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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 64 44
Rank change year-on-year +21 -20 -24
Permanent jobs citing Retail 41 59 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.92% 2.89% 5.52%
As % of the General category 4.98% 5.28% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 22 37 68
10th Percentile £32,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,388 £27,500 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -17.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £64,500 £52,884 £59,063
90th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £93,625
UK median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -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 823 1,117 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.76% 54.65% 65.92%
Number of salaries quoted 483 763 514
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,600 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -1.14% -7.37%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,920 £67,250 £71,300
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 11 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 11 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 +36 27 £50,447 +44.13% 21
North Wales -1 9 £29,890 -54.02% 4
West Wales +11 1 £35,000 +27.27%
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 2 (4.88%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (7.32%) Serverless
3 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
1 2 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (4.88%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) 802.11
2 1 (2.44%) Internet
2 1 (2.44%) VLAN
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (4.88%) Data Mining
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Appium
1 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.88%) JMeter
1 2 (4.88%) Maven
1 2 (4.88%) Postman
1 2 (4.88%) Selenium
General
1 19 (46.34%) Finance
2 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.32%) Games
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.88%) Legal
7 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Senior
2 6 (14.63%) Developer
3 3 (7.32%) .NET Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Analyst
3 3 (7.32%) QA Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Senior QA Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Associate Director
4 2 (4.88%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (4.88%) Insight Director
4 2 (4.88%) Junior
4 2 (4.88%) Junior Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Lead
4 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Test Analyst
5 1 (2.44%) Development Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Service Transition Leader
5 1 (2.44%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) .NET Core
2 3 (7.32%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.88%) Gherkin
3 2 (4.88%) Web Services
4 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.44%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Data Structures
2 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) IoT
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) SCADA
4 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Customer Experience
2 11 (26.83%) Coaching
3 9 (21.95%) Customer Service
4 8 (19.51%) Agile
4 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
6 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.76%) DevOps
6 4 (9.76%) Microservices
6 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.76%) SDLC
7 3 (7.32%) Domain-Driven Design
7 3 (7.32%) Event-Driven
7 3 (7.32%) ITIL
7 3 (7.32%) Mentoring
7 3 (7.32%) Migration
7 3 (7.32%) Project Management
7 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.32%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 3 (7.32%) C#
3 2 (4.88%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) CISSP
2 2 (4.88%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.44%) CCIE
3 1 (2.44%) CCNA
3 1 (2.44%) CCNP
3 1 (2.44%) CISA
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.44%) CISM
3 1 (2.44%) CRISC
3 1 (2.44%) GCIH
3 1 (2.44%) GIAC
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) BT
2 2 (4.88%) Facebook
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco
3 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) VMware