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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 70 48
Rank change year-on-year +16 -22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 646 822 1,240
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.22% 4.31% 6.08%
As % of the General category 6.69% 6.57% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 392 468 945
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £43,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,716
% change year-on-year -18.18% +6.35% -15.47%

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 9,657 12,508 13,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.07% 65.61% 65.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,202 7,294 10,448
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,920 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 December 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 14 (2.17%) Confluence
2 12 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.77%) SAS
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 63 (9.75%) Chatbot
2 32 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.48%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (1.39%) AutoCAD
6 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.93%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.46%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 16 (2.48%) Shopify
2 12 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.93%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.62%) Magento
6 4 (0.62%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.46%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.46%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.46%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 153 (23.68%) SaaS
2 107 (16.56%) Azure
3 89 (13.78%) AWS
4 55 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 51 (7.89%) GCP
6 30 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (3.25%) GitHub
9 17 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 15 (2.32%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.01%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.39%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.08%) Serverless
16 6 (0.93%) Entra ID
16 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.04%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.32%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.70%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.39%) WAN
5 8 (1.24%) Internet
5 8 (1.24%) LAN
6 7 (1.08%) Wireless
7 6 (0.93%) HSRP
7 6 (0.93%) VoIP
7 6 (0.93%) VRRP
8 5 (0.77%) Firewall
9 4 (0.62%) 5G
9 4 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
9 4 (0.62%) DNS
9 4 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.62%) Network Security
9 4 (0.62%) VPN
10 3 (0.46%) BGP
10 3 (0.46%) DHCP
10 3 (0.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.35%) Power BI
2 26 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.41%) Data Lake
5 19 (2.94%) Tableau
6 16 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.01%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.39%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.24%) Data Vault
10 7 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.93%) Looker
12 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.62%) DataStage
13 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.62%) Metadata
13 4 (0.62%) QlikView
14 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.10%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.63%) JIRA
3 16 (2.48%) Git
4 7 (1.08%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.62%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.62%) ERwin
6 4 (0.62%) MSBuild
6 4 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.46%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.46%) GitLab
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
7 3 (0.46%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.46%) Postman
7 3 (0.46%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) Pivotal Tracker
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
8 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 227 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 203 (31.42%) Finance
3 126 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (17.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (16.87%) Marketing
6 61 (9.44%) Banking
7 49 (7.59%) Manufacturing
8 47 (7.28%) Back Office
8 47 (7.28%) Law
9 42 (6.50%) Financial Institution
10 30 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (4.49%) Legal
12 22 (3.41%) Public Sector
13 20 (3.10%) Automotive
14 17 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.01%) Advertising
16 11 (1.70%) Games
16 11 (1.70%) General Ledger
17 9 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 113 (17.49%) Senior
2 79 (12.23%) Analyst
3 63 (9.75%) Trainer
4 55 (8.51%) Account Manager
5 51 (7.89%) Architect
5 51 (7.89%) Senior Manager
6 41 (6.35%) Senior Account Manager
7 40 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (6.04%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (6.04%) Sales Manager
8 39 (6.04%) Senior Sales Manager
9 30 (4.64%) Lead
10 28 (4.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 28 (4.33%) Software Engineer
11 25 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (3.72%) Consultant
12 24 (3.72%) Developer
13 22 (3.41%) Data Analyst
14 21 (3.25%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.79%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.33%) .NET
2 23 (3.56%) React
3 22 (3.41%) HTML
4 18 (2.79%) CSS
5 16 (2.48%) Node.js
5 16 (2.48%) REST
6 14 (2.17%) RESTful
7 13 (2.01%) .NET Core
7 13 (2.01%) React Native
7 13 (2.01%) Web Services
8 11 (1.70%) JSON
9 10 (1.55%) XML
10 8 (1.24%) EDI
10 8 (1.24%) Pandas
11 6 (0.93%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.93%) Blazor
12 5 (0.77%) OpenAPI
12 5 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.77%) scikit-learn
12 5 (0.77%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.02%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.11%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.10%) FMCG
5 18 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 15 (2.32%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.32%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.01%) Blog
7 13 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.70%) Social Media
10 9 (1.39%) Digital Signage
10 9 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.39%) EPoS
10 9 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.08%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.48%) Windows
2 10 (1.55%) Linux
3 7 (1.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.15%) Android
4 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (28.02%) Customer Service
2 121 (18.73%) AI
3 105 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (15.79%) ERP
5 93 (14.40%) CRM
6 89 (13.78%) Agile
7 87 (13.47%) E-Commerce
8 85 (13.16%) Mentoring
9 82 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (12.23%) B2B
11 76 (11.76%) Logistics
12 72 (11.15%) Roadmaps
13 71 (10.99%) Analytics
14 67 (10.37%) Conversational UI
15 66 (10.22%) DevOps
16 64 (9.91%) Project Management
16 64 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 62 (9.60%) CI/CD
18 60 (9.29%) Data Privacy
19 58 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 114 (17.65%) SQL
2 60 (9.29%) C#
3 52 (8.05%) Python
4 36 (5.57%) Java
5 17 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.01%) R
7 10 (1.55%) Go
8 6 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.77%) Bash
9 5 (0.77%) C++
9 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.77%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.62%) VBA
11 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.46%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.46%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.31%) C
12 2 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 127 (19.66%) Degree
2 20 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.01%) AWS Certification
3 13 (2.01%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.86%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.70%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.70%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.39%) CISSP
8 7 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.08%) CREST Certified
8 7 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.08%) OSCP
9 5 (0.77%) ACCA
9 5 (0.77%) CIMA
9 5 (0.77%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.62%) CCNA
10 4 (0.62%) CEH
10 4 (0.62%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.82%) QA
2 26 (4.02%) GDPR
3 22 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.17%) SLA
6 12 (1.86%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.86%) PMO
7 11 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.70%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.93%) NIST
10 5 (0.77%) GRC
11 4 (0.62%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.62%) WCAG
12 2 (0.31%) PERC
13 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.17%) Docker
3 5 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (5.11%) Kubernetes
1 33 (5.11%) Terraform
2 14 (2.17%) Grafana
3 4 (0.62%) Cilium
4 3 (0.46%) Nmap
5 2 (0.31%) Autotask
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 101 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.75%) PayPal
3 41 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.64%) Adobe
5 29 (4.49%) Google
6 23 (3.56%) Databricks
7 22 (3.41%) SAP
8 21 (3.25%) HubSpot
9 16 (2.48%) Oracle
10 15 (2.32%) Cisco
11 8 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.24%) TikTok
12 6 (0.93%) Avaya
12 6 (0.93%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (0.77%) Ariba
13 5 (0.77%) VMware
14 4 (0.62%) IBM
14 4 (0.62%) Informatica
14 4 (0.62%) Sage
14 4 (0.62%) Zoho