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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -14
Permanent jobs citing Retail 820 1,239 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.07% 8.01% 5.19%
As % of the General category 6.99% 10.75% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 493 408 1,000
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,335 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,375 £39,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -22.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -19.49%

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 11,737 11,530 20,950
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.51% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,665 6,364 15,324
10th Percentile £31,550 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 20 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 (1.34%) CMS
2 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.98%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.49%) Drupal
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.37%) Productboard
5 3 (0.37%) Sketch
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.59%) Shopify
3 10 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.98%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) 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
1 221 (26.95%) SaaS
2 140 (17.07%) AWS
3 90 (10.98%) Azure
4 89 (10.85%) GCP
5 66 (8.05%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (5.85%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.34%) Figma
9 10 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.22%) dbt
10 9 (1.10%) GitHub
10 9 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 8 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.85%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.80%) Firewall
2 16 (1.95%) LAN
3 15 (1.83%) WAN
4 14 (1.71%) VLAN
5 13 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.34%) VPN
7 10 (1.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.10%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.10%) WebEx
9 8 (0.98%) BGP
10 7 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.49%) Network Security
11 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.37%) 4G
12 3 (0.37%) 5G
12 3 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.37%) SCCP
12 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.27%) Power BI
2 27 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.83%) Metadata
3 15 (1.83%) Tableau
4 14 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (1.59%) Looker
5 13 (1.59%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.98%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.85%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.49%) MySQL
12 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 53 (6.46%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.07%) JIRA
3 7 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.85%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.24%) Git
6 2 (0.24%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 310 (37.80%) Finance
2 249 (30.37%) Social Skills
3 184 (22.44%) Banking
4 180 (21.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 175 (21.34%) Law
6 134 (16.34%) Marketing
7 122 (14.88%) Back Office
8 99 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
8 99 (12.07%) Financial Institution
9 56 (6.83%) Manufacturing
10 42 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (4.51%) Legal
12 36 (4.39%) Automotive
13 33 (4.02%) Public Sector
14 31 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (3.17%) Aviation
16 25 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (2.80%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.44%) Polish Language
19 19 (2.32%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 85 (10.37%) Analyst
2 80 (9.76%) Senior
3 73 (8.90%) Lead
4 59 (7.20%) Developer
5 51 (6.22%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.85%) Architect
7 37 (4.51%) Business Manager
8 34 (4.15%) Development Manager
9 31 (3.78%) Security Analyst
10 30 (3.66%) Consultant
11 28 (3.41%) Data Analyst
11 28 (3.41%) Systems Manager
12 27 (3.29%) Account Manager
13 26 (3.17%) Designer
14 24 (2.93%) Account Executive
15 23 (2.80%) Software Manager
16 21 (2.56%) Project Manager
17 20 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
18 19 (2.32%) Business Consultant
18 19 (2.32%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.63%) React
2 35 (4.27%) .NET
3 30 (3.66%) Node.js
4 17 (2.07%) .NET Core
5 15 (1.83%) ASP.NET
5 15 (1.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 15 (1.83%) Blazor
5 15 (1.83%) RESTful
6 14 (1.71%) ASP.NET Web API
7 13 (1.59%) REST
8 9 (1.10%) XMPP
9 8 (0.98%) Kafka
10 7 (0.85%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.85%) React Native
10 7 (0.85%) Redux
10 7 (0.85%) Swagger
11 6 (0.73%) Middleware
11 6 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.73%) Regular Expression
12 5 (0.61%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 107 (13.05%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 51 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 49 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 37 (4.51%) Blog
6 29 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (3.41%) Security Posture
8 27 (3.29%) EPoS
8 27 (3.29%) FMCG
9 26 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (2.07%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (1.10%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.10%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.17%) Windows
2 23 (2.80%) Linux
3 15 (1.83%) Android
4 13 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.37%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.12%) AIX
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (19.27%) Agile
2 128 (15.61%) Roadmaps
3 125 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (13.17%) ERP
6 98 (11.95%) Fintech
7 93 (11.34%) CI/CD
8 82 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 80 (9.76%) AI
9 80 (9.76%) Project Management
10 79 (9.63%) CRM
10 79 (9.63%) Test Automation
11 78 (9.51%) Software Engineering
12 77 (9.39%) Analytics
12 77 (9.39%) Decision-Making
13 72 (8.78%) Business Development
14 68 (8.29%) Microservices
15 66 (8.05%) Disruptive Innovation
16 64 (7.80%) B2B
16 64 (7.80%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 83 (10.12%) Java
2 82 (10.00%) SQL
3 63 (7.68%) Python
4 36 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 27 (3.29%) C#
6 23 (2.80%) Go
7 16 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.34%) Bash
8 11 (1.34%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.98%) Clojure
10 5 (0.61%) PHP
10 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.12%) Groovy
13 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 80 (9.76%) Degree
2 30 (3.66%) CISSP
3 28 (3.41%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.32%) ACCA
5 19 (2.32%) CIMA
5 19 (2.32%) CISM
6 14 (1.71%) CISA
6 14 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.46%) CREST Certified
7 12 (1.46%) OSCP
8 10 (1.22%) CRISC
9 9 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.10%) ICAEW
9 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.98%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.85%) CCNA
12 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (3.66%) NIST
3 25 (3.05%) PCI DSS
4 21 (2.56%) SOC 2
5 19 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (2.32%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.95%) GDPR
7 15 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.83%) GRC
8 11 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.22%) SLA
9 10 (1.22%) TickIT
10 8 (0.98%) COBIT
10 8 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.61%) QA
11 5 (0.61%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.49%) NCSC
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.98%) Docker
4 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 86 (10.49%) Terraform
2 84 (10.24%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.66%) Grafana
4 24 (2.93%) Ansible
5 9 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.85%) Nmap
6 7 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.85%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.37%) SCCM
9 2 (0.24%) Autotask
9 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 130 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.76%) Oracle
3 35 (4.27%) SAP
4 23 (2.80%) Google
4 23 (2.80%) VMware
5 22 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.56%) Cisco
7 15 (1.83%) IFS
8 11 (1.34%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.10%) Splunk
10 8 (0.98%) Adobe
10 8 (0.98%) Databricks
11 7 (0.85%) Workday
12 6 (0.73%) NetApp
13 5 (0.61%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.61%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.61%) Xero
14 4 (0.49%) Sage
14 4 (0.49%) Ubiquiti