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 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 29 45
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 895 1,221 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 7.38% 4.89%
As % of the General category 6.42% 10.34% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 559 400 585
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £36,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.14% -2.41%
75th Percentile £76,649 £70,625 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -12.28%

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 13,945 11,811 15,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.22% 71.37% 61.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,777 6,569 9,830
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,800 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -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 25 August 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 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.23%) Apache
2 11 (1.23%) nginx
3 10 (1.12%) CMS
4 8 (0.89%) Confluence
4 8 (0.89%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.22%) Drupal
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.67%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.34%) Productboard
8 3 (0.34%) 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%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) Blender
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (3.35%) Shopify
2 7 (0.78%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.45%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 213 (23.80%) SaaS
2 119 (13.30%) AWS
3 104 (11.62%) Azure
4 92 (10.28%) GCP
5 52 (5.81%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.13%) Google Analytics
9 20 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.79%) Google Ads
11 13 (1.45%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.23%) dbt
13 10 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.01%) GitHub
15 8 (0.89%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
17 6 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 6 (0.67%) Figma
17 6 (0.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.24%) Firewall
2 18 (2.01%) LAN
2 18 (2.01%) WAN
3 14 (1.56%) VLAN
4 10 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (0.89%) BGP
6 8 (0.89%) DNS
6 8 (0.89%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.89%) VPN
6 8 (0.89%) WebEx
7 7 (0.78%) OSPF
7 7 (0.78%) SMS
7 7 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (0.67%) MPLS
8 6 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.36%) Power BI
2 20 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.23%) MongoDB
3 19 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.01%) Looker
5 17 (1.90%) Metadata
6 14 (1.56%) BigQuery
7 13 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.34%) Tableau
9 10 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.01%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.01%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (5.59%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.01%) JIRA
3 8 (0.89%) Git
4 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.45%) JUnit
4 4 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 319 (35.64%) Finance
2 288 (32.18%) Social Skills
3 177 (19.78%) Banking
4 172 (19.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (18.10%) Law
6 161 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
7 149 (16.65%) Marketing
8 108 (12.07%) Back Office
9 88 (9.83%) Financial Institution
10 64 (7.15%) Manufacturing
11 54 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (5.03%) Public Sector
13 35 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (3.58%) Legal
16 28 (3.13%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.79%) Automotive
18 20 (2.23%) Aviation
19 16 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.79%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 96 (10.73%) Analyst
2 87 (9.72%) Senior
3 81 (9.05%) Lead
4 67 (7.49%) Developer
5 53 (5.92%) Software Engineer
6 46 (5.14%) Development Manager
7 42 (4.69%) Architect
8 35 (3.91%) Account Executive
9 31 (3.46%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.35%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.35%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.24%) Software Manager
12 27 (3.02%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.91%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.91%) Service Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.68%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.68%) Project Manager
16 22 (2.46%) Software Development Manager
17 20 (2.23%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (8.04%) Terraform
2 52 (5.81%) React
3 51 (5.70%) .NET
4 45 (5.03%) Node.js
5 27 (3.02%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.79%) Blazor
7 23 (2.57%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.46%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.35%) ASP.NET Web API
10 16 (1.79%) RESTful
11 13 (1.45%) React Native
12 11 (1.23%) Middleware
12 11 (1.23%) OpenAPI
12 11 (1.23%) Swagger
13 9 (1.01%) REST
14 8 (0.89%) XMPP
15 7 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.67%) EDI
16 6 (0.67%) Kafka
16 6 (0.67%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.95%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.71%) Product Ownership
3 45 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.91%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.68%) Blog
8 23 (2.57%) FMCG
9 22 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.90%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.90%) EPoS
12 17 (1.90%) Marketing Technology
13 16 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.68%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.68%) Social Media
15 10 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.70%) Windows
2 33 (3.69%) Linux
3 17 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.79%) Android
5 11 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (20.78%) Agile
2 168 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 134 (14.97%) Roadmaps
6 128 (14.30%) Decision-Making
7 104 (11.62%) Analytics
8 99 (11.06%) AI
9 97 (10.84%) CI/CD
10 95 (10.61%) E-Commerce
11 92 (10.28%) ERP
11 92 (10.28%) Fintech
12 91 (10.17%) Business Development
12 91 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
13 90 (10.06%) Software Engineering
14 82 (9.16%) Microservices
15 78 (8.72%) Mentoring
16 77 (8.60%) CRM
17 76 (8.49%) Test Automation
18 75 (8.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (10.73%) SQL
2 69 (7.71%) Java
2 69 (7.71%) Python
3 39 (4.36%) C#
4 36 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.79%) Go
6 13 (1.45%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.89%) Clojure
9 7 (0.78%) Bash
10 4 (0.45%) PHP
11 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (5.14%) Degree
2 42 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 39 (4.36%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.12%) CISSP
5 17 (1.90%) CISM
6 15 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.56%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.45%) CISA
9 11 (1.23%) ACCA
9 11 (1.23%) CIMA
9 11 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.12%) CRISC
11 8 (0.89%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.78%) ISACA
12 7 (0.78%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.67%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.79%) NIST
3 21 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.23%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.23%) GDPR
5 17 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.45%) GRC
8 10 (1.12%) COBIT
8 10 (1.12%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.12%) TickIT
9 9 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.78%) QA
10 7 (0.78%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.56%) SLA
12 4 (0.45%) NCSC
12 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.67%) Squid
5 5 (0.56%) Docker
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.56%) vSphere
6 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 61 (6.82%) Grafana
3 15 (1.68%) Ansible
4 11 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.56%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Nmap
8 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.22%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 172 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.70%) Google
3 42 (4.69%) SAP
4 28 (3.13%) Oracle
5 26 (2.91%) VMware
6 24 (2.68%) Cisco
7 18 (2.01%) IFS
8 15 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.56%) Databricks
10 12 (1.34%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.34%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.23%) Veeam
12 9 (1.01%) YouTube
13 8 (0.89%) Splunk
13 8 (0.89%) Workday
14 6 (0.67%) Adobe
15 5 (0.56%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.56%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.56%) NetApp
15 5 (0.56%) Xero