Retail Jobs in the UK excluding London

Retailing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 43 57
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 +38
Permanent jobs citing Retail 3,224 3,822 3,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.55% 6.41% 5.01%
As % of the General category 7.93% 9.34% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,969 1,941 2,095
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,569 £28,978
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,548 £77,530
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,676 40,941 43,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.40% 68.66% 60.27%
Number of salaries quoted 26,401 18,607 24,279
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,440 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK excluding London

Retail
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -17 846 £45,000 -18.18% 510
Midlands +57 747 £41,000 -25.45% 347
South East +16 705 £45,000 -18.18% 367
North West +13 528 £45,000 -18.18% 296
East of England +43 377 £47,750 -13.18% 182
South West -21 376 £47,500 -13.45% 189
East Midlands +52 371 £37,500 -31.82% 174
West Midlands +43 371 £45,000 -14.45% 173
Yorkshire -35 232 £47,000 -21.67% 172
Scotland -137 87 £47,500 -21.78% 93
North East -7 86 £43,200 -21.45% 50
Wales -17 59 £37,000 -17.78% 37
Northern Ireland +55 35 £28,000 -30.00% 8
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 128 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (0.90%) Confluence
3 29 (0.90%) SAS
4 27 (0.84%) CMS
5 21 (0.65%) Apache
6 20 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.53%) WordPress
8 9 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 8 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
12 4 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.093%) IIS
14 2 (0.062%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.062%) NetWeaver
15 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
Applications
1 372 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 242 (7.51%) Microsoft Office
3 190 (5.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.05%) Photoshop
5 29 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 28 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 27 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 22 (0.68%) Simulink
9 21 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
10 17 (0.53%) Trello
11 15 (0.47%) AutoCAD
12 14 (0.43%) InDesign
13 7 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
13 7 (0.22%) Adobe XD
13 7 (0.22%) MS Visio
13 7 (0.22%) Stateflow
14 6 (0.19%) SPSS
15 5 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
16 4 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
16 4 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 44 (1.36%) Shopify
2 43 (1.33%) Magento
3 27 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
4 24 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 24 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
5 16 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 15 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 14 (0.43%) Epicor Tropos
8 10 (0.31%) Misys Midas
8 10 (0.31%) ResourceLink
9 9 (0.28%) SAP BPC
10 8 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
11 7 (0.22%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.22%) SAP WM
12 6 (0.19%) SAP MM
13 5 (0.16%) NEC Housing
13 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
13 5 (0.16%) SAP SD
14 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 488 (15.14%) Azure
2 271 (8.41%) Power Platform
3 217 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 204 (6.33%) AWS
5 97 (3.01%) SaaS
6 76 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (2.33%) GCP
8 64 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (0.96%) Power Automate
10 30 (0.93%) Entra ID
11 26 (0.81%) GitHub
12 24 (0.74%) PowerApps
13 22 (0.68%) Serverless
13 22 (0.68%) WhatsApp
14 19 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (0.53%) Google Analytics
16 17 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.42%) Firewall
2 69 (2.14%) WAN
3 66 (2.05%) LAN
4 63 (1.95%) Internet
5 62 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
6 59 (1.83%) Intranet
7 52 (1.61%) Broadband
8 38 (1.18%) Wireless
9 26 (0.81%) Network Security
10 24 (0.74%) VPN
11 22 (0.68%) TCP/IP
12 21 (0.65%) SD-WAN
13 20 (0.62%) DNS
13 20 (0.62%) VoIP
14 18 (0.56%) WLAN
15 15 (0.47%) VLAN
16 13 (0.40%) DHCP
17 11 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
18 10 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
19 9 (0.28%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (7.66%) Power BI
2 238 (7.38%) SQL Server
3 149 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
4 107 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 75 (2.33%) MySQL
6 59 (1.83%) Tableau
7 40 (1.24%) MongoDB
8 38 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
10 30 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 28 (0.87%) Big Data
12 26 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (0.74%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
14 19 (0.59%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.53%) DynamoDB
16 16 (0.50%) NoSQL
17 15 (0.47%) Redis
18 13 (0.40%) Power Query
19 11 (0.34%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 113 (3.50%) Git
2 81 (2.51%) JIRA
3 31 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 29 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.84%) GitLab
6 10 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.31%) JBehave
6 10 (0.31%) JMeter
6 10 (0.31%) Selenium
6 10 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 8 (0.25%) webpack
8 7 (0.22%) gulp
8 7 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.19%) JUnit
9 6 (0.19%) Subversion
9 6 (0.19%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.16%) IntelliJ
General
1 1,267 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 898 (27.85%) Finance
3 680 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (8.59%) Marketing
5 197 (6.11%) Legal
6 172 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 147 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 145 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
9 141 (4.37%) Public Sector
10 119 (3.69%) Banking
11 118 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
12 107 (3.32%) Telecoms
13 95 (2.95%) German Language
14 69 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (1.89%) Billing
16 40 (1.24%) Automotive
17 39 (1.21%) Law
17 39 (1.21%) Local Government
18 36 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
19 35 (1.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 570 (17.68%) Analyst
2 352 (10.92%) Senior
3 351 (10.89%) Developer
4 182 (5.65%) Project Manager
5 166 (5.15%) Lead
6 163 (5.06%) Consultant
7 161 (4.99%) Business Analyst
8 158 (4.90%) Architect
9 114 (3.54%) Graduate
10 105 (3.26%) IT Manager
11 92 (2.85%) Administrator
12 84 (2.61%) Software Engineer
13 81 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
14 80 (2.48%) Business Intelligence Consultant
15 78 (2.42%) Principal Business Analyst
16 75 (2.33%) Senior Developer
17 74 (2.30%) Data Analyst
18 69 (2.14%) .NET Developer
19 64 (1.99%) IT Analyst
19 64 (1.99%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (5.65%) .NET
2 159 (4.93%) HTML
3 152 (4.71%) CSS
4 106 (3.29%) React
5 91 (2.82%) .NET Core
6 72 (2.23%) ASP.NET
7 70 (2.17%) Vue
8 63 (1.95%) AngularJS
9 59 (1.83%) Web Services
10 53 (1.64%) Node.js
11 52 (1.61%) .NET Framework
11 52 (1.61%) ASP.NET Web API
12 49 (1.52%) REST
13 44 (1.36%) Entity Framework
13 44 (1.36%) JSON
13 44 (1.36%) RESTful
14 42 (1.30%) XML
15 39 (1.21%) Laravel
16 31 (0.96%) ASP.NET MVC
17 25 (0.78%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 275 (8.53%) Self-Motivation
2 196 (6.08%) Driving Licence
3 115 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 91 (2.82%) FMCG
5 83 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 79 (2.45%) EPoS
6 79 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 73 (2.26%) PMI
8 69 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 58 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 55 (1.71%) Mobile App
11 48 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 41 (1.27%) Social Media
13 34 (1.05%) Algorithms
14 30 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (0.93%) NHS
15 28 (0.87%) CCTV
15 28 (0.87%) Credit Risk
15 28 (0.87%) Smartphone
16 27 (0.84%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 235 (7.29%) Windows
2 92 (2.85%) Windows Server
3 70 (2.17%) Linux
4 40 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 23 (0.71%) Android
6 21 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 20 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (0.40%) Windows 7
9 13 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.37%) Unix
11 11 (0.34%) Windows 8
12 10 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.25%) AIX
15 7 (0.22%) VMS
16 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 5 (0.16%) CentOS
18 4 (0.12%) Ubuntu
19 3 (0.093%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
2 624 (19.35%) Agile
3 482 (14.95%) Customer Service
4 373 (11.57%) E-Commerce
5 370 (11.48%) Project Management
6 321 (9.96%) Decision-Making
7 293 (9.09%) Analytics
8 290 (9.00%) Roadmaps
9 288 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
10 263 (8.16%) Coaching
11 232 (7.20%) Mentoring
12 220 (6.82%) Logistics
13 217 (6.73%) Change Management
14 216 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 199 (6.17%) ERP
16 173 (5.37%) DevOps
17 169 (5.24%) Project Delivery
18 165 (5.12%) Business Analysis
19 159 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
20 155 (4.81%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 480 (14.89%) SQL
2 229 (7.10%) JavaScript
3 187 (5.80%) C#
4 184 (5.71%) Python
5 129 (4.00%) PHP
6 106 (3.29%) TypeScript
7 63 (1.95%) Java
8 52 (1.61%) R
9 38 (1.18%) PowerShell
10 37 (1.15%) VBA
11 35 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.05%) C
13 32 (0.99%) MATLAB
14 31 (0.96%) VB.NET
15 22 (0.68%) VB
16 21 (0.65%) Go
16 21 (0.65%) Ruby
17 17 (0.53%) Bash
18 15 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 556 (17.25%) Degree
2 208 (6.45%) DBS Check
3 86 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 81 (2.51%) PMI Certification
5 50 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (1.52%) CIMA
6 49 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (1.52%) HNC
7 47 (1.46%) ACCA
8 43 (1.33%) CCNP
9 38 (1.18%) SC Cleared
10 37 (1.15%) CISSP
11 33 (1.02%) Master's Degree
12 30 (0.93%) DV Cleared
13 29 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
14 27 (0.84%) CCNA
15 23 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 22 (0.68%) AWS Certification
16 22 (0.68%) HND
17 19 (0.59%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (4.84%) QA
2 89 (2.76%) SLA
3 72 (2.23%) GDPR
4 44 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 44 (1.36%) PMO
5 41 (1.27%) NIST
6 32 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.59%) IFRS
8 19 (0.59%) IFRS 9
9 17 (0.53%) CRD IV
9 17 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 14000
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 22301
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 155 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 78 (2.42%) Docker
3 47 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.84%) Firmware
6 13 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.12%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.093%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.062%) KVM
11 1 (0.031%) IAG
11 1 (0.031%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.64%) Terraform
3 33 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 19 (0.59%) Ansible
6 16 (0.50%) Puppet
7 13 (0.40%) Grafana
8 11 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.28%) CASB
9 9 (0.28%) SCCM
10 7 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.19%) SCOM
12 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.16%) Kibana
13 4 (0.12%) AirWatch
14 3 (0.093%) Functional Safety
14 3 (0.093%) SELinux
14 3 (0.093%) Sysprep
14 3 (0.093%) WhatsUp Gold
14 3 (0.093%) WSUS
Vendors
1 782 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 120 (3.72%) Google
3 100 (3.10%) SAP
4 66 (2.05%) Virgin Media
5 65 (2.02%) VMware
6 57 (1.77%) Adobe
6 57 (1.77%) Cisco
6 57 (1.77%) Oracle
7 46 (1.43%) NEC
8 42 (1.30%) IBM
9 39 (1.21%) Salesforce
10 31 (0.96%) Databricks
10 31 (0.96%) Dell
11 27 (0.84%) Northgate
12 26 (0.81%) HP
13 24 (0.74%) Citrix
13 24 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 22 (0.68%) NetApp
15 18 (0.56%) Epicor
15 18 (0.56%) Openreach