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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 47
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 -15
Permanent jobs citing Retail 813 1,236 1,791
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.05% 8.01% 5.16%
As % of the General category 6.94% 10.75% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 486 406 998
10th Percentile £32,381 £31,335 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,125 £39,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +15.79% -23.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,375
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -20.20%

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 11,708 11,502 20,934
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.53% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,633 6,340 15,331
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,615 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 19 June 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 11 (1.35%) CMS
2 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.98%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.49%) Drupal
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.37%) Productboard
5 3 (0.37%) Sketch
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.60%) Shopify
3 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.98%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 221 (27.18%) SaaS
2 137 (16.85%) AWS
3 88 (10.82%) GCP
4 85 (10.46%) Azure
5 65 (8.00%) Amazon EKS
6 46 (5.66%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.35%) Figma
10 10 (1.23%) dbt
11 9 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.11%) GitHub
11 9 (1.11%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.86%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.83%) Firewall
2 16 (1.97%) LAN
3 15 (1.85%) WAN
4 14 (1.72%) VLAN
5 13 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.35%) VPN
7 10 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.11%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.11%) WebEx
9 8 (0.98%) BGP
10 7 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.49%) Network Security
11 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.37%) 3G
12 3 (0.37%) 4G
12 3 (0.37%) 5G
12 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.37%) SCCP
12 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.18%) Power BI
2 27 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.85%) Metadata
3 15 (1.85%) Tableau
4 13 (1.60%) Looker
4 13 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.98%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.74%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.49%) MySQL
10 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 52 (6.40%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.09%) JIRA
3 6 (0.74%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.74%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Git
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 308 (37.88%) Finance
2 247 (30.38%) Social Skills
3 183 (22.51%) Banking
4 179 (22.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 174 (21.40%) Law
6 133 (16.36%) Marketing
7 121 (14.88%) Back Office
8 98 (12.05%) Financial Institution
9 95 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
10 55 (6.77%) Manufacturing
11 42 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (4.55%) Legal
13 35 (4.31%) Automotive
14 33 (4.06%) Public Sector
15 31 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (3.20%) Aviation
17 25 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (2.83%) Telecoms
19 20 (2.46%) Polish Language
20 19 (2.34%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 84 (10.33%) Analyst
2 79 (9.72%) Senior
3 72 (8.86%) Lead
4 57 (7.01%) Developer
5 50 (6.15%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.90%) Architect
7 36 (4.43%) Business Manager
8 33 (4.06%) Development Manager
9 31 (3.81%) Security Analyst
10 30 (3.69%) Consultant
11 28 (3.44%) Account Manager
11 28 (3.44%) Data Analyst
11 28 (3.44%) Systems Manager
12 26 (3.20%) Designer
13 24 (2.95%) Account Executive
14 23 (2.83%) Software Manager
15 21 (2.58%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.34%) Business Consultant
16 19 (2.34%) ERP Manager
16 19 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.43%) React
2 33 (4.06%) .NET
3 28 (3.44%) Node.js
4 15 (1.85%) .NET Core
4 15 (1.85%) RESTful
5 13 (1.60%) ASP.NET
5 13 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (1.60%) Blazor
5 13 (1.60%) REST
6 12 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (1.11%) XMPP
8 8 (0.98%) Kafka
9 7 (0.86%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.86%) React Native
9 7 (0.86%) Redux
9 7 (0.86%) Swagger
10 6 (0.74%) Middleware
10 6 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.74%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.62%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 106 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.77%) Onboarding
3 50 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.90%) Management Information System
5 37 (4.55%) Blog
6 28 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 27 (3.32%) EPoS
7 27 (3.32%) FMCG
7 27 (3.32%) Security Posture
7 27 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
9 23 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
10 20 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (2.09%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
13 11 (1.35%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.11%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.11%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.08%) Windows
2 22 (2.71%) Linux
3 14 (1.72%) Android
4 13 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.37%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.12%) AIX
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (19.07%) Agile
2 126 (15.50%) Roadmaps
3 122 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 107 (13.16%) ERP
6 97 (11.93%) Fintech
7 91 (11.19%) CI/CD
8 80 (9.84%) AI
8 80 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
8 80 (9.84%) Project Management
9 78 (9.59%) CRM
9 78 (9.59%) Test Automation
10 77 (9.47%) Software Engineering
11 76 (9.35%) Analytics
12 72 (8.86%) Decision-Making
13 71 (8.73%) Business Development
14 65 (8.00%) Disruptive Innovation
14 65 (8.00%) Microservices
15 63 (7.75%) B2B
15 63 (7.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 82 (10.09%) Java
2 80 (9.84%) SQL
3 62 (7.63%) Python
4 34 (4.18%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.08%) C#
6 23 (2.83%) Go
7 16 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.35%) Bash
8 11 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.98%) Clojure
10 5 (0.62%) PHP
10 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.25%) R
13 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.12%) Groovy
13 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 80 (9.84%) Degree
2 29 (3.57%) CISSP
3 25 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.71%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.34%) ACCA
5 19 (2.34%) CIMA
6 18 (2.21%) CISM
7 14 (1.72%) CISA
7 14 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (1.48%) CREST Certified
8 12 (1.48%) OSCP
9 11 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.23%) CRISC
11 9 (1.11%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.11%) ICAEW
11 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.98%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.86%) CCNA
13 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (3.69%) NIST
3 25 (3.08%) PCI DSS
4 21 (2.58%) SOC 2
5 18 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (2.21%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.09%) GDPR
7 15 (1.85%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.72%) GRC
9 11 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.23%) SLA
10 10 (1.23%) TickIT
11 8 (0.98%) COBIT
12 7 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.62%) QA
13 5 (0.62%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.49%) NCSC
14 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.98%) Docker
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.74%) vSphere
5 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 85 (10.46%) Terraform
2 83 (10.21%) Kubernetes
3 70 (8.61%) Grafana
4 24 (2.95%) Ansible
5 9 (1.11%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.86%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.74%) Nmap
8 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.37%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Autotask
10 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 126 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.80%) Oracle
3 35 (4.31%) SAP
4 24 (2.95%) Google
5 23 (2.83%) VMware
6 22 (2.71%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.46%) Cisco
8 15 (1.85%) IFS
9 11 (1.35%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.35%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.11%) Splunk
11 8 (0.98%) Adobe
11 8 (0.98%) Databricks
12 7 (0.86%) Workday
13 6 (0.74%) NetApp
14 5 (0.62%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.62%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.62%) Xero
15 4 (0.49%) Sage
15 4 (0.49%) Ubiquiti