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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 31 49
Rank change year-on-year -28 +18 -10
Permanent jobs citing Retail 946 1,199 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.95% 7.38% 4.82%
As % of the General category 6.52% 10.30% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 570 379 523
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,200 £29,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,058 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -18.31% +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,649 £74,443 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,875 £90,756 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -13.04%

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 14,512 11,643 14,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.52% 71.68% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,045 6,429 8,676
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £34,953
25th Percentile £42,250 £39,000 £45,000
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 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 11 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 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.16%) Apache
2 11 (1.16%) CMS
2 11 (1.16%) nginx
3 8 (0.85%) Confluence
3 8 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.11%) Drupal
5 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 49 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.85%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.63%) Civil 3D
6 5 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.32%) Productboard
7 3 (0.32%) Revit
7 3 (0.32%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.21%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) Blender
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 29 (3.07%) Shopify
2 7 (0.74%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.74%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.42%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.32%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 229 (24.21%) SaaS
2 127 (13.42%) AWS
3 103 (10.89%) GCP
4 102 (10.78%) Azure
5 58 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
6 43 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 33 (3.49%) Google Analytics
8 29 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.22%) Google Ads
10 18 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.80%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.16%) dbt
13 9 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.95%) Meta Ads
14 8 (0.85%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.85%) GitHub
15 6 (0.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.07%) Firewall
2 22 (2.33%) WAN
3 20 (2.11%) LAN
4 16 (1.69%) VLAN
5 15 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.16%) DNS
7 10 (1.06%) BGP
7 10 (1.06%) OSPF
7 10 (1.06%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (0.74%) SMS
8 7 (0.74%) Unified Communications
8 7 (0.74%) VPN
8 7 (0.74%) WebEx
9 6 (0.63%) MPLS
9 6 (0.63%) Network Security
9 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.02%) Power BI
2 24 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.11%) MongoDB
4 18 (1.90%) Metadata
5 17 (1.80%) Looker
6 14 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 14 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.27%) Tableau
8 10 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.85%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 2 (0.21%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 58 (6.13%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.69%) JIRA
3 12 (1.27%) Git
4 5 (0.53%) JUnit
5 4 (0.42%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.42%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 344 (36.36%) Finance
2 322 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 197 (20.82%) Banking
4 195 (20.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 180 (19.03%) Law
6 175 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
7 168 (17.76%) Marketing
8 114 (12.05%) Back Office
9 94 (9.94%) Financial Institution
10 67 (7.08%) Manufacturing
11 54 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (4.86%) Public Sector
13 39 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (3.59%) Legal
16 31 (3.28%) Telecoms
17 28 (2.96%) Automotive
18 20 (2.11%) Aviation
19 17 (1.80%) French Language
20 16 (1.69%) German Language
Job Titles
1 103 (10.89%) Analyst
2 98 (10.36%) Senior
3 78 (8.25%) Lead
4 64 (6.77%) Developer
5 62 (6.55%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.07%) Development Manager
7 43 (4.55%) Architect
8 37 (3.91%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.59%) Business Manager
10 32 (3.38%) Data Analyst
11 29 (3.07%) Software Manager
12 27 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.75%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.75%) Business Development Manager
13 26 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (2.64%) Service Manager
15 24 (2.54%) Service Delivery Manager
16 22 (2.33%) Software Development Manager
17 21 (2.22%) Project Manager
17 21 (2.22%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (8.77%) Terraform
2 53 (5.60%) React
3 50 (5.29%) .NET
4 45 (4.76%) Node.js
5 27 (2.85%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.64%) Blazor
7 23 (2.43%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.33%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (2.01%) RESTful
11 14 (1.48%) OpenAPI
11 14 (1.48%) Swagger
12 13 (1.37%) React Native
13 11 (1.16%) Middleware
14 9 (0.95%) REST
15 7 (0.74%) XMPP
16 6 (0.63%) EDI
16 6 (0.63%) Kafka
16 6 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 107 (11.31%) Cloud Native
2 76 (8.03%) Product Ownership
3 62 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.17%) Blog
7 27 (2.85%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.54%) Driving Licence
8 24 (2.54%) FMCG
9 22 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (2.01%) Social Media
12 18 (1.90%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
14 16 (1.69%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.48%) EPoS
15 14 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
16 10 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.29%) Windows
2 32 (3.38%) Linux
3 20 (2.11%) Android
4 16 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.06%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (19.98%) Agile
2 180 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 144 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (14.06%) Decision-Making
5 133 (14.06%) Roadmaps
6 111 (11.73%) Analytics
7 108 (11.42%) CI/CD
8 106 (11.21%) AI
9 105 (11.10%) Fintech
10 104 (10.99%) E-Commerce
10 104 (10.99%) Software Engineering
11 101 (10.68%) Business Development
12 96 (10.15%) Cybersecurity
13 85 (8.99%) CRM
14 84 (8.88%) Mentoring
14 84 (8.88%) Microservices
15 83 (8.77%) Test Automation
16 82 (8.67%) Customer Experience
16 82 (8.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.47%) SQL
2 80 (8.46%) Java
3 73 (7.72%) Python
4 38 (4.02%) C#
5 34 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.80%) Go
7 13 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.85%) Clojure
10 6 (0.63%) Bash
11 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.32%) R
12 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.11%) Groovy
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (5.39%) Degree
2 47 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 46 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.01%) CISSP
5 17 (1.80%) CISM
6 15 (1.59%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.37%) ACCA
8 13 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.37%) CISA
9 12 (1.27%) CIMA
10 11 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.06%) CRISC
12 8 (0.85%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.74%) ISACA
13 7 (0.74%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (2.75%) NIST
3 22 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.11%) GDPR
6 16 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.37%) GRC
9 10 (1.06%) COBIT
9 10 (1.06%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.06%) TickIT
10 8 (0.85%) QA
11 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.74%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.74%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.42%) NCSC
13 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.63%) Docker
4 6 (0.63%) Squid
5 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.42%) vSphere
6 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 83 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.19%) Grafana
3 15 (1.59%) Ansible
4 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.53%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.42%) Nmap
9 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 178 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.55%) Google
3 41 (4.33%) SAP
4 26 (2.75%) Cisco
5 25 (2.64%) Oracle
6 22 (2.33%) VMware
7 20 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.90%) IFS
9 14 (1.48%) Databricks
10 12 (1.27%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.16%) Veeam
12 10 (1.06%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.95%) YouTube
14 8 (0.85%) HubSpot
14 8 (0.85%) Splunk
14 8 (0.85%) Thales
14 8 (0.85%) TikTok
14 8 (0.85%) Workday
15 7 (0.74%) Adobe
16 6 (0.63%) Xero