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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 63 77
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 -4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 254 246 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.42% 3.68% 3.81%
As % of the General category 9.62% 6.94% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 75 159 124
10th Percentile £32,895 £25,750 £29,513
25th Percentile £48,125 £32,625 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £55,000 £62,813
90th Percentile - £73,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +5.77%

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 2,640 3,544 3,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.08% 52.96% 64.69%
Number of salaries quoted 760 2,196 1,690
10th Percentile £26,838 £26,375 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,841 £34,000 £36,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,609 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.91% -10.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,429 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £73,750 £81,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.28%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Buckinghamshire +15 135 £50,000 +17.65% 57
Berkshire +28 87 £82,500 +73.68% 115
Oxfordshire +25 32 £60,000 +50.00% 44
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 1 (0.39%) Apache
1 1 (0.39%) IIS
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
1 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (4.72%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.50%) Azure
2 29 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (8.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 22 (8.66%) Azure Service Bus
3 22 (8.66%) SonarCloud
4 16 (6.30%) GCP
5 15 (5.91%) Vertex AI
6 14 (5.51%) AWS
6 14 (5.51%) Google Analytics
7 12 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.72%) Google Ads
7 12 (4.72%) Google Tag Manager
8 8 (3.15%) Salsify
9 6 (2.36%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.36%) SaaS
10 4 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.18%) IaaS
12 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) Firewall
1 3 (1.18%) Internet
2 2 (0.79%) Broadband
2 2 (0.79%) Network Security
2 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.79%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.39%) DMZ
3 1 (0.39%) DWDM
3 1 (0.39%) HTTP
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) MPLS
3 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.39%) VSAN
3 1 (0.39%) WAN
3 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.45%) Data Mining
2 22 (8.66%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.54%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.15%) Metadata
5 7 (2.76%) MySQL
6 5 (1.97%) Power BI
7 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) DB2
8 1 (0.39%) GIS
8 1 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 29 (11.42%) Git
2 28 (11.02%) Visual Studio
3 22 (8.66%) MSBuild
3 22 (8.66%) Octopus Deploy
3 22 (8.66%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.36%) JIRA
5 1 (0.39%) GitLab
General
1 115 (45.28%) Manufacturing
2 62 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (23.23%) Social Skills
4 39 (15.35%) Law
5 36 (14.17%) Dutch Language
5 36 (14.17%) Finnish Language
5 36 (14.17%) Norwegian Language
6 30 (11.81%) Marketing
7 17 (6.69%) Finance
8 12 (4.72%) Legal
9 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.18%) Local Government
11 2 (0.79%) Back Office
11 2 (0.79%) Banking
11 2 (0.79%) Games
11 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (42.52%) Trainer
2 44 (17.32%) Senior
3 36 (14.17%) Lead
4 24 (9.45%) Architect
5 23 (9.06%) Technical Architect
6 12 (4.72%) Analyst
7 11 (4.33%) PPC Executive
8 8 (3.15%) Senior Manager
9 6 (2.36%) Developer
10 4 (1.57%) IT Support
10 4 (1.57%) Software Engineer
11 3 (1.18%) Account Executive
11 3 (1.18%) Business Development Manager
11 3 (1.18%) Business Manager
11 3 (1.18%) C# Software Engineer
11 3 (1.18%) Change Manager
11 3 (1.18%) Development Manager
11 3 (1.18%) Online Development Manager
11 3 (1.18%) Project Manager
11 3 (1.18%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.42%) CSS
1 29 (11.42%) HTML
2 28 (11.02%) .NET
2 28 (11.02%) ASP.NET
3 23 (9.06%) JSON
3 23 (9.06%) REST
3 23 (9.06%) XML
4 22 (8.66%) Bootstrap
4 22 (8.66%) gRPC
5 8 (3.15%) Web Services
6 7 (2.76%) LAMP
6 7 (2.76%) Laravel
7 6 (2.36%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.36%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.79%) Middleware
8 2 (0.79%) React
9 1 (0.39%) EDI
9 1 (0.39%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 1 (0.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 108 (42.52%) Robotics
2 34 (13.39%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.72%) FMCG
3 12 (4.72%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.15%) Taxonomies
5 7 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.36%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.79%) CMDB
9 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.79%) Social Media
9 2 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.94%) Linux
2 2 (0.79%) Windows
3 1 (0.39%) AIX
3 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.39%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (74.02%) Problem-Solving
2 143 (56.30%) Artificial Intelligence
3 138 (54.33%) Machine Learning
4 131 (51.57%) Generative AI
5 123 (48.43%) LLM
6 108 (42.52%) Red Team
7 94 (37.01%) Data Privacy
8 59 (23.23%) DevOps
9 56 (22.05%) Analytics
10 49 (19.29%) Agile
11 41 (16.14%) Roadmaps
12 36 (14.17%) Strategic Thinking
13 35 (13.78%) Design Patterns
13 35 (13.78%) MVC
14 31 (12.20%) Data Science
15 28 (11.02%) Natural Language Processing
15 28 (11.02%) Visualisation
16 27 (10.63%) Customer-Centricity
16 27 (10.63%) Product Management
16 27 (10.63%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.17%) JavaScript
2 34 (13.39%) SQL
3 30 (11.81%) C#
4 7 (2.76%) PHP
5 4 (1.57%) Python
6 3 (1.18%) Java
7 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.79%) R
7 2 (0.79%) VBA
8 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.39%) Rust
8 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 116 (45.67%) Degree
2 6 (2.36%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.18%) CCNP
3 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.79%) CISSP
5 1 (0.39%) CCNA
5 1 (0.39%) CCSE
5 1 (0.39%) CCSM
5 1 (0.39%) CIPD
5 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.39%) GCIA
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.84%) GDPR
2 9 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.76%) SLA
4 6 (2.36%) QA
5 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.18%) GRC
5 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (9.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 137 (53.94%) Google
2 120 (47.24%) Databricks
3 109 (42.91%) Adobe
4 55 (21.65%) Microsoft
5 15 (5.91%) OpenAI
6 13 (5.12%) Pinterest
6 13 (5.12%) TikTok
7 4 (1.57%) Infor
7 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.18%) Oracle
8 3 (1.18%) SAP
9 2 (0.79%) BT
9 2 (0.79%) Cisco
9 2 (0.79%) Facebook
9 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.79%) IBM
9 2 (0.79%) Instagram
10 1 (0.39%) Medallia
10 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.39%) VMware