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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 30 47
Rank change year-on-year -28 +17 -8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,033 1,228 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.16% 7.42% 4.86%
As % of the General category 6.78% 10.43% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 589 372 482
10th Percentile £32,050 £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 £88,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,388 £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 15,226 11,772 14,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.31% 71.10% 62.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,227 6,189 7,919
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,750 £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 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -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 29 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 18 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.06%) Apache
2 11 (1.06%) CMS
2 11 (1.06%) nginx
2 11 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.77%) Confluence
4 2 (0.19%) IIS
4 2 (0.19%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.19%) WordPress
5 1 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.87%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.68%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.48%) 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 (0.19%) 3ds Max
11 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.19%) Simulink
11 2 (0.19%) Trello
12 1 (0.097%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 28 (2.71%) Shopify
2 7 (0.68%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.68%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.48%) 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 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.19%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.097%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.097%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.097%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.097%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 243 (23.52%) SaaS
2 154 (14.91%) AWS
3 133 (12.88%) GCP
4 105 (10.16%) Azure
5 77 (7.45%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (4.74%) Power Platform
7 39 (3.78%) Google Analytics
8 30 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.52%) Google Ads
10 22 (2.13%) Google Tag Manager
11 18 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.16%) dbt
13 10 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (0.97%) Meta Ads
14 9 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.87%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.77%) GitHub
15 8 (0.77%) Google Workspace
16 6 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.58%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.81%) Firewall
2 22 (2.13%) LAN
2 22 (2.13%) WAN
3 17 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 17 (1.65%) VLAN
4 14 (1.36%) DNS
5 13 (1.26%) VPN
6 12 (1.16%) BGP
7 10 (0.97%) Network Security
7 10 (0.97%) OSPF
7 10 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (0.77%) DHCP
9 7 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.68%) SMS
9 7 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.58%) MPLS
11 5 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.48%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.48%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.16%) Power BI
2 30 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (1.94%) Metadata
3 20 (1.94%) MongoDB
4 16 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.36%) BigQuery
5 14 (1.36%) Looker
5 14 (1.36%) Tableau
6 10 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.77%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.097%) Big Data
12 1 (0.097%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 79 (7.65%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.55%) JIRA
3 12 (1.16%) Git
4 9 (0.87%) 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 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.097%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.097%) MLflow
8 1 (0.097%) Zephyr
General
1 390 (37.75%) Finance
2 354 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 239 (23.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 234 (22.65%) Banking
5 220 (21.30%) Law
6 192 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
7 174 (16.84%) Marketing
8 127 (12.29%) Back Office
9 114 (11.04%) Financial Institution
10 66 (6.39%) Manufacturing
11 60 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.55%) Public Sector
13 46 (4.45%) Legal
13 46 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (3.19%) Telecoms
15 29 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (2.61%) Automotive
17 21 (2.03%) Advertising
18 18 (1.74%) French Language
18 18 (1.74%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 118 (11.42%) Analyst
2 110 (10.65%) Senior
3 96 (9.29%) Lead
4 73 (7.07%) Software Engineer
5 64 (6.20%) Developer
6 48 (4.65%) Development Manager
7 46 (4.45%) Architect
8 41 (3.97%) Account Executive
9 35 (3.39%) Business Manager
10 30 (2.90%) Data Analyst
10 30 (2.90%) Software Manager
11 29 (2.81%) Team Leader
12 28 (2.71%) Project Manager
13 27 (2.61%) Delivery Manager
13 27 (2.61%) Security Analyst
13 27 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (2.52%) .NET Developer
14 26 (2.52%) Service Manager
15 25 (2.42%) Business Development Manager
16 24 (2.32%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (10.26%) Terraform
2 53 (5.13%) React
3 49 (4.74%) .NET
4 44 (4.26%) Node.js
5 26 (2.52%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.42%) Blazor
7 24 (2.32%) RESTful
8 23 (2.23%) ASP.NET
9 22 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 21 (2.03%) ASP.NET Web API
11 16 (1.55%) OpenAPI
11 16 (1.55%) Swagger
12 14 (1.36%) React Native
13 12 (1.16%) Middleware
14 9 (0.87%) Dagger
14 9 (0.87%) REST
14 9 (0.87%) RxJava
15 8 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (0.77%) XML
16 7 (0.68%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 119 (11.52%) Cloud Native
2 88 (8.52%) Product Ownership
3 69 (6.68%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.45%) Management Information System
5 42 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 39 (3.78%) Blog
7 29 (2.81%) Social Media
8 27 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (2.61%) FMCG
8 27 (2.61%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.52%) Driving Licence
10 22 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.84%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
13 16 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.36%) EPoS
15 10 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.42%) Windows
2 33 (3.19%) Linux
3 26 (2.52%) Android
4 23 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.097%) AIX
8 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.097%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (18.30%) Agile
3 166 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 163 (15.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (12.88%) CI/CD
6 131 (12.68%) Fintech
7 129 (12.49%) Decision-Making
8 127 (12.29%) Roadmaps
9 121 (11.71%) AI
10 119 (11.52%) Analytics
11 118 (11.42%) E-Commerce
11 118 (11.42%) Software Engineering
12 110 (10.65%) Disruptive Innovation
13 105 (10.16%) Mentoring
14 101 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
15 100 (9.68%) Clean Code
15 100 (9.68%) Microservices
16 97 (9.39%) Test Automation
17 96 (9.29%) Customer Experience
18 95 (9.20%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 111 (10.75%) Java
2 109 (10.55%) SQL
3 81 (7.84%) Python
4 37 (3.58%) C#
5 35 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 28 (2.71%) Go
7 13 (1.26%) Bash
7 13 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.77%) Clojure
10 6 (0.58%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.39%) PHP
12 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.29%) R
12 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.097%) Groovy
14 1 (0.097%) Rust
14 1 (0.097%) Swift
14 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (5.23%) Degree
2 52 (5.03%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.94%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.74%) CISSP
5 16 (1.55%) CISM
5 16 (1.55%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.36%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.26%) CISA
9 11 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.97%) CRISC
11 9 (0.87%) ACCA
12 8 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.68%) CIMA
13 7 (0.68%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.68%) ISACA
13 7 (0.68%) OSCP
13 7 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (2.81%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.61%) GDPR
3 27 (2.61%) NIST
4 25 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.23%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.65%) QA
7 16 (1.55%) GRC
7 16 (1.55%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.97%) COBIT
9 10 (0.97%) TickIT
10 8 (0.77%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.68%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.39%) NCSC
14 4 (0.39%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.77%) Docker
5 6 (0.58%) Squid
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.19%) vSphere
8 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 112 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 88 (8.52%) Grafana
3 13 (1.26%) Ansible
4 11 (1.06%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.48%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.39%) Nmap
8 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.097%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.097%) Nessus
10 1 (0.097%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.097%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.097%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 187 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 77 (7.45%) Google
3 41 (3.97%) SAP
4 25 (2.42%) Cisco
4 25 (2.42%) Oracle
5 22 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.94%) VMware
7 18 (1.74%) IFS
8 14 (1.36%) Databricks
9 12 (1.16%) Adobe
9 12 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.06%) Splunk
10 11 (1.06%) Veeam
11 10 (0.97%) TikTok
11 10 (0.97%) YouTube
12 9 (0.87%) Thales
13 8 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.77%) Workday
14 7 (0.68%) Xero