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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 30 49
Rank change year-on-year -27 +19 -13
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,047 1,244 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.22% 7.41% 4.86%
As % of the General category 6.88% 10.50% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 598 368 465
10th Percentile £31,950 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,813 £33,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,279 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.26% -17.95% +3.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.48% -17.00% -9.09%

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 15,213 11,852 13,724
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 70.56% 62.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,157 6,173 7,693
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £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 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 8 October 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 14 (1.34%) CMS
1 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.05%) Apache
3 11 (1.05%) nginx
4 8 (0.76%) Confluence
5 3 (0.29%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (0.29%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) IIS
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 62 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.86%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.67%) Civil 3D
8 6 (0.57%) Revit
9 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.38%) InDesign
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.29%) Productboard
11 3 (0.29%) Sketch
12 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.19%) Simulink
12 2 (0.19%) Trello
13 1 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 27 (2.58%) Shopify
2 7 (0.67%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.096%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 249 (23.78%) SaaS
2 158 (15.09%) AWS
3 138 (13.18%) GCP
4 105 (10.03%) Azure
5 79 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
6 52 (4.97%) Power Platform
7 41 (3.92%) Google Analytics
8 29 (2.77%) Google Tag Manager
8 29 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.58%) Google Ads
10 16 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.24%) dbt
12 10 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.96%) Google Workspace
12 10 (0.96%) Meta Ads
13 9 (0.86%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.67%) GitHub
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.58%) Firewall
2 22 (2.10%) WAN
3 21 (2.01%) LAN
4 20 (1.91%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.81%) VLAN
6 16 (1.53%) VPN
7 15 (1.43%) BGP
8 14 (1.34%) DNS
9 11 (1.05%) Network Security
10 10 (0.96%) OSPF
10 10 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (0.76%) DHCP
12 7 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.67%) SMS
12 7 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.57%) MPLS
13 6 (0.57%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.39%) Power BI
2 32 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.10%) Metadata
4 20 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.43%) BigQuery
5 15 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.34%) Tableau
7 13 (1.24%) Looker
8 11 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.096%) Crystal Reports
15 1 (0.096%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 84 (8.02%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.62%) JIRA
3 13 (1.24%) Git
4 11 (1.05%) JUnit
5 6 (0.57%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.57%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.096%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.096%) MLflow
8 1 (0.096%) Zephyr
General
1 401 (38.30%) Finance
2 356 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 245 (23.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 242 (23.11%) Banking
5 221 (21.11%) Law
6 201 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
7 173 (16.52%) Marketing
8 135 (12.89%) Back Office
9 122 (11.65%) Financial Institution
10 68 (6.49%) Manufacturing
11 60 (5.73%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.49%) Legal
12 47 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (4.39%) Public Sector
14 33 (3.15%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.67%) Automotive
16 27 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (2.10%) Advertising
18 21 (2.01%) French Language
19 19 (1.81%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 125 (11.94%) Analyst
2 118 (11.27%) Senior
3 97 (9.26%) Lead
4 74 (7.07%) Software Engineer
5 60 (5.73%) Developer
6 49 (4.68%) Architect
7 47 (4.49%) Development Manager
8 44 (4.20%) Account Executive
9 35 (3.34%) Business Manager
10 31 (2.96%) Team Leader
11 30 (2.87%) Data Analyst
12 29 (2.77%) Software Manager
12 29 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
13 28 (2.67%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.67%) Security Analyst
14 27 (2.58%) Service Manager
15 26 (2.48%) .NET Developer
15 26 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
16 25 (2.39%) Business Development Manager
17 24 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (10.32%) Terraform
2 53 (5.06%) React
3 46 (4.39%) .NET
4 44 (4.20%) Node.js
5 28 (2.67%) RESTful
6 26 (2.48%) .NET Core
7 25 (2.39%) Blazor
8 23 (2.20%) ASP.NET
9 22 (2.10%) ASP.NET Core
10 21 (2.01%) ASP.NET Web API
11 18 (1.72%) OpenAPI
11 18 (1.72%) Swagger
12 14 (1.34%) React Native
13 11 (1.05%) Dagger
13 11 (1.05%) Middleware
13 11 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
13 11 (1.05%) RxJava
14 10 (0.96%) XML
15 8 (0.76%) REST
16 7 (0.67%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 123 (11.75%) Cloud Native
2 90 (8.60%) Product Ownership
3 70 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.72%) Blog
6 36 (3.44%) Onboarding
7 35 (3.34%) Social Media
8 30 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 30 (2.87%) FMCG
9 29 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (2.58%) Virtual Team
11 22 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.91%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.72%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
16 14 (1.34%) EPoS
17 13 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
18 10 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.44%) Windows
2 32 (3.06%) Linux
3 26 (2.48%) Android
4 23 (2.20%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.96%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.096%) AIX
8 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
2 190 (18.15%) Agile
3 170 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 170 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 135 (12.89%) Fintech
5 134 (12.80%) CI/CD
6 130 (12.42%) Decision-Making
7 126 (12.03%) E-Commerce
8 123 (11.75%) Roadmaps
9 121 (11.56%) Analytics
10 120 (11.46%) AI
10 120 (11.46%) Software Engineering
11 115 (10.98%) Disruptive Innovation
12 107 (10.22%) Clean Code
13 104 (9.93%) Microservices
14 102 (9.74%) Mentoring
15 101 (9.65%) Customer Experience
16 98 (9.36%) Cybersecurity
17 97 (9.26%) Test Automation
18 96 (9.17%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 115 (10.98%) Java
2 112 (10.70%) SQL
3 80 (7.64%) Python
4 35 (3.34%) C#
5 34 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 30 (2.87%) Go
7 16 (1.53%) Bash
8 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.67%) Clojure
11 6 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) R
14 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.096%) C
15 1 (0.096%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.096%) Groovy
15 1 (0.096%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (5.44%) Degree
2 51 (4.87%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.72%) CISSP
5 17 (1.62%) DBS Check
6 16 (1.53%) CISM
6 16 (1.53%) ICAEW
7 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.24%) CISA
9 11 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (0.96%) CRISC
11 7 (0.67%) ISACA
11 7 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.67%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.57%) CCNA
12 6 (0.57%) CREST Certified
12 6 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.87%) GDPR
4 28 (2.67%) NIST
5 27 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 26 (2.48%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.91%) SOC 2
8 19 (1.81%) QA
9 16 (1.53%) GRC
10 13 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.96%) COBIT
12 8 (0.76%) SOC 1
13 7 (0.67%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.67%) TickIT
14 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.38%) NCSC
16 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.67%) Docker
5 6 (0.57%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) vSphere
9 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 115 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 90 (8.60%) Grafana
3 13 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.05%) Ansible
5 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.57%) Nmap
6 6 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.48%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.096%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.096%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.096%) Nessus
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 180 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.60%) Google
3 40 (3.82%) SAP
4 25 (2.39%) Cisco
4 25 (2.39%) Salesforce
5 24 (2.29%) Oracle
6 19 (1.81%) VMware
7 17 (1.62%) IFS
8 15 (1.43%) Databricks
9 13 (1.24%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.15%) Adobe
10 12 (1.15%) TikTok
11 11 (1.05%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.05%) Splunk
11 11 (1.05%) Veeam
12 10 (0.96%) Thales
12 10 (0.96%) YouTube
13 7 (0.67%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.67%) Workday
14 6 (0.57%) Pinterest