Retailing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies. 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 36 50 56
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,688 4,473 10,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.19% 5.54% 5.84%
As % of the General category 9.07% 8.38% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,040 2,931 4,410
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,611 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% -2.32% +8.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,238
% change year-on-year -18.18% +9.48% +1.49%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,660 53,362 118,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.16% 66.13% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,702 33,264 55,108
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £72,557 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK

Retail
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK 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
England +17 4,386 £50,000 -16.00% 1,131
UK excluding London +11 3,435 £45,000 -18.18% 1,034
Work from Home -1 1,377 £55,000 -12.00% 410
London +3 1,114 £61,000 -9.63% 241
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 69 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 31 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.58%) Confluence
4 23 (0.49%) CMS
5 18 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.30%) Apache
6 14 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 8 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.15%) SAS
9 6 (0.13%) nginx
10 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (0.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.043%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.043%) Drupal
12 2 (0.043%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 986 (21.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 713 (15.21%) Microsoft Office
3 446 (9.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 27 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 22 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 20 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 20 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 16 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 16 (0.34%) Trello
9 11 (0.23%) InDesign
10 10 (0.21%) Simulink
11 7 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
11 7 (0.15%) Adobe XD
12 6 (0.13%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.13%) Stateflow
13 5 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 4 (0.085%) CINEMA 4D
15 3 (0.064%) Chatbot
15 3 (0.064%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 46 (0.98%) Magento
2 40 (0.85%) Shopify
3 32 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 29 (0.62%) iTrent
5 27 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 25 (0.53%) Endur
7 19 (0.41%) NetSuite
8 16 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
9 15 (0.32%) ResourceLink
10 11 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
11 10 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
12 9 (0.19%) Sage 200
13 8 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
13 8 (0.17%) SAP Retail
14 7 (0.15%) SAP MDG
15 6 (0.13%) SAP ERP
15 6 (0.13%) SAP PP
15 6 (0.13%) SAP WM
16 5 (0.11%) SAP FI
16 5 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 391 (8.34%) Azure
2 359 (7.66%) AWS
3 200 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
4 175 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 131 (2.79%) GCP
6 125 (2.67%) SaaS
7 91 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
9 48 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 44 (0.94%) Google Sheets
11 37 (0.79%) GitHub
12 34 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 33 (0.70%) Google Analytics
14 31 (0.66%) Serverless
15 30 (0.64%) Entra ID
16 28 (0.60%) Power Automate
17 27 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
17 27 (0.58%) Snowflake
18 22 (0.47%) WhatsApp
19 21 (0.45%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 108 (2.30%) Firewall
2 90 (1.92%) Internet
3 76 (1.62%) LAN
4 75 (1.60%) WAN
5 58 (1.24%) VPN
6 46 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (0.96%) Broadband
8 36 (0.77%) Network Security
9 34 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 30 (0.64%) DNS
11 26 (0.55%) Wireless
12 22 (0.47%) BGP
12 22 (0.47%) VLAN
13 21 (0.45%) WLAN
14 20 (0.43%) DHCP
15 19 (0.41%) VoIP
16 18 (0.38%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.34%) OSPF
18 14 (0.30%) HTTP
19 10 (0.21%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (4.12%) Tableau
2 159 (3.39%) Power BI
3 144 (3.07%) SQL Server
4 105 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (1.19%) MySQL
6 44 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 37 (0.79%) BigQuery
8 33 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 28 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (0.45%) GIS
12 17 (0.36%) Big Data
12 17 (0.36%) MongoDB
13 16 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (0.30%) DynamoDB
15 14 (0.30%) Power Query
16 13 (0.28%) Looker
17 11 (0.23%) NoSQL
17 11 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 214 (4.56%) Git
2 77 (1.64%) JIRA
3 26 (0.55%) TeamCity
4 22 (0.47%) GitLab
5 21 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 18 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.23%) JMeter
8 9 (0.19%) JUnit
9 8 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.13%) IntelliJ
11 6 (0.13%) PHPUnit
11 6 (0.13%) webpack
11 6 (0.13%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 1,855 (39.57%) Social Skills
2 1,360 (29.01%) Finance
3 1,290 (27.52%) Analytical Skills
4 734 (15.66%) Marketing
5 518 (11.05%) Presentation Skills
6 445 (9.49%) Legal
7 297 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 248 (5.29%) German Language
9 235 (5.01%) Manufacturing
10 181 (3.86%) Banking
11 131 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
12 98 (2.09%) Law
13 97 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 90 (1.92%) Advertising
15 85 (1.81%) Billing
16 72 (1.54%) Local Government
16 72 (1.54%) Public Sector
17 71 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
18 63 (1.34%) Automotive
19 58 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 811 (17.30%) Analyst
2 603 (12.86%) Senior
3 510 (10.88%) Development Manager
4 341 (7.27%) Developer
5 324 (6.91%) Lead
6 270 (5.76%) Business Analyst
7 262 (5.59%) Graduate
8 250 (5.33%) Architect
9 234 (4.99%) Business Manager
10 227 (4.84%) Data Analyst
11 206 (4.39%) Business Development Manager
12 187 (3.99%) Project Manager
13 170 (3.63%) Consultant
14 160 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
15 140 (2.99%) IT Manager
16 133 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
17 116 (2.47%) Senior Manager
18 115 (2.45%) Senior Data Analyst
19 97 (2.07%) IT Analyst
20 91 (1.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (3.97%) .NET
2 139 (2.97%) HTML
3 123 (2.62%) CSS
4 109 (2.33%) React
5 73 (1.56%) .NET Core
6 61 (1.30%) Node.js
7 57 (1.22%) REST
8 54 (1.15%) ASP.NET
9 53 (1.13%) Web Services
9 53 (1.13%) XML
10 51 (1.09%) .NET Framework
11 39 (0.83%) JSON
12 38 (0.81%) RESTful
13 37 (0.79%) Vue
14 31 (0.66%) ASP.NET Web API
15 26 (0.55%) Kafka
16 24 (0.51%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.47%) Entity Framework
17 22 (0.47%) Laravel
18 18 (0.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 394 (8.40%) Driving Licence
2 372 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
3 279 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 117 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 93 (1.98%) EPoS
6 87 (1.86%) Product Ownership
7 86 (1.83%) Social Media
8 85 (1.81%) FMCG
9 70 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 67 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 66 (1.41%) Data Centre
12 61 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 61 (1.30%) Photography
13 53 (1.13%) Blog
14 51 (1.09%) PMI
15 50 (1.07%) Smart Meter
16 49 (1.05%) iPad
17 44 (0.94%) Data Structures
18 42 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
19 33 (0.70%) STB
Operating Systems
1 231 (4.93%) Windows
2 118 (2.52%) Linux
3 67 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 41 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 36 (0.77%) Android
6 35 (0.75%) Ubuntu
7 34 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 31 (0.66%) VMS
9 16 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.32%) Windows 7
10 15 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 11 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (0.23%) Windows 8
13 10 (0.21%) Unix
14 8 (0.17%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.13%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.11%) AIX
16 5 (0.11%) CentOS
17 3 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,221 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
2 900 (19.20%) Agile
3 831 (17.73%) Logistics
4 654 (13.95%) Business Development
5 628 (13.40%) Customer Service
6 497 (10.60%) Data Analysis
7 494 (10.54%) Data Management
8 489 (10.43%) Analytics
9 443 (9.45%) Mathematics
10 427 (9.11%) Facilities Management
11 418 (8.92%) Mentoring
12 407 (8.68%) E-Commerce
13 404 (8.62%) Decision-Making
14 393 (8.38%) Coaching
15 377 (8.04%) Customer Requirements
16 376 (8.02%) Commercial Awareness
17 369 (7.87%) CAD
18 357 (7.62%) Financial Modelling
19 354 (7.55%) Project Management
20 316 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 594 (12.67%) SQL
2 362 (7.72%) Python
3 181 (3.86%) JavaScript
4 164 (3.50%) C#
5 95 (2.03%) TypeScript
6 81 (1.73%) Java
7 80 (1.71%) PHP
8 58 (1.24%) VBA
9 38 (0.81%) R
10 37 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 35 (0.75%) Go
12 29 (0.62%) PowerShell
13 21 (0.45%) Bash
14 20 (0.43%) VB
14 20 (0.43%) VB.NET
15 18 (0.38%) C
16 16 (0.34%) MATLAB
17 13 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 12 (0.26%) Bicep
19 8 (0.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,223 (26.09%) Degree
2 504 (10.75%) DBS Check
3 257 (5.48%) HNC
4 100 (2.13%) Security Cleared
5 79 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (1.54%) ACCA
7 68 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 47 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 44 (0.94%) CIMA
10 41 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 41 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 40 (0.85%) NVQ Level 3
12 39 (0.83%) CIPD
13 38 (0.81%) CCNP
13 38 (0.81%) Master's Degree
13 38 (0.81%) SC Cleared
14 29 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 29 (0.62%) CISSP
15 25 (0.53%) CCNA
16 19 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (4.82%) QA
2 109 (2.33%) SLA
3 62 (1.32%) GDPR
4 59 (1.26%) Data Quality
5 44 (0.94%) IFRS
5 44 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 34 (0.73%) PMO
8 32 (0.68%) NIST
9 30 (0.64%) GAAP
10 29 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 25 (0.53%) ISO 9001
12 18 (0.38%) GMP
13 13 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.23%) IFRS 9
15 9 (0.19%) ISO 14000
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.15%) NEBOSH
17 6 (0.13%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 147 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 61 (1.30%) Docker
3 34 (0.73%) Firmware
3 34 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.085%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.043%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.021%) FreeRADIUS
10 1 (0.021%) IAG
10 1 (0.021%) KVM
10 1 (0.021%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.021%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.021%) vSphere
10 1 (0.021%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 106 (2.26%) Terraform
2 96 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 41 (0.87%) Ansible
4 30 (0.64%) Grafana
5 22 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.19%) CASB
6 9 (0.19%) SCCM
7 7 (0.15%) Consul
7 7 (0.15%) Puppet
8 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.13%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
9 5 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.11%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.11%) Kibana
9 5 (0.11%) logstash
9 5 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.11%) SCOM
10 4 (0.085%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,182 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 214 (4.56%) Google
3 154 (3.28%) Databricks
4 153 (3.26%) SAP
5 75 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 69 (1.47%) Adobe
7 66 (1.41%) Oracle
8 60 (1.28%) Cisco
9 58 (1.24%) Virgin Media
10 52 (1.11%) VMware
11 45 (0.96%) IBM
12 39 (0.83%) Apple
13 35 (0.75%) Dell
13 35 (0.75%) NEC
14 33 (0.70%) CA
15 26 (0.55%) HP
16 25 (0.53%) BT
16 25 (0.53%) IFS
17 24 (0.51%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.51%) NetApp