.98%) Business Manager
8 15 (4.67%) Business Development Manager
8 15 (4.67%) NOC Manager
8 15 (4.67%) Operations Manager
8 15 (4.67%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.36%) Data Analyst
10 13 (4.05%) Consultant
11 11 (3.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 11 (3.43%) Sales Manager
11 11 (3.43%) Senior Consultant
12 10 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (3.12%) Network Manager
12 10 (3.12%) Sales Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.98%) .NET
2 13 (4.05%) React
3 8 (2.49%) Node.js
4 5 (1.56%) Blazor
4 5 (1.56%) Redux
4 5 (1.56%) Web Services
4 5 (1.56%) WinForms
5 4 (1.25%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 4 (1.25%) CSS
5 4 (1.25%) HTML
5 4 (1.25%) jQuery
5 4 (1.25%) LESS
6 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
6 3 (0.93%) Middleware
6 3 (0.93%) Model Context Protocol
7 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.62%) EDI
7 2 (0.62%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.92%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.87%) EPoS
5 5 (1.56%) Digital Signage
5 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.25%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.25%) Synthetic Data
6 4 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (0.93%) AI Agents
7 3 (0.93%) Contactless
7 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.62%) 3D Printing
8 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.62%) Autonomous Agent
8 2 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.62%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.62%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.30%) Windows
2 12 (3.74%) Linux
3 10 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.49%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.31%) Android
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (17.76%) Analytics
2 54 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (14.64%) Customer Service
4 45 (14.02%) AI
5 44 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.10%) Agile
7 26 (8.10%) Mentoring
8 25 (7.79%) Customer Experience
8 25 (7.79%) Predictive Analytics
9 24 (7.48%) Business Development
9 24 (7.48%) Roadmaps
10 22 (6.85%) Logistics
11 19 (5.92%) User Experience
12 17 (5.30%) E-Commerce
12 17 (5.30%) Migration
13 16 (4.98%) CRM
13 16 (4.98%) Decision-Making
14 15 (4.67%) High Availability
15 14 (4.36%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.98%) Python
2 15 (4.67%) TypeScript
3 13 (4.05%) C#
4 11 (3.43%) SQL
5 7 (2.18%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.87%) C++
7 5 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.56%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.25%) C
8 4 (1.25%) Ladder Logic
8 4 (1.25%) R
8 4 (1.25%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.62%) Go
9 2 (0.62%) Rust
10 1 (0.31%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 28 (8.72%) Degree
2 25 (7.79%) SC Cleared
2 25 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.12%) ICAEW
5 10 (3.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (2.80%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.18%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.56%) PhD
9 4 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.25%) HNC
9 4 (1.25%) HND
10 3 (0.93%) CCNA
10 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.93%) City & Guilds
10 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.62%) CCNP
11 2 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.87%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.56%) SLA
4 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.62%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.62%) PMO
6 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.31%) MISRA
6 1 (0.31%) PERC
6 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 10 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (3.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.56%) Squid
Systems Management
1 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.56%) HAProxy
3 1 (0.31%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.98%) Thales
3 11 (3.43%) Google
4 10 (3.12%) Veeam
4 10 (3.12%) VMware
5 9 (2.80%) HP
6 8 (2.49%) Oracle
7 6 (1.87%) YouTube
8 4 (1.25%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.93%) Cisco
9 3 (0.93%) Databricks
9 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.93%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.93%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.93%) Siemens
10 2 (0.62%) Apple
10 2 (0.62%) EMC
10 2 (0.62%) Juniper
10 2 (0.62%) SAP