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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 29 44
Rank change year-on-year -29 +15 -5
Permanent jobs citing Retail 898 1,223 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.87% 7.40% 4.90%
As % of the General category 6.42% 10.37% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 561 403 586
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 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.71% -2.41%
75th Percentile £76,649 £71,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £87,300 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -12.28%

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 13,998 11,790 15,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.32% 71.31% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,801 6,592 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 £80,000
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 26 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 10 (1.11%) 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 30 (3.34%) 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
1 217 (24.16%) SaaS
2 120 (13.36%) AWS
3 103 (11.47%) Azure
4 93 (10.36%) GCP
5 53 (5.90%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (5.01%) Power Platform
7 28 (3.12%) Google Analytics
7 28 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.78%) Google Ads
10 13 (1.45%) Google Tag Manager
11 11 (1.22%) dbt
12 10 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.00%) GitHub
14 7 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (0.78%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.67%) Figma
15 6 (0.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.23%) Firewall
2 18 (2.00%) LAN
2 18 (2.00%) WAN
3 14 (1.56%) VLAN
4 10 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (0.89%) BGP
6 8 (0.89%) DNS
6 8 (0.89%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.89%) VPN
6 8 (0.89%) WebEx
7 7 (0.78%) OSPF
7 7 (0.78%) SMS
7 7 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (0.67%) MPLS
9 5 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
9 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 18 (2.00%) JIRA
3 8 (0.89%) 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%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 322 (35.86%) Finance
2 290 (32.29%) Social Skills
3 178 (19.82%) Banking
4 173 (19.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (18.15%) Law
6 162 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
7 150 (16.70%) Marketing
8 109 (12.14%) Back Office
9 89 (9.91%) Financial Institution
10 66 (7.35%) Manufacturing
11 54 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (5.01%) Public Sector
13 35 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (3.56%) Legal
16 28 (3.12%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.78%) Automotive
18 20 (2.23%) Aviation
19 16 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.78%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 96 (10.69%) Analyst
2 87 (9.69%) Senior
3 81 (9.02%) Lead
4 67 (7.46%) Developer
5 54 (6.01%) Software Engineer
6 46 (5.12%) Development Manager
7 41 (4.57%) Architect
8 35 (3.90%) Account Executive
9 31 (3.45%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.34%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.34%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.23%) Software Manager
12 27 (3.01%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.90%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.90%) Service Delivery Manager
14 24 (2.67%) Business Development Manager
14 24 (2.67%) Project Manager
14 24 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.45%) Software Development Manager
16 20 (2.23%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (8.13%) 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 7 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.67%) EDI
16 6 (0.67%) Regular Expression
16 6 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.02%) Cloud Native
2 70 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 47 (5.23%) 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%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.89%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.89%) EPoS
12 17 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
13 16 (1.78%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.67%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.67%) Social Media
15 10 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.57%) Windows
2 33 (3.67%) Linux
3 17 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.78%) Android
5 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.00%) 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
2 168 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (15.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 134 (14.92%) Roadmaps
6 129 (14.37%) Decision-Making
7 105 (11.69%) Analytics
8 100 (11.14%) AI
9 98 (10.91%) CI/CD
10 95 (10.58%) E-Commerce
11 93 (10.36%) Fintech
12 92 (10.24%) Business Development
12 92 (10.24%) ERP
13 91 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
13 91 (10.13%) Software Engineering
14 83 (9.24%) Microservices
15 80 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 79 (8.80%) CRM
17 77 (8.57%) Test Automation
18 75 (8.35%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (10.69%) SQL
2 70 (7.80%) Java
3 69 (7.68%) Python
4 39 (4.34%) C#
5 36 (4.01%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.78%) Go
7 13 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.89%) Clojure
10 7 (0.78%) Bash
11 4 (0.45%) PHP
12 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.22%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Groovy
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (5.12%) Degree
2 42 (4.68%) Security Cleared
3 39 (4.34%) 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%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.78%) ISACA
12 7 (0.78%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
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
10 5 (0.56%) SLA
11 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (0.67%) Squid
4 5 (0.56%) Docker
4 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.56%) vSphere
5 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (8.35%) Kubernetes
2 62 (6.90%) Grafana
3 15 (1.67%) 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
1 171 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.68%) Google
3 42 (4.68%) SAP
4 28 (3.12%) Oracle
5 26 (2.90%) VMware
6 24 (2.67%) Cisco
7 18 (2.00%) IFS
8 16 (1.78%) 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