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 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 28 47
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 803 1,242 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.09% 8.22% 5.13%
As % of the General category 7.08% 10.97% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 465 409 986
10th Percentile £32,357 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -20.20%

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 11,336 11,326 20,715
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 74.92% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,382 6,220 15,237
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

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 11 June 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 11 (1.37%) CMS
2 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.87%) Confluence
4 6 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.50%) Drupal
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) Productboard
4 3 (0.37%) Sketch
5 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.62%) Shopify
3 10 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (1.00%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 226 (28.14%) SaaS
2 140 (17.43%) AWS
3 90 (11.21%) GCP
4 78 (9.71%) Azure
5 67 (8.34%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (5.48%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.25%) dbt
9 10 (1.25%) Figma
10 9 (1.12%) GitHub
10 9 (1.12%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.87%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.11%) Firewall
2 16 (1.99%) LAN
3 15 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (1.87%) WAN
4 14 (1.74%) VLAN
5 11 (1.37%) VPN
6 10 (1.25%) BGP
6 10 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.12%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.12%) WebEx
8 7 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.50%) Network Security
9 4 (0.50%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.37%) SCCP
10 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.37%) WPA
11 2 (0.25%) 4G
11 2 (0.25%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.36%) Power BI
2 28 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.99%) Tableau
4 15 (1.87%) Metadata
5 14 (1.74%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.62%) Looker
7 11 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.00%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.75%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.50%) MySQL
12 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.25%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 54 (6.72%) TeamCity
2 15 (1.87%) JIRA
3 6 (0.75%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.75%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Git
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 309 (38.48%) Finance
2 245 (30.51%) Social Skills
3 194 (24.16%) Banking
4 188 (23.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 186 (23.16%) Law
6 135 (16.81%) Marketing
7 128 (15.94%) Back Office
8 106 (13.20%) Financial Institution
9 91 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
10 50 (6.23%) Manufacturing
11 39 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (4.48%) Legal
12 36 (4.48%) Public Sector
13 33 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (3.61%) Automotive
15 25 (3.11%) Aviation
15 25 (3.11%) Telecoms
16 23 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (2.37%) General Ledger
17 19 (2.37%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 84 (10.46%) Senior
2 81 (10.09%) Analyst
3 74 (9.22%) Lead
4 52 (6.48%) Developer
5 50 (6.23%) Software Engineer
6 42 (5.23%) Architect
7 34 (4.23%) Business Manager
8 32 (3.99%) Development Manager
8 32 (3.99%) Security Analyst
9 29 (3.61%) Account Manager
9 29 (3.61%) Consultant
10 26 (3.24%) Designer
10 26 (3.24%) Systems Manager
11 24 (2.99%) Account Executive
12 23 (2.86%) Data Analyst
13 22 (2.74%) Software Manager
14 20 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (2.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 19 (2.37%) ERP Manager
15 19 (2.37%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.11%) React
2 29 (3.61%) .NET
3 25 (3.11%) Node.js
4 15 (1.87%) RESTful
5 13 (1.62%) REST
6 12 (1.49%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.25%) Blazor
8 9 (1.12%) ASP.NET
8 9 (1.12%) ASP.NET Core
8 9 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (1.12%) Kafka
8 9 (1.12%) XMPP
9 7 (0.87%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.87%) Redux
9 7 (0.87%) Sass
9 7 (0.87%) Swagger
10 6 (0.75%) React Native
10 6 (0.75%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 108 (13.45%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.10%) Onboarding
3 50 (6.23%) Product Ownership
4 47 (5.85%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.11%) Blog
6 31 (3.86%) Security Posture
7 30 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (3.24%) FMCG
9 25 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.11%) EPoS
10 23 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.62%) Data Centre
12 17 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.74%) Marketing Technology
14 12 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (1.12%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.99%) Windows
2 21 (2.62%) Linux
3 17 (2.12%) Android
3 17 (2.12%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.37%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.12%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (18.31%) Agile
2 125 (15.57%) Roadmaps
3 117 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (12.83%) Fintech
6 98 (12.20%) ERP
7 92 (11.46%) CI/CD
8 84 (10.46%) Test Automation
9 80 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (9.84%) AI
10 79 (9.84%) Project Management
11 78 (9.71%) CRM
12 77 (9.59%) Software Engineering
13 75 (9.34%) Analytics
14 72 (8.97%) Business Development
15 71 (8.84%) Disruptive Innovation
16 67 (8.34%) Decision-Making
17 65 (8.09%) Mentoring
18 62 (7.72%) B2B
18 62 (7.72%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 88 (10.96%) Java
2 79 (9.84%) SQL
3 63 (7.85%) Python
4 31 (3.86%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.11%) Go
6 21 (2.62%) C#
7 18 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.37%) Bash
9 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.00%) Clojure
11 5 (0.62%) PHP
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.37%) R
13 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.12%) Groovy
14 1 (0.12%) RPG
14 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (9.96%) Degree
2 28 (3.49%) CISSP
3 24 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.37%) ACCA
5 19 (2.37%) CIMA
6 16 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (1.87%) CISM
7 15 (1.87%) CREST Certified
7 15 (1.87%) OSCP
8 13 (1.62%) CISA
9 11 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.12%) CRISC
11 9 (1.12%) ICAEW
12 8 (1.00%) CCNA
12 8 (1.00%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.87%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (3.49%) NIST
3 26 (3.24%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.74%) SOC 2
5 19 (2.37%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.74%) GRC
8 13 (1.62%) GDPR
9 12 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.25%) SLA
10 10 (1.25%) TickIT
11 7 (0.87%) QA
12 6 (0.75%) COBIT
12 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.50%) NCSC
13 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
14 3 (0.37%) SOC 1
System Software
1 17 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.12%) Docker
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.75%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.75%) vSphere
5 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 90 (11.21%) Terraform
2 88 (10.96%) Kubernetes
3 72 (8.97%) Grafana
4 24 (2.99%) Ansible
5 9 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.87%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.75%) Nmap
8 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.37%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Autotask
10 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 117 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.48%) Oracle
3 32 (3.99%) SAP
4 25 (3.11%) VMware
5 24 (2.99%) Google
5 24 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.74%) Cisco
7 11 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.37%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.25%) IFS
9 9 (1.12%) Databricks
9 9 (1.12%) Splunk
10 8 (1.00%) Adobe
11 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.75%) NetApp
12 6 (0.75%) Workday
13 5 (0.62%) Xero
14 4 (0.50%) Sage
14 4 (0.50%) Ubiquiti