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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 62 44
Rank change year-on-year +30 -18 +3
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,032 857 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.46% 4.31% 6.31%
As % of the General category 9.60% 6.91% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 390 427 1,082
10th Percentile £27,707 £32,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +7.44% +0.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £100,000 - £93,625
UK median annual salary £40,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -12.50%

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 10,750 12,404 14,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 67.33% 62.44% 65.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,380 7,039 11,435
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +1.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 8 November 2025.

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 19 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.45%) Confluence
3 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.48%) CMS
4 5 (0.48%) SAS
5 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.097%) Apache
7 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.097%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (6.30%) Chatbot
2 40 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.78%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.097%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 26 (2.52%) Shopify
2 17 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (0.97%) Magento
4 10 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 159 (15.41%) Azure
2 134 (12.98%) SaaS
3 114 (11.05%) AWS
4 75 (7.27%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.26%) GCP
6 37 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.94%) GitHub
10 18 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 17 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.45%) Google Analytics
13 12 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (0.87%) BigCommerce
15 9 (0.87%) Snowflake
16 8 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.78%) PowerApps
17 7 (0.68%) dbt
17 7 (0.68%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (1.36%) SD-WAN
3 10 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.78%) Internet
4 8 (0.78%) LAN
4 8 (0.78%) WAN
5 7 (0.68%) 5G
6 6 (0.58%) Firewall
6 6 (0.58%) HSRP
6 6 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (0.58%) VoIP
6 6 (0.58%) VRRP
7 4 (0.39%) DNS
7 4 (0.39%) VPN
8 3 (0.29%) DHCP
8 3 (0.29%) Network Security
8 3 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.29%) Wireless
9 2 (0.19%) NAS
9 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 61 (5.91%) Power BI
3 22 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.94%) Tableau
5 18 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 18 (1.74%) Data Mining
6 15 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.16%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (0.78%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.58%) Looker
12 6 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.58%) QlikView
13 5 (0.48%) MySQL
13 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.39%) DataStage
14 4 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 56 (5.43%) JIRA
2 39 (3.78%) GitLab
2 39 (3.78%) Selenium
3 37 (3.59%) Bitbucket
4 36 (3.49%) Cucumber
4 36 (3.49%) Maven
4 36 (3.49%) SonarQube
4 36 (3.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (1.94%) Git
6 15 (1.45%) TeamCity
7 10 (0.97%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.68%) MSBuild
9 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.39%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.39%) ERwin
11 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.29%) JMeter
12 3 (0.29%) Metasploit
General
1 389 (37.69%) Manufacturing
2 238 (23.06%) Social Skills
3 232 (22.48%) Finance
4 197 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
5 135 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 111 (10.76%) Marketing
7 101 (9.79%) Dutch Language
8 99 (9.59%) Finnish Language
9 81 (7.85%) Banking
10 49 (4.75%) Catalan Language
11 36 (3.49%) Back Office
11 36 (3.49%) Corporate Banking
11 36 (3.49%) Investment Banking
12 35 (3.39%) Law
13 32 (3.10%) Legal
14 31 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.71%) Financial Institution
16 26 (2.52%) Automotive
17 22 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
18 20 (1.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 408 (39.53%) Trainer
2 104 (10.08%) Senior
3 82 (7.95%) Analyst
4 56 (5.43%) Software Engineer
5 48 (4.65%) Architect
6 45 (4.36%) Account Manager
7 44 (4.26%) Senior Manager
8 40 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (3.78%) Developer
10 37 (3.59%) Sales Account Manager
10 37 (3.59%) Sales Manager
10 37 (3.59%) Senior Account Manager
10 37 (3.59%) Senior Sales Manager
11 33 (3.20%) Lead
12 27 (2.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 25 (2.42%) Consultant
14 24 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.23%) Junior
15 23 (2.23%) Support Analyst
16 21 (2.03%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (6.30%) HTML
2 60 (5.81%) React
3 58 (5.62%) CSS
4 56 (5.43%) REST
5 51 (4.94%) RESTful
6 38 (3.68%) Spring
6 38 (3.68%) Spring Boot
7 37 (3.59%) HTML5
7 37 (3.59%) Kafka
7 37 (3.59%) Redux
7 37 (3.59%) Sass
8 36 (3.49%) CSS3
8 36 (3.49%) Jest
8 36 (3.49%) JPA
9 32 (3.10%) .NET
10 17 (1.65%) Node.js
11 15 (1.45%) JSON
12 14 (1.36%) Web Services
12 14 (1.36%) XML
13 13 (1.26%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 347 (33.62%) Robotics
2 98 (9.50%) Onboarding
3 45 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 36 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.62%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 19 (1.84%) FMCG
9 16 (1.55%) EPoS
10 14 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.16%) Social Media
12 10 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.87%) Digital Signage
13 9 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (0.87%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.78%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.36%) Windows
2 11 (1.07%) Linux
3 10 (0.97%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.097%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (44.77%) AI
2 460 (44.57%) Problem-Solving
3 407 (39.44%) Data Privacy
4 364 (35.27%) Machine Learning
5 353 (34.21%) Generative AI
6 350 (33.91%) Red Team
7 347 (33.62%) LLM
8 176 (17.05%) Customer Service
9 134 (12.98%) Agile
10 116 (11.24%) Mentoring
11 110 (10.66%) ERP
12 103 (9.98%) CRM
13 102 (9.88%) DevOps
14 97 (9.40%) E-Commerce
15 89 (8.62%) CI/CD
16 80 (7.75%) B2B
16 80 (7.75%) Logistics
17 76 (7.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 75 (7.27%) Analytics
19 73 (7.07%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 175 (16.96%) SQL
2 66 (6.40%) C#
3 62 (6.01%) Java
4 61 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 51 (4.94%) Python
6 42 (4.07%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.36%) VBA
8 13 (1.26%) R
9 8 (0.78%) C++
9 8 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.58%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.48%) Go
11 5 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.48%) PHP
12 4 (0.39%) Bash
12 4 (0.39%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.29%) C
13 3 (0.29%) Delphi
14 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.097%) Scala
Qualifications
1 484 (46.90%) Degree
2 21 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (1.26%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.16%) AWS Certification
4 12 (1.16%) CISSP
4 12 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 12 (1.16%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.07%) DBS Check
5 11 (1.07%) SC Cleared
6 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (0.68%) CISM
7 7 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (0.68%) CREST Certified
7 7 (0.68%) OSCP
8 5 (0.48%) CEH
8 5 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (0.48%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.39%) CCNA
9 4 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (9.11%) QA
2 48 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.52%) GDPR
4 16 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.45%) PMO
6 13 (1.26%) SLA
7 10 (0.97%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.58%) NIST
11 4 (0.39%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.39%) WCAG
12 3 (0.29%) GRC
13 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.097%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 52 (5.04%) Docker
2 16 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.097%) HDFS
5 1 (0.097%) Varnish
5 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.097%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (5.72%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.52%) Terraform
3 10 (0.97%) Grafana
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.29%) Cilium
5 3 (0.29%) Nmap
6 2 (0.19%) Autotask
7 1 (0.097%) Ansible
7 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.097%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 376 (36.43%) Adobe
1 376 (36.43%) Google
2 365 (35.37%) Databricks
3 122 (11.82%) Microsoft
4 66 (6.40%) PayPal
5 40 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 36 (3.49%) Solace
7 23 (2.23%) SAP
8 19 (1.84%) HubSpot
9 17 (1.65%) Oracle
10 12 (1.16%) Cisco
11 11 (1.07%) Facebook
11 11 (1.07%) TikTok
12 9 (0.87%) VMware
13 8 (0.78%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.58%) Avaya
14 6 (0.58%) Extreme Networks
15 5 (0.48%) Ariba
16 4 (0.39%) Informatica
16 4 (0.39%) Sage