Retail Jobs in Wales

Retailing
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 65 48
Rank change year-on-year +27 -17 -28
Permanent jobs citing Retail 48 57 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.93% 2.59% 5.82%
As % of the General category 5.03% 4.90% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 33 77
10th Percentile £32,750 £25,500 -
25th Percentile £32,851 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -17.78% -14.48%
75th Percentile £58,125 £53,808 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,375 £65,000 £79,150
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £59,999
% change year-on-year - -20.83% +4.35%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 954 1,163 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.20% 52.84% 66.79%
Number of salaries quoted 538 786 514
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,600 £31,250 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,888 £42,860 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% -4.04% -7.91%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £57,823
90th Percentile £70,600 £66,250 £70,175
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Wales

Retail
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Retail in Wales

Retail
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Retail in Wales

Retail
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 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
South Wales +37 31 £50,000 +44.93% 25
North Wales -2 12 £32,851 -49.46% 2
West Wales +15 1 £35,000 +27.27% 1
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (6.25%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.25%) Serverless
3 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (4.17%) Data Mining
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (37.50%) Finance
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Marketing
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Games
4 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Senior
2 7 (14.58%) Developer
3 6 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 5 (10.42%) QA Manager
4 5 (10.42%) Senior QA Manager
5 3 (6.25%) .NET Developer
6 2 (4.17%) Development Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Head of Engineering
6 2 (4.17%) Junior
6 2 (4.17%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.17%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.17%) Software Development Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Software Manager
7 1 (2.08%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (2.08%) Incident Analyst
7 1 (2.08%) Product Owner
7 1 (2.08%) Service Transition Leader
7 1 (2.08%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) .NET
2 3 (6.25%) .NET Core
2 3 (6.25%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.08%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.08%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.08%) Smart City
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Customer Experience
2 16 (33.33%) Coaching
3 14 (29.17%) Customer Service
4 10 (20.83%) Agile
4 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
5 6 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.42%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (10.42%) DevOps
6 5 (10.42%) Internal Audit
7 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.33%) Microservices
8 3 (6.25%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (6.25%) Domain-Driven Design
8 3 (6.25%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.25%) Migration
8 3 (6.25%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.25%) Scrum
8 3 (6.25%) SDLC
8 3 (6.25%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) C#
1 4 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (4.17%) VBA
3 1 (2.08%) C
3 1 (2.08%) C++
3 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) CISA
2 1 (2.08%) CISM
2 1 (2.08%) CISSP
2 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.08%) CRISC
2 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.08%) GCIH
2 1 (2.08%) GIAC
2 1 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) BT
2 4 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (4.17%) Facebook
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.08%) SAP
5 1 (2.08%) VMware