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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 29 49
Rank change year-on-year -32 +20 -9
Permanent jobs citing Retail 972 1,199 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.98% 7.40% 4.78%
As % of the General category 6.53% 10.29% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 576 379 508
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -19.20% +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,375 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%

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 14,895 11,653 14,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.01% 71.90% 62.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,128 6,315 8,389
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,679 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 21 September 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 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.13%) Apache
2 11 (1.13%) nginx
3 9 (0.93%) CMS
3 9 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) IIS
6 1 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.72%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.51%) Revit
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.31%) Productboard
9 3 (0.31%) Sketch
10 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.21%) InDesign
10 2 (0.21%) Simulink
10 2 (0.21%) Trello
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.10%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (2.88%) Shopify
2 7 (0.72%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.72%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.41%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.10%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 233 (23.97%) SaaS
2 139 (14.30%) AWS
3 117 (12.04%) GCP
4 102 (10.49%) Azure
5 69 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (4.53%) Power Platform
7 36 (3.70%) Google Analytics
8 30 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.47%) Google Ads
10 19 (1.95%) Google Tag Manager
11 18 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (1.13%) dbt
13 10 (1.03%) Meta Ads
14 9 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.82%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.82%) GitHub
16 6 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.98%) Firewall
2 22 (2.26%) WAN
3 21 (2.16%) LAN
4 16 (1.65%) VLAN
5 15 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.34%) DNS
7 10 (1.03%) BGP
7 10 (1.03%) OSPF
7 10 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
8 9 (0.93%) VPN
9 8 (0.82%) Network Security
10 7 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.72%) DHCP
10 7 (0.72%) SMS
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.62%) MPLS
11 6 (0.62%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.62%) WebEx
11 6 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.91%) Power BI
2 24 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.06%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.95%) Metadata
5 15 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.44%) BigQuery
6 14 (1.44%) Looker
7 11 (1.13%) Tableau
8 10 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.21%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 70 (7.20%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.65%) JIRA
3 12 (1.23%) Git
4 6 (0.62%) JUnit
5 4 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.41%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.10%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.10%) MLflow
7 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 360 (37.04%) Finance
2 328 (33.74%) Social Skills
3 205 (21.09%) Banking
4 204 (20.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 190 (19.55%) Law
6 181 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
7 165 (16.98%) Marketing
8 114 (11.73%) Back Office
9 103 (10.60%) Financial Institution
10 67 (6.89%) Manufacturing
11 56 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.84%) Public Sector
13 42 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (3.91%) Legal
15 31 (3.19%) Telecoms
16 29 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (2.88%) Automotive
18 18 (1.85%) Advertising
19 17 (1.75%) Aviation
20 16 (1.65%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 108 (11.11%) Analyst
2 98 (10.08%) Senior
3 83 (8.54%) Lead
4 68 (7.00%) Software Engineer
5 62 (6.38%) Developer
6 48 (4.94%) Development Manager
7 44 (4.53%) Architect
8 39 (4.01%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.50%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.09%) Software Manager
11 29 (2.98%) Data Analyst
12 27 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.67%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.67%) Project Manager
13 26 (2.67%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (2.57%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.47%) Security Analyst
15 24 (2.47%) Service Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.47%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (9.77%) Terraform
2 53 (5.45%) React
3 49 (5.04%) .NET
4 44 (4.53%) Node.js
5 26 (2.67%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.57%) Blazor
7 23 (2.37%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.26%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.16%) ASP.NET Web API
9 21 (2.16%) RESTful
10 15 (1.54%) OpenAPI
10 15 (1.54%) Swagger
11 13 (1.34%) React Native
12 12 (1.23%) Middleware
13 9 (0.93%) REST
14 7 (0.72%) Kafka
15 6 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
15 6 (0.62%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.62%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 85 (8.74%) Product Ownership
3 67 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 41 (4.22%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.29%) Blog
7 27 (2.78%) FMCG
7 27 (2.78%) Virtual Team
8 25 (2.57%) Driving Licence
9 22 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (2.26%) Social Media
10 20 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
12 17 (1.75%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.44%) EPoS
15 13 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
16 10 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.45%) Windows
2 32 (3.29%) Linux
3 21 (2.16%) Android
4 17 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (18.52%) Agile
3 160 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (15.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (13.68%) Decision-Making
6 125 (12.86%) Roadmaps
7 121 (12.45%) CI/CD
8 115 (11.83%) AI
9 114 (11.73%) Analytics
10 112 (11.52%) Fintech
10 112 (11.52%) Software Engineering
11 110 (11.32%) E-Commerce
12 96 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
13 93 (9.57%) Business Development
13 93 (9.57%) Microservices
14 92 (9.47%) Mentoring
15 91 (9.36%) Customer Experience
15 91 (9.36%) Disruptive Innovation
15 91 (9.36%) Test Automation
16 85 (8.74%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 100 (10.29%) SQL
2 93 (9.57%) Java
3 75 (7.72%) Python
4 37 (3.81%) C#
5 35 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.95%) Go
7 13 (1.34%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.82%) Bash
9 8 (0.82%) Clojure
10 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.31%) PHP
11 3 (0.31%) R
11 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.10%) C
13 1 (0.10%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.10%) Groovy
13 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (5.35%) Degree
2 50 (5.14%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.85%) CISSP
5 16 (1.65%) CISM
5 16 (1.65%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.44%) ACCA
7 14 (1.44%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.34%) CISA
9 12 (1.23%) CIMA
10 11 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.03%) CRISC
12 8 (0.82%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.72%) ISACA
13 7 (0.72%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (2.67%) NIST
3 23 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.26%) GDPR
5 21 (2.16%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.06%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.54%) GRC
8 13 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.34%) QA
9 11 (1.13%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.03%) COBIT
10 10 (1.03%) TickIT
11 8 (0.82%) SOC 1
12 7 (0.72%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.41%) NCSC
15 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.72%) Docker
5 6 (0.62%) Squid
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.31%) vSphere
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 95 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 79 (8.13%) Grafana
3 14 (1.44%) Ansible
4 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (0.51%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.41%) Nmap
9 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.10%) Nessus
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.10%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 183 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 67 (6.89%) Google
3 42 (4.32%) SAP
4 26 (2.67%) Cisco
5 25 (2.57%) Oracle
6 22 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.16%) VMware
8 18 (1.85%) IFS
9 14 (1.44%) Databricks
10 12 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.13%) Veeam
12 10 (1.03%) HubSpot
13 9 (0.93%) Adobe
13 9 (0.93%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.93%) Thales
13 9 (0.93%) TikTok
13 9 (0.93%) YouTube
14 8 (0.82%) Splunk
14 8 (0.82%) Workday
15 7 (0.72%) Xero