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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -35 +14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 875 1,223 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 7.44% 4.94%
As % of the General category 6.43% 10.24% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 560 410 604
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £30,200
25th Percentile £43,885 £36,906 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -11.56% -5.92%
75th Percentile £78,813 £68,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,125 £83,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.98% -11.00% -13.04%

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 13,610 11,945 15,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.98% 72.65% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,648 10,271
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11 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 11 (1.26%) Apache
1 11 (1.26%) CMS
1 11 (1.26%) nginx
2 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.80%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.57%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.57%) Civil 3D
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.34%) Productboard
6 3 (0.34%) Sketch
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 20 (2.29%) Shopify
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (0.80%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.46%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 216 (24.69%) SaaS
2 118 (13.49%) AWS
3 107 (12.23%) Azure
4 84 (9.60%) GCP
5 51 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (5.60%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.83%) Google Analytics
10 12 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.26%) dbt
12 10 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (1.14%) GitHub
13 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.91%) Google Ads
15 7 (0.80%) Figma
15 7 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
16 6 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.43%) Firewall
2 16 (1.83%) LAN
2 16 (1.83%) WAN
3 12 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
3 12 (1.37%) VLAN
4 11 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (1.14%) Unified Communications
5 10 (1.14%) WebEx
6 8 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.91%) VPN
7 6 (0.69%) DNS
8 5 (0.57%) BGP
8 5 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.46%) MPLS
9 4 (0.46%) OSPF
9 4 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.34%) 4G
10 3 (0.34%) 5G
10 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.34%) Power BI
2 20 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.29%) MongoDB
3 18 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.94%) Looker
5 14 (1.60%) Metadata
6 13 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.37%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.37%) Tableau
8 9 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.34%) MySQL
13 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 47 (5.37%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.06%) JIRA
3 6 (0.69%) Git
4 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.46%) JUnit
5 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 318 (36.34%) Finance
2 263 (30.06%) Social Skills
3 161 (18.40%) Banking
4 157 (17.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (17.37%) Law
6 143 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
7 137 (15.66%) Marketing
8 102 (11.66%) Back Office
9 79 (9.03%) Financial Institution
10 69 (7.89%) Manufacturing
11 50 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (4.80%) Public Sector
13 39 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (3.66%) Legal
14 32 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (3.54%) Automotive
16 26 (2.97%) Telecoms
17 20 (2.29%) Aviation
18 17 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (1.71%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 93 (10.63%) Analyst
2 85 (9.71%) Senior
3 83 (9.49%) Lead
4 69 (7.89%) Developer
5 49 (5.60%) Software Engineer
6 45 (5.14%) Development Manager
7 44 (5.03%) Architect
8 35 (4.00%) Account Executive
8 35 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
9 33 (3.77%) Business Manager
10 31 (3.54%) Service Delivery Manager
10 31 (3.54%) Service Manager
11 29 (3.31%) Data Analyst
11 29 (3.31%) Software Manager
12 26 (2.97%) .NET Developer
13 25 (2.86%) Consultant
14 23 (2.63%) Business Development Manager
14 23 (2.63%) Designer
14 23 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.51%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.29%) React
2 51 (5.83%) .NET
3 46 (5.26%) Node.js
4 27 (3.09%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.86%) Blazor
6 23 (2.63%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.40%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.71%) RESTful
10 13 (1.49%) React Native
11 11 (1.26%) REST
12 10 (1.14%) Middleware
12 10 (1.14%) XMPP
13 9 (1.03%) OpenAPI
13 9 (1.03%) Swagger
14 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (0.80%) Redux
15 6 (0.69%) EDI
15 6 (0.69%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.51%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.20%) Product Ownership
3 47 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 42 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 38 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.74%) Virtual Team
7 22 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.40%) Blog
9 20 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (2.29%) FMCG
10 19 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.06%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.94%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.94%) EPoS
12 17 (1.94%) Marketing Technology
13 16 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.60%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.37%) Social Media
16 11 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.94%) Windows
2 36 (4.11%) Linux
3 19 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.94%) Android
5 12 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (21.71%) Agile
2 147 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
3 145 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 137 (15.66%) Roadmaps
5 120 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 117 (13.37%) Decision-Making
7 104 (11.89%) AI
8 103 (11.77%) ERP
9 94 (10.74%) Analytics
9 94 (10.74%) CI/CD
10 88 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
11 86 (9.83%) Business Development
12 83 (9.49%) Software Engineering
13 82 (9.37%) E-Commerce
13 82 (9.37%) Fintech
13 82 (9.37%) Microservices
14 79 (9.03%) Project Management
15 77 (8.80%) CRM
15 77 (8.80%) Customer Experience
16 75 (8.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.74%) SQL
2 67 (7.66%) Python
3 64 (7.31%) Java
4 39 (4.46%) C#
5 38 (4.34%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.94%) Go
7 15 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.91%) Bash
9 8 (0.91%) Clojure
10 5 (0.57%) PHP
11 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) RPG
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (5.60%) Degree
2 41 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.34%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.29%) CISSP
5 17 (1.94%) CISM
6 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.60%) CISA
7 14 (1.60%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.26%) ACCA
9 11 (1.26%) CIMA
9 11 (1.26%) CRISC
9 11 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.91%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.80%) CREST Certified
12 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.80%) ISACA
12 7 (0.80%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (2.97%) NIST
3 23 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.40%) GDPR
5 19 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.17%) PCI DSS
6 18 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.60%) GRC
8 13 (1.49%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.14%) COBIT
9 10 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.14%) TickIT
10 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.80%) QA
10 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.46%) PMO
12 4 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
3 7 (0.80%) vSphere
4 6 (0.69%) Squid
5 5 (0.57%) Docker
6 4 (0.46%) 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 70 (8.00%) Terraform
2 69 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 60 (6.86%) Grafana
4 20 (2.29%) Ansible
5 10 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.57%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.46%) Nmap
7 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.34%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 167 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.14%) SAP
3 36 (4.11%) Google
4 31 (3.54%) Oracle
5 29 (3.31%) VMware
6 22 (2.51%) Cisco
7 18 (2.06%) IFS
8 14 (1.60%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.60%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.37%) Databricks
10 11 (1.26%) Veeam
11 10 (1.14%) Splunk
12 8 (0.91%) Workday
13 7 (0.80%) NetApp
14 6 (0.69%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.57%) Adobe
15 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.57%) Xero
15 5 (0.57%) YouTube