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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 31 47
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 917 1,189 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 7.34% 4.84%
As % of the General category 6.38% 10.26% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 561 371 520
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £29,675
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,763 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -15.45% +2.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -13.04%

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 14,362 11,593 14,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.39% 71.61% 62.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,972 6,409 8,591
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%

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 9 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 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.20%) Apache
2 11 (1.20%) nginx
3 10 (1.09%) CMS
4 8 (0.87%) Confluence
4 8 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 47 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.76%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.65%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.33%) Productboard
9 3 (0.33%) Sketch
10 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.22%) Revit
10 2 (0.22%) Simulink
10 2 (0.22%) Trello
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.11%) Blender
11 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 28 (3.05%) Shopify
2 7 (0.76%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.76%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.44%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 223 (24.32%) SaaS
2 120 (13.09%) AWS
3 101 (11.01%) Azure
4 95 (10.36%) GCP
5 55 (6.00%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (4.80%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.38%) Google Analytics
8 28 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (2.18%) Google Ads
10 18 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.74%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.20%) dbt
13 9 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.87%) GitHub
14 8 (0.87%) Meta Ads
15 6 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.65%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.65%) Figma
15 6 (0.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.16%) Firewall
2 21 (2.29%) WAN
3 20 (2.18%) LAN
4 16 (1.74%) VLAN
5 14 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.20%) DNS
7 10 (1.09%) BGP
7 10 (1.09%) OSPF
7 10 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.76%) SMS
9 7 (0.76%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.76%) VPN
9 7 (0.76%) WebEx
10 6 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.65%) MPLS
11 5 (0.55%) DHCP
11 5 (0.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.25%) Power BI
2 20 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.18%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.96%) Looker
4 17 (1.85%) Metadata
5 14 (1.53%) BigQuery
5 14 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.42%) Tableau
7 10 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.98%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.87%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 54 (5.89%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.74%) JIRA
3 12 (1.31%) Git
4 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.44%) JUnit
4 4 (0.44%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 333 (36.31%) Finance
2 307 (33.48%) Social Skills
3 184 (20.07%) Banking
4 180 (19.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 170 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
6 167 (18.21%) Law
7 159 (17.34%) Marketing
8 112 (12.21%) Back Office
9 93 (10.14%) Financial Institution
10 65 (7.09%) Manufacturing
11 53 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (5.02%) Public Sector
13 36 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (3.49%) Legal
16 29 (3.16%) Telecoms
17 27 (2.94%) Automotive
18 20 (2.18%) Aviation
19 16 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.74%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 100 (10.91%) Analyst
2 92 (10.03%) Senior
3 79 (8.62%) Lead
4 64 (6.98%) Developer
5 57 (6.22%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.23%) Development Manager
7 41 (4.47%) Architect
8 36 (3.93%) Account Executive
9 33 (3.60%) Data Analyst
10 32 (3.49%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.16%) Software Manager
12 27 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.84%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.84%) Business Development Manager
14 25 (2.73%) Service Manager
14 25 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.62%) Service Delivery Manager
16 22 (2.40%) Software Development Manager
17 21 (2.29%) Project Manager
18 19 (2.07%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (8.40%) Terraform
2 52 (5.67%) React
3 50 (5.45%) .NET
4 45 (4.91%) Node.js
5 27 (2.94%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.73%) Blazor
7 23 (2.51%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.29%) ASP.NET Web API
10 18 (1.96%) RESTful
11 13 (1.42%) OpenAPI
11 13 (1.42%) React Native
11 13 (1.42%) Swagger
12 11 (1.20%) Middleware
13 10 (1.09%) REST
14 7 (0.76%) XMPP
15 6 (0.65%) EDI
15 6 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.65%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (11.01%) Cloud Native
2 75 (8.18%) Product Ownership
3 56 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.93%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.94%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.73%) Blog
8 24 (2.62%) FMCG
9 22 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (2.29%) Driving Licence
11 20 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.96%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 16 (1.74%) Social Media
15 15 (1.64%) EPoS
16 14 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
16 14 (1.53%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.23%) Windows
2 31 (3.38%) Linux
3 17 (1.85%) Android
4 16 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (20.39%) Agile
2 172 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 140 (15.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (14.50%) Roadmaps
6 132 (14.39%) Decision-Making
7 108 (11.78%) Analytics
8 104 (11.34%) CI/CD
9 102 (11.12%) AI
10 99 (10.80%) E-Commerce
11 98 (10.69%) Business Development
12 97 (10.58%) Software Engineering
13 94 (10.25%) Fintech
14 91 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
15 84 (9.16%) ERP
16 83 (9.05%) Mentoring
16 83 (9.05%) Microservices
17 81 (8.83%) CRM
18 80 (8.72%) Test Automation
19 76 (8.29%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.80%) SQL
2 72 (7.85%) Java
3 70 (7.63%) Python
4 38 (4.14%) C#
5 33 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.64%) Go
7 13 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.87%) Clojure
10 4 (0.44%) Bash
11 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.33%) R
11 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.22%) PHP
13 1 (0.11%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (5.23%) Degree
2 44 (4.80%) Security Cleared
3 42 (4.58%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.07%) CISSP
5 17 (1.85%) CISM
6 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.53%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.42%) CISA
9 12 (1.31%) ACCA
9 12 (1.31%) CIMA
10 11 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.09%) CRISC
12 8 (0.87%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.76%) ISACA
13 7 (0.76%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.73%) NIST
3 22 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.18%) GDPR
5 18 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.74%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.42%) GRC
9 10 (1.09%) COBIT
9 10 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.09%) TickIT
10 7 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.76%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.76%) QA
10 7 (0.76%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.44%) NCSC
12 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.65%) Squid
5 5 (0.55%) Docker
6 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.44%) vSphere
7 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 77 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 63 (6.87%) Grafana
3 15 (1.64%) Ansible
4 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.55%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.44%) Nmap
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.22%) Google
3 40 (4.36%) SAP
4 26 (2.84%) Cisco
4 26 (2.84%) Oracle
5 23 (2.51%) VMware
6 18 (1.96%) IFS
6 18 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.53%) Databricks
8 12 (1.31%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.20%) Veeam
10 9 (0.98%) YouTube
11 8 (0.87%) Workday
12 7 (0.76%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.76%) Splunk
13 6 (0.65%) Adobe
13 6 (0.65%) TikTok
14 5 (0.55%) Xero
15 4 (0.44%) Thales