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 have cited Retail over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 44 55
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +29
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,558 6,240 9,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.60% 6.22% 5.63%
As % of the General category 7.69% 9.11% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,622 3,223 4,071
10th Percentile £26,000 £34,605 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,150 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
UK

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,267 68,463 102,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.23% 64.28%
Number of salaries quoted 39,596 36,975 51,269
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +6 4,264 £47,500 -20.83% 2,291
UK excluding London -9 3,224 £45,000 -18.18% 1,717
Work from Home -14 1,722 £48,000 -23.20% 852
London 0 1,189 £62,500 -7.41% 621
North of England -17 846 £45,000 -18.18% 526
Midlands +57 747 £41,000 -25.45% 359
South East +16 705 £45,000 -18.18% 372
North West +13 528 £45,000 -18.18% 305
East of England +43 377 £47,750 -13.18% 179
South West -21 376 £47,500 -13.45% 193
East Midlands +52 371 £37,500 -31.82% 176
West Midlands +43 371 £45,000 -14.45% 183
Yorkshire -35 232 £47,000 -21.67% 178
Scotland -137 87 £47,500 -21.78% 93
North East -7 86 £43,200 -21.45% 53
Wales -17 59 £37,000 -17.78% 35
Northern Ireland +55 35 £28,000 -30.00% 12

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
1 159 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 41 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (0.79%) CMS
4 34 (0.75%) SAS
5 32 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 32 (0.70%) Confluence
6 24 (0.53%) Apache
7 21 (0.46%) WordPress
8 14 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 8 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
13 4 (0.088%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.066%) Drupal
14 3 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.066%) Smallworld
Applications
1 572 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 358 (7.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 283 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 42 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 38 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.53%) Trello
10 22 (0.48%) Simulink
11 18 (0.39%) AutoCAD
11 18 (0.39%) InDesign
12 14 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
13 11 (0.24%) Adobe XD
14 8 (0.18%) MS Visio
15 7 (0.15%) Stateflow
16 6 (0.13%) Sketch
16 6 (0.13%) SPSS
17 5 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
17 5 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 62 (1.36%) Shopify
2 48 (1.05%) Magento
3 40 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 30 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 28 (0.61%) Endur
7 25 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
8 23 (0.50%) NetSuite
9 14 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
9 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
10 13 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
11 12 (0.26%) SAP PP
12 11 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
13 10 (0.22%) ResourceLink
14 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
15 8 (0.18%) SAP Retail
15 8 (0.18%) SAP WM
16 7 (0.15%) SAP MM
16 7 (0.15%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 615 (13.49%) Azure
2 402 (8.82%) AWS
3 371 (8.14%) Power Platform
4 259 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (3.42%) SaaS
6 149 (3.27%) GCP
7 102 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 92 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.03%) GitHub
9 47 (1.03%) Serverless
10 35 (0.77%) Google Analytics
10 35 (0.77%) WhatsApp
11 34 (0.75%) Entra ID
12 33 (0.72%) PowerApps
13 32 (0.70%) Power Automate
14 30 (0.66%) Figma
15 28 (0.61%) Snowflake
16 25 (0.55%) Google Sheets
17 24 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 123 (2.70%) Firewall
2 118 (2.59%) WAN
3 111 (2.44%) LAN
4 101 (2.22%) Internet
5 76 (1.67%) Intranet
6 74 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 65 (1.43%) VPN
8 52 (1.14%) Broadband
9 39 (0.86%) Wireless
10 32 (0.70%) Network Security
11 27 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 27 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 23 (0.50%) DNS
13 22 (0.48%) VoIP
14 18 (0.39%) DHCP
14 18 (0.39%) VLAN
14 18 (0.39%) WLAN
15 11 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
16 10 (0.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (7.31%) Power BI
2 276 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 179 (3.93%) Tableau
4 175 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
5 115 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 82 (1.80%) MySQL
7 57 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 43 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (0.88%) Big Data
11 38 (0.83%) BigQuery
11 38 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 38 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (0.57%) GIS
14 23 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
15 19 (0.42%) DynamoDB
16 18 (0.39%) NoSQL
17 17 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 238 (5.22%) Git
2 97 (2.13%) JIRA
3 42 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 35 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 34 (0.75%) GitLab
6 27 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.26%) JUnit
8 11 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.22%) JBehave
9 10 (0.22%) JMeter
9 10 (0.22%) Selenium
9 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 10 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.22%) webpack
10 8 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.15%) gulp
11 7 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,868 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 1,242 (27.25%) Finance
3 1,101 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 511 (11.21%) Marketing
5 310 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 286 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
7 274 (6.01%) Legal
8 259 (5.68%) German Language
9 258 (5.66%) Manufacturing
10 197 (4.32%) Banking
11 191 (4.19%) Public Sector
12 157 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
13 127 (2.79%) Telecoms
14 100 (2.19%) Law
15 89 (1.95%) Advertising
16 77 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
17 69 (1.51%) Automotive
18 65 (1.43%) Billing
19 63 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
20 53 (1.16%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 800 (17.55%) Analyst
2 634 (13.91%) Senior
3 428 (9.39%) Developer
4 277 (6.08%) Architect
5 275 (6.03%) Graduate
6 261 (5.73%) Lead
7 240 (5.27%) Project Manager
8 222 (4.87%) Consultant
9 190 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 188 (4.12%) Data Analyst
11 174 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
12 149 (3.27%) IT Manager
13 135 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
14 120 (2.63%) Administrator
15 107 (2.35%) Software Engineer
16 98 (2.15%) Senior Developer
17 96 (2.11%) Senior Data Analyst
18 90 (1.97%) Senior Manager
19 82 (1.80%) Business Intelligence Consultant
20 80 (1.76%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (4.91%) .NET
2 198 (4.34%) HTML
3 170 (3.73%) CSS
4 148 (3.25%) React
5 107 (2.35%) .NET Core
6 83 (1.82%) Web Services
7 82 (1.80%) ASP.NET
8 75 (1.65%) Vue
9 68 (1.49%) .NET Framework
9 68 (1.49%) AngularJS
10 65 (1.43%) Node.js
11 64 (1.40%) XML
12 63 (1.38%) REST
13 58 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
14 49 (1.08%) RESTful
15 47 (1.03%) JSON
16 44 (0.97%) Entity Framework
17 39 (0.86%) Laravel
18 31 (0.68%) ASP.NET MVC
19 29 (0.64%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 475 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
2 329 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 162 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 137 (3.01%) FMCG
5 128 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 101 (2.22%) Social Media
7 97 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 97 (2.13%) PMI
8 95 (2.08%) EPoS
9 89 (1.95%) Cloud Native
10 84 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
11 77 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
12 72 (1.58%) Mobile App
13 68 (1.49%) Photography
14 67 (1.47%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.08%) Algorithms
16 48 (1.05%) Data Structures
17 44 (0.97%) Blog
18 39 (0.86%) NHS
19 34 (0.75%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 305 (6.69%) Windows
2 115 (2.52%) Linux
3 99 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 51 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 47 (1.03%) VMS
6 39 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 37 (0.81%) Android
8 35 (0.77%) Apple iOS
9 21 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (0.33%) Unix
13 13 (0.29%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.24%) Mac OS
14 11 (0.24%) Windows 8
15 10 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.18%) AIX
18 5 (0.11%) CentOS
19 3 (0.066%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,106 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
2 827 (18.14%) Agile
3 562 (12.33%) Customer Service
4 522 (11.45%) E-Commerce
5 509 (11.17%) Analytics
6 489 (10.73%) Project Management
7 399 (8.75%) Decision-Making
8 393 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
9 380 (8.34%) Roadmaps
10 291 (6.38%) Mentoring
11 288 (6.32%) Logistics
12 285 (6.25%) Data Analysis
13 283 (6.21%) Coaching
14 264 (5.79%) Mathematics
15 262 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 248 (5.44%) Visualisation
17 247 (5.42%) Stakeholder Management
18 241 (5.29%) Change Management
19 234 (5.13%) ERP
20 229 (5.02%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 726 (15.93%) SQL
2 388 (8.51%) Python
3 279 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 223 (4.89%) C#
5 132 (2.90%) TypeScript
6 131 (2.87%) PHP
7 108 (2.37%) Java
8 68 (1.49%) R
9 49 (1.08%) PowerShell
10 43 (0.94%) T-SQL
11 39 (0.86%) C
11 39 (0.86%) Go
12 38 (0.83%) VBA
13 32 (0.70%) MATLAB
13 32 (0.70%) VB.NET
14 26 (0.57%) Bash
14 26 (0.57%) Ruby
15 22 (0.48%) VB
16 20 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 1,012 (22.20%) Degree
2 482 (10.57%) DBS Check
3 130 (2.85%) Security Cleared
4 113 (2.48%) PMI Certification
5 78 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 55 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
7 55 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 54 (1.18%) HNC
9 50 (1.10%) ACCA
10 49 (1.08%) CIMA
10 49 (1.08%) SC Cleared
11 46 (1.01%) CCNP
12 43 (0.94%) CISSP
13 36 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 29 (0.64%) CCNA
15 27 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 25 (0.55%) AWS Certification
17 22 (0.48%) CREST Certified
17 22 (0.48%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (4.74%) QA
2 100 (2.19%) SLA
3 91 (2.00%) GDPR
4 64 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 55 (1.21%) PMO
6 50 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 45 (0.99%) NIST
8 36 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 36 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 25 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 24 (0.53%) IFRS
11 21 (0.46%) IFRS 9
12 18 (0.39%) CRD IV
13 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.24%) ISO 14000
15 8 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.15%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 212 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 106 (2.33%) Docker
3 49 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 28 (0.61%) Firmware
6 13 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.088%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.066%) KVM
10 3 (0.066%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.022%) IAG
11 1 (0.022%) LXC
11 1 (0.022%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) vSphere
11 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 125 (2.74%) Terraform
2 118 (2.59%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.23%) Ansible
4 38 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.55%) Grafana
6 24 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 17 (0.37%) Puppet
8 14 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.31%) SCCM
9 9 (0.20%) CASB
10 7 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.13%) SCOM
12 5 (0.11%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.11%) Kibana
12 5 (0.11%) logstash
13 4 (0.088%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.088%) WSUS
14 3 (0.066%) Consul
14 3 (0.066%) Packer
Vendors
1 952 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 194 (4.26%) Google
3 156 (3.42%) SAP
4 143 (3.14%) Databricks
5 98 (2.15%) Adobe
6 75 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 71 (1.56%) Oracle
8 69 (1.51%) Cisco
8 69 (1.51%) VMware
9 66 (1.45%) Virgin Media
10 46 (1.01%) NEC
11 44 (0.97%) IBM
12 33 (0.72%) Dell
13 30 (0.66%) MuleSoft
14 29 (0.64%) Apple
14 29 (0.64%) HP
15 27 (0.59%) Northgate
16 25 (0.55%) Citrix
17 24 (0.53%) NetApp
18 19 (0.42%) ServiceNow