Retail Jobs in England

Retailing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 44 54
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +25
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,309 5,481 7,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.99% 6.21% 5.75%
As % of the General category 8.43% 9.10% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,855 3,644
10th Percentile £26,000 £34,605 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,912 £90,370 £95,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
England

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,101 60,227 87,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.15% 68.21% 64.42%
Number of salaries quoted 35,740 32,781 45,050
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,315 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in England.

Salary trend for Retail in England

Retail
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in England

Retail
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
London +1 1,198 £62,500 -7.41% 701
North of England -16 856 £45,000 -18.18% 517
Midlands +60 766 £41,492 -24.56% 361
South East +15 710 £45,000 -18.18% 426
North West +13 535 £45,000 -18.18% 286
West Midlands +45 381 £45,000 -15.57% 189
East Midlands +52 380 £37,500 -31.82% 172
East of England +49 380 £47,500 -13.64% 160
South West -20 377 £47,500 -13.45% 198
Yorkshire -35 234 £45,000 -23.73% 190
North East -7 87 £43,200 -21.45% 51
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 157 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 41 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (0.77%) CMS
4 32 (0.74%) Confluence
5 26 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 23 (0.53%) SAS
7 18 (0.42%) WordPress
8 15 (0.35%) Apache
9 12 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 8 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 6 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.093%) Office Communications Server
13 4 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.070%) Drupal
14 3 (0.070%) IIS
14 3 (0.070%) Smallworld
Applications
1 565 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 350 (8.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 275 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 36 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 36 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 31 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 29 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
8 24 (0.56%) Trello
9 22 (0.51%) Simulink
10 18 (0.42%) InDesign
11 14 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
11 14 (0.32%) AutoCAD
12 9 (0.21%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.16%) Stateflow
14 6 (0.14%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.14%) Sketch
15 5 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
15 5 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
15 5 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 63 (1.46%) Shopify
2 49 (1.14%) Magento
3 34 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 30 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
6 29 (0.67%) Endur
7 26 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
8 23 (0.53%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.35%) ResourceLink
10 14 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
11 12 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
11 12 (0.28%) Epicor Tropos
12 11 (0.26%) SAP PP
13 10 (0.23%) Misys Midas
14 9 (0.21%) SAP BPC
14 9 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
15 7 (0.16%) SAP ERP
15 7 (0.16%) SAP IBP
15 7 (0.16%) SAP PLM
15 7 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 576 (13.37%) Azure
2 384 (8.91%) AWS
3 357 (8.28%) Power Platform
4 247 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
5 142 (3.30%) SaaS
6 136 (3.16%) GCP
7 87 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (0.93%) Serverless
10 37 (0.86%) GitHub
11 35 (0.81%) WhatsApp
12 32 (0.74%) Entra ID
13 31 (0.72%) Google Analytics
14 30 (0.70%) PowerApps
15 29 (0.67%) Power Automate
16 28 (0.65%) Figma
17 26 (0.60%) Snowflake
18 25 (0.58%) Google Sheets
19 23 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
20 21 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 122 (2.83%) Firewall
2 112 (2.60%) WAN
3 109 (2.53%) LAN
4 101 (2.34%) Internet
5 76 (1.76%) Intranet
6 73 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
7 67 (1.55%) VPN
8 50 (1.16%) Broadband
9 36 (0.84%) Wireless
10 30 (0.70%) Network Security
11 25 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 24 (0.56%) DNS
13 23 (0.53%) SD-WAN
14 20 (0.46%) VoIP
15 18 (0.42%) DHCP
15 18 (0.42%) WLAN
16 15 (0.35%) VLAN
17 11 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
18 10 (0.23%) MPLS
18 10 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 321 (7.45%) Power BI
2 264 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 181 (4.20%) Tableau
4 163 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
5 111 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 81 (1.88%) MySQL
7 58 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 49 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 44 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 36 (0.84%) BigQuery
12 35 (0.81%) Big Data
13 30 (0.70%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
15 26 (0.60%) GIS
16 19 (0.44%) DynamoDB
17 18 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
18 17 (0.39%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.39%) Redis
19 16 (0.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 242 (5.62%) Git
2 92 (2.14%) JIRA
3 36 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 32 (0.74%) GitLab
6 27 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.23%) JBehave
8 10 (0.23%) JMeter
8 10 (0.23%) SpecFlow
8 10 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
10 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.16%) gulp
10 7 (0.16%) JUnit
10 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.16%) Selenium
10 7 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 1,760 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 1,182 (27.43%) Finance
3 1,056 (24.51%) Analytical Skills
4 470 (10.91%) Marketing
5 284 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 274 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 259 (6.01%) German Language
8 251 (5.83%) Legal
9 208 (4.83%) Manufacturing
10 176 (4.08%) Banking
11 173 (4.01%) Public Sector
12 142 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
13 124 (2.88%) Telecoms
14 89 (2.07%) Advertising
15 82 (1.90%) Law
16 71 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
17 67 (1.55%) Billing
18 66 (1.53%) Automotive
19 51 (1.18%) Back Office
20 48 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 772 (17.92%) Analyst
2 623 (14.46%) Senior
3 395 (9.17%) Developer
4 274 (6.36%) Graduate
5 265 (6.15%) Architect
6 240 (5.57%) Lead
7 231 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 214 (4.97%) Consultant
9 199 (4.62%) Data Analyst
10 189 (4.39%) Business Analyst
11 172 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
12 134 (3.11%) IT Manager
13 128 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
14 118 (2.74%) Administrator
15 103 (2.39%) Senior Data Analyst
16 99 (2.30%) Software Engineer
17 96 (2.23%) Senior Developer
18 91 (2.11%) Senior Manager
19 80 (1.86%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 80 (1.86%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (4.97%) .NET
2 191 (4.43%) HTML
3 162 (3.76%) CSS
4 140 (3.25%) React
5 98 (2.27%) .NET Core
6 79 (1.83%) ASP.NET
7 72 (1.67%) Vue
7 72 (1.67%) Web Services
8 68 (1.58%) .NET Framework
8 68 (1.58%) AngularJS
9 66 (1.53%) Node.js
10 59 (1.37%) REST
11 58 (1.35%) XML
12 56 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
13 49 (1.14%) RESTful
14 48 (1.11%) JSON
15 44 (1.02%) Entity Framework
16 39 (0.91%) Laravel
17 32 (0.74%) ASP.NET MVC
18 29 (0.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 445 (10.33%) Self-Motivation
2 328 (7.61%) Driving Licence
3 150 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 128 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 125 (2.90%) FMCG
6 95 (2.20%) PMI
7 93 (2.16%) Social Media
8 91 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 85 (1.97%) EPoS
10 81 (1.88%) Cloud Native
11 79 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 75 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
13 68 (1.58%) Photography
14 67 (1.55%) Mobile App
15 60 (1.39%) Data Centre
16 49 (1.14%) Algorithms
17 47 (1.09%) Data Structures
18 39 (0.91%) Blog
19 37 (0.86%) NHS
20 31 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 289 (6.71%) Windows
2 106 (2.46%) Linux
3 95 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.11%) VMS
6 40 (0.93%) Ubuntu
7 22 (0.51%) Android
8 21 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.30%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.26%) Unix
12 11 (0.26%) Windows 8
13 10 (0.23%) Mac OS
13 10 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.19%) AIX
14 8 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.12%) CentOS
16 3 (0.070%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,042 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
2 778 (18.06%) Agile
3 544 (12.62%) Customer Service
4 488 (11.33%) Analytics
4 488 (11.33%) E-Commerce
5 453 (10.51%) Project Management
6 385 (8.93%) Decision-Making
7 376 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
8 372 (8.63%) Roadmaps
9 300 (6.96%) Logistics
10 288 (6.68%) Data Analysis
11 282 (6.54%) Mentoring
12 274 (6.36%) Coaching
13 250 (5.80%) Mathematics
14 249 (5.78%) Visualisation
15 248 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 241 (5.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 236 (5.48%) Business Strategy
17 236 (5.48%) Change Management
18 221 (5.13%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 695 (16.13%) SQL
2 365 (8.47%) Python
3 263 (6.10%) JavaScript
4 208 (4.83%) C#
5 127 (2.95%) PHP
6 124 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 96 (2.23%) Java
8 58 (1.35%) R
9 45 (1.04%) PowerShell
10 42 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 38 (0.88%) VBA
12 34 (0.79%) Go
13 33 (0.77%) C
14 32 (0.74%) VB.NET
15 30 (0.70%) MATLAB
16 22 (0.51%) Bash
16 22 (0.51%) VB
17 20 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 19 (0.44%) Ruby
19 11 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 959 (22.26%) Degree
2 485 (11.26%) DBS Check
3 128 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 111 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 67 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 53 (1.23%) HNC
8 52 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
8 52 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 50 (1.16%) ACCA
10 49 (1.14%) CIMA
11 47 (1.09%) SC Cleared
12 43 (1.00%) CCNP
13 41 (0.95%) CISSP
14 34 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (0.63%) CCNA
16 25 (0.58%) AWS Certification
16 25 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
17 19 (0.44%) Azure Certification
17 19 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (4.46%) QA
2 97 (2.25%) SLA
3 83 (1.93%) GDPR
4 57 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 51 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (1.18%) PMO
6 46 (1.07%) NIST
7 35 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 29 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.60%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.35%) IFRS
11 14 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.28%) IFRS 9
13 11 (0.26%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.23%) CRD IV
15 8 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.16%) ISO 14001
16 7 (0.16%) ISO 22301
16 7 (0.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 207 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 96 (2.23%) Docker
3 49 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.63%) Firmware
6 13 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.093%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.070%) KVM
10 3 (0.070%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.023%) IAG
11 1 (0.023%) LXC
11 1 (0.023%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.023%) vSphere
11 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 118 (2.74%) Terraform
2 108 (2.51%) Kubernetes
3 55 (1.28%) Ansible
4 34 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.58%) Grafana
6 15 (0.35%) Puppet
7 14 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.26%) SCCM
10 9 (0.21%) CASB
11 7 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.14%) SCOM
13 5 (0.12%) AirWatch
13 5 (0.12%) Kibana
13 5 (0.12%) logstash
14 4 (0.093%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 4 (0.093%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.093%) WSUS
15 3 (0.070%) SELinux
15 3 (0.070%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 918 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 169 (3.92%) Google
3 149 (3.46%) Databricks
4 141 (3.27%) SAP
5 92 (2.14%) Adobe
6 72 (1.67%) Oracle
6 72 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 67 (1.55%) VMware
8 66 (1.53%) Virgin Media
9 61 (1.42%) Cisco
10 46 (1.07%) NEC
11 40 (0.93%) IBM
12 30 (0.70%) Dell
12 30 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 27 (0.63%) Northgate
14 25 (0.58%) Apple
14 25 (0.58%) HP
15 24 (0.56%) Citrix
16 20 (0.46%) NetApp
17 18 (0.42%) Openreach