Retail Jobs in the North West

Retailing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 44 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Retail 524 510 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.32% 6.49% 6.96%
As % of the General category 9.94% 9.58% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 354 281 366
10th Percentile £22,859 £30,138 £31,410
25th Percentile £27,563 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,542 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,273 5,326 5,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.56% 67.79% 61.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,903 2,449 3,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the North West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the North West

Retail
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester +6 266 £47,500 -13.64% 152
Cheshire +20 159 £37,500 -28.57% 73
Merseyside +33 45 £40,000 -15.79% 30
Lancashire -20 44 £37,500 -21.05% 27
Cumbria -8 9 £70,000 +27.27% 13
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.95%) WordPress
4 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 88 (16.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (11.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.34%) Trello
5 6 (1.15%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.57%) InDesign
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.38%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.67%) Epicor Tropos
2 9 (1.72%) Magento
2 9 (1.72%) SAP BPC
2 9 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.76%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.76%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.76%) SAP MM
5 4 (0.76%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.76%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.76%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Shopify
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (15.08%) Azure
2 62 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.35%) AWS
4 40 (7.63%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (3.63%) GCP
7 12 (2.29%) GitHub
8 9 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (1.53%) SaaS
9 8 (1.53%) Serverless
10 7 (1.34%) Azure API Management
10 7 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.95%) Anthos
12 5 (0.95%) BrowserStack
12 5 (0.95%) Figma
13 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.34%) Broadband
2 23 (4.39%) Internet
3 15 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.10%) Firewall
5 10 (1.91%) DNS
6 8 (1.53%) VoIP
7 7 (1.34%) DHCP
7 7 (1.34%) Network Security
8 5 (0.95%) LAN
8 5 (0.95%) WAN
9 4 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.38%) Wireless
12 1 (0.19%) Intranet
12 1 (0.19%) LTE
12 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.87%) Power BI
3 29 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.58%) MySQL
5 14 (2.67%) DynamoDB
6 13 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.72%) SAP BW
9 6 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.57%) Big Data
10 3 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.57%) Redis
11 1 (0.19%) ArangoDB
11 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.19%) OLTP
11 1 (0.19%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.73%) Git
2 17 (3.24%) GitLab
3 8 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.53%) JIRA
4 5 (0.95%) JMeter
4 5 (0.95%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.19%) Appium
6 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) QADirector
6 1 (0.19%) Selenium
6 1 (0.19%) Spinnaker
General
1 198 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 156 (29.77%) Finance
3 93 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (12.02%) Marketing
5 39 (7.44%) Billing
6 37 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.49%) Telecoms
8 28 (5.34%) Legal
9 22 (4.20%) Games
9 22 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.86%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.48%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.29%) Banking
14 10 (1.91%) Retail Finance
15 9 (1.72%) Local Government
16 6 (1.15%) Advertising
16 6 (1.15%) Electronics
17 5 (0.95%) Back Office
17 5 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (17.37%) Analyst
2 70 (13.36%) Senior
3 49 (9.35%) Developer
4 32 (6.11%) Lead
5 30 (5.73%) Service Analyst
5 30 (5.73%) Service Desk Analyst
6 27 (5.15%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.39%) Architect
7 23 (4.39%) IT Support
7 23 (4.39%) Quantity Surveyor
8 18 (3.44%) IT Analyst
8 18 (3.44%) SAP Architect
8 18 (3.44%) Support Analyst
9 15 (2.86%) Software Engineer
10 14 (2.67%) Head of IT
10 14 (2.67%) IT Engineer
11 13 (2.48%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (2.29%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.10%) Deployment Manager
13 11 (2.10%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.53%) React
2 28 (5.34%) .NET
3 25 (4.77%) CSS
3 25 (4.77%) HTML
4 24 (4.58%) Node.js
5 18 (3.44%) JSON
6 16 (3.05%) OLE
7 14 (2.67%) RESTful
8 13 (2.48%) XML
9 10 (1.91%) Vue
10 8 (1.53%) .NET Core
10 8 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.34%) Laravel
11 7 (1.34%) SOAP
12 6 (1.15%) Kafka
13 5 (0.95%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.95%) Jest
13 5 (0.95%) Lambda Expressions
13 5 (0.95%) Serverless Framework
13 5 (0.95%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (5.15%) Smartphone
3 26 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 23 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.82%) EPoS
6 14 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.48%) Social Media
8 12 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.10%) FMCG
10 9 (1.72%) Educational Technology
10 9 (1.72%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.95%) NHS
14 4 (0.76%) Animation
14 4 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.76%) Media Streaming
14 4 (0.76%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (8.59%) Windows
2 16 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.67%) Linux
4 6 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (26.72%) Agile
2 108 (20.61%) Customer Service
3 101 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (11.83%) Roadmaps
5 60 (11.45%) ERP
6 56 (10.69%) DevOps
6 56 (10.69%) E-Commerce
7 53 (10.11%) Mentoring
8 51 (9.73%) Analytics
9 47 (8.97%) Project Management
10 46 (8.78%) Coaching
11 45 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (8.21%) Time Management
13 42 (8.02%) Collaborative Culture
14 41 (7.82%) Collaborative Working
15 37 (7.06%) Business Development
16 36 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
17 33 (6.30%) Logistics
18 31 (5.92%) CRM
18 31 (5.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.02%) SQL
2 43 (8.21%) C#
3 29 (5.53%) PHP
4 24 (4.58%) Python
5 23 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.39%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.82%) R
7 11 (2.10%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.10%) VB.NET
8 10 (1.91%) Java
9 9 (1.72%) Go
10 6 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.95%) Bash
12 4 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.57%) C
13 3 (0.57%) Ruby
14 2 (0.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 43 (8.21%) Degree
2 38 (7.25%) DBS Check
3 31 (5.92%) CIMA
4 29 (5.53%) ACCA
5 12 (2.29%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.10%) A+ Certification
6 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.53%) AAT
7 8 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.15%) CISA
8 6 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.15%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.76%) CCNP
9 4 (0.76%) NVQ Level 3
9 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.76%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.57%) HNC
11 2 (0.38%) CISM
11 2 (0.38%) CISSP
11 2 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.39%) SLA
2 18 (3.44%) QA
3 9 (1.72%) GDPR
4 7 (1.34%) PMO
5 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.57%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (11.07%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.15%) Docker
3 12 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.91%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.15%) Firmware
6 4 (0.76%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.57%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.38%) KVM
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 32 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.92%) Terraform
3 7 (1.34%) Grafana
4 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.95%) Ansible
5 5 (0.95%) Kibana
6 4 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.57%) Puppet
7 3 (0.57%) SELinux
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 118 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.59%) Virgin Media
3 27 (5.15%) SAP
4 23 (4.39%) NEC
5 16 (3.05%) VMware
6 14 (2.67%) Epicor
7 13 (2.48%) Google
8 12 (2.29%) Adobe
9 10 (1.91%) NetApp
10 9 (1.72%) Dell
11 8 (1.53%) Oracle
12 7 (1.34%) Cisco
12 7 (1.34%) IBM
13 6 (1.15%) CA
13 6 (1.15%) HP
13 6 (1.15%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.15%) TikTok
13 6 (1.15%) Veeam
14 5 (0.95%) LogicMonitor
14 5 (0.95%) PagerDuty