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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Retail 834 1,241 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.10% 7.98% 5.20%
As % of the General category 7.03% 10.73% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 498 407 995
10th Percentile £32,428 £31,335 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,250 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,295 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.99% +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% -17.39%

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 11,870 11,564 20,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.34% 74.32% 60.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,754 6,393 15,266
10th Percentile £32,261 £27,500 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £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 £80,000 £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 23 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 (1.32%) CMS
2 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.96%) Confluence
3 8 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.48%) 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 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.36%) Productboard
5 3 (0.36%) Sketch
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.56%) Shopify
3 10 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.96%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.36%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 223 (26.74%) SaaS
2 146 (17.51%) AWS
3 94 (11.27%) Azure
3 94 (11.27%) GCP
4 69 (8.27%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 29 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.32%) dbt
8 11 (1.32%) Figma
9 9 (1.08%) GitHub
9 9 (1.08%) Google Analytics
10 8 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (0.84%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.76%) Firewall
2 16 (1.92%) LAN
3 15 (1.80%) WAN
4 14 (1.68%) VLAN
5 13 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.32%) VPN
7 10 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.08%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.08%) WebEx
9 8 (0.96%) BGP
10 7 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.48%) Network Security
11 4 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.36%) 3G
12 3 (0.36%) 4G
12 3 (0.36%) 5G
12 3 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.36%) SCCP
12 3 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.32%) Power BI
2 28 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.80%) Metadata
3 15 (1.80%) MongoDB
3 15 (1.80%) Tableau
4 13 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (1.56%) Looker
4 13 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.96%) BigQuery
6 8 (0.96%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.48%) MySQL
10 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 56 (6.71%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.04%) JIRA
3 7 (0.84%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.84%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.36%) Git
5 3 (0.36%) JUnit
6 2 (0.24%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 322 (38.61%) Finance
2 250 (29.98%) Social Skills
3 190 (22.78%) Banking
4 187 (22.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 179 (21.46%) Law
6 134 (16.07%) Marketing
7 127 (15.23%) Back Office
8 101 (12.11%) Financial Institution
9 100 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
10 58 (6.95%) Manufacturing
11 42 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (4.68%) Legal
13 36 (4.32%) Automotive
14 33 (3.96%) Public Sector
15 31 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (3.12%) Aviation
17 25 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (2.76%) Telecoms
19 20 (2.40%) Polish Language
20 19 (2.28%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 85 (10.19%) Analyst
2 82 (9.83%) Senior
3 76 (9.11%) Lead
4 60 (7.19%) Developer
5 54 (6.47%) Software Engineer
6 50 (6.00%) Architect
7 38 (4.56%) Business Manager
8 34 (4.08%) Development Manager
9 32 (3.84%) Security Analyst
10 30 (3.60%) Consultant
11 29 (3.48%) Systems Manager
12 28 (3.36%) Data Analyst
13 26 (3.12%) Designer
14 24 (2.88%) Account Executive
14 24 (2.88%) Account Manager
15 23 (2.76%) Software Manager
16 22 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (2.52%) Project Manager
18 19 (2.28%) Business Consultant
18 19 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.56%) React
2 35 (4.20%) .NET
3 30 (3.60%) Node.js
4 17 (2.04%) .NET Core
5 15 (1.80%) ASP.NET
5 15 (1.80%) ASP.NET Core
5 15 (1.80%) Blazor
5 15 (1.80%) RESTful
6 14 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
7 13 (1.56%) REST
8 9 (1.08%) XMPP
9 8 (0.96%) Kafka
10 7 (0.84%) Middleware
10 7 (0.84%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.84%) React Native
10 7 (0.84%) Redux
10 7 (0.84%) Swagger
11 6 (0.72%) Regular Expression
12 5 (0.60%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 112 (13.43%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.47%) Onboarding
3 53 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 52 (6.24%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.56%) Blog
6 31 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (3.36%) Security Posture
8 27 (3.24%) EPoS
8 27 (3.24%) FMCG
9 26 (3.12%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (2.04%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.68%) Marketing Technology
15 11 (1.32%) Data Structures
16 10 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (1.08%) Algorithms
17 9 (1.08%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.12%) Windows
2 23 (2.76%) Linux
3 15 (1.80%) Android
4 13 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.36%) 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
1 163 (19.54%) Agile
2 130 (15.59%) Roadmaps
3 128 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (13.43%) ERP
6 100 (11.99%) Fintech
7 98 (11.75%) CI/CD
8 84 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
9 82 (9.83%) Test Automation
10 81 (9.71%) AI
10 81 (9.71%) Software Engineering
11 80 (9.59%) Decision-Making
12 79 (9.47%) CRM
12 79 (9.47%) Project Management
13 76 (9.11%) Analytics
14 72 (8.63%) Microservices
15 71 (8.51%) Business Development
16 68 (8.15%) Disruptive Innovation
16 68 (8.15%) E-Commerce
17 67 (8.03%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 86 (10.31%) Java
2 84 (10.07%) SQL
3 66 (7.91%) Python
4 37 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 27 (3.24%) C#
6 23 (2.76%) Go
7 16 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.32%) Bash
8 11 (1.32%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.96%) Clojure
10 5 (0.60%) PHP
10 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.36%) 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 (9.59%) Degree
2 33 (3.96%) CISSP
3 30 (3.60%) Security Cleared
4 27 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.52%) CISM
6 19 (2.28%) ACCA
6 19 (2.28%) CIMA
7 17 (2.04%) CISA
8 15 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (1.56%) CRISC
10 12 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.44%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.44%) OSCP
11 10 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.08%) ICAEW
13 8 (0.96%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.84%) CCNA
14 7 (0.84%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.84%) NIST
3 28 (3.36%) PCI DSS
4 24 (2.88%) SOC 2
5 21 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (2.28%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.28%) GDPR
7 16 (1.92%) GRC
8 15 (1.80%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.20%) COBIT
10 10 (1.20%) SLA
10 10 (1.20%) TickIT
11 8 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.84%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.60%) QA
14 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.96%) Docker
4 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 89 (10.67%) Terraform
2 87 (10.43%) Kubernetes
3 74 (8.87%) Grafana
4 24 (2.88%) Ansible
5 9 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.84%) Nmap
6 7 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.84%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) 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
1 133 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.92%) Oracle
3 38 (4.56%) SAP
4 24 (2.88%) Google
5 23 (2.76%) VMware
6 21 (2.52%) Cisco
6 21 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.04%) IFS
8 11 (1.32%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.20%) Databricks
10 9 (1.08%) Splunk
11 8 (0.96%) Adobe
11 8 (0.96%) Workday
12 6 (0.72%) NetApp
13 5 (0.60%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.60%) Xero
14 4 (0.48%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.48%) Sage
14 4 (0.48%) Ubiquiti