Retail Job Trends 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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 20 55
Rank change year-on-year -34 +35 -25
Permanent jobs citing Retail 38 49 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.23% 9.16% 3.14%
As % of the General category 4.58% 11.56% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 19 29 36
10th Percentile £29,300 £32,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,851 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,986 £50,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.03% +35.14% -17.78%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,000 £53,115
90th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £54,633 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.27% +5.26% -20.83%

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 general skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 829 424 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 48.62% 79.25% 55.24%
Number of salaries quoted 417 241 770
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,934 £49,104 £43,379
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +13.20% -2.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,750 £57,450
90th Percentile £81,750 £78,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Retail relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Retail job vacancy trend in Wales

Retail
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Wales over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

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 21 May 2026. 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 -31 28 £55,000 +9.57% 10
West Wales -17 5 £30,000 -14.29% 3
North Wales -17 5 £30,000 -8.68% 6
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.53%) CMS
1 4 (10.53%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.63%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) AWS
1 6 (15.79%) GCP
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Google Sheets
4 2 (5.26%) Datadog
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) LAN
1 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Looker
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Tableau
General
1 14 (36.84%) Manufacturing
2 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Banking
4 3 (7.89%) Law
4 3 (7.89%) Legal
4 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) QA Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Lead
3 4 (10.53%) Coordinator
3 4 (10.53%) Senior
3 4 (10.53%) Technical Coordinator
4 3 (7.89%) Quality Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Senior QA Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Account Executive
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Incident Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Project Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) AngularJS
1 4 (10.53%) Node.js
1 4 (10.53%) React
2 1 (2.63%) CSS
2 1 (2.63%) CSS3
2 1 (2.63%) EDI
2 1 (2.63%) HTML
2 1 (2.63%) HTML5
2 1 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (18.42%) DevOps
3 6 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
4 5 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (13.16%) Internal Audit
5 4 (10.53%) AI
5 4 (10.53%) Code Quality
5 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (10.53%) Content Management
5 4 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (10.53%) Observability
5 4 (10.53%) Software Engineering
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (10.53%) Web Development
6 3 (7.89%) Agile
6 3 (7.89%) B2B
6 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
6 3 (7.89%) Incident Management
7 2 (5.26%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.63%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (2.63%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) HND
3 1 (2.63%) CCNA
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) GRC
2 2 (5.26%) SEPA
3 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Grafana
1 2 (5.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Sitecore
2 3 (7.89%) Google
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) GoldenSource
3 2 (5.26%) PagerDuty
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce