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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 59 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 762 667 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 4.95% 5.05%
As % of the General category 7.54% 6.86% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 439 463 1,005
10th Percentile £28,900 £30,000 £26,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.24% -21.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £64,950
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -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 10,101 9,722 20,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 72.19% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,733 6,497 15,129
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 2 May 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 9 (1.18%) CMS
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.66%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.52%) Drupal
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.39%) 3ds Max
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.84%) Shopify
3 12 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.39%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.39%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 225 (29.53%) SaaS
2 134 (17.59%) AWS
3 86 (11.29%) GCP
4 67 (8.79%) Azure
5 61 (8.01%) Amazon EKS
6 38 (4.99%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.44%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.92%) dbt
12 7 (0.92%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.79%) Figma
13 6 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.15%) Firewall
2 17 (2.23%) WAN
3 14 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (1.84%) VLAN
4 12 (1.57%) LAN
5 11 (1.44%) VPN
6 10 (1.31%) BGP
7 9 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.05%) Unified Communications
8 8 (1.05%) WebEx
9 7 (0.92%) Network Security
9 7 (0.92%) Wireless
10 6 (0.79%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.39%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.39%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.39%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.81%) Power BI
2 23 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.62%) Tableau
4 13 (1.71%) Metadata
5 11 (1.44%) Looker
5 11 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.79%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.52%) MySQL
10 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 48 (6.30%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.52%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.52%) Git
3 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.52%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 291 (38.19%) Finance
2 257 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 187 (24.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 183 (24.02%) Banking
5 180 (23.62%) Law
6 142 (18.64%) Marketing
7 123 (16.14%) Back Office
8 104 (13.65%) Financial Institution
9 83 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
10 53 (6.96%) Manufacturing
11 47 (6.17%) Legal
12 41 (5.38%) Public Sector
13 37 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (3.81%) Automotive
16 25 (3.28%) Telecoms
17 23 (3.02%) Aviation
18 19 (2.49%) General Ledger
19 16 (2.10%) Polish Language
20 15 (1.97%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 94 (12.34%) Senior
2 88 (11.55%) Analyst
3 65 (8.53%) Lead
4 49 (6.43%) Software Engineer
5 47 (6.17%) Account Manager
6 37 (4.86%) Architect
7 36 (4.72%) Developer
8 33 (4.33%) Security Analyst
9 30 (3.94%) Consultant
10 28 (3.67%) Data Analyst
11 26 (3.41%) Systems Manager
12 23 (3.02%) Business Manager
13 22 (2.89%) Designer
14 20 (2.62%) ERP Manager
14 20 (2.62%) Senior Manager
15 19 (2.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 19 (2.49%) Data Manager
15 19 (2.49%) Enterprise Architect
15 19 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (2.36%) Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.49%) .NET
2 14 (1.84%) React
2 14 (1.84%) RESTful
3 11 (1.44%) REST
4 8 (1.05%) XMPP
5 7 (0.92%) EDI
5 7 (0.92%) Kafka
5 7 (0.92%) Node.js
5 7 (0.92%) Sass
6 6 (0.79%) HTML
6 6 (0.79%) OpenAPI
6 6 (0.79%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.79%) Swagger
7 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.66%) Redux
8 4 (0.52%) CSS
8 4 (0.52%) JSON
8 4 (0.52%) Middleware
8 4 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 76 (9.97%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.38%) Blog
4 40 (5.25%) Product Ownership
5 39 (5.12%) Management Information System
6 31 (4.07%) Security Posture
7 28 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
9 21 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.76%) FMCG
10 19 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 19 (2.49%) EPoS
10 19 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.10%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.84%) Marketing Technology
13 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.31%) Driving Licence
15 9 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.15%) Windows
2 22 (2.89%) Linux
3 15 (1.97%) Android
3 15 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.39%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.39%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (14.04%) Agile
3 104 (13.65%) Roadmaps
4 91 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (11.81%) ERP
6 89 (11.68%) Fintech
7 86 (11.29%) CRM
8 81 (10.63%) CI/CD
8 81 (10.63%) Customer Service
9 78 (10.24%) Project Management
10 74 (9.71%) Test Automation
11 69 (9.06%) B2B
12 68 (8.92%) AI
12 68 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
13 67 (8.79%) Mentoring
13 67 (8.79%) Software Engineering
14 65 (8.53%) Analytics
14 65 (8.53%) Customer Experience
15 61 (8.01%) E-Commerce
16 60 (7.87%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.42%) Java
2 71 (9.32%) SQL
3 61 (8.01%) Python
4 29 (3.81%) Go
5 19 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.97%) C#
7 13 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.57%) Bash
9 10 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.79%) Clojure
10 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.79%) R
11 5 (0.66%) PHP
11 5 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) C
12 3 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 85 (11.15%) Degree
2 28 (3.67%) CISSP
3 22 (2.89%) ACCA
3 22 (2.89%) CIMA
3 22 (2.89%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.49%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (1.84%) CISM
6 14 (1.84%) CREST Certified
6 14 (1.84%) OSCP
7 13 (1.71%) CISA
7 13 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.18%) CRISC
8 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.79%) CCNA
10 6 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (3.54%) NIST
2 27 (3.54%) PCI DSS
3 24 (3.15%) SOC 2
4 16 (2.10%) GDPR
5 15 (1.97%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.97%) GRC
6 14 (1.84%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (1.57%) SLA
8 11 (1.44%) QA
9 10 (1.31%) TickIT
10 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) COBIT
11 3 (0.39%) PSD2
12 2 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (1.97%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.79%) vSphere
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 83 (10.89%) Kubernetes
1 83 (10.89%) Terraform
2 64 (8.40%) Grafana
3 22 (2.89%) Ansible
4 8 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.92%) Proxmox
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.52%) Nmap
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Autotask
8 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.13%) Cilium
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 112 (14.70%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.20%) Oracle
3 28 (3.67%) Salesforce
4 27 (3.54%) Cisco
5 24 (3.15%) Google
6 23 (3.02%) SAP
7 22 (2.89%) VMware
8 9 (1.18%) Fortinet
8 9 (1.18%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.05%) Splunk
10 6 (0.79%) Adobe
10 6 (0.79%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.79%) IFS
11 5 (0.66%) NetApp
11 5 (0.66%) Xero
12 4 (0.52%) Databricks
12 4 (0.52%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.52%) Workday
13 3 (0.39%) IBM