Retail Jobs in the West Midlands

Retailing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 69 73
Rank change year-on-year +48 +4 -26
Permanent jobs citing Retail 510 202 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.29% 3.98% 4.01%
As % of the General category 13.10% 5.37% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 197 118 274
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £44,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -0.79% +4.35%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,893 3,759 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.65% 74.05% 67.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 2,205 3,443
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,945
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £63,546
90th Percentile £76,107 £78,350 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the West Midlands

Retail
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Warwickshire +59 169 £26,500 -47.00% 8
Staffordshire +23 101 £44,250 -6.84% 18
Birmingham +12 80 £65,000 - 36
Coventry +33 27 £26,500 -51.82% 3
Solihull +24 26 £62,500 +31.58% 7
Worcestershire -6 24 £40,000 -24.71% 5
Walsall +15 16 £31,750 -33.16% 2
Shropshire +9 13 £30,000 -33.33% 10
Herefordshire +5 7 £27,500 -38.89% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 4 - -
Wolverhampton -18 2 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - - 2
Wednesbury - 1 - - 2
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - - 1
Stourbridge - 1 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - - 1
Halesowen - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.76%) Confluence
3 4 (0.78%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.39%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) WordPress
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 150 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (26.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (5.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.37%) Trello
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.59%) Shopify
3 2 (0.39%) Magento
3 2 (0.39%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 53 (10.39%) Azure
2 39 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (4.90%) AWS
4 20 (3.92%) SaaS
5 15 (2.94%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.16%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.18%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.18%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.78%) PaaS
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.59%) GCP
10 3 (0.59%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (2.94%) Wireless
3 14 (2.75%) Firewall
3 14 (2.75%) WAN
4 13 (2.55%) BGP
4 13 (2.55%) OSPF
4 13 (2.55%) SD-WAN
4 13 (2.55%) VLAN
4 13 (2.55%) WLAN
5 12 (2.35%) LAN
6 11 (2.16%) VoIP
6 11 (2.16%) VPN
7 8 (1.57%) DNS
8 7 (1.37%) EIGRP
8 7 (1.37%) HSRP
8 7 (1.37%) MPLS
8 7 (1.37%) Spanning Tree
8 7 (1.37%) VRRP
8 7 (1.37%) Wireshark
9 6 (1.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.94%) Power BI
3 14 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (1.18%) Power Query
5 6 (1.18%) Tableau
6 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.39%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.39%) MySQL
8 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.55%) JIRA
2 6 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.59%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.59%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.59%) sqlmap
4 2 (0.39%) GitLab
4 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.20%) fastlane
5 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 245 (48.04%) Social Skills
2 218 (42.75%) Finance
3 144 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (18.82%) Marketing
5 94 (18.43%) Presentation Skills
6 74 (14.51%) Legal
7 21 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.33%) Automotive
10 9 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.37%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.18%) Banking
13 6 (1.18%) Local Government
14 5 (0.98%) Wholesale Banking
15 4 (0.78%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.59%) Billing
17 2 (0.39%) German Language
Job Titles
1 101 (19.80%) Development Manager
2 73 (14.31%) Analyst
3 34 (6.67%) Business Manager
4 32 (6.27%) IT Manager
5 31 (6.08%) Senior
6 29 (5.69%) Developer
7 26 (5.10%) Lead
8 25 (4.90%) Business Development Manager
9 21 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 15 (2.94%) Architect
11 14 (2.75%) Help Desk Analyst
12 12 (2.35%) IT Programme Manager
12 12 (2.35%) Operations Analyst
12 12 (2.35%) Programme Manager
13 11 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (1.96%) Applications Manager
14 10 (1.96%) Team Leader
15 9 (1.76%) .NET Developer
15 9 (1.76%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.49%) .NET
2 17 (3.33%) HTML
3 16 (3.14%) CSS
4 13 (2.55%) .NET Framework
5 10 (1.96%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.18%) Vue
7 5 (0.98%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.78%) Laravel
8 4 (0.78%) React
8 4 (0.78%) REST
9 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (0.59%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.59%) JSON
9 3 (0.59%) Web Services
9 3 (0.59%) XML
10 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (0.39%) jQuery
10 2 (0.39%) PySpark
10 2 (0.39%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.06%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 14 (2.75%) FMCG
4 13 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.96%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.57%) EPoS
6 8 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.37%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.18%) Smartphone
9 5 (0.98%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.78%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.59%) Photography
11 3 (0.59%) Social Media
12 2 (0.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (9.41%) Windows
2 22 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 19 (3.73%) Windows 10
4 15 (2.94%) Linux
5 11 (2.16%) Windows 7
5 11 (2.16%) Windows 8
5 11 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.18%) Mac OS X
6 6 (1.18%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.59%) Android
7 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (31.18%) Logistics
3 140 (27.45%) Customer Service
4 139 (27.25%) Agile
5 118 (23.14%) Mentoring
6 114 (22.35%) Business Development
7 100 (19.61%) Data Analysis
8 98 (19.22%) Mathematics
9 95 (18.63%) Facilities Management
10 93 (18.24%) Commercial Awareness
11 90 (17.65%) Data Management
12 88 (17.25%) Customer Requirements
13 86 (16.86%) CAD
13 86 (16.86%) Financial Modelling
13 86 (16.86%) Mechatronics
14 51 (10.00%) ITIL
15 49 (9.61%) Project Management
16 46 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 38 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
18 37 (7.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.41%) SQL
2 22 (4.31%) JavaScript
3 20 (3.92%) Python
4 18 (3.53%) C#
5 7 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.18%) PHP
6 6 (1.18%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.59%) Bicep
8 2 (0.39%) Java
8 2 (0.39%) R
9 1 (0.20%) Swift
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (28.63%) Degree
2 92 (18.04%) HNC
3 20 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.94%) CCNP
4 15 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.16%) CCIE
7 10 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.96%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.57%) CCNA
8 8 (1.57%) MCSE
9 7 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.37%) CCDP
9 7 (1.37%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 6 (1.18%) HND
11 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.78%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.78%) CCSA
12 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.08%) QA
2 12 (2.35%) SLA
3 9 (1.76%) NIST
4 6 (1.18%) GDPR
4 6 (1.18%) PMO
5 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 25 (4.90%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.35%) Firmware
3 8 (1.57%) Docker
4 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.18%) Terraform
3 4 (0.78%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.39%) SCCM
4 2 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 214 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.12%) Cisco
3 12 (2.35%) Google
3 12 (2.35%) Planview
4 11 (2.16%) Dell
5 10 (1.96%) Apple
6 9 (1.76%) Citrix
7 7 (1.37%) Ekahau
7 7 (1.37%) IBM
7 7 (1.37%) VMware
8 6 (1.18%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.18%) SAP
8 6 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (0.98%) HP
9 5 (0.98%) NetApp
10 4 (0.78%) BT
10 4 (0.78%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.78%) Meraki
10 4 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.59%) NEC