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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 62 55
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -21
Permanent jobs citing Retail 758 700 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.51% 5.06% 5.01%
As % of the General category 7.85% 7.08% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 398 434 1,044
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £86,625 £87,500 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -20.83%

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 9,655 9,884 18,416
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.41% 71.45% 61.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,212 6,240 14,696
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,188 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 14 March 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 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.06%) CMS
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.53%) Drupal
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (5.80%) Chatbot
2 42 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.53%) 3ds Max
6 4 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.72%) NetSuite
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle Cash Management
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
1 13 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.32%) Shopify
3 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.40%) Magento
4 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 241 (31.79%) SaaS
2 161 (21.24%) AWS
3 101 (13.32%) GCP
4 87 (11.48%) Azure
5 63 (8.31%) Amazon EKS
6 42 (5.54%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (1.98%) GitHub
10 11 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (1.45%) Google Analytics
11 9 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.06%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
14 6 (0.79%) Route 53
14 6 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.56%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (2.77%) Firewall
3 14 (1.85%) WAN
4 12 (1.58%) BGP
4 12 (1.58%) VPN
5 11 (1.45%) VLAN
6 10 (1.32%) Network Security
6 10 (1.32%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (1.19%) LAN
8 8 (1.06%) Wireless
9 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.79%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.79%) Internet
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.40%) DNS
12 3 (0.40%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.40%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.22%) Power BI
2 20 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (2.64%) Tableau
3 19 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.24%) Metadata
5 16 (2.11%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.92%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.79%) Data Vault
9 6 (0.79%) Looker
10 4 (0.53%) DataStage
10 4 (0.53%) MySQL
10 4 (0.53%) QlikView
10 4 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (7.12%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.45%) JIRA
3 7 (0.92%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.92%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.66%) Git
5 4 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.53%) ERwin
5 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.26%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 288 (37.99%) Finance
2 270 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 196 (25.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 185 (24.41%) Banking
5 169 (22.30%) Law
6 126 (16.62%) Back Office
7 115 (15.17%) Financial Institution
8 112 (14.78%) Marketing
9 108 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
10 49 (6.46%) Manufacturing
11 43 (5.67%) Legal
12 37 (4.88%) Automotive
12 37 (4.88%) Public Sector
13 32 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.24%) General Ledger
17 16 (2.11%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.85%) Publishing
19 11 (1.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 119 (15.70%) Senior
2 85 (11.21%) Analyst
3 65 (8.58%) Account Manager
4 55 (7.26%) Software Engineer
5 54 (7.12%) Lead
6 51 (6.73%) Architect
7 44 (5.80%) Trainer
8 37 (4.88%) Senior Manager
9 31 (4.09%) Senior Account Manager
10 30 (3.96%) Consultant
10 30 (3.96%) Data Analyst
11 28 (3.69%) Sales Account Manager
11 28 (3.69%) Sales Manager
11 28 (3.69%) Senior Sales Manager
12 27 (3.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 27 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (3.17%) Developer
13 24 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.17%) Systems Manager
14 23 (3.03%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.51%) RESTful
2 13 (1.72%) React
3 12 (1.58%) REST
4 11 (1.45%) .NET
4 11 (1.45%) HTML
5 9 (1.19%) CSS
6 7 (0.92%) EDI
6 7 (0.92%) OpenAPI
6 7 (0.92%) Sass
6 7 (0.92%) Swagger
7 5 (0.66%) Kafka
7 5 (0.66%) Node.js
7 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.53%) JSON
8 4 (0.53%) Spring
9 3 (0.40%) FastAPI
9 3 (0.40%) IDoc
9 3 (0.40%) Next.js
9 3 (0.40%) React Native
9 3 (0.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 107 (14.12%) Onboarding
2 97 (12.80%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.28%) Blog
3 40 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 22 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.64%) Data Centre
8 18 (2.37%) FMCG
8 18 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 16 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.98%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (1.98%) EPoS
11 12 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.45%) Insider Threat
12 11 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.19%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.30%) Windows
2 23 (3.03%) Linux
3 11 (1.45%) Android
3 11 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.40%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (22.43%) Customer Service
2 119 (15.70%) AI
3 118 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 114 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (13.32%) Roadmaps
6 96 (12.66%) CRM
7 95 (12.53%) CI/CD
8 94 (12.40%) ERP
9 91 (12.01%) B2B
10 84 (11.08%) Mentoring
11 83 (10.95%) Fintech
12 78 (10.29%) Software Engineering
13 76 (10.03%) Agile
14 72 (9.50%) E-Commerce
15 71 (9.37%) Test Automation
16 67 (8.84%) Customer Experience
16 67 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (7.65%) DevOps
17 58 (7.65%) Logistics
17 58 (7.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (12.93%) Java
2 92 (12.14%) SQL
3 52 (6.86%) Python
4 32 (4.22%) C#
5 27 (3.56%) Go
6 21 (2.77%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.72%) Bash
8 10 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.92%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.79%) R
11 5 (0.66%) VBA
12 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.40%) C
13 3 (0.40%) C++
13 3 (0.40%) PHP
14 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 129 (17.02%) Degree
2 27 (3.56%) CISSP
3 22 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
3 22 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.51%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.37%) CREST Certified
5 18 (2.37%) OSCP
6 17 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.45%) ACCA
10 11 (1.45%) CIMA
10 11 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.32%) CISM
12 9 (1.19%) CCNA
13 8 (1.06%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.06%) MCSE
14 7 (0.92%) CISA
14 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (5.15%) QA
3 32 (4.22%) PCI DSS
4 30 (3.96%) SOC 2
5 22 (2.90%) GDPR
6 21 (2.77%) NIST
7 18 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 18 (2.37%) SLA
8 15 (1.98%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.85%) GRC
10 13 (1.72%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.53%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.40%) PSD2
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.26%) PERC
14 2 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.32%) Docker
4 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.53%) vSphere
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 93 (12.27%) Terraform
2 88 (11.61%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.05%) Grafana
4 17 (2.24%) Ansible
5 7 (0.92%) Nmap
6 6 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.79%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.53%) Autotask
7 4 (0.53%) Cilium
8 3 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.40%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 102 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.80%) PayPal
3 38 (5.01%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.43%) Google
5 25 (3.30%) Cisco
5 25 (3.30%) SAP
6 23 (3.03%) Oracle
7 21 (2.77%) VMware
8 19 (2.51%) Databricks
9 14 (1.85%) HubSpot
10 10 (1.32%) Adobe
11 7 (0.92%) IBM
12 6 (0.79%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.53%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.53%) Informatica
13 4 (0.53%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.40%) NetApp
14 3 (0.40%) Splunk
14 3 (0.40%) Ubiquiti
15 2 (0.26%) BT