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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -15
Permanent jobs citing Retail 807 1,244 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.08% 8.13% 5.16%
As % of the General category 7.03% 10.90% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 474 410 990
10th Percentile £32,333 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £54,817 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.81% -5.26% -20.20%

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 11,473 11,411 20,862
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.97% 74.59% 60.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,481 6,266 15,260
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,751 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 14 June 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 11 (1.36%) CMS
2 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.87%) Confluence
4 6 (0.74%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.50%) Drupal
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) Productboard
4 3 (0.37%) Sketch
5 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.61%) Shopify
3 10 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.99%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 226 (28.00%) SaaS
2 140 (17.35%) AWS
3 89 (11.03%) GCP
4 80 (9.91%) Azure
5 66 (8.18%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (5.45%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.36%) Figma
10 10 (1.24%) dbt
11 9 (1.12%) GitHub
11 9 (1.12%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.87%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.10%) Firewall
2 16 (1.98%) LAN
3 15 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (1.86%) WAN
4 14 (1.73%) VLAN
5 11 (1.36%) VPN
6 10 (1.24%) BGP
6 10 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.12%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.12%) WebEx
8 7 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.50%) Network Security
9 4 (0.50%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.37%) SCCP
10 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.37%) WPA
11 2 (0.25%) 4G
11 2 (0.25%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.21%) Power BI
2 28 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.86%) Tableau
4 14 (1.73%) Metadata
5 13 (1.61%) Looker
5 13 (1.61%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.24%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.99%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.50%) MySQL
13 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
15 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 53 (6.57%) TeamCity
2 15 (1.86%) JIRA
3 7 (0.87%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.87%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Git
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 308 (38.17%) Finance
2 248 (30.73%) Social Skills
3 191 (23.67%) Banking
4 185 (22.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (22.55%) Law
6 136 (16.85%) Marketing
7 124 (15.37%) Back Office
8 103 (12.76%) Financial Institution
9 93 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
10 50 (6.20%) Manufacturing
11 42 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (4.58%) Legal
13 36 (4.46%) Public Sector
14 31 (3.84%) Automotive
14 31 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (3.10%) Aviation
15 25 (3.10%) Telecoms
16 24 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (2.48%) Polish Language
18 19 (2.35%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 83 (10.29%) Senior
2 82 (10.16%) Analyst
3 73 (9.05%) Lead
4 54 (6.69%) Developer
5 50 (6.20%) Software Engineer
6 44 (5.45%) Architect
7 34 (4.21%) Business Manager
8 32 (3.97%) Development Manager
8 32 (3.97%) Security Analyst
9 30 (3.72%) Consultant
10 29 (3.59%) Account Manager
11 26 (3.22%) Designer
11 26 (3.22%) Systems Manager
12 25 (3.10%) Data Analyst
13 24 (2.97%) Account Executive
14 22 (2.73%) Software Manager
15 19 (2.35%) Business Consultant
15 19 (2.35%) ERP Manager
15 19 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (2.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.09%) React
2 30 (3.72%) .NET
3 26 (3.22%) Node.js
4 15 (1.86%) RESTful
5 13 (1.61%) .NET Core
5 13 (1.61%) REST
6 11 (1.36%) Blazor
7 10 (1.24%) ASP.NET
7 10 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
7 10 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (1.12%) Kafka
8 9 (1.12%) XMPP
9 7 (0.87%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.87%) Redux
9 7 (0.87%) Swagger
10 6 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.74%) React Native
10 6 (0.74%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.74%) Sass
11 5 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 107 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.06%) Onboarding
3 50 (6.20%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.83%) Blog
6 32 (3.97%) Security Posture
7 29 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 27 (3.35%) FMCG
9 25 (3.10%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (3.10%) EPoS
9 25 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (2.48%) Data Centre
12 18 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
14 12 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (1.12%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.10%) Windows
2 22 (2.73%) Linux
3 17 (2.11%) Android
4 16 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.37%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.12%) AIX
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (18.34%) Agile
2 127 (15.74%) Roadmaps
3 118 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (12.52%) Fintech
6 100 (12.39%) ERP
7 91 (11.28%) CI/CD
8 82 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
8 82 (10.16%) Test Automation
9 81 (10.04%) AI
10 78 (9.67%) CRM
10 78 (9.67%) Project Management
11 77 (9.54%) Software Engineering
12 76 (9.42%) Analytics
13 73 (9.05%) Business Development
14 70 (8.67%) Decision-Making
15 68 (8.43%) Disruptive Innovation
16 64 (7.93%) Mentoring
17 63 (7.81%) B2B
18 62 (7.68%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 86 (10.66%) Java
2 78 (9.67%) SQL
3 62 (7.68%) Python
4 32 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.10%) Go
6 22 (2.73%) C#
7 17 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.36%) Bash
9 10 (1.24%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.99%) Clojure
11 5 (0.62%) PHP
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.25%) R
14 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.12%) Groovy
14 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 80 (9.91%) Degree
2 30 (3.72%) CISSP
3 27 (3.35%) Security Cleared
4 24 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.35%) ACCA
5 19 (2.35%) CIMA
6 17 (2.11%) CISM
7 16 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (1.86%) CREST Certified
8 15 (1.86%) OSCP
9 14 (1.73%) CISA
10 12 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.24%) CRISC
12 9 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.12%) ICAEW
13 8 (0.99%) CCNA
13 8 (0.99%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.87%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.59%) NIST
3 26 (3.22%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.73%) SOC 2
5 18 (2.23%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.86%) GRC
8 14 (1.73%) GDPR
9 12 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.24%) SLA
10 10 (1.24%) TickIT
11 7 (0.87%) COBIT
11 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.74%) QA
13 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.50%) NCSC
13 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.50%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 17 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.12%) Docker
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.74%) vSphere
5 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 88 (10.90%) Terraform
2 87 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.80%) Grafana
4 24 (2.97%) Ansible
5 9 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.87%) Nmap
6 7 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.87%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.37%) SCCM
9 2 (0.25%) Autotask
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 120 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.46%) Oracle
3 32 (3.97%) SAP
4 25 (3.10%) VMware
5 24 (2.97%) Google
6 23 (2.85%) Cisco
6 23 (2.85%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.36%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.36%) IFS
7 11 (1.36%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.12%) Splunk
9 8 (0.99%) Adobe
9 8 (0.99%) Databricks
10 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
10 7 (0.87%) Workday
11 6 (0.74%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.74%) NetApp
12 5 (0.62%) Xero
13 4 (0.50%) Sage
13 4 (0.50%) Ubiquiti