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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 71 53
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 -18
Permanent jobs citing Retail 619 732 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.13% 4.44% 5.19%
As % of the General category 6.83% 6.45% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 368 423 837
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.75% -4.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,713 £90,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -18.64%

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 9,059 11,342 13,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.42% 68.74% 62.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,735 6,437 10,519
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,207 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.69% -4.07%

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 January 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 (1.94%) Confluence
2 8 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.81%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (10.02%) Chatbot
2 26 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.75%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.62%) AutoCAD
6 8 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.65%) 3ds Max
9 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.45%) Shopify
3 8 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.48%) Magento
5 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 173 (27.95%) SaaS
2 99 (15.99%) AWS
3 89 (14.38%) Azure
4 55 (8.89%) GCP
5 38 (6.14%) Power Platform
6 25 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (2.75%) GitHub
9 14 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.62%) Google Analytics
12 9 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.29%) Serverless
13 8 (1.29%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.97%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.81%) dbt
15 5 (0.81%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.81%) Google Data Studio
15 5 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.98%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (2.58%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.62%) LAN
4 10 (1.62%) WAN
5 9 (1.45%) Wireless
6 8 (1.29%) Firewall
6 8 (1.29%) Network Security
7 6 (0.97%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.97%) HSRP
7 6 (0.97%) Internet
7 6 (0.97%) VoIP
7 6 (0.97%) VRRP
8 5 (0.81%) BGP
9 4 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.48%) DHCP
10 3 (0.48%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.48%) VLAN
10 3 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.01%) Power BI
2 27 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.23%) Tableau
5 18 (2.91%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.45%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.45%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.29%) Data Vault
10 7 (1.13%) Metadata
11 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.81%) Looker
13 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.65%) DataStage
13 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.65%) QlikView
13 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (3.55%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.42%) JIRA
3 13 (2.10%) Git
4 7 (1.13%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.13%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.65%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.65%) ERwin
5 4 (0.65%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.16%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 218 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 193 (31.18%) Finance
3 109 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (17.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (14.38%) Marketing
6 80 (12.92%) Banking
7 68 (10.99%) Law
8 56 (9.05%) Financial Institution
9 54 (8.72%) Back Office
10 40 (6.46%) Manufacturing
11 34 (5.49%) Legal
12 27 (4.36%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (2.26%) Automotive
16 11 (1.78%) Advertising
17 10 (1.62%) Publishing
18 9 (1.45%) Games
18 9 (1.45%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.13%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 106 (17.12%) Senior
2 75 (12.12%) Analyst
3 69 (11.15%) Account Manager
4 62 (10.02%) Trainer
5 49 (7.92%) Senior Manager
6 45 (7.27%) Architect
7 42 (6.79%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (6.30%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (6.30%) Sales Manager
8 39 (6.30%) Senior Sales Manager
9 38 (6.14%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (4.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 28 (4.52%) Lead
11 27 (4.36%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.55%) Developer
12 22 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.07%) Data Analyst
13 19 (3.07%) Support Analyst
14 18 (2.91%) ERP Support
15 16 (2.58%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.39%) .NET
1 21 (3.39%) React
2 17 (2.75%) HTML
3 15 (2.42%) Node.js
4 14 (2.26%) RESTful
5 13 (2.10%) CSS
6 11 (1.78%) React Native
7 10 (1.62%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.62%) REST
8 9 (1.45%) JSON
9 8 (1.29%) EDI
10 7 (1.13%) Web Services
11 6 (0.97%) Pandas
12 5 (0.81%) OpenAPI
12 5 (0.81%) scikit-learn
12 5 (0.81%) Swagger
12 5 (0.81%) XML
13 4 (0.65%) Blazor
13 4 (0.65%) Hugging Face
13 4 (0.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 95 (15.35%) Onboarding
2 39 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.72%) Security Posture
4 21 (3.39%) FMCG
5 19 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.91%) Blog
7 17 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.58%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.42%) Driving Licence
9 15 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.10%) EPoS
11 11 (1.78%) Insider Threat
12 10 (1.62%) Social Media
13 9 (1.45%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.75%) Windows
2 11 (1.78%) Linux
3 6 (0.97%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.81%) Android
4 5 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.32%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.24%) Customer Service
2 118 (19.06%) AI
3 97 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (13.57%) Roadmaps
6 83 (13.41%) CRM
7 80 (12.92%) Mentoring
8 78 (12.60%) ERP
9 73 (11.79%) B2B
10 70 (11.31%) Agile
11 69 (11.15%) E-Commerce
11 69 (11.15%) Logistics
12 66 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (10.02%) Conversational UI
14 60 (9.69%) Data Privacy
15 58 (9.37%) CI/CD
16 48 (7.75%) Analytics
16 48 (7.75%) Root Cause Analysis
17 47 (7.59%) Project Management
18 46 (7.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 99 (15.99%) SQL
2 50 (8.08%) C#
3 45 (7.27%) Java
4 41 (6.62%) Python
5 17 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.10%) Go
7 8 (1.29%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.13%) R
9 6 (0.97%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.81%) Bash
10 5 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.81%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.81%) VBA
11 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 122 (19.71%) Degree
2 19 (3.07%) Security Cleared
3 18 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.75%) CISSP
4 17 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (2.10%) CREST Certified
5 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.10%) OSCP
6 11 (1.78%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.78%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.29%) ACCA
8 8 (1.29%) CCNA
8 8 (1.29%) CIMA
8 8 (1.29%) MCSE
9 7 (1.13%) CEH
9 7 (1.13%) CISMP
9 7 (1.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.08%) QA
2 28 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.23%) GDPR
4 18 (2.91%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.58%) SLA
6 15 (2.42%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.94%) NIST
8 11 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.62%) PMO
10 8 (1.29%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.29%) GRC
11 4 (0.65%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.48%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.32%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.78%) Docker
3 8 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 39 (6.30%) Terraform
3 17 (2.75%) Grafana
4 7 (1.13%) Nmap
5 4 (0.65%) Autotask
5 4 (0.65%) Cilium
6 3 (0.48%) Ansible
7 2 (0.32%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 84 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.02%) PayPal
3 43 (6.95%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.72%) Google
5 22 (3.55%) Adobe
5 22 (3.55%) Cisco
5 22 (3.55%) Databricks
5 22 (3.55%) HubSpot
6 20 (3.23%) SAP
7 15 (2.42%) Oracle
8 8 (1.29%) VMware
9 6 (0.97%) Avaya
9 6 (0.97%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (0.65%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.65%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.65%) IBM
10 4 (0.65%) Informatica
10 4 (0.65%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.65%) Talend
10 4 (0.65%) Zoho