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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 69 50
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 724 722 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.45% 4.59% 5.40%
As % of the General category 7.56% 6.59% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 372 419 1,083
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -20.83%

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 9,572 10,949 17,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 69.58% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,026 6,278 13,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 February 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 10 (1.38%) Confluence
2 9 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.69%) SAS
4 3 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 62 (8.56%) Chatbot
2 38 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.55%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.41%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.80%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.97%) Shopify
6 3 (0.41%) Magento
6 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.41%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 216 (29.83%) SaaS
2 141 (19.48%) AWS
3 88 (12.15%) GCP
4 81 (11.19%) Azure
5 52 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
6 36 (4.97%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.93%) GitHub
10 11 (1.52%) Google Analytics
11 10 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.83%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.83%) AWS Direct Connect
14 6 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.83%) Figma
14 6 (0.83%) Route 53
14 6 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.56%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.07%) Firewall
3 12 (1.66%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.52%) BGP
4 11 (1.52%) WAN
5 10 (1.38%) Network Security
5 10 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.38%) VPN
5 10 (1.38%) Wireless
6 8 (1.10%) LAN
6 8 (1.10%) VLAN
7 6 (0.83%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.83%) Internet
8 4 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.41%) DHCP
9 3 (0.41%) DNS
9 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.41%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.14%) Power BI
2 23 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (2.62%) Tableau
4 18 (2.49%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.93%) Metadata
7 12 (1.66%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.24%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.10%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.10%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.55%) DataStage
14 4 (0.55%) QlikView
15 3 (0.41%) SAP BW
16 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
16 2 (0.28%) Looker
16 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.35%) TeamCity
2 10 (1.38%) JIRA
3 7 (0.97%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.97%) Metasploit
4 6 (0.83%) Git
5 4 (0.55%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.55%) ERwin
5 4 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.14%) JUnit
6 1 (0.14%) Pivotal Tracker
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 257 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 256 (35.36%) Finance
3 173 (23.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (20.58%) Banking
5 135 (18.65%) Law
6 120 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (13.95%) Back Office
8 99 (13.67%) Financial Institution
9 98 (13.54%) Marketing
10 49 (6.77%) Legal
11 42 (5.80%) Manufacturing
12 32 (4.42%) Public Sector
13 26 (3.59%) Automotive
14 21 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.93%) Publishing
16 14 (1.93%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.80%) Polish Language
18 11 (1.52%) General Ledger
19 10 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 118 (16.30%) Senior
2 81 (11.19%) Analyst
3 74 (10.22%) Account Manager
4 62 (8.56%) Trainer
5 49 (6.77%) Architect
6 48 (6.63%) Senior Manager
6 48 (6.63%) Software Engineer
7 42 (5.80%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (5.39%) Lead
8 39 (5.39%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (5.39%) Sales Manager
8 39 (5.39%) Senior Sales Manager
9 34 (4.70%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (3.87%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 27 (3.73%) Data Analyst
12 22 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (3.04%) Support Analyst
13 21 (2.90%) Security Analyst
13 21 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
14 20 (2.76%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.35%) RESTful
2 16 (2.21%) React
3 13 (1.80%) HTML
4 12 (1.66%) .NET
5 10 (1.38%) REST
6 9 (1.24%) CSS
6 9 (1.24%) Node.js
7 7 (0.97%) EDI
7 7 (0.97%) React Native
8 6 (0.83%) JSON
8 6 (0.83%) OpenAPI
8 6 (0.83%) Sass
8 6 (0.83%) Swagger
9 5 (0.69%) Kafka
10 4 (0.55%) Spring
11 3 (0.41%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.41%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.41%) Next.js
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 109 (15.06%) Onboarding
2 77 (10.64%) Cloud Native
3 39 (5.39%) Blog
4 32 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.14%) Security Posture
6 26 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (3.04%) FMCG
8 20 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.21%) EPoS
11 15 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.93%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.80%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.52%) Insider Threat
15 10 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.38%) Mobile App
16 9 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.62%) Linux
2 18 (2.49%) Windows
3 9 (1.24%) Android
3 9 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.41%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (26.80%) Customer Service
2 124 (17.13%) AI
3 114 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 102 (14.09%) Roadmaps
5 101 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (12.57%) B2B
7 88 (12.15%) CRM
7 88 (12.15%) Mentoring
8 86 (11.88%) CI/CD
9 79 (10.91%) ERP
10 71 (9.81%) E-Commerce
10 71 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 69 (9.53%) Software Engineering
12 68 (9.39%) Fintech
13 66 (9.12%) Agile
14 62 (8.56%) Conversational UI
14 62 (8.56%) Logistics
15 59 (8.15%) Customer Experience
16 58 (8.01%) Test Automation
17 56 (7.73%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.12%) SQL
2 87 (12.02%) Java
3 46 (6.35%) Python
4 39 (5.39%) C#
5 23 (3.18%) Go
6 18 (2.49%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.38%) Bash
8 9 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.83%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.83%) R
11 5 (0.69%) VBA
12 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.41%) C
13 3 (0.41%) C++
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
15 1 (0.14%) SHACL
15 1 (0.14%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 138 (19.06%) Degree
2 26 (3.59%) CISSP
3 22 (3.04%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.21%) CREST Certified
6 16 (2.21%) OSCP
7 14 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.52%) ACCA
9 11 (1.52%) CIMA
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.38%) CISM
11 9 (1.24%) CCNA
12 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.10%) MCSE
13 7 (0.97%) GPEN
13 7 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.49%) QA
2 42 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (4.14%) PCI DSS
4 28 (3.87%) SOC 2
5 21 (2.90%) GDPR
6 20 (2.76%) NIST
7 18 (2.49%) SLA
8 17 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (1.80%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.66%) GRC
11 10 (1.38%) Accessibility
11 10 (1.38%) PMO
12 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.55%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.41%) PSD2
15 2 (0.28%) ISO 14001
15 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.28%) PERC
16 1 (0.14%) SEPA
16 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.38%) Docker
4 5 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (10.91%) Terraform
2 76 (10.50%) Kubernetes
3 47 (6.49%) Grafana
4 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 7 (0.97%) Nmap
6 4 (0.55%) Autotask
6 4 (0.55%) Cilium
6 4 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.55%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.41%) SCCM
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.14%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 86 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.56%) PayPal
3 43 (5.94%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.31%) Google
5 23 (3.18%) SAP
6 22 (3.04%) Cisco
7 21 (2.90%) Databricks
8 20 (2.76%) Adobe
9 19 (2.62%) HubSpot
10 16 (2.21%) Oracle
11 15 (2.07%) VMware
12 4 (0.55%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.55%) IBM
12 4 (0.55%) Informatica
13 3 (0.41%) Ariba
14 2 (0.28%) Avaya
14 2 (0.28%) Instagram
14 2 (0.28%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.28%) Veeam
14 2 (0.28%) YouTube