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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 30 47
Rank change year-on-year -28 +17 -8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 898 1,216 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 7.36% 4.83%
As % of the General category 6.41% 10.29% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 557 398 578
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £58,900
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.87% -2.24%
75th Percentile £76,649 £73,852 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,250 £89,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -11.50%

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 14,016 11,812 15,208
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.23% 71.46% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,807 6,577 9,770
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,500
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 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 28 August 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 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.22%) Apache
2 11 (1.22%) nginx
3 9 (1.00%) CMS
4 8 (0.89%) Confluence
4 8 (0.89%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.22%) Drupal
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.67%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.33%) Productboard
8 3 (0.33%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (3.23%) Shopify
2 7 (0.78%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.45%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 214 (23.83%) SaaS
2 119 (13.25%) AWS
3 101 (11.25%) Azure
4 92 (10.24%) GCP
5 53 (5.90%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (5.01%) Power Platform
7 28 (3.12%) Google Analytics
8 27 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.78%) Google Ads
11 13 (1.45%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.22%) dbt
13 10 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.00%) GitHub
15 7 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.67%) Entra ID
16 6 (0.67%) Figma
16 6 (0.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.34%) Firewall
2 19 (2.12%) LAN
2 19 (2.12%) WAN
3 15 (1.67%) VLAN
4 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (1.00%) BGP
6 9 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.00%) DNS
7 8 (0.89%) OSPF
7 8 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.89%) Unified Communications
7 8 (0.89%) VPN
7 8 (0.89%) WebEx
8 7 (0.78%) SMS
9 6 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.67%) MPLS
10 5 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.56%) Network Security
10 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.34%) Power BI
2 20 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.23%) MongoDB
3 19 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.00%) Looker
5 17 (1.89%) Metadata
6 14 (1.56%) BigQuery
7 13 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.34%) Tableau
9 10 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.00%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 51 (5.68%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.89%) JIRA
3 9 (1.00%) Git
4 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.45%) JUnit
4 4 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 322 (35.86%) Finance
2 292 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 179 (19.93%) Banking
4 172 (19.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (18.15%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (18.15%) Law
6 150 (16.70%) Marketing
7 109 (12.14%) Back Office
8 89 (9.91%) Financial Institution
9 66 (7.35%) Manufacturing
10 54 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
11 47 (5.23%) Public Sector
12 35 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (3.56%) Legal
13 32 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (3.23%) Telecoms
15 26 (2.90%) Automotive
16 20 (2.23%) Aviation
17 16 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.78%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 98 (10.91%) Analyst
2 88 (9.80%) Senior
3 80 (8.91%) Lead
4 67 (7.46%) Developer
5 54 (6.01%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.35%) Development Manager
7 40 (4.45%) Architect
8 35 (3.90%) Account Executive
9 32 (3.56%) Data Analyst
10 31 (3.45%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.23%) Software Manager
12 26 (2.90%) .NET Developer
12 26 (2.90%) Business Development Manager
12 26 (2.90%) Service Manager
13 25 (2.78%) Service Delivery Manager
14 23 (2.56%) Project Manager
14 23 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.45%) Software Development Manager
16 20 (2.23%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (8.24%) Terraform
2 52 (5.79%) React
3 51 (5.68%) .NET
4 45 (5.01%) Node.js
5 27 (3.01%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.78%) Blazor
7 23 (2.56%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.34%) ASP.NET Web API
10 16 (1.78%) RESTful
11 13 (1.45%) React Native
12 11 (1.22%) Middleware
12 11 (1.22%) OpenAPI
12 11 (1.22%) Swagger
13 9 (1.00%) REST
14 8 (0.89%) XMPP
15 6 (0.67%) EDI
15 6 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.67%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 70 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.67%) Blog
8 23 (2.56%) FMCG
9 22 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.00%) Driving Licence
11 18 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.89%) EPoS
13 15 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
13 15 (1.67%) Security Posture
13 15 (1.67%) Social Media
14 10 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.46%) Windows
2 33 (3.67%) Linux
3 17 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.78%) Android
5 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (20.71%) Agile
2 167 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (15.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (14.81%) Roadmaps
6 128 (14.25%) Decision-Making
7 105 (11.69%) Analytics
8 100 (11.14%) AI
9 99 (11.02%) CI/CD
10 94 (10.47%) Business Development
10 94 (10.47%) E-Commerce
11 93 (10.36%) Fintech
12 91 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
12 91 (10.13%) Software Engineering
13 90 (10.02%) ERP
14 82 (9.13%) Microservices
15 80 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 79 (8.80%) CRM
17 77 (8.57%) Test Automation
18 74 (8.24%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (10.80%) SQL
2 70 (7.80%) Java
3 69 (7.68%) Python
4 39 (4.34%) C#
5 35 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.78%) Go
7 13 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.89%) Clojure
10 6 (0.67%) Bash
11 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.33%) PHP
11 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (5.01%) Degree
2 41 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.12%) CISSP
5 17 (1.89%) CISM
6 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.56%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.45%) CISA
9 11 (1.22%) ACCA
9 11 (1.22%) CIMA
9 11 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.11%) CRISC
11 8 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.89%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.78%) ISACA
12 7 (0.78%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.78%) NIST
3 21 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.23%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.23%) GDPR
5 16 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.78%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.45%) GRC
7 10 (1.11%) COBIT
7 10 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 10 (1.11%) TickIT
8 8 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.78%) QA
9 7 (0.78%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.45%) PMO
11 4 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.67%) Squid
5 5 (0.56%) Docker
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.56%) vSphere
6 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (8.35%) Kubernetes
2 62 (6.90%) Grafana
3 16 (1.78%) Ansible
4 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.56%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Nmap
8 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.22%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 170 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.68%) Google
3 41 (4.57%) SAP
4 27 (3.01%) Oracle
5 26 (2.90%) VMware
6 25 (2.78%) Cisco
7 18 (2.00%) IFS
8 15 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.56%) Databricks
10 12 (1.34%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.34%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.22%) Veeam
12 9 (1.00%) YouTube
13 8 (0.89%) Splunk
13 8 (0.89%) Workday
14 6 (0.67%) Adobe
14 6 (0.67%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.56%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.56%) NetApp
15 5 (0.56%) Xero