Hybrid/Remote Retail Job Trends

Retailing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 29 50
Rank change year-on-year -32 +21 -10
Permanent jobs citing Retail 981 1,202 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.01% 7.39% 4.79%
As % of the General category 6.58% 10.28% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 576 382 508
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,779 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.31% -18.75% +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,852 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,375 £94,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.16%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14,917 11,698 14,668
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.96% 71.90% 62.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,149 6,356 8,416
10th Percentile £32,227 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,679 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Retail and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Retail job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Retail
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Retail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Retail

Retail
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Retail over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Retail salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.12%) Apache
2 11 (1.12%) nginx
3 9 (0.92%) CMS
3 9 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) IIS
6 1 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.92%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.71%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.51%) Revit
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.31%) Productboard
9 3 (0.31%) Sketch
10 2 (0.20%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.20%) InDesign
10 2 (0.20%) Simulink
10 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.10%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (2.85%) Shopify
2 7 (0.71%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.71%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.41%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.20%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.10%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 240 (24.46%) SaaS
2 140 (14.27%) AWS
3 118 (12.03%) GCP
4 102 (10.40%) Azure
5 70 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 36 (3.67%) Google Analytics
8 30 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.45%) Google Ads
10 18 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.83%) Google Tag Manager
11 12 (1.22%) dbt
12 10 (1.02%) Meta Ads
13 9 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.82%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.82%) GitHub
15 6 (0.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.61%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.96%) Firewall
2 22 (2.24%) WAN
3 21 (2.14%) LAN
4 16 (1.63%) VLAN
5 15 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.33%) DNS
7 10 (1.02%) BGP
7 10 (1.02%) OSPF
7 10 (1.02%) Structured Cabling
8 9 (0.92%) VPN
9 8 (0.82%) Network Security
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.71%) DHCP
10 7 (0.71%) SMS
11 6 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.61%) MPLS
11 6 (0.61%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.61%) WebEx
11 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.87%) Power BI
2 25 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.04%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.94%) Metadata
5 15 (1.53%) Looker
5 15 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 11 (1.12%) Tableau
8 10 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.92%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.20%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 71 (7.24%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.63%) JIRA
3 12 (1.22%) Git
4 6 (0.61%) JUnit
5 4 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.41%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.10%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.10%) MLflow
7 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 368 (37.51%) Finance
2 334 (34.05%) Social Skills
3 213 (21.71%) Banking
4 211 (21.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (20.08%) Law
6 182 (18.55%) Analytical Skills
7 168 (17.13%) Marketing
8 121 (12.33%) Back Office
9 107 (10.91%) Financial Institution
10 67 (6.83%) Manufacturing
11 56 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.79%) Public Sector
13 42 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (3.98%) Legal
15 32 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (3.16%) Telecoms
17 28 (2.85%) Automotive
18 18 (1.83%) Advertising
18 18 (1.83%) Aviation
19 17 (1.73%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 108 (11.01%) Analyst
2 100 (10.19%) Senior
3 84 (8.56%) Lead
4 70 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 62 (6.32%) Developer
6 48 (4.89%) Development Manager
7 44 (4.49%) Architect
8 39 (3.98%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.47%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.06%) Software Manager
11 29 (2.96%) Data Analyst
12 27 (2.75%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.65%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.65%) Project Manager
13 26 (2.65%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (2.55%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.45%) Security Analyst
15 24 (2.45%) Service Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (9.79%) Terraform
2 53 (5.40%) React
3 49 (4.99%) .NET
4 44 (4.49%) Node.js
5 26 (2.65%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.55%) Blazor
7 23 (2.34%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.24%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.14%) ASP.NET Web API
9 21 (2.14%) RESTful
10 15 (1.53%) OpenAPI
10 15 (1.53%) Swagger
11 13 (1.33%) React Native
12 12 (1.22%) Middleware
13 10 (1.02%) REST
14 7 (0.71%) Kafka
15 6 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
15 6 (0.61%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.61%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 85 (8.66%) Product Ownership
3 67 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 41 (4.18%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.36%) Blog
7 27 (2.75%) FMCG
7 27 (2.75%) Virtual Team
8 25 (2.55%) Driving Licence
9 22 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (2.24%) Social Media
10 18 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.43%) EPoS
14 13 (1.33%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.40%) Windows
2 32 (3.26%) Linux
3 21 (2.14%) Android
4 17 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (18.76%) Agile
3 161 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (13.56%) Decision-Making
6 129 (13.15%) Roadmaps
7 122 (12.44%) CI/CD
8 116 (11.82%) AI
8 116 (11.82%) Fintech
9 114 (11.62%) Analytics
9 114 (11.62%) Software Engineering
10 109 (11.11%) E-Commerce
11 98 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
12 96 (9.79%) Business Development
13 94 (9.58%) Microservices
14 93 (9.48%) Disruptive Innovation
15 92 (9.38%) Mentoring
15 92 (9.38%) Test Automation
16 91 (9.28%) Customer Experience
17 86 (8.77%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.30%) SQL
2 95 (9.68%) Java
3 75 (7.65%) Python
4 37 (3.77%) C#
5 35 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.94%) Go
7 13 (1.33%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.12%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.82%) Bash
9 8 (0.82%) Clojure
10 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.31%) PHP
11 3 (0.31%) R
11 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.20%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.10%) C
13 1 (0.10%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.10%) Groovy
13 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (5.40%) Degree
2 50 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.94%) CISSP
5 17 (1.73%) CISM
6 16 (1.63%) ICAEW
7 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.43%) ACCA
8 14 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 13 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.33%) CISA
10 12 (1.22%) CIMA
11 11 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.02%) CRISC
13 8 (0.82%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.71%) ISACA
14 7 (0.71%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (0.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (2.75%) NIST
3 23 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.24%) GDPR
5 21 (2.14%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.04%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.53%) GRC
8 14 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.33%) QA
10 11 (1.12%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.02%) COBIT
11 10 (1.02%) TickIT
12 8 (0.82%) SOC 1
13 7 (0.71%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.41%) NCSC
16 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.71%) Docker
5 6 (0.61%) Squid
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.31%) vSphere
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 97 (9.89%) Kubernetes
2 80 (8.15%) Grafana
3 14 (1.43%) Ansible
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (0.51%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.41%) Nmap
9 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.10%) Nessus
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.10%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 183 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.73%) Google
3 42 (4.28%) SAP
4 26 (2.65%) Cisco
5 25 (2.55%) Oracle
6 22 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.14%) VMware
8 18 (1.83%) IFS
9 14 (1.43%) Databricks
10 12 (1.22%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.12%) Veeam
12 10 (1.02%) HubSpot
13 9 (0.92%) Adobe
13 9 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.92%) Thales
13 9 (0.92%) TikTok
13 9 (0.92%) YouTube
14 8 (0.82%) Splunk
14 8 (0.82%) Workday
15 7 (0.71%) Xero