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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -31 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,019 1,211 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.11% 7.33% 4.91%
As % of the General category 6.70% 10.27% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 587 376 495
10th Percentile £32,261 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,616 £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 £75,000 £75,000 £87,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -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 15,214 11,787 14,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 71.36% 62.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 6,281 8,147
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -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 26 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 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.08%) Apache
2 11 (1.08%) CMS
2 11 (1.08%) nginx
3 10 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.79%) Confluence
5 2 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.098%) IIS
6 1 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 55 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.88%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.69%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.49%) Revit
9 4 (0.39%) InDesign
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.29%) Productboard
10 3 (0.29%) Sketch
11 2 (0.20%) 3ds Max
11 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.20%) Simulink
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
12 1 (0.098%) Blender
Business Applications
1 29 (2.85%) Shopify
2 7 (0.69%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.69%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.39%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.20%) Magento
6 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.20%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.098%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.098%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.098%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 242 (23.75%) SaaS
2 152 (14.92%) AWS
3 130 (12.76%) GCP
4 104 (10.21%) Azure
5 75 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
6 47 (4.61%) Power Platform
7 38 (3.73%) Google Analytics
8 30 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.45%) Google Ads
10 20 (1.96%) Google Tag Manager
11 18 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.18%) dbt
13 10 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (0.98%) Meta Ads
14 9 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.79%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.79%) GitHub
15 8 (0.79%) Google Workspace
16 6 (0.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.94%) Firewall
2 22 (2.16%) LAN
2 22 (2.16%) WAN
3 18 (1.77%) VLAN
4 17 (1.67%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.28%) DNS
6 12 (1.18%) BGP
6 12 (1.18%) VPN
7 10 (0.98%) Network Security
7 10 (0.98%) OSPF
7 10 (0.98%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (0.69%) DHCP
8 7 (0.69%) SMS
9 6 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.59%) MPLS
9 6 (0.59%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.59%) WebEx
9 6 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.02%) Power BI
2 27 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (1.96%) Metadata
3 20 (1.96%) MongoDB
4 15 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.37%) BigQuery
5 14 (1.37%) Looker
6 13 (1.28%) Tableau
7 10 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.79%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.20%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.098%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 77 (7.56%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.57%) JIRA
3 12 (1.18%) Git
4 9 (0.88%) JUnit
5 4 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.39%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.098%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.098%) MLflow
8 1 (0.098%) Zephyr
General
1 380 (37.29%) Finance
2 348 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 229 (22.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 225 (22.08%) Banking
5 210 (20.61%) Law
6 192 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
7 172 (16.88%) Marketing
8 124 (12.17%) Back Office
9 112 (10.99%) Financial Institution
10 67 (6.58%) Manufacturing
11 58 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
12 48 (4.71%) Public Sector
13 45 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
14 43 (4.22%) Legal
15 34 (3.34%) Telecoms
16 29 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (2.75%) Automotive
18 20 (1.96%) Advertising
19 17 (1.67%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.57%) French Language
Job Titles
1 117 (11.48%) Analyst
2 104 (10.21%) Senior
3 93 (9.13%) Lead
4 71 (6.97%) Software Engineer
5 65 (6.38%) Developer
6 48 (4.71%) Development Manager
7 45 (4.42%) Architect
8 42 (4.12%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.34%) Business Manager
10 30 (2.94%) Data Analyst
10 30 (2.94%) Software Manager
11 28 (2.75%) Project Manager
12 27 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
12 27 (2.65%) Security Analyst
13 26 (2.55%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.55%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (2.55%) Team Leader
14 25 (2.45%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.36%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (10.21%) Terraform
2 53 (5.20%) React
3 49 (4.81%) .NET
4 44 (4.32%) Node.js
5 26 (2.55%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.45%) Blazor
7 23 (2.26%) ASP.NET
7 23 (2.26%) RESTful
8 22 (2.16%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.06%) ASP.NET Web API
10 15 (1.47%) OpenAPI
10 15 (1.47%) Swagger
11 14 (1.37%) React Native
12 12 (1.18%) Middleware
13 9 (0.88%) Dagger
13 9 (0.88%) REST
13 9 (0.88%) RxJava
14 8 (0.79%) XML
15 7 (0.69%) Kafka
15 7 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 114 (11.19%) Cloud Native
2 87 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 68 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 42 (4.12%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.53%) Blog
7 28 (2.75%) FMCG
8 27 (2.65%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (2.55%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.45%) Social Media
11 22 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.86%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 18 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
15 16 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
16 14 (1.37%) EPoS
17 10 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.50%) Windows
2 34 (3.34%) Linux
3 26 (2.55%) Android
4 23 (2.26%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.77%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.69%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.098%) AIX
8 1 (0.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.098%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (20.02%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (18.25%) Agile
3 163 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 160 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 131 (12.86%) CI/CD
6 130 (12.76%) Decision-Making
7 126 (12.37%) Fintech
7 126 (12.37%) Roadmaps
8 119 (11.68%) AI
9 117 (11.48%) Analytics
10 116 (11.38%) E-Commerce
11 115 (11.29%) Software Engineering
12 105 (10.30%) Disruptive Innovation
13 103 (10.11%) Mentoring
14 101 (9.91%) Cybersecurity
15 99 (9.72%) Microservices
16 97 (9.52%) Clean Code
17 95 (9.32%) Test Automation
18 94 (9.22%) Business Development
18 94 (9.22%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 107 (10.50%) Java
1 107 (10.50%) SQL
2 82 (8.05%) Python
3 37 (3.63%) C#
4 35 (3.43%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.65%) Go
6 13 (1.28%) Bash
6 13 (1.28%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.08%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.79%) Clojure
9 6 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.29%) PHP
10 3 (0.29%) R
10 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.098%) C
12 1 (0.098%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.098%) Groovy
12 1 (0.098%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (5.20%) Degree
2 52 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.77%) CISSP
5 16 (1.57%) CISM
5 16 (1.57%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.28%) CISA
9 11 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.98%) CRISC
11 9 (0.88%) ACCA
12 8 (0.79%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.69%) CIMA
13 7 (0.69%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.69%) ISACA
13 7 (0.69%) OSCP
13 7 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (2.85%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.65%) GDPR
3 27 (2.65%) NIST
4 24 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.67%) QA
7 16 (1.57%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.47%) GRC
9 13 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.98%) COBIT
10 10 (0.98%) TickIT
11 8 (0.79%) SOC 1
12 7 (0.69%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.39%) NCSC
15 4 (0.39%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.79%) Docker
5 6 (0.59%) Squid
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.098%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 108 (10.60%) Kubernetes
2 86 (8.44%) Grafana
3 14 (1.37%) Ansible
4 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.49%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.39%) Nmap
8 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.098%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.098%) Nessus
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.098%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 186 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.26%) Google
3 42 (4.12%) SAP
4 26 (2.55%) Cisco
5 25 (2.45%) Oracle
6 22 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.06%) VMware
8 18 (1.77%) IFS
9 14 (1.37%) Databricks
10 13 (1.28%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.18%) Adobe
11 12 (1.18%) HubSpot
12 11 (1.08%) Splunk
12 11 (1.08%) Veeam
13 10 (0.98%) TikTok
13 10 (0.98%) YouTube
14 9 (0.88%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.88%) Thales
15 8 (0.79%) Workday
16 7 (0.69%) Xero