Retail Job Trends 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 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -27 +7 +50
Permanent jobs citing Retail 235 294 568
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.93% 8.75% 7.03%
As % of the General category 6.76% 14.36% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 181 97 241
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,335 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +3.45% -19.44%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £73,950
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -17.39%

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 general skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,477 2,048 4,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 43.39% 60.95% 56.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,318 1,205 2,818
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,656 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

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 12 July 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
Birmingham -3 105 £55,000 -15.38% 54
Coventry -11 34 £75,000 +114.29% 13
Staffordshire -40 24 £42,500 -18.09% 6
Wolverhampton -7 14 £38,500 -59.47% 4
Warwickshire -13 14 £25,000 -22.28% 24
Shropshire - 13 £29,000 - 2
Willenhall 0 6 - -
Solihull +13 5 £42,500 -24.44% 2
Worcestershire -17 5 £66,750 +17.30% 7
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £65,000 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £47,500 -
Walsall +2 1 £59,000 -10.27% 2
Herefordshire -21 1 £31,000 -40.95%
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (3.40%) Jupyter
2 4 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.40%) Chatbot
2 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle Cash Management
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle EBS
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle EBS R12
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (5.11%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.85%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.85%) Shopify
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.47%) SaaS
2 18 (7.66%) Azure
3 14 (5.96%) AWS
4 11 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.85%) GCP
8 2 (0.85%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.43%) Datadog
9 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.13%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (1.28%) DHCP
2 3 (1.28%) DNS
2 3 (1.28%) FTP
3 2 (0.85%) Broadband
4 1 (0.43%) Firewall
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
1 6 (2.55%) MongoDB
1 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.13%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.43%) Looker
3 1 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
3 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (1.70%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) TestRail
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 44 (18.72%) Finance
2 31 (13.19%) Manufacturing
3 26 (11.06%) Social Skills
4 22 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.96%) Banking
6 13 (5.53%) General Ledger
6 13 (5.53%) Legal
7 11 (4.68%) Marketing
8 8 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.55%) Automotive
9 6 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.55%) Local Government
9 6 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.55%) Social Housing
10 5 (2.13%) Agriculture
10 5 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.28%) Billing
11 3 (1.28%) Retail Finance
12 2 (0.85%) Law
13 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (14.89%) Analyst
2 29 (12.34%) Business Manager
3 26 (11.06%) Business Development Manager
3 26 (11.06%) Development Manager
4 20 (8.51%) Developer
5 15 (6.38%) Account Executive
6 14 (5.96%) Account Manager
7 12 (5.11%) Finance Manager
7 12 (5.11%) Finance Systems Manager
7 12 (5.11%) Systems Manager
8 11 (4.68%) EPoS Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) EPoS Field Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) Field Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) Field Service Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Senior
9 10 (4.26%) Support Analyst
9 10 (4.26%) Trainee
10 9 (3.83%) Consultant
11 8 (3.40%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.53%) .NET
2 8 (3.40%) ASP.NET
2 8 (3.40%) Hugging Face
2 8 (3.40%) Matplotlib
2 8 (3.40%) NumPy
2 8 (3.40%) Pandas
2 8 (3.40%) scikit-learn
2 8 (3.40%) Streamlit
3 6 (2.55%) .NET Core
3 6 (2.55%) ASP.NET Core
3 6 (2.55%) ASP.NET Web API
3 6 (2.55%) Blazor
3 6 (2.55%) Node.js
3 6 (2.55%) React
4 4 (1.70%) EDI
5 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.43%) Kafka
6 1 (0.43%) OLE
6 1 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.53%) EPoS
2 12 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.40%) Algorithms
4 7 (2.98%) FMCG
4 7 (2.98%) iSeries
5 5 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.13%) IoT
5 5 (2.13%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.70%) AS400
7 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.28%) CCTV
7 3 (1.28%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.85%) Photography
8 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.43%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.23%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Android
2 5 (2.13%) Linux
3 3 (1.28%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (12.77%) ERP
2 30 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (11.91%) AI
4 27 (11.49%) Business Development
5 22 (9.36%) Customer Experience
5 22 (9.36%) Customer Service
6 19 (8.09%) Logistics
7 18 (7.66%) Agile
7 18 (7.66%) Analytics
7 18 (7.66%) Decision-Making
7 18 (7.66%) Workflow
8 14 (5.96%) Project Management
9 13 (5.53%) Accounts Payable
9 13 (5.53%) Accounts Receivable
9 13 (5.53%) Cash Management
9 13 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (5.53%) ITIL
9 13 (5.53%) Roadmaps
10 12 (5.11%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.06%) SQL
2 14 (5.96%) C#
3 13 (5.53%) Python
4 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.70%) RPG
5 4 (1.70%) RPG IV
5 4 (1.70%) RPG/400
6 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.43%) Delphi
7 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (8.09%) Degree
2 9 (3.83%) AWS Certification
3 8 (3.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 6 (2.55%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.28%) ACCA
5 3 (1.28%) CIMA
5 3 (1.28%) CISM
5 3 (1.28%) CISSP
5 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.28%) MCSA
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.43%) CCA
7 1 (0.43%) CRISC
7 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.83%) QA
2 8 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.40%) NIST
3 5 (2.13%) GRC
3 5 (2.13%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.13%) SLA
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.85%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.43%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.43%) Grafana
2 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.38%) Oracle
3 9 (3.83%) SAP
4 5 (2.13%) Cisco
4 5 (2.13%) Databricks
5 4 (1.70%) IBM
6 3 (1.28%) BT
6 3 (1.28%) Citrix
6 3 (1.28%) Google
6 3 (1.28%) SolarWinds