Retail Jobs in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 80 49
Rank change year-on-year +54 -31 +1
Permanent jobs citing Retail 768 356 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.35% 3.93% 5.18%
As % of the General category 11.29% 5.33% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 499 216 390
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,125 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,719 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,492 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £76,250 £77,050
England median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,801 6,673 6,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.24% 73.60% 62.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,718 3,035 4,238
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Midlands +47 382 £45,000 -15.49% 203
East Midlands +52 381 £37,500 -31.82% 174
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 20 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.95%) Confluence
3 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.17%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (1.04%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.91%) Trello
7 6 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.78%) InDesign
8 5 (0.65%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (1.30%) Misys Midas
3 6 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.78%) ResourceLink
4 5 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.39%) Magento
5 3 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (0.39%) Shopify
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 105 (13.67%) Azure
2 70 (9.11%) AWS
3 61 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.17%) SaaS
6 17 (2.21%) WhatsApp
7 15 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.82%) GCP
9 10 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.78%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.52%) Figma
13 3 (0.39%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.39%) PaaS
14 2 (0.26%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
2 29 (3.78%) WAN
3 27 (3.52%) Internet
4 25 (3.26%) LAN
5 22 (2.86%) Broadband
6 20 (2.60%) Wireless
7 18 (2.34%) Firewall
7 18 (2.34%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.69%) VPN
9 10 (1.30%) VLAN
10 9 (1.17%) WLAN
11 8 (1.04%) BGP
11 8 (1.04%) MPLS
11 8 (1.04%) OSPF
11 8 (1.04%) VoIP
12 7 (0.91%) DNS
12 7 (0.91%) EIGRP
12 7 (0.91%) HSRP
12 7 (0.91%) VRRP
12 7 (0.91%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.99%) Power BI
3 30 (3.91%) Tableau
4 26 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.56%) Power Query
7 11 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.30%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.91%) UniData
11 6 (0.78%) MySQL
12 5 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.65%) Redis
12 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.52%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.52%) GIS
13 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.39%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 25 (3.26%) Git
2 16 (2.08%) JIRA
3 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.39%) Appium
6 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.39%) Gatling
6 3 (0.39%) JBehave
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.39%) JMeter
6 3 (0.39%) JUnit
6 3 (0.39%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.26%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.26%) sqlmap
8 1 (0.13%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.13%) fastlane
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 307 (39.97%) Social Skills
2 280 (36.46%) Finance
3 139 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.55%) Legal
5 57 (7.42%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (6.77%) Manufacturing
7 42 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (4.95%) Telecoms
9 35 (4.56%) Marketing
10 28 (3.65%) Public Sector
11 19 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (2.47%) Local Government
12 18 (2.34%) Billing
13 16 (2.08%) Banking
14 14 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.43%) Automotive
16 10 (1.30%) Social Housing
17 9 (1.17%) Back Office
18 7 (0.91%) Electronics
18 7 (0.91%) French Language
Job Titles
1 162 (21.09%) Analyst
2 78 (10.16%) Senior
3 67 (8.72%) Project Manager
4 50 (6.51%) Developer
5 43 (5.60%) Lead
6 42 (5.47%) IT Manager
7 37 (4.82%) Architect
8 34 (4.43%) Consultant
8 34 (4.43%) Data Analyst
9 28 (3.65%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.39%) Development Manager
11 24 (3.13%) Help Desk Analyst
12 23 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (2.60%) Team Leader
15 18 (2.34%) Quantity Surveyor
16 17 (2.21%) Operations Analyst
17 16 (2.08%) Business Manager
17 16 (2.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 16 (2.08%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.69%) .NET
2 23 (2.99%) HTML
3 22 (2.86%) CSS
4 18 (2.34%) React
5 17 (2.21%) .NET Core
5 17 (2.21%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.69%) ASP.NET
7 12 (1.56%) .NET Framework
8 11 (1.43%) Vue
9 10 (1.30%) REST
10 7 (0.91%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (0.91%) JSON
10 7 (0.91%) Kafka
11 6 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web API
11 6 (0.78%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.78%) Web Services
12 5 (0.65%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.65%) HTML5
12 5 (0.65%) Node.js
12 5 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.68%) Driving Licence
2 43 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.52%) FMCG
5 24 (3.13%) PMI
6 20 (2.60%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.69%) EPoS
11 10 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (0.91%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.78%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.78%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.78%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.65%) Acoustics
15 5 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 69 (8.98%) Windows
2 38 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.73%) Linux
4 19 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.43%) Windows 7
6 11 (1.43%) Windows 8
7 9 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.78%) Unix
9 5 (0.65%) Android
9 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.52%) AIX
10 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (16.54%) Agile
3 114 (14.84%) Project Management
4 112 (14.58%) Logistics
5 103 (13.41%) Customer Service
6 76 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (9.11%) E-Commerce
8 68 (8.85%) Project Delivery
9 66 (8.59%) ITIL
10 65 (8.46%) Analytics
11 64 (8.33%) ERP
12 59 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
12 59 (7.68%) Roadmaps
13 58 (7.55%) Mentoring
14 56 (7.29%) Data Analysis
15 53 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
16 44 (5.73%) Decision-Making
17 43 (5.60%) Change Management
18 41 (5.34%) Mathematics
19 38 (4.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 121 (15.76%) SQL
2 55 (7.16%) Python
3 46 (5.99%) JavaScript
4 29 (3.78%) C#
5 22 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.82%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.17%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.04%) Java
8 8 (1.04%) PHP
9 6 (0.78%) R
9 6 (0.78%) VBA
10 5 (0.65%) Go
10 5 (0.65%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.52%) Ruby
12 3 (0.39%) Bash
13 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.13%) Groovy
13 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.13%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 138 (17.97%) Degree
2 39 (5.08%) DBS Check
3 25 (3.26%) PMI Certification
3 25 (3.26%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.60%) CCNP
4 20 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (2.47%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.34%) ACCA
6 18 (2.34%) CIMA
6 18 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.56%) CCNA
8 12 (1.56%) HNC
9 11 (1.43%) CCIE
10 10 (1.30%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.04%) CCSA
13 7 (0.91%) CCDP
13 7 (0.91%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 6 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.25%) QA
2 22 (2.86%) SLA
3 14 (1.82%) GDPR
3 14 (1.82%) PMO
4 10 (1.30%) NIST
5 8 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 44 (5.73%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.43%) Firmware
5 8 (1.04%) Docker
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.78%) SCOM
2 6 (0.78%) Terraform
3 4 (0.52%) AirWatch
4 3 (0.39%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.26%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 211 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.26%) VMware
3 24 (3.13%) Databricks
3 24 (3.13%) SAP
4 23 (2.99%) NEC
5 22 (2.86%) Cisco
6 21 (2.73%) Virgin Media
7 20 (2.60%) Google
8 18 (2.34%) Openreach
9 12 (1.56%) Apple
9 12 (1.56%) Citrix
10 11 (1.43%) Adobe
11 9 (1.17%) Dell
12 8 (1.04%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.04%) Ekahau
13 7 (0.91%) Meraki
13 7 (0.91%) YouTube
14 6 (0.78%) Kronos
15 5 (0.65%) Northgate
15 5 (0.65%) Salesforce