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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 60 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 -17
Permanent jobs citing Retail 766 693 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.21% 4.98% 5.08%
As % of the General category 7.57% 6.82% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 446 464 998
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,250 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +13.33% -22.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £98,125 £83,750 £85,375
UK median annual salary £54,633 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.12% +12.63% -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 10,113 10,158 20,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.64% 73.05% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,732 6,512 15,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £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 4 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 (1.17%) CMS
1 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.65%) 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 39 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.39%) 3ds Max
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.13%) Productboard
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.83%) Shopify
3 12 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.39%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.39%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (29.50%) SaaS
2 133 (17.36%) AWS
3 86 (11.23%) GCP
4 67 (8.75%) Azure
5 61 (7.96%) Amazon EKS
6 40 (5.22%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.31%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.17%) GitHub
10 9 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.91%) dbt
12 7 (0.91%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.91%) Figma
13 6 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.13%) Firewall
2 17 (2.22%) WAN
3 14 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (1.83%) VLAN
4 12 (1.57%) LAN
5 11 (1.44%) VPN
6 10 (1.31%) BGP
7 9 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.04%) Unified Communications
8 8 (1.04%) WebEx
9 7 (0.91%) Network Security
9 7 (0.91%) Wireless
10 6 (0.78%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.39%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.39%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.39%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.05%) Power BI
2 23 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.61%) Tableau
4 14 (1.83%) Metadata
5 11 (1.44%) Looker
5 11 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.65%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.52%) MySQL
11 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (6.27%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.17%) 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 (37.99%) Finance
2 253 (33.03%) Social Skills
3 187 (24.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 181 (23.63%) Banking
5 180 (23.50%) Law
6 141 (18.41%) Marketing
7 123 (16.06%) Back Office
8 104 (13.58%) Financial Institution
9 80 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
10 53 (6.92%) Manufacturing
11 46 (6.01%) Legal
12 41 (5.35%) Public Sector
13 37 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (3.66%) Automotive
16 25 (3.26%) Telecoms
17 23 (3.00%) Aviation
18 19 (2.48%) General Ledger
19 16 (2.09%) Polish Language
20 15 (1.96%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 95 (12.40%) Senior
2 86 (11.23%) Analyst
3 65 (8.49%) Lead
4 49 (6.40%) Software Engineer
5 48 (6.27%) Account Manager
6 38 (4.96%) Architect
7 37 (4.83%) Developer
8 33 (4.31%) Security Analyst
9 30 (3.92%) Consultant
10 27 (3.52%) Data Analyst
11 26 (3.39%) Systems Manager
12 24 (3.13%) Business Manager
13 23 (3.00%) Designer
14 21 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 20 (2.61%) ERP Manager
16 19 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 19 (2.48%) Data Manager
16 19 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
16 19 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.35%) .NET
2 14 (1.83%) React
2 14 (1.83%) RESTful
3 11 (1.44%) REST
4 8 (1.04%) XMPP
5 7 (0.91%) EDI
5 7 (0.91%) Kafka
5 7 (0.91%) Node.js
5 7 (0.91%) Sass
6 6 (0.78%) OpenAPI
6 6 (0.78%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.78%) Swagger
7 5 (0.65%) HTML
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.65%) Redux
8 4 (0.52%) JSON
8 4 (0.52%) Middleware
8 4 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.39%) CSS
9 3 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.19%) Cloud Native
2 75 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.35%) Blog
4 39 (5.09%) Management Information System
4 39 (5.09%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.05%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
8 22 (2.87%) FMCG
9 21 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.48%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
10 19 (2.48%) EPoS
10 19 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.09%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
13 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.31%) Driving Licence
15 9 (1.17%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.13%) Windows
2 22 (2.87%) Linux
3 15 (1.96%) Android
3 15 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.04%) 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 (14.10%) Agile
2 107 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 104 (13.58%) Roadmaps
4 90 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (11.62%) ERP
5 89 (11.62%) Fintech
6 84 (10.97%) CRM
7 81 (10.57%) CI/CD
8 78 (10.18%) Project Management
9 77 (10.05%) Customer Service
10 74 (9.66%) Test Automation
11 70 (9.14%) AI
12 69 (9.01%) B2B
13 68 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
14 67 (8.75%) Software Engineering
15 66 (8.62%) Analytics
15 66 (8.62%) Mentoring
16 63 (8.22%) Customer Experience
17 60 (7.83%) Business Development
18 59 (7.70%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.36%) Java
2 70 (9.14%) SQL
3 61 (7.96%) Python
4 29 (3.79%) Go
5 19 (2.48%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.83%) C#
7 13 (1.70%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.57%) Bash
9 10 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.78%) Clojure
10 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.78%) R
11 5 (0.65%) PHP
11 5 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) C
12 3 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (10.97%) Degree
2 28 (3.66%) CISSP
3 22 (2.87%) ACCA
3 22 (2.87%) CIMA
3 22 (2.87%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.48%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (1.83%) CISM
6 14 (1.83%) CREST Certified
6 14 (1.83%) OSCP
7 13 (1.70%) CISA
7 13 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.17%) CRISC
8 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.04%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.78%) CCNA
10 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.65%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (3.52%) NIST
2 27 (3.52%) PCI DSS
3 24 (3.13%) SOC 2
4 16 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.09%) GDPR
5 15 (1.96%) GRC
6 14 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (1.57%) SLA
8 10 (1.31%) QA
8 10 (1.31%) TickIT
9 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (0.52%) NCSC
9 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.39%) COBIT
10 3 (0.39%) PSD2
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.78%) vSphere
4 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 83 (10.84%) Kubernetes
1 83 (10.84%) Terraform
2 64 (8.36%) Grafana
3 22 (2.87%) Ansible
4 8 (1.04%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.91%) 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
1 110 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.18%) Oracle
3 29 (3.79%) Salesforce
4 27 (3.52%) Cisco
5 24 (3.13%) SAP
6 23 (3.00%) Google
7 22 (2.87%) VMware
8 9 (1.17%) Fortinet
8 9 (1.17%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.04%) Splunk
10 7 (0.91%) Adobe
11 6 (0.78%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.78%) IFS
12 5 (0.65%) Databricks
12 5 (0.65%) NetApp
12 5 (0.65%) Xero
13 4 (0.52%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (0.52%) Workday
14 3 (0.39%) IBM