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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 45 43
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 2,367 3,929 7,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.95% 5.10% 6.56%
As % of the General category 6.00% 8.31% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 2,783 3,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £34,723
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,250 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,139 £87,500 £97,328
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year +17.65% -22.56% +9.76%

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 39,465 47,272 75,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.85% 61.37% 68.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16,816 33,985 42,478
10th Percentile £33,162 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +5.00%

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 19 February 2025.

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 19 February 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
England -20 2,153 £55,500 +16.84% 1,866
UK excluding London -24 1,544 £50,000 +17.65% 1,067
Work from Home -20 740 £57,500 +11.59% 840
London -8 737 £65,000 -7.14% 968
Midlands -14 389 £45,000 +11.80% 198
South East -18 364 £57,500 +21.05% 322
North of England -53 294 £52,500 +16.67% 302
West Midlands -9 249 £42,500 +3.66% 99
East of England -9 191 £46,500 -2.11% 113
North West -63 179 £52,500 +16.67% 181
South West -36 145 £57,500 +27.78% 91
East Midlands -19 138 £47,500 +23.38% 94
Scotland -26 121 £42,500 +70.00% 34
Yorkshire -44 77 £42,500 -8.11% 101
North East -11 37 £45,000 +38.46% 23
Wales -22 30 £64,250 +88.97% 27
Northern Ireland +2 11 - - 3

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 35 (1.48%) Apache Spark
2 31 (1.31%) Confluence
2 31 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.80%) CMS
5 16 (0.68%) SAS
6 15 (0.63%) Apache
7 14 (0.59%) WinCC
8 13 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.38%) nginx
10 4 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.13%) Strapi
12 2 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.084%) CoreMedia CMS
12 2 (0.084%) Smallworld
12 2 (0.084%) Umbraco
Applications
1 164 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.59%) EPLAN
5 12 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.42%) Acrobat
6 10 (0.42%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.42%) Trello
7 9 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.13%) InDesign
12 3 (0.13%) Revit
13 2 (0.084%) UserZoom
14 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (1.31%) Shopify
2 19 (0.80%) Oracle Retail
3 14 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 11 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
6 10 (0.42%) Magento
7 9 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.30%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
9 6 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.25%) SAP PM
9 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
10 4 (0.17%) SAP CRM
10 4 (0.17%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.13%) Infor M3
11 3 (0.13%) SAP MDM
11 3 (0.13%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.084%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.084%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.084%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 282 (11.91%) Azure
2 130 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (4.82%) AWS
4 95 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 93 (3.93%) SaaS
6 87 (3.68%) GCP
7 69 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (1.61%) Google Analytics
9 35 (1.48%) Google Workspace
10 34 (1.44%) Google Ads
11 32 (1.35%) GitHub
12 31 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
12 31 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.18%) Google Tag Manager
15 27 (1.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 27 (1.14%) Serverless
16 26 (1.10%) SonarCloud
17 23 (0.97%) PaaS
17 23 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 459 (19.39%) Broadband
2 110 (4.65%) Firewall
3 64 (2.70%) DNS
4 62 (2.62%) WAN
5 59 (2.49%) LAN
6 55 (2.32%) Ethernet
6 55 (2.32%) TCP/IP
7 54 (2.28%) DHCP
8 50 (2.11%) VLAN
9 49 (2.07%) Network Security
10 47 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (1.82%) VoIP
12 31 (1.31%) BGP
12 31 (1.31%) OSPF
12 31 (1.31%) VPN
13 29 (1.23%) HTTP
14 27 (1.14%) WLAN
15 18 (0.76%) Internet
15 18 (0.76%) Wireless
16 14 (0.59%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 82 (3.46%) Power BI
3 52 (2.20%) MySQL
4 40 (1.69%) Tableau
5 26 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (0.84%) Big Data
7 19 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.55%) QlikView
10 11 (0.46%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.46%) GIS
11 10 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (0.42%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.42%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.34%) Metadata
13 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.25%) Data Mining
13 6 (0.25%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 109 (4.60%) Git
2 73 (3.08%) JIRA
3 47 (1.99%) Visual Studio
4 32 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 28 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 26 (1.10%) MSBuild
7 14 (0.59%) Selenium
8 13 (0.55%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.46%) Maven
10 10 (0.42%) GitLab
11 9 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.34%) PHPUnit
12 8 (0.34%) Postman
12 8 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.30%) Subversion
14 6 (0.25%) Gradle
14 6 (0.25%) webpack
15 5 (0.21%) gulp
16 4 (0.17%) Grunt
16 4 (0.17%) Terragrunt
General
1 856 (36.16%) Finance
2 696 (29.40%) Social Skills
3 302 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (7.69%) Marketing
6 177 (7.48%) Manufacturing
7 107 (4.52%) Telecoms
8 103 (4.35%) Games
9 102 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
10 97 (4.10%) Legal
11 81 (3.42%) Automotive
12 72 (3.04%) Banking
13 68 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (2.66%) Public Sector
15 60 (2.53%) Advertising
16 40 (1.69%) Law
17 34 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
18 30 (1.27%) Billing
19 27 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
20 17 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 356 (15.04%) Senior
2 274 (11.58%) Analyst
3 193 (8.15%) Sales Representative
4 164 (6.93%) Project Manager
5 151 (6.38%) Developer
6 120 (5.07%) Architect
7 90 (3.80%) Software Engineer
8 85 (3.59%) Senior Manager
9 80 (3.38%) Lead
10 69 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
11 63 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
12 62 (2.62%) Consultant
13 59 (2.49%) IT Support
13 59 (2.49%) Senior Project Manager
14 57 (2.41%) Systems Engineer
15 55 (2.32%) IT Engineer
16 48 (2.03%) IT Manager
17 46 (1.94%) Junior
17 46 (1.94%) Senior Developer
18 43 (1.82%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.03%) HTML
2 117 (4.94%) CSS
3 114 (4.82%) .NET
4 70 (2.96%) React
5 64 (2.70%) ASP.NET
6 50 (2.11%) XML
7 48 (2.03%) AngularJS
7 48 (2.03%) Bootstrap
8 47 (1.99%) JSON
9 43 (1.82%) Web Services
10 42 (1.77%) REST
11 37 (1.56%) .NET Core
12 36 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 35 (1.48%) Kafka
14 27 (1.14%) LAMP
15 26 (1.10%) gRPC
16 22 (0.93%) Blazor
17 21 (0.89%) .NET Framework
17 21 (0.89%) Laravel
18 20 (0.84%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 462 (19.52%) Driving Licence
2 411 (17.36%) Social Media
3 141 (5.96%) Management Information System
4 79 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (2.24%) FMCG
6 43 (1.82%) EPoS
6 43 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 38 (1.61%) CCTV
8 37 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 35 (1.48%) Robotics
10 34 (1.44%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.35%) Blockchain
12 30 (1.27%) Blog
12 30 (1.27%) Security Posture
13 29 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
14 25 (1.06%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.06%) Smartphone
15 22 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
15 22 (0.93%) Mobile App
16 21 (0.89%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 145 (6.13%) Windows
2 109 (4.60%) Linux
3 72 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 58 (2.45%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (1.14%) Mac OS X
7 27 (1.14%) Unix
8 25 (1.06%) Ubuntu
9 17 (0.72%) Android
10 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.21%) CentOS
14 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
15 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.13%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.084%) SUSE
17 1 (0.042%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (24.17%) Customer Service
2 401 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (13.60%) Agile
4 284 (12.00%) Project Management
5 267 (11.28%) Analytics
6 197 (8.32%) E-Commerce
7 170 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 163 (6.89%) Software Engineering
9 157 (6.63%) Mentoring
10 155 (6.55%) Computer Science
11 147 (6.21%) DevOps
11 147 (6.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 145 (6.13%) Roadmaps
13 139 (5.87%) Project Delivery
14 134 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
15 122 (5.15%) Coaching
15 122 (5.15%) Service Delivery
16 114 (4.82%) Customer Experience
17 113 (4.77%) Information Security
18 108 (4.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 295 (12.46%) SQL
2 159 (6.72%) JavaScript
3 153 (6.46%) Python
4 113 (4.77%) C#
5 70 (2.96%) Java
6 66 (2.79%) PowerShell
7 43 (1.82%) PHP
8 37 (1.56%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.18%) Scala
10 23 (0.97%) R
11 19 (0.80%) C
12 17 (0.72%) C++
12 17 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.34%) Bash
14 7 (0.30%) Go
15 5 (0.21%) Clojure
15 5 (0.21%) Ruby
16 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.13%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 381 (16.10%) Degree
2 102 (4.31%) DBS Check
3 93 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 60 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 54 (2.28%) HNC
6 45 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.69%) CISSP
8 37 (1.56%) HND
9 33 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.14%) CCNP
10 27 (1.14%) MCSE
11 22 (0.93%) CISM
11 22 (0.93%) DV Cleared
12 20 (0.84%) SC Cleared
13 19 (0.80%) CISA
14 18 (0.76%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.72%) CCNA
16 15 (0.63%) PMP
17 13 (0.55%) Azure Certification
18 11 (0.46%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.52%) QA
2 105 (4.44%) GDPR
3 70 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (1.61%) Data Quality
5 36 (1.52%) SLA
6 35 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 34 (1.44%) NIST
8 25 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (1.06%) ITGC
9 17 (0.72%) GMP
10 15 (0.63%) PMO
11 11 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 10 (0.42%) NEBOSH
13 9 (0.38%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
13 9 (0.38%) PERC
14 6 (0.25%) IFRS
15 5 (0.21%) GAAP
15 5 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 126 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.28%) Docker
3 40 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.17%) vSphere
9 3 (0.13%) Varnish
9 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.084%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.042%) Firmware
11 1 (0.042%) LXC
11 1 (0.042%) Samba
11 1 (0.042%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.042%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.23%) Terraform
3 18 (0.76%) Ansible
4 16 (0.68%) SCCM
5 14 (0.59%) Puppet
5 14 (0.59%) Wonderware InTouch
6 12 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.25%) Oozie
9 5 (0.21%) Grafana
9 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.21%) SCOM
9 5 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.21%) WMI
10 4 (0.17%) Avamar
10 4 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.17%) QRadar
10 4 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 411 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 194 (8.20%) Google
3 77 (3.25%) Oracle
4 73 (3.08%) SAP
5 69 (2.92%) Cisco
6 65 (2.75%) Databricks
7 58 (2.45%) Apple
7 58 (2.45%) BT
8 51 (2.15%) VMware
9 47 (1.99%) Fortinet
10 46 (1.94%) Salesforce
11 40 (1.69%) Adobe
12 33 (1.39%) Dell
13 25 (1.06%) Ubiquiti
14 23 (0.97%) ServiceNow
15 21 (0.89%) TikTok
16 20 (0.84%) IBM
17 18 (0.76%) Dynatrace
17 18 (0.76%) Pinterest
18 16 (0.68%) Veeam