Retailing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 45 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 +32
Permanent jobs citing Retail 4,457 6,538 8,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.55% 6.25% 5.56%
As % of the General category 7.60% 9.09% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 3,346 4,053
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,091 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,238 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Retail in the UK

Retail
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Retail over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Retail in the UK

Retail
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +3 4,153 £47,500 -20.83% 2,096
UK excluding London -13 3,144 £45,000 -18.18% 1,584
Work from Home -19 1,658 £50,000 -20.00% 826
London -1 1,172 £62,500 -7.41% 579
North of England -20 804 £45,000 -18.18% 449
Midlands +43 707 £41,492 -24.56% 333
South East +19 687 £45,000 -18.18% 362
North West +5 480 £45,000 -18.18% 240
South West -14 386 £45,000 -17.57% 179
East of England +43 375 £48,000 -12.73% 174
West Midlands +33 353 £45,000 -16.67% 181
East Midlands +45 349 £37,500 -31.82% 152
Yorkshire -35 239 £45,000 -25.00% 161
Scotland -139 94 £46,250 -22.30% 82
North East -11 85 £40,001 -27.27% 59
Wales -15 60 £38,000 -20.00% 46
Northern Ireland +53 37 £42,500 +6.25% 15

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 159 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 44 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 40 (0.90%) CMS
4 34 (0.76%) SAS
5 32 (0.72%) Apache
6 31 (0.70%) Confluence
7 21 (0.47%) WordPress
8 14 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 8 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
12 5 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
13 4 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.067%) Drupal
14 3 (0.067%) IIS
Applications
1 539 (12.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 325 (7.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 259 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 43 (0.96%) Photoshop
6 39 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 35 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
8 33 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
9 24 (0.54%) Trello
10 22 (0.49%) Simulink
11 19 (0.43%) InDesign
12 18 (0.40%) AutoCAD
13 14 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
14 11 (0.25%) Adobe XD
15 8 (0.18%) MS Visio
16 7 (0.16%) Stateflow
17 6 (0.13%) Sketch
17 6 (0.13%) SPSS
18 5 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
18 5 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 62 (1.39%) Shopify
2 47 (1.05%) Magento
3 42 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 33 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 32 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
6 26 (0.58%) Endur
7 24 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
8 22 (0.49%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
10 14 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
11 13 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
12 12 (0.27%) SAP PP
13 11 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 10 (0.22%) Misys Midas
14 10 (0.22%) SAP Retail
15 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
15 9 (0.20%) SAP FI
15 9 (0.20%) SAP MM
16 8 (0.18%) SAP WM
17 7 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 618 (13.87%) Azure
2 388 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 371 (8.32%) AWS
4 263 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (3.50%) GCP
5 156 (3.50%) SaaS
6 106 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
8 56 (1.26%) GitHub
9 47 (1.05%) Serverless
10 36 (0.81%) Google Analytics
11 35 (0.79%) Entra ID
12 34 (0.76%) WhatsApp
13 33 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 32 (0.72%) Power Automate
15 30 (0.67%) Figma
16 29 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
16 29 (0.65%) Snowflake
17 28 (0.63%) dbt
18 24 (0.54%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 122 (2.74%) WAN
2 121 (2.71%) Firewall
3 111 (2.49%) LAN
4 100 (2.24%) Internet
5 76 (1.71%) Intranet
6 72 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 63 (1.41%) VPN
8 52 (1.17%) Broadband
9 37 (0.83%) Wireless
10 30 (0.67%) SD-WAN
11 28 (0.63%) Network Security
12 27 (0.61%) TCP/IP
13 25 (0.56%) DNS
14 23 (0.52%) VoIP
15 18 (0.40%) VLAN
15 18 (0.40%) WLAN
16 16 (0.36%) DHCP
17 10 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
18 9 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (7.85%) Power BI
2 281 (6.30%) SQL Server
3 180 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
4 153 (3.43%) Tableau
5 120 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 89 (2.00%) MySQL
7 63 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 52 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
9 48 (1.08%) Big Data
9 48 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 46 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 46 (1.03%) Data Lake
11 38 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 28 (0.63%) GIS
14 26 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (0.58%) NoSQL
15 22 (0.49%) Looker
16 19 (0.43%) DynamoDB
17 17 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 202 (4.53%) Git
2 98 (2.20%) JIRA
3 50 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 37 (0.83%) Visual Studio
5 35 (0.79%) GitLab
6 27 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.27%) JUnit
8 11 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.22%) JBehave
9 10 (0.22%) JMeter
9 10 (0.22%) Selenium
9 10 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 10 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.22%) webpack
10 8 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.16%) gulp
11 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,809 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 1,231 (27.62%) Finance
3 1,073 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 482 (10.81%) Marketing
5 311 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (5.81%) German Language
7 244 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
8 240 (5.38%) Manufacturing
9 235 (5.27%) Legal
10 203 (4.55%) Banking
11 202 (4.53%) Public Sector
12 158 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
13 127 (2.85%) Telecoms
14 103 (2.31%) Law
15 91 (2.04%) Advertising
16 78 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
17 72 (1.62%) Automotive
18 62 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
19 57 (1.28%) Billing
20 53 (1.19%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 754 (16.92%) Analyst
2 605 (13.57%) Senior
3 437 (9.80%) Developer
4 281 (6.30%) Architect
5 273 (6.13%) Graduate
5 273 (6.13%) Lead
6 229 (5.14%) Project Manager
7 227 (5.09%) Consultant
8 178 (3.99%) Business Analyst
9 151 (3.39%) Data Analyst
10 147 (3.30%) IT Manager
11 142 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
12 140 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
13 119 (2.67%) Administrator
14 104 (2.33%) Senior Developer
14 104 (2.33%) Software Engineer
15 84 (1.88%) .NET Developer
16 82 (1.84%) Business Intelligence Consultant
16 82 (1.84%) Senior Manager
17 80 (1.79%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 226 (5.07%) .NET
2 198 (4.44%) HTML
3 168 (3.77%) CSS
4 148 (3.32%) React
5 105 (2.36%) .NET Core
6 81 (1.82%) ASP.NET
6 81 (1.82%) Web Services
7 75 (1.68%) Vue
8 69 (1.55%) AngularJS
9 68 (1.53%) .NET Framework
10 64 (1.44%) Node.js
11 63 (1.41%) REST
11 63 (1.41%) XML
12 58 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
13 47 (1.05%) RESTful
14 45 (1.01%) JSON
15 44 (0.99%) Entity Framework
16 41 (0.92%) Kafka
17 39 (0.88%) Laravel
18 30 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 484 (10.86%) Self-Motivation
2 325 (7.29%) Driving Licence
3 163 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 137 (3.07%) FMCG
5 126 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 100 (2.24%) Social Media
7 99 (2.22%) EPoS
7 99 (2.22%) PMI
8 95 (2.13%) Onboarding
9 91 (2.04%) Cloud Native
10 86 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
11 80 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 69 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 68 (1.53%) Photography
14 63 (1.41%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.10%) Algorithms
16 44 (0.99%) Blog
17 41 (0.92%) Data Structures
18 40 (0.90%) NHS
19 38 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 319 (7.16%) Windows
2 121 (2.71%) Linux
3 106 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 53 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.08%) VMS
6 40 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 38 (0.85%) Android
8 37 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 21 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (0.43%) Unix
11 17 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 16 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
13 13 (0.29%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.25%) Mac OS
14 11 (0.25%) Windows 8
15 10 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 10 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.18%) AIX
17 5 (0.11%) CentOS
18 3 (0.067%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
2 808 (18.13%) Agile
3 546 (12.25%) Customer Service
4 529 (11.87%) E-Commerce
5 476 (10.68%) Project Management
6 471 (10.57%) Analytics
7 410 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
8 397 (8.91%) Decision-Making
9 381 (8.55%) Roadmaps
10 281 (6.30%) Mentoring
11 261 (5.86%) Coaching
11 261 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 255 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 243 (5.45%) Data Analysis
14 240 (5.38%) ERP
15 239 (5.36%) Machine Learning
16 233 (5.23%) Change Management
17 232 (5.21%) DevOps
18 231 (5.18%) Artificial Intelligence
19 226 (5.07%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 703 (15.77%) SQL
2 355 (7.96%) Python
3 281 (6.30%) JavaScript
4 223 (5.00%) C#
5 132 (2.96%) PHP
5 132 (2.96%) TypeScript
6 113 (2.54%) Java
7 68 (1.53%) R
8 52 (1.17%) PowerShell
9 46 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 40 (0.90%) VBA
11 39 (0.88%) C
11 39 (0.88%) Go
12 34 (0.76%) MATLAB
13 31 (0.70%) VB.NET
14 30 (0.67%) Bash
15 29 (0.65%) Ruby
16 22 (0.49%) VB
17 21 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 14 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 947 (21.25%) Degree
2 432 (9.69%) DBS Check
3 138 (3.10%) Security Cleared
4 111 (2.49%) PMI Certification
5 74 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 57 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 57 (1.28%) SC Cleared
8 54 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 50 (1.12%) ACCA
10 48 (1.08%) HNC
11 45 (1.01%) CISSP
12 43 (0.96%) CCNP
13 41 (0.92%) CIMA
14 37 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 28 (0.63%) CCNA
16 24 (0.54%) AWS Certification
16 24 (0.54%) HND
17 23 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
18 22 (0.49%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (4.26%) QA
2 102 (2.29%) SLA
3 89 (2.00%) GDPR
4 63 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 52 (1.17%) PMO
6 48 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (0.94%) NIST
8 37 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 36 (0.81%) Accessibility
10 25 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 24 (0.54%) IFRS
12 21 (0.47%) IFRS 9
13 18 (0.40%) CRD IV
14 14 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 11 (0.25%) ISO 14000
16 8 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 14001
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 22301
17 7 (0.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 220 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 111 (2.49%) Docker
3 51 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 24 (0.54%) Firmware
6 14 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.090%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.067%) KVM
10 3 (0.067%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.022%) IAG
11 1 (0.022%) LXC
11 1 (0.022%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) vSphere
11 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 138 (3.10%) Terraform
2 126 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.30%) Ansible
4 44 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.56%) Grafana
6 24 (0.54%) Progress Chef
7 23 (0.52%) SCCM
8 19 (0.43%) Puppet
9 14 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.20%) CASB
11 8 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.18%) SCOM
12 6 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.11%) Kibana
13 5 (0.11%) logstash
14 4 (0.090%) AirWatch
14 4 (0.090%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 3 (0.067%) Consul
15 3 (0.067%) Packer
15 3 (0.067%) SELinux
Vendors
1 926 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 197 (4.42%) Google
3 152 (3.41%) SAP
4 107 (2.40%) Databricks
5 97 (2.18%) Adobe
6 71 (1.59%) Oracle
7 70 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 70 (1.57%) VMware
8 66 (1.48%) Virgin Media
9 63 (1.41%) Cisco
10 49 (1.10%) IBM
11 46 (1.03%) NEC
12 33 (0.74%) Dell
13 29 (0.65%) HP
14 28 (0.63%) Apple
14 28 (0.63%) MuleSoft
15 27 (0.61%) Northgate
16 23 (0.52%) Citrix
17 21 (0.47%) ServiceNow
18 20 (0.45%) NetApp