Retail

The retail sector is the part of the economy that is made up of businesses and individuals who are involved with selling products directly to consumers. It includes shops, department stores, supermarkets, market stalls, door-to-door salespeople and internet retailers.

There are over

jobs in this sector in Hull and East Yorkshire

This accounts for nearly

of jobs in the region

Did you know?

The total value of retail sales in Great Britain in 2023 was £510bn.
28% of the workforce in retail is aged 24 and under, compared to 11% of employees in the UK as a whole.
Tesco is the largest retailer in the UK with £57.1bn turnover, nearly double the size of the second largest, Sainsburys.
By 2025, 33.5% of retail sales are expected to occur online.
The number of jobs in Hull and East Yorkshire with businesses involved in the sale of flowers and plants has increased by 39% to around 1,450 since 2015.
Sales and retail assistants was the tenth most posted occupation in Hull and East Yorkshire in 2023.

Source: House of Commons Library, British Retail Consortium, Retail Week, Retail Economics, BRES (2022)

Will there be opportunities available?

Between November 2023 and January 2024, the retail sector had the second highest number of job vacancies of any sector in the UK at 125,000.
The number of jobs with retail businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire has grown by 3% since 2015, to approximately 40,220. It is the third largest sector in the region after manufacturing and engineering and business and service.
As more retail sales have moved online, more well-paid job opportunities have been created in the online retail sector.

Source: ONS Vacancies by Industry, BRES (2022)

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