Retail Job Trends in Yorkshire

Retailing
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 36 45
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 -32
Permanent jobs citing Retail 194 140 236
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.16% 5.69% 4.19%
As % of the General category 6.32% 7.80% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 129 62 163
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% -10.64% -21.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,150 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -20.83%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,072 1,795 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 50.03% 72.94% 58.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 965 2,556
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,313 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £34,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -12.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Retail
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Retail in Yorkshire

Retail
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Yorkshire -11 128 £65,000 +13.04% 49
South Yorkshire -4 27 £46,250 +2.78% 19
North Yorkshire -12 9 £95,000 +137.50% 8
East Yorkshire -29 9 £55,000 +66.67% 1
Humberside - 3 £70,000 - 2
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 11 (5.67%) Jupyter
2 7 (3.61%) Moodle
3 5 (2.58%) CMS
4 2 (1.03%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Chatbot
2 10 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (11.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (5.67%) SAP MDG
3 8 (4.12%) SAP MDG-BP
3 8 (4.12%) SAP Retail
4 6 (3.09%) SAP MM
5 5 (2.58%) SAP CAR
5 5 (2.58%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
5 5 (2.58%) SAP IBP
5 5 (2.58%) SAP SD
6 4 (2.06%) SAP MDG-F
7 3 (1.55%) SAP ERP
7 3 (1.55%) SAP SCM
8 2 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.52%) Magento
9 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.70%) AWS
2 11 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
2 11 (5.67%) SaaS
3 8 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.61%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.03%) Azure
6 2 (1.03%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.52%) Figma
7 1 (0.52%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.12%) Firewall
1 8 (4.12%) VLAN
1 8 (4.12%) VPN
2 3 (1.55%) DHCP
2 3 (1.55%) DNS
2 3 (1.55%) Network Security
2 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.03%) HTTP
3 2 (1.03%) RFID
4 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.55%) MySQL
2 3 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.03%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.03%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 55 (28.35%) Finance
2 49 (25.26%) Social Skills
3 39 (20.10%) Manufacturing
4 33 (17.01%) Marketing
5 15 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.67%) Advertising
8 7 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.58%) Legal
9 5 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.06%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.06%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Automotive
11 3 (1.55%) Back Office
11 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.03%) Military
12 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (13.92%) Senior
2 22 (11.34%) Consultant
3 19 (9.79%) SAP Consultant
4 17 (8.76%) Developer
5 16 (8.25%) Analyst
6 13 (6.70%) Technical Support
7 11 (5.67%) Architect
7 11 (5.67%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 11 (5.67%) Lead
7 11 (5.67%) Programmer
7 11 (5.67%) SAP Architect
7 11 (5.67%) Senior Developer
7 11 (5.67%) Trainee
7 11 (5.67%) Trainee Programmer
8 10 (5.15%) Account Executive
8 10 (5.15%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) IT Support
9 8 (4.12%) SAP MDG Consultant
10 7 (3.61%) Technical Trainer
10 7 (3.61%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.67%) Hugging Face
1 11 (5.67%) Matplotlib
1 11 (5.67%) NumPy
1 11 (5.67%) Pandas
1 11 (5.67%) scikit-learn
1 11 (5.67%) Streamlit
2 6 (3.09%) GraphQL
2 6 (3.09%) REST
3 5 (2.58%) Next.js
3 5 (2.58%) React
3 5 (2.58%) SAP ALE
3 5 (2.58%) Web Dynpro
4 4 (2.06%) .NET
4 4 (2.06%) CSS
5 3 (1.55%) Classic ASP
6 2 (1.03%) EDI
6 2 (1.03%) Middleware
6 2 (1.03%) Spring
7 1 (0.52%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.52%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.19%) e-Learning
2 11 (5.67%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.64%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.12%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.61%) NHS
7 6 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.58%) FMCG
8 5 (2.58%) Replication
9 4 (2.06%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (2.06%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.06%) SCADA
10 3 (1.55%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
11 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.03%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.52%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.22%) Windows
2 12 (6.19%) Linux
2 12 (6.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (14.95%) ERP
3 25 (12.89%) E-Commerce
4 21 (10.82%) Customer Service
4 21 (10.82%) Decision-Making
5 19 (9.79%) Roadmaps
6 18 (9.28%) Mentoring
6 18 (9.28%) Workflow
7 17 (8.76%) AI
7 17 (8.76%) B2B
8 16 (8.25%) Analytics
8 16 (8.25%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (7.73%) Data Privacy
9 15 (7.73%) DevOps
9 15 (7.73%) Logistics
10 14 (7.22%) Agile
10 14 (7.22%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (6.70%) System Integration Testing
11 13 (6.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.76%) Python
2 16 (8.25%) SQL
3 11 (5.67%) Java
4 10 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.61%) ABAP
6 6 (3.09%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.58%) C
7 5 (2.58%) C++
7 5 (2.58%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.06%) C#
9 3 (1.55%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.52%) COBOL
10 1 (0.52%) PHP
10 1 (0.52%) R
10 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (10.82%) Degree
2 12 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (5.67%) AWS Certification
3 11 (5.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 4 (2.06%) ACCA
4 4 (2.06%) CIMA
5 3 (1.55%) CISM
5 3 (1.55%) CISSP
5 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.67%) Data Quality
1 11 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.15%) GDPR
3 8 (4.12%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.55%) NIST
5 3 (1.55%) QA
6 2 (1.03%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.09%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.03%) Docker
3 2 (1.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (18.56%) Microsoft
1 36 (18.56%) SAP
2 6 (3.09%) VMware
3 5 (2.58%) Ariba
3 5 (2.58%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.03%) OpenText
4 2 (1.03%) Qualys
4 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe
5 1 (0.52%) Databricks
5 1 (0.52%) Google