Retail Jobs with Work from Home Options

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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 45 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,377 2,047 4,846
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.93% 6.24% 6.17%
As % of the General category 8.09% 9.58% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 693 1,416 2,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,733 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,339 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £84,000 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,611 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.69% -2.32% +8.89%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 17,022 21,367 51,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.93% 65.11% 66.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11,520 15,606 26,987
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Retail salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.58%) Confluence
3 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.36%) SAS
4 5 (0.36%) WordPress
5 4 (0.29%) CMS
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.22%) Apache
6 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 1 (0.073%) JBoss
8 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.073%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.073%) Umbraco
Applications
1 50 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.44%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.44%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.36%) SketchUp
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.22%) InDesign
8 3 (0.22%) Sketch
8 3 (0.22%) SPSS
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.073%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (1.82%) Endur
2 15 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.80%) Magento
5 8 (0.58%) Shopify
6 7 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
10 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.15%) SAP Retail
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe Campaign
11 1 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.073%) Exchequer
11 1 (0.073%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.073%) SAP CO
11 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (0.073%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 252 (18.30%) AWS
2 199 (14.45%) Azure
3 73 (5.30%) SaaS
4 67 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 65 (4.72%) GCP
7 59 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 27 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
11 23 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.45%) Serverless
13 16 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (0.87%) Snowflake
16 11 (0.80%) Google Workspace
17 10 (0.73%) dbt
17 10 (0.73%) Figma
17 10 (0.73%) Google Ads
17 10 (0.73%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.69%) Firewall
2 32 (2.32%) WAN
3 31 (2.25%) Internet
3 31 (2.25%) LAN
4 30 (2.18%) VPN
5 18 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.73%) HTTP
7 8 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.58%) Wireless
8 7 (0.51%) Network Security
9 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.36%) VLAN
10 4 (0.29%) FTP
11 3 (0.22%) BGP
11 3 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.22%) DNS
11 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.15%) 4G
13 1 (0.073%) Extranet
13 1 (0.073%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.62%) Tableau
2 68 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 61 (4.43%) Power BI
4 40 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.18%) MySQL
6 25 (1.82%) BigQuery
7 24 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.94%) GIS
12 12 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.65%) Power Query
14 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.44%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 179 (13.00%) Git
2 32 (2.32%) JIRA
3 24 (1.74%) TeamCity
4 14 (1.02%) GitLab
4 14 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.73%) JMeter
6 9 (0.65%) JUnit
7 8 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.44%) IntelliJ
9 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.36%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
10 5 (0.36%) Maven
10 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.29%) MSBuild
11 4 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 522 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 368 (26.72%) Finance
3 280 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (12.49%) Presentation Skills
5 166 (12.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 149 (10.82%) Marketing
7 144 (10.46%) Legal
8 80 (5.81%) Banking
9 70 (5.08%) Law
10 65 (4.72%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (2.69%) Games
13 27 (1.96%) Back Office
14 24 (1.74%) Billing
15 22 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.38%) Automotive
17 18 (1.31%) Advertising
18 15 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.09%) Police
19 14 (1.02%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 371 (26.94%) Analyst
2 273 (19.83%) Senior
3 209 (15.18%) Lead
4 156 (11.33%) Data Analyst
5 141 (10.24%) Developer
6 127 (9.22%) Senior Analyst
7 111 (8.06%) Senior Data Analyst
8 103 (7.48%) Consultant
9 99 (7.19%) Business Analyst
10 98 (7.12%) Architect
11 77 (5.59%) Lead Consultant
11 77 (5.59%) Microsoft Consultant
12 63 (4.58%) Software Engineer
13 62 (4.50%) Project Manager
14 54 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
15 40 (2.90%) Product Manager
15 40 (2.90%) Team Leader
16 39 (2.83%) Lead Business Analyst
17 37 (2.69%) .NET Developer
18 34 (2.47%) Business Analyst Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (6.90%) .NET
2 58 (4.21%) CSS
3 57 (4.14%) React
4 51 (3.70%) HTML
5 45 (3.27%) .NET Core
6 40 (2.90%) Node.js
7 35 (2.54%) REST
8 31 (2.25%) .NET Framework
8 31 (2.25%) XML
9 28 (2.03%) RESTful
10 25 (1.82%) ASP.NET
11 24 (1.74%) Web Services
12 23 (1.67%) JSON
12 23 (1.67%) Vue
13 21 (1.53%) Entity Framework
14 20 (1.45%) Kafka
15 17 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (1.09%) AngularJS
17 13 (0.94%) Redux
18 11 (0.80%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.58%) Cloud Native
2 56 (4.07%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.85%) Blog
4 47 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.83%) PMI
6 37 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 35 (2.54%) Mobile App
8 28 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.82%) Life Science
10 22 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.45%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.45%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.16%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.16%) FMCG
13 15 (1.09%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.87%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.87%) Social Media
15 11 (0.80%) EPoS
15 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
16 9 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.74%) Windows
2 58 (4.21%) Linux
3 27 (1.96%) Ubuntu
3 27 (1.96%) VMS
4 21 (1.53%) Android
5 17 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.02%) Windows Server
8 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.80%) Windows 7
9 11 (0.80%) Windows 8
10 5 (0.36%) AIX
11 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.073%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
2 317 (23.02%) Agile
3 288 (20.92%) Analytics
4 181 (13.14%) Visualisation
5 173 (12.56%) Actionable Insight
5 173 (12.56%) Data Analysis
6 165 (11.98%) Statistics
7 164 (11.91%) Mathematics
8 154 (11.18%) Business Strategy
9 148 (10.75%) Data Pipeline
10 144 (10.46%) Storytelling
11 140 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 139 (10.09%) E-Commerce
13 136 (9.88%) Roadmaps
14 135 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
15 126 (9.15%) Coaching
15 126 (9.15%) Customer Intelligence
16 125 (9.08%) DevOps
17 112 (8.13%) Logistics
18 103 (7.48%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 302 (21.93%) SQL
2 239 (17.36%) Python
3 100 (7.26%) C#
4 85 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 61 (4.43%) Java
6 48 (3.49%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.96%) PHP
8 21 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 19 (1.38%) Go
10 17 (1.23%) R
11 12 (0.87%) Bicep
12 10 (0.73%) Bash
13 8 (0.58%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.51%) VBA
15 6 (0.44%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.44%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.44%) Scala
16 5 (0.36%) Groovy
16 5 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 380 (27.60%) Degree
2 188 (13.65%) DBS Check
3 54 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 46 (3.34%) PMI Certification
5 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.31%) SC Cleared
8 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.80%) CISSP
10 10 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.65%) PMP
12 8 (0.58%) CCNA
12 8 (0.58%) CCNP
13 5 (0.36%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.36%) PhD
13 5 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.29%) CCSK
14 4 (0.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (10.60%) QA
2 33 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.45%) GDPR
4 20 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 17 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.02%) ISO 9001
7 11 (0.80%) NIST
8 7 (0.51%) ISO 14001
8 7 (0.51%) ISO 22301
8 7 (0.51%) NEBOSH
8 7 (0.51%) PMO
9 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.36%) SLA
10 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.29%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.22%) IFRS
11 3 (0.22%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.15%) DICOM
System Software
1 40 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.74%) Docker
3 8 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.15%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.073%) FreeRADIUS
5 1 (0.073%) KVM
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.073%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 80 (5.81%) Terraform
2 53 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.18%) Ansible
4 29 (2.11%) Grafana
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.36%) Kibana
6 5 (0.36%) logstash
7 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.073%) MIIS
9 1 (0.073%) SCCM
Vendors
1 232 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 146 (10.60%) Databricks
3 75 (5.45%) Google
4 25 (1.82%) BT
5 23 (1.67%) Adobe
6 20 (1.45%) SAP
7 15 (1.09%) Apple
7 15 (1.09%) Twitter
8 13 (0.94%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.87%) Cisco
10 10 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.58%) Oracle
11 8 (0.58%) Thales
12 7 (0.51%) Meraki
12 7 (0.51%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.36%) Sage
14 4 (0.29%) Avaya
14 4 (0.29%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.29%) New Relic
14 4 (0.29%) Northgate