Retail Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 46 41
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,238 1,711 2,300
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.88% 5.20% 6.59%
As % of the General category 7.70% 8.50% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 420 909 1,492
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £35,733
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -18.27% +1.97%
75th Percentile £68,568 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% -3.36%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,081 20,122 22,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 76.43% 61.11% 65.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,116 14,103 16,346
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,756 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,500 £46,465
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,772 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,830 £97,500 £103,750
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Retail
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Retail.

Retail salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Retail over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Retail salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.13%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.81%) CMS
4 7 (0.57%) WordPress
5 6 (0.48%) Confluence
6 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
7 3 (0.24%) ColdFusion
8 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.081%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.081%) Umbraco
Applications
1 47 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.32%) Revit
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.081%) Blender
7 1 (0.081%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.081%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 32 (2.58%) Shopify
2 20 (1.62%) Magento
3 14 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.32%) ResourceLink
7 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.081%) FastStats
9 1 (0.081%) FastStats PeopleStage
9 1 (0.081%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 220 (17.77%) Azure
2 143 (11.55%) AWS
3 71 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 47 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (3.15%) SaaS
6 34 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 22 (1.78%) Google Analytics
9 21 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 21 (1.70%) SonarCloud
10 19 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.29%) BigCommerce
12 14 (1.13%) OneDrive
13 13 (1.05%) GCP
13 13 (1.05%) GitHub
13 13 (1.05%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.89%) Serverless
15 10 (0.81%) Google Ads
16 9 (0.73%) PowerApps
17 8 (0.65%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.81%) HTTP
1 10 (0.81%) WAN
2 7 (0.57%) 5G
2 7 (0.57%) Firewall
2 7 (0.57%) SD-WAN
3 5 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (0.32%) DNS
5 3 (0.24%) Internet
5 3 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.16%) DHCP
6 2 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.16%) SAN
7 1 (0.081%) Intranet
7 1 (0.081%) IPv4
7 1 (0.081%) IPv6
7 1 (0.081%) LAN
7 1 (0.081%) SSL
7 1 (0.081%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.081%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (9.94%) SQL Server
2 57 (4.60%) Power BI
3 27 (2.18%) Tableau
4 25 (2.02%) Data Mining
5 21 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
7 15 (1.21%) MySQL
8 9 (0.73%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.73%) Power Query
8 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.65%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.32%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.32%) Metadata
11 4 (0.32%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.32%) PowerPivot
11 4 (0.32%) QlikView
12 3 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 108 (8.72%) JIRA
2 99 (8.00%) GitLab
3 92 (7.43%) Maven
4 91 (7.35%) Bitbucket
5 90 (7.27%) Cucumber
5 90 (7.27%) Selenium
5 90 (7.27%) SonarQube
5 90 (7.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 51 (4.12%) Git
7 35 (2.83%) Visual Studio
8 24 (1.94%) Octopus Deploy
9 22 (1.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (1.70%) MSBuild
11 5 (0.40%) Bazaar
12 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.16%) Gradle
13 2 (0.16%) Jenkins
13 2 (0.16%) Subversion
13 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 586 (47.33%) Manufacturing
2 268 (21.65%) Finance
3 220 (17.77%) Social Skills
4 197 (15.91%) Dutch Language
5 196 (15.83%) Finnish Language
6 193 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
7 154 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 108 (8.72%) Banking
9 96 (7.75%) Marketing
10 90 (7.27%) Corporate Banking
10 90 (7.27%) Investment Banking
11 49 (3.96%) Catalan Language
12 47 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.50%) Legal
14 29 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.62%) Advertising
16 19 (1.53%) Automotive
17 18 (1.45%) Games
18 16 (1.29%) Back Office
19 9 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 542 (43.78%) Trainer
2 113 (9.13%) Software Engineer
3 88 (7.11%) Developer
3 88 (7.11%) Senior
4 84 (6.79%) Analyst
5 37 (2.99%) Architect
6 32 (2.58%) Junior
6 32 (2.58%) Lead
7 28 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
8 25 (2.02%) Junior Developer
8 25 (2.02%) Project Manager
9 24 (1.94%) Data Analyst
9 24 (1.94%) IT Manager
10 23 (1.86%) Technical Architect
10 23 (1.86%) Technical Support
11 22 (1.78%) Consultant
12 21 (1.70%) .NET Developer
13 20 (1.62%) Senior Developer
14 17 (1.37%) Systems Manager
15 16 (1.29%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (11.31%) HTML
2 129 (10.42%) CSS
3 116 (9.37%) REST
4 104 (8.40%) Kafka
5 103 (8.32%) React
5 103 (8.32%) RESTful
6 94 (7.59%) Spring Boot
7 93 (7.51%) CSS3
8 92 (7.43%) HTML5
8 92 (7.43%) Spring
9 91 (7.35%) Sass
10 90 (7.27%) Jest
10 90 (7.27%) JPA
10 90 (7.27%) Redux
11 61 (4.93%) .NET
12 32 (2.58%) ASP.NET
13 26 (2.10%) XML
14 25 (2.02%) JSON
15 23 (1.86%) Bootstrap
16 21 (1.70%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 543 (43.86%) Robotics
2 96 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 91 (7.35%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.10%) EPoS
7 24 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.37%) Social Media
10 14 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.05%) FMCG
12 11 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 10 (0.81%) Digital Media
14 9 (0.73%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.65%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.57%) Algorithms
16 7 (0.57%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.13%) Mac OS
2 12 (0.97%) Linux
3 10 (0.81%) Windows
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.081%) Android
5 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (55.33%) Problem-Solving
2 571 (46.12%) Data Privacy
3 564 (45.56%) Artificial Intelligence
4 563 (45.48%) Machine Learning
5 546 (44.10%) Generative AI
6 539 (43.54%) LLM
6 539 (43.54%) Red Team
7 201 (16.24%) Agile
8 174 (14.05%) DevOps
9 147 (11.87%) Mentoring
10 138 (11.15%) Microservices
11 135 (10.90%) Software Engineering
12 125 (10.10%) CI/CD
13 121 (9.77%) Performance Optimisation
14 118 (9.53%) Full-Stack Development
15 117 (9.45%) Strategic Thinking
16 112 (9.05%) SDLC
17 107 (8.64%) Analytics
17 107 (8.64%) User Experience
18 106 (8.56%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 240 (19.39%) SQL
2 149 (12.04%) JavaScript
3 100 (8.08%) Java
4 93 (7.51%) TypeScript
5 79 (6.38%) Python
6 74 (5.98%) C#
7 21 (1.70%) R
8 19 (1.53%) VBA
9 11 (0.89%) C++
9 11 (0.89%) PHP
9 11 (0.89%) Scala
10 9 (0.73%) Delphi
11 7 (0.57%) C-shell
11 7 (0.57%) Korn
11 7 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 7 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.40%) C
13 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 683 (55.17%) Degree
2 27 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (1.70%) DBS Check
4 13 (1.05%) CISSP
5 12 (0.97%) AWS Certification
5 12 (0.97%) Master's Degree
5 12 (0.97%) Security Cleared
6 11 (0.89%) CISM
6 11 (0.89%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 10 (0.81%) PhD
7 10 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.73%) HNC
8 9 (0.73%) HND
8 9 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.48%) SANS
10 5 (0.40%) PMP
10 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.21%) QA
2 104 (8.40%) Accessibility
3 38 (3.07%) GDPR
4 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.57%) PMO
6 6 (0.48%) SLA
7 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.24%) GRC
8 3 (0.24%) WCAG
9 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.16%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.081%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.081%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 127 (10.26%) Docker
2 24 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.081%) Varnish
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 102 (8.24%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.40%) Terraform
4 2 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.081%) Avamar
5 1 (0.081%) Grafana
5 1 (0.081%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.081%) Puppet
5 1 (0.081%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.081%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.081%) VxRail
Vendors
1 606 (48.95%) Google
2 575 (46.45%) Adobe
3 561 (45.32%) Databricks
4 149 (12.04%) Microsoft
5 90 (7.27%) Solace
6 39 (3.15%) TikTok
7 27 (2.18%) Facebook
8 21 (1.70%) Oracle
9 17 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.37%) VMware
10 12 (0.97%) Instagram
11 11 (0.89%) Apple
11 11 (0.89%) SAP
12 10 (0.81%) Ahrefs
13 9 (0.73%) Pinterest
14 6 (0.48%) Cisco
14 6 (0.48%) Twitter
15 5 (0.40%) Intel
16 4 (0.32%) Cognos
16 4 (0.32%) JD Edwards