Retail Jobs in Scotland

Retailing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 56 94
Rank change year-on-year -140 +38 +6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 84 219 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.24% 4.81% 3.06%
As % of the General category 1.74% 6.40% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 48 144 109
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £32,398
25th Percentile £28,000 £46,350 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £61,456 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.74% +11.74% +0.46%
75th Percentile £61,488 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,212 £87,419 £77,530
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,840 3,422 3,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.74% 75.23% 61.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,532 1,613 1,969
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,779 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,382 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in Scotland

Retail
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Glasgow -87 36 £50,000 -0.47% 25
Edinburgh -41 26 £42,500 -33.62% 18
Dundee -7 8 £55,380 -23.61%
Renfrewshire - 7 £36,000 -
Aberdeen -14 3 £28,000 -49.09% 8
Aberdeenshire - 2 £24,000 - 4
East Lothian - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 £27,500 - 5
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (3.57%) SAS
2 1 (1.19%) Confluence
2 1 (1.19%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.76%) AutoCAD
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.52%) SaaS
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.14%) Azure
3 6 (7.14%) GCP
4 5 (5.95%) AWS
4 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.76%) Amazon Ads
5 4 (4.76%) Google Ads
5 4 (4.76%) Google Analytics
6 3 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.57%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.57%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.38%) IaaS
7 2 (2.38%) PaaS
7 2 (2.38%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.19%) DHCP
2 1 (1.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) Power BI
2 3 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.38%) Big Data
3 2 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Git
2 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.38%) Spinnaker
3 1 (1.19%) webpack
General
1 34 (40.48%) Finance
1 34 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.57%) Marketing
3 13 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (13.10%) Public Sector
6 10 (11.90%) Manufacturing
7 8 (9.52%) Legal
8 7 (8.33%) Banking
8 7 (8.33%) Law
9 6 (7.14%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.57%) Local Government
11 2 (2.38%) French Language
11 2 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.19%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 12 (14.29%) Analyst
2 9 (10.71%) Developer
3 8 (9.52%) Senior
4 6 (7.14%) Business Development Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Business Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Development Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Payroll Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.76%) Assistant Project Manager
5 4 (4.76%) C++ Developer
5 4 (4.76%) Development Director
5 4 (4.76%) IT Analyst
5 4 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 4 (4.76%) PPC Manager
5 4 (4.76%) Project Assistant
5 4 (4.76%) Service Analyst
6 3 (3.57%) Administrator
6 3 (3.57%) Architect
6 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) HTML
2 2 (2.38%) MFC
2 2 (2.38%) REST
2 2 (2.38%) Spring
2 2 (2.38%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.38%) Web Services
2 2 (2.38%) XML
3 1 (1.19%) .NET
3 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.19%) CSS
3 1 (1.19%) Material-UI
3 1 (1.19%) React
3 1 (1.19%) React Native
3 1 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.33%) Life Science
3 6 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.76%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.38%) EPoS
6 2 (2.38%) PACS
6 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.38%) Social Media
7 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.19%) NHS
7 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.71%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Linux
3 3 (3.57%) Android
4 2 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.81%) Analytics
2 17 (20.24%) Agile
2 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (17.86%) Decision-Making
4 12 (14.29%) Business Development
5 10 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 8 (9.52%) Project Management
7 7 (8.33%) Coaching
7 7 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.33%) Mathematics
8 6 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (7.14%) Risk Management
8 6 (7.14%) Software Engineering
8 6 (7.14%) Validation
9 5 (5.95%) Change Management
9 5 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.95%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) SQL
2 8 (9.52%) Python
3 5 (5.95%) C
4 4 (4.76%) C++
4 4 (4.76%) Java
4 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.57%) C#
5 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.38%) Bash
6 2 (2.38%) PHP
6 2 (2.38%) R
6 2 (2.38%) Ruby
6 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (20.24%) Degree
2 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.57%) Postgraduate
3 2 (2.38%) AAT
3 2 (2.38%) HND
3 2 (2.38%) ICAEW
4 1 (1.19%) HNC
4 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) DICOM
2 2 (2.38%) IFRS
2 2 (2.38%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.19%) Basel III
3 1 (1.19%) CRD IV
3 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.19%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.76%) Docker
3 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.38%) Ansible
2 2 (2.38%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.38%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.38%) Puppet
2 2 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.52%) Google
3 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.57%) Cisco
5 2 (2.38%) Apple
5 2 (2.38%) CA
6 1 (1.19%) VMware