Retail Jobs in the South West

Retailing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 62 38 79
Rank change year-on-year -24 +41 +42
Permanent jobs citing Retail 380 494 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.99% 7.34% 4.12%
As % of the General category 7.50% 11.54% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 253 334 222
10th Percentile £26,400 £30,932 £22,500
25th Percentile £36,115 £36,125 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,882 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +33.86% -8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,425 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,964 £74,875
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,067 4,281 5,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.20% 63.58% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,438 2,322 3,092
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,130 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.63% +9.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,875 £77,715
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Retail in the South West

Retail
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South West 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
Bristol -40 98 £43,500 -27.80% 58
Gloucestershire +1 74 £46,250 -15.91% 24
Wiltshire -2 65 £55,000 +20.22% 32
Dorset +9 62 £45,000 -18.18% 11
Devon -40 35 £41,250 +27.20% 34
Somerset 0 25 £38,070 -30.78% 40
Cornwall - 11 £45,000 - 6
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (1.58%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.32%) Apache
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (8.68%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.95%) Simulink
4 9 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.79%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.53%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (3.42%) Magento
2 11 (2.89%) Shopify
3 5 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.05%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.00%) Azure
2 38 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 26 (6.84%) AWS
4 18 (4.74%) GCP
5 12 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.16%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.89%) SaaS
7 10 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.11%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.58%) GitHub
10 5 (1.32%) dbt
10 5 (1.32%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.32%) Google Data Studio
10 5 (1.32%) Serverless
10 5 (1.32%) Stitch
11 3 (0.79%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.79%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.47%) Firewall
2 7 (1.84%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.32%) Ethernet VPN
3 5 (1.32%) VSAT
3 5 (1.32%) VXLAN
4 4 (1.05%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.05%) WAN
4 4 (1.05%) Wireless
5 3 (0.79%) LAN
6 2 (0.53%) Internet
6 2 (0.53%) WLAN
7 1 (0.26%) 5G
7 1 (0.26%) Intranet
7 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.26%) TETRA
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.42%) MySQL
2 26 (6.84%) Power BI
3 24 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (6.32%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.95%) Tableau
5 13 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (2.89%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.37%) Oracle BI EE
8 7 (1.84%) Big Data
9 5 (1.32%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.32%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.32%) Looker
9 5 (1.32%) Redshift Spectrum
10 4 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.05%) OLAP
10 4 (1.05%) OLAP Cube
10 4 (1.05%) Oracle OLAP
10 4 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.05%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (6.05%) Git
2 5 (1.32%) GitLab
2 5 (1.32%) IntelliJ
3 4 (1.05%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.05%) JIRA
3 4 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.79%) JUnit
5 2 (0.53%) Maven
6 1 (0.26%) Appium
6 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.26%) Gatling
6 1 (0.26%) JBehave
6 1 (0.26%) JMeter
6 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.26%) Subversion
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.68%) Finance
3 44 (11.58%) Marketing
4 30 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.79%) Banking
6 20 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.68%) Military
10 11 (2.89%) Legal
10 11 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.37%) French Language
11 9 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.84%) German Language
13 7 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.58%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.58%) Electronics
14 6 (1.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (15.26%) Senior
2 44 (11.58%) Analyst
3 42 (11.05%) Developer
4 39 (10.26%) Consultant
5 35 (9.21%) Software Engineer
6 28 (7.37%) Lead
7 23 (6.05%) Architect
8 22 (5.79%) Product Manager
9 16 (4.21%) Security Analyst
10 15 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.68%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 14 (3.68%) Data Analyst
11 14 (3.68%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.68%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.68%) Software Developer
11 14 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.42%) PHP Developer
13 12 (3.16%) Lead Consultant
13 12 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.89%) HTML
2 45 (11.84%) CSS
3 25 (6.58%) React
4 24 (6.32%) REST
5 21 (5.53%) RESTful
6 15 (3.95%) Web Services
7 14 (3.68%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.68%) Laravel
8 11 (2.89%) LAMP
9 10 (2.63%) Vue
10 9 (2.37%) Spring
11 8 (2.11%) Spring Boot
11 8 (2.11%) Symfony
12 7 (1.84%) .NET
13 6 (1.58%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.58%) Middleware
13 6 (1.58%) SOAP
14 5 (1.32%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.79%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.37%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.37%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.58%) Replication
8 6 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.32%) FMCG
9 5 (1.32%) iPad
10 4 (1.05%) EPoS
10 4 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.00%) Windows
2 15 (3.95%) Linux
3 10 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.32%) CentOS
6 4 (1.05%) AIX
6 4 (1.05%) Android
7 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.53%) Unix
7 2 (0.53%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.53%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (25.79%) Agile
3 76 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 58 (15.26%) Customer Service
5 57 (15.00%) Analytics
6 51 (13.42%) Mentoring
7 50 (13.16%) Roadmaps
8 43 (11.32%) Software Engineering
9 36 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
10 32 (8.42%) Strategic Thinking
11 30 (7.89%) Project Delivery
12 29 (7.63%) User Experience
13 28 (7.37%) Information Security
14 25 (6.58%) B2B
14 25 (6.58%) Mathematics
15 24 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence
15 24 (6.32%) Decision-Making
15 24 (6.32%) Project Management
15 24 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.74%) JavaScript
2 46 (12.11%) SQL
3 36 (9.47%) PHP
4 22 (5.79%) Python
5 18 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 17 (4.47%) Java
7 16 (4.21%) MATLAB
8 14 (3.68%) C#
9 10 (2.63%) VBA
10 8 (2.11%) C
10 8 (2.11%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.05%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.79%) Bicep
12 3 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.53%) Go
13 2 (0.53%) Groovy
13 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.53%) Ruby
14 1 (0.26%) Scala
14 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (16.84%) Degree
2 43 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.11%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.58%) CISSP
5 13 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.37%) CCNP
6 9 (2.37%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.37%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.11%) CEH
8 7 (1.84%) CCNA
8 7 (1.84%) CIPD
9 6 (1.58%) CCSK
10 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.32%) RHCE
10 5 (1.32%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.58%) NIST
2 20 (5.26%) PCI DSS
3 18 (4.74%) QA
3 18 (4.74%) SLA
4 10 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.37%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.37%) GDPR
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.53%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.53%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (3.42%) Docker
2 12 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.37%) CASB
3 7 (1.84%) Terraform
4 6 (1.58%) Ansible
5 5 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) Consul
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Packer
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.05%) Google
3 22 (5.79%) Oracle
4 13 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.16%) Twitter
5 12 (3.16%) VMware
6 7 (1.84%) Cisco
7 5 (1.32%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.32%) SAP
8 4 (1.05%) Adobe
8 4 (1.05%) Cognos
8 4 (1.05%) IBM
8 4 (1.05%) NVIDIA
9 3 (0.79%) Automation Anywhere
9 3 (0.79%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.79%) Thales
9 3 (0.79%) UiPath
10 2 (0.53%) WooCommerce