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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 31 46
Rank change year-on-year -30 +15 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 903 1,207 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 7.38% 4.81%
As % of the General category 6.41% 10.36% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 557 392 551
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,969 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -0.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,784 £86,250
90th Percentile £104,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -13.26%

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 14,093 11,654 14,928
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.31% 71.30% 61.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,818 6,521 9,283
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
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 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,284 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.30% -8.33%

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 3 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 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.22%) Apache
2 11 (1.22%) nginx
3 8 (0.89%) CMS
3 8 (0.89%) Confluence
4 7 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 45 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.66%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.33%) Productboard
8 3 (0.33%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Simulink
9 2 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (3.10%) Shopify
2 7 (0.78%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.44%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 219 (24.25%) SaaS
2 118 (13.07%) AWS
3 101 (11.18%) Azure
4 93 (10.30%) GCP
5 53 (5.87%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.98%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.32%) Google Analytics
8 28 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (2.10%) Google Ads
11 15 (1.66%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.22%) dbt
13 10 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.89%) GitHub
16 7 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (0.78%) Meta Ads
17 6 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 6 (0.66%) Figma
17 6 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.99%) Firewall
2 18 (1.99%) LAN
2 18 (1.99%) WAN
3 14 (1.55%) VLAN
4 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.00%) DNS
6 8 (0.89%) BGP
6 8 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (0.89%) OSPF
6 8 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (0.78%) SMS
7 7 (0.78%) Unified Communications
7 7 (0.78%) VPN
7 7 (0.78%) WebEx
8 6 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.66%) MPLS
9 5 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.55%) Network Security
9 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.32%) Power BI
2 20 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.21%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.99%) Looker
4 17 (1.88%) Metadata
5 14 (1.55%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.33%) Tableau
8 10 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 52 (5.76%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.88%) JIRA
3 10 (1.11%) Git
4 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.44%) JUnit
4 4 (0.44%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 328 (36.32%) Finance
2 300 (33.22%) Social Skills
3 179 (19.82%) Banking
4 176 (19.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
6 165 (18.27%) Law
7 153 (16.94%) Marketing
8 109 (12.07%) Back Office
9 90 (9.97%) Financial Institution
10 67 (7.42%) Manufacturing
11 54 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (4.87%) Public Sector
13 35 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (3.54%) Legal
16 27 (2.99%) Automotive
16 27 (2.99%) Telecoms
17 20 (2.21%) Aviation
18 16 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (1.77%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 99 (10.96%) Analyst
2 88 (9.75%) Senior
3 78 (8.64%) Lead
4 64 (7.09%) Developer
5 55 (6.09%) Software Engineer
6 49 (5.43%) Development Manager
7 41 (4.54%) Architect
8 36 (3.99%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.77%) Data Analyst
10 32 (3.54%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.21%) Software Manager
12 28 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
13 27 (2.99%) Business Development Manager
14 26 (2.88%) .NET Developer
15 25 (2.77%) Service Manager
16 24 (2.66%) Service Delivery Manager
16 24 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.44%) Project Manager
17 22 (2.44%) Software Development Manager
18 20 (2.21%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (8.08%) Terraform
2 52 (5.76%) React
3 50 (5.54%) .NET
4 45 (4.98%) Node.js
5 27 (2.99%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.77%) Blazor
7 23 (2.55%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.44%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
10 17 (1.88%) RESTful
11 13 (1.44%) React Native
12 12 (1.33%) OpenAPI
12 12 (1.33%) Swagger
13 11 (1.22%) Middleware
14 9 (1.00%) REST
15 7 (0.78%) XMPP
16 6 (0.66%) EDI
16 6 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.66%) Regular Expression
16 6 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (10.96%) Cloud Native
2 72 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (4.98%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.77%) Blog
7 25 (2.77%) FMCG
8 22 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.10%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.77%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.77%) EPoS
12 16 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (1.55%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.55%) Social Media
15 10 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.32%) Windows
2 31 (3.43%) Linux
3 16 (1.77%) Android
3 16 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (20.60%) Agile
2 168 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
3 145 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 140 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (14.73%) Roadmaps
6 131 (14.51%) Decision-Making
7 108 (11.96%) Analytics
8 100 (11.07%) AI
9 99 (10.96%) CI/CD
10 97 (10.74%) Business Development
11 95 (10.52%) E-Commerce
12 93 (10.30%) Fintech
12 93 (10.30%) Software Engineering
13 88 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
14 85 (9.41%) ERP
15 82 (9.08%) Microservices
16 81 (8.97%) CRM
17 80 (8.86%) Mentoring
18 79 (8.75%) Test Automation
19 74 (8.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.85%) SQL
2 70 (7.75%) Java
3 68 (7.53%) Python
4 38 (4.21%) C#
5 34 (3.77%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.66%) Go
7 13 (1.44%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.89%) Clojure
10 5 (0.55%) Bash
11 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.33%) PHP
11 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (5.20%) Degree
2 40 (4.43%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.21%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.10%) CISSP
5 17 (1.88%) CISM
6 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.55%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.44%) CISA
9 12 (1.33%) ACCA
9 12 (1.33%) CIMA
10 11 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.11%) CRISC
11 10 (1.11%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.89%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.78%) ISACA
13 7 (0.78%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.66%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.77%) NIST
3 22 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.21%) GDPR
5 19 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.44%) GRC
8 10 (1.11%) COBIT
8 10 (1.11%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.11%) TickIT
9 8 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.78%) QA
10 7 (0.78%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.44%) PMO
12 4 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.66%) Squid
5 5 (0.55%) Docker
6 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.44%) vSphere
7 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 61 (6.76%) Grafana
3 14 (1.55%) Ansible
4 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.55%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.44%) Nmap
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.98%) Google
3 41 (4.54%) SAP
4 26 (2.88%) Oracle
5 23 (2.55%) Cisco
5 23 (2.55%) VMware
6 18 (1.99%) IFS
7 16 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.55%) Databricks
9 11 (1.22%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.22%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.22%) Veeam
10 9 (1.00%) YouTube
11 8 (0.89%) Workday
12 7 (0.78%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.78%) Splunk
13 6 (0.66%) Adobe
14 5 (0.55%) Xero
15 4 (0.44%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.44%) Epicor