Retail Jobs in the UK excluding London

Retailing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 46 60
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -7
Permanent jobs citing Retail 3,435 2,790 3,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.26% 5.79% 4.96%
As % of the General category 9.75% 8.82% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 1,804 2,256
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,171 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,875 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +9.48% +1.49%
75th Percentile £62,275 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,875 £82,548 £81,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,611 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.69% -2.32% +8.89%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,229 31,627 50,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.97% 65.69% 64.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,712 17,348 26,425
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,720
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Midlands +53 1,065 £40,072 -27.14% 198
North of England -4 959 £45,000 -18.18% 299
South East +25 644 £47,500 -13.64% 238
East Midlands +41 555 £37,500 -31.82% 90
North West +9 512 £47,500 -13.64% 170
West Midlands +48 510 £45,000 -18.18% 105
South West -14 324 £53,500 -2.52% 142
Yorkshire -15 305 £45,000 -18.25% 101
East of England +29 256 £45,000 -18.18% 79
North East +14 142 £37,500 -31.82% 38
Scotland -72 121 £48,000 -12.80% 65
Northern Ireland +56 38 £65,000 +73.33% 39
Wales -27 32 £61,900 +37.56% 20
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 55 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 24 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.64%) Confluence
4 15 (0.44%) CMS
5 11 (0.32%) Apache
6 9 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.26%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 8 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.17%) nginx
10 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.15%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.087%) SAS
13 2 (0.058%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.029%) IIS
14 1 (0.029%) LiveLink
Applications
1 788 (22.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 674 (19.62%) Microsoft Office
3 289 (8.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.67%) Photoshop
5 20 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 16 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.35%) Trello
9 10 (0.29%) InDesign
9 10 (0.29%) Simulink
10 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.17%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.15%) SketchUp
12 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.087%) Sketch
13 3 (0.087%) SPSS
14 2 (0.058%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 43 (1.25%) Magento
2 29 (0.84%) iTrent
3 26 (0.76%) Shopify
4 20 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
6 15 (0.44%) ResourceLink
7 12 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 9 (0.26%) Sage 200
10 8 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
11 6 (0.17%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.17%) SAP WM
12 5 (0.15%) SAP ERP
12 5 (0.15%) SAP MDM
12 5 (0.15%) SAP Retail
13 4 (0.12%) SAP APO
13 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
13 4 (0.12%) SAP MM
13 4 (0.12%) SAP PP
13 4 (0.12%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 276 (8.03%) Azure
2 156 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
3 135 (3.93%) AWS
4 102 (2.97%) Power Platform
5 77 (2.24%) SaaS
6 61 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (1.51%) GCP
8 41 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
9 40 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (0.84%) Google Sheets
11 26 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 21 (0.61%) Google Docs
13 19 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 18 (0.52%) Google Analytics
14 18 (0.52%) Power Automate
15 17 (0.49%) GitHub
16 15 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.44%) Google Ads
16 15 (0.44%) Snowflake
17 14 (0.41%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 70 (2.04%) Firewall
2 61 (1.78%) Internet
3 45 (1.31%) Broadband
4 41 (1.19%) LAN
5 38 (1.11%) WAN
6 33 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (0.79%) Network Security
8 26 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.73%) Wireless
10 24 (0.70%) DNS
10 24 (0.70%) VPN
11 21 (0.61%) WLAN
12 17 (0.49%) VoIP
13 16 (0.47%) VLAN
14 13 (0.38%) BGP
14 13 (0.38%) DHCP
14 13 (0.38%) OSPF
14 13 (0.38%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.26%) Wireshark
16 8 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 95 (2.77%) Power BI
3 60 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (1.66%) Tableau
5 50 (1.46%) MySQL
6 26 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 25 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.41%) BigQuery
10 14 (0.41%) Power Query
11 11 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.29%) Big Data
12 10 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.26%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.23%) GIS
14 8 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (2.39%) Git
2 61 (1.78%) JIRA
3 20 (0.58%) Visual Studio
4 19 (0.55%) GitLab
5 13 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.32%) JMeter
7 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.17%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.17%) PHPUnit
8 6 (0.17%) Zephyr
9 5 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.15%) Maven
9 5 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.12%) MSBuild
10 4 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 1,276 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 1,047 (30.48%) Finance
3 890 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
4 549 (15.98%) Marketing
5 385 (11.21%) Legal
6 317 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
7 156 (4.54%) Manufacturing
8 108 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 90 (2.62%) German Language
10 86 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 80 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.10%) Banking
13 68 (1.98%) Billing
14 58 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
15 53 (1.54%) Automotive
16 50 (1.46%) Local Government
17 46 (1.34%) Public Sector
18 41 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
19 34 (0.99%) Games
20 27 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 589 (17.15%) Analyst
2 477 (13.89%) Development Manager
3 277 (8.06%) Senior
4 264 (7.69%) Developer
5 251 (7.31%) Business Analyst
6 235 (6.84%) Lead
7 193 (5.62%) Business Manager
8 174 (5.07%) Business Development Manager
9 138 (4.02%) Project Manager
10 135 (3.93%) Architect
11 129 (3.76%) Consultant
12 108 (3.14%) IT Manager
13 103 (3.00%) Graduate
14 97 (2.82%) Data Analyst
15 90 (2.62%) IT Analyst
16 85 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
17 78 (2.27%) Principal Business Analyst
18 75 (2.18%) Lead Consultant
19 70 (2.04%) Microsoft Consultant
20 59 (1.72%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (4.28%) .NET
2 104 (3.03%) HTML
3 98 (2.85%) CSS
4 62 (1.80%) React
5 58 (1.69%) .NET Core
6 46 (1.34%) ASP.NET
7 42 (1.22%) Node.js
7 42 (1.22%) REST
8 38 (1.11%) JSON
9 37 (1.08%) .NET Framework
10 34 (0.99%) Vue
10 34 (0.99%) Web Services
10 34 (0.99%) XML
11 28 (0.82%) RESTful
12 25 (0.73%) ASP.NET Web API
13 21 (0.61%) AngularJS
14 20 (0.58%) Entity Framework
14 20 (0.58%) Laravel
15 17 (0.49%) LAMP
16 14 (0.41%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 247 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 219 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 197 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
4 87 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 82 (2.39%) EPoS
6 65 (1.89%) FMCG
7 50 (1.46%) Smart Meter
8 49 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 47 (1.37%) Product Ownership
10 46 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 45 (1.31%) PMI
12 37 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 37 (1.08%) iPad
13 35 (1.02%) Social Media
14 33 (0.96%) STB
15 29 (0.84%) Smartphone
16 28 (0.82%) Cloud Native
17 26 (0.76%) Credit Risk
18 24 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
19 23 (0.67%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 180 (5.24%) Windows
2 76 (2.21%) Linux
3 61 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 34 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 18 (0.52%) Android
6 16 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (0.44%) Windows 7
7 15 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.32%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.26%) Unix
12 8 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.17%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.15%) AIX
14 5 (0.15%) CentOS
15 4 (0.12%) VMS
16 3 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
2 789 (22.97%) Logistics
3 711 (20.70%) Agile
4 584 (17.00%) Business Development
5 577 (16.80%) Customer Service
6 436 (12.69%) Data Management
7 408 (11.88%) Facilities Management
8 369 (10.74%) CAD
9 366 (10.66%) Mentoring
10 365 (10.63%) Commercial Awareness
11 363 (10.57%) Customer Requirements
12 355 (10.33%) Coaching
13 354 (10.31%) Data Analysis
14 349 (10.16%) Financial Modelling
15 328 (9.55%) Decision-Making
16 304 (8.85%) Mathematics
17 280 (8.15%) Business Analysis
18 273 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 269 (7.83%) Analytics
19 269 (7.83%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 349 (10.16%) SQL
2 132 (3.84%) Python
3 130 (3.78%) JavaScript
4 121 (3.52%) C#
5 78 (2.27%) PHP
6 68 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 57 (1.66%) VBA
8 28 (0.82%) R
9 25 (0.73%) T-SQL
10 24 (0.70%) PowerShell
11 22 (0.64%) Java
12 20 (0.58%) VB
13 19 (0.55%) VB.NET
14 18 (0.52%) Bash
15 15 (0.44%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.41%) C
17 10 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.26%) Bicep
19 8 (0.23%) Go
20 6 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 749 (21.80%) Degree
2 253 (7.37%) HNC
3 212 (6.17%) DBS Check
4 60 (1.75%) Security Cleared
5 55 (1.60%) ACCA
6 53 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 50 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (1.25%) CIMA
9 37 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (1.02%) CCNP
10 35 (1.02%) CIPD
11 30 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (0.76%) SC Cleared
13 25 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 24 (0.70%) CISSP
15 22 (0.64%) CCNA
16 20 (0.58%) DV Cleared
16 20 (0.58%) Master's Degree
17 18 (0.52%) HND
18 15 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (4.77%) QA
2 99 (2.88%) SLA
3 45 (1.31%) GDPR
4 43 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 31 (0.90%) NIST
6 29 (0.84%) PMO
7 27 (0.79%) IFRS
8 26 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.49%) GAAP
11 16 (0.47%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.35%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.29%) IFRS 9
14 7 (0.20%) ISO 14000
14 7 (0.20%) ISO 14001
14 7 (0.20%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.20%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.17%) Automotive SPICE
15 6 (0.17%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 106 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.99%) Docker
3 32 (0.93%) Firmware
3 32 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.058%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.029%) IAG
10 1 (0.029%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (1.14%) Terraform
2 38 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.35%) Ansible
5 9 (0.26%) CASB
5 9 (0.26%) Grafana
6 7 (0.20%) Puppet
7 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.15%) Kibana
8 5 (0.15%) SCCM
8 5 (0.15%) SCOM
9 4 (0.12%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.087%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.058%) Autotask
11 2 (0.058%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1,010 (29.40%) Microsoft
2 131 (3.81%) Google
3 108 (3.14%) SAP
4 58 (1.69%) Virgin Media
5 51 (1.48%) Cisco
5 51 (1.48%) Oracle
6 48 (1.40%) VMware
7 42 (1.22%) Adobe
7 42 (1.22%) IBM
8 35 (1.02%) NEC
9 33 (0.96%) Dell
10 28 (0.82%) Databricks
10 28 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 25 (0.73%) IFS
12 24 (0.70%) HP
12 24 (0.70%) NetApp
13 21 (0.61%) Planview
14 20 (0.58%) BT
14 20 (0.58%) CA
15 19 (0.55%) Apple