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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 58 49
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 761 673 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.19% 4.98% 5.05%
As % of the General category 7.51% 6.91% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 432 462 1,009
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,480
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +10.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £54,633 £54,219 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.76% +14.15% -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 10,137 9,741 20,090
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.84% 72.13% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,720 6,502 15,087
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £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 £111,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 28 April 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 (1.18%) CMS
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.66%) Confluence
4 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.53%) Drupal
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.39%) 3ds Max
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.97%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.84%) Shopify
3 12 (1.58%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.53%) 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 HCM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 230 (30.22%) SaaS
2 138 (18.13%) AWS
3 86 (11.30%) GCP
4 69 (9.07%) Azure
5 61 (8.02%) Amazon EKS
6 38 (4.99%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.45%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.92%) dbt
12 7 (0.92%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.79%) Figma
13 6 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.15%) Firewall
2 17 (2.23%) WAN
3 14 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (1.84%) VLAN
4 12 (1.58%) LAN
5 11 (1.45%) VPN
6 10 (1.31%) BGP
7 9 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.05%) Unified Communications
8 8 (1.05%) WebEx
9 7 (0.92%) Network Security
9 7 (0.92%) Wireless
10 6 (0.79%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.39%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.39%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.39%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.81%) Power BI
2 23 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.63%) Tableau
4 13 (1.71%) Metadata
5 11 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.45%) Looker
5 11 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.53%) MySQL
8 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (6.31%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.18%) JIRA
3 5 (0.66%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.66%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.53%) Git
4 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 297 (39.03%) Finance
2 259 (34.03%) Social Skills
3 188 (24.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 184 (24.18%) Law
5 183 (24.05%) Banking
6 144 (18.92%) Marketing
7 122 (16.03%) Back Office
8 104 (13.67%) Financial Institution
9 84 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
10 55 (7.23%) Manufacturing
11 51 (6.70%) Legal
12 45 (5.91%) Public Sector
13 37 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (3.94%) Automotive
16 25 (3.29%) Telecoms
17 23 (3.02%) Aviation
18 19 (2.50%) General Ledger
19 16 (2.10%) Polish Language
20 15 (1.97%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 94 (12.35%) Senior
2 88 (11.56%) Analyst
3 65 (8.54%) Lead
4 49 (6.44%) Software Engineer
5 47 (6.18%) Account Manager
6 39 (5.12%) Architect
7 34 (4.47%) Developer
7 34 (4.47%) Security Analyst
8 30 (3.94%) Consultant
9 28 (3.68%) Data Analyst
10 26 (3.42%) Systems Manager
11 23 (3.02%) Business Manager
12 21 (2.76%) Designer
13 20 (2.63%) Data Manager
13 20 (2.63%) Enterprise Architect
13 20 (2.63%) ERP Manager
13 20 (2.63%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 19 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.84%) .NET
1 14 (1.84%) RESTful
2 13 (1.71%) React
3 11 (1.45%) REST
4 8 (1.05%) XMPP
5 7 (0.92%) EDI
5 7 (0.92%) Kafka
5 7 (0.92%) Sass
6 6 (0.79%) HTML
6 6 (0.79%) Node.js
6 6 (0.79%) OpenAPI
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.79%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.79%) Swagger
7 5 (0.66%) Redux
8 4 (0.53%) CSS
8 4 (0.53%) JSON
8 4 (0.53%) Middleware
8 4 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 100 (13.14%) Cloud Native
2 76 (9.99%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.39%) Blog
4 40 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 40 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 33 (4.34%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (3.29%) Cyber Defence
8 23 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 21 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.76%) FMCG
10 19 (2.50%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.23%) EPoS
12 16 (2.10%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.84%) Marketing Technology
15 12 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (1.45%) Driving Licence
17 9 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.15%) Windows
2 22 (2.89%) Linux
3 15 (1.97%) Android
3 15 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.53%) 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
1 107 (14.06%) Agile
1 107 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
1 107 (14.06%) Roadmaps
2 92 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (11.70%) ERP
3 89 (11.70%) Fintech
4 87 (11.43%) CRM
5 81 (10.64%) CI/CD
6 80 (10.51%) Customer Service
7 79 (10.38%) Project Management
8 74 (9.72%) AI
8 74 (9.72%) Test Automation
9 70 (9.20%) B2B
10 69 (9.07%) Customer Experience
11 68 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (8.80%) Analytics
12 67 (8.80%) Mentoring
13 65 (8.54%) Software Engineering
14 60 (7.88%) Business Development
14 60 (7.88%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 86 (11.30%) Java
2 69 (9.07%) SQL
3 61 (8.02%) Python
4 28 (3.68%) Go
5 18 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.71%) C#
6 13 (1.71%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.58%) Bash
8 10 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.79%) Clojure
9 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.79%) R
10 5 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.53%) PHP
12 3 (0.39%) C
12 3 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
14 1 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.13%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 87 (11.43%) Degree
2 30 (3.94%) CISSP
3 25 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.89%) ACCA
4 22 (2.89%) CIMA
5 21 (2.76%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (1.97%) CISM
7 15 (1.97%) CREST Certified
7 15 (1.97%) OSCP
8 13 (1.71%) CISA
8 13 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.18%) CRISC
12 7 (0.92%) CCNA
13 6 (0.79%) CISMP
13 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (3.68%) NIST
3 27 (3.55%) PCI DSS
4 24 (3.15%) SOC 2
5 16 (2.10%) GDPR
6 15 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.97%) GRC
7 14 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (1.45%) QA
9 11 (1.45%) SLA
10 10 (1.31%) TickIT
11 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.53%) NCSC
11 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.39%) COBIT
12 3 (0.39%) PSD2
13 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (1.97%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.79%) vSphere
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 83 (10.91%) Terraform
2 82 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 64 (8.41%) Grafana
4 22 (2.89%) Ansible
5 8 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.92%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.66%) Nmap
8 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.39%) SCCM
10 2 (0.26%) Autotask
10 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.13%) Cilium
11 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 113 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.20%) Oracle
3 28 (3.68%) Cisco
3 28 (3.68%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.15%) Google
5 23 (3.02%) SAP
6 22 (2.89%) VMware
7 9 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.18%) HubSpot
7 9 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.05%) Splunk
9 6 (0.79%) Adobe
9 6 (0.79%) CheckPoint
9 6 (0.79%) IFS
10 5 (0.66%) NetApp
10 5 (0.66%) Xero
11 4 (0.53%) Databricks
11 4 (0.53%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (0.39%) Sage
12 3 (0.39%) Workday