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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 71 45
Rank change year-on-year +32 -26 -1
Permanent jobs citing Retail 902 813 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.76% 4.09% 6.26%
As % of the General category 8.74% 6.53% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 398 425 1,048
10th Percentile £27,707 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £45,000 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +7.44% +0.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £100,000 - £93,750
UK median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.90% - -12.50%

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 10,321 12,454 14,344
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.95% 62.61% 65.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,421 7,106 11,253
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,604 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% +1.60% +1.63%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,964 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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 15 November 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 17 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.66%) Confluence
3 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.55%) CMS
4 5 (0.55%) SAS
5 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 65 (7.21%) Chatbot
2 31 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (1.00%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.67%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.33%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (2.55%) Shopify
2 16 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.67%) Magento
5 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.44%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.22%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.11%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 142 (15.74%) SaaS
2 111 (12.31%) Azure
3 88 (9.76%) AWS
4 63 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 49 (5.43%) GCP
6 36 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (2.22%) GitHub
10 17 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 17 (1.88%) Power Automate
11 15 (1.66%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.00%) Snowflake
14 8 (0.89%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.67%) dbt
15 6 (0.67%) Serverless
15 6 (0.67%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.32%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (1.44%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.89%) Internet
4 8 (0.89%) LAN
5 7 (0.78%) Firewall
5 7 (0.78%) WAN
6 6 (0.67%) 5G
6 6 (0.67%) HSRP
6 6 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (0.67%) VoIP
6 6 (0.67%) VRRP
7 5 (0.55%) VPN
8 4 (0.44%) DNS
8 4 (0.44%) Network Security
9 3 (0.33%) BGP
9 3 (0.33%) DHCP
9 3 (0.33%) VLAN
9 3 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.43%) Power BI
2 31 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.00%) Tableau
6 15 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.33%) BigQuery
8 10 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.00%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.89%) Data Vault
11 6 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.67%) Looker
11 6 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.55%) QlikView
12 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.44%) DataStage
13 4 (0.44%) MySQL
13 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.22%) Git
1 20 (2.22%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.11%) JIRA
3 9 (1.00%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.67%) MSBuild
5 6 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.44%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.44%) ERwin
6 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.33%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.33%) GitLab
7 3 (0.33%) JMeter
7 3 (0.33%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.33%) Postman
7 3 (0.33%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) Bazaar
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) RStudio
General
1 290 (32.15%) Manufacturing
2 242 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 202 (22.39%) Finance
4 187 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (12.42%) Marketing
6 110 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (6.10%) Banking
8 52 (5.76%) Dutch Language
9 50 (5.54%) Finnish Language
10 49 (5.43%) Catalan Language
11 44 (4.88%) Back Office
12 43 (4.77%) Law
13 36 (3.99%) Financial Institution
14 33 (3.66%) Legal
15 31 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (2.66%) Automotive
17 20 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (2.22%) Public Sector
18 12 (1.33%) Advertising
19 11 (1.22%) Games
Job Titles
1 310 (34.37%) Trainer
2 112 (12.42%) Senior
3 81 (8.98%) Analyst
4 50 (5.54%) Senior Manager
5 48 (5.32%) Architect
6 47 (5.21%) Account Manager
7 40 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (4.32%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (4.32%) Sales Manager
8 39 (4.32%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (4.32%) Senior Sales Manager
9 32 (3.55%) Lead
10 29 (3.22%) Developer
11 28 (3.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 24 (2.66%) Consultant
12 24 (2.66%) Software Engineer
12 24 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.44%) Support Analyst
14 21 (2.33%) Systems Manager
15 20 (2.22%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.44%) .NET
2 28 (3.10%) HTML
3 24 (2.66%) React
4 22 (2.44%) CSS
5 20 (2.22%) REST
6 17 (1.88%) Node.js
7 16 (1.77%) RESTful
8 14 (1.55%) JSON
8 14 (1.55%) React Native
8 14 (1.55%) Web Services
9 13 (1.44%) .NET Core
9 13 (1.44%) XML
10 8 (0.89%) Blazor
10 8 (0.89%) Pandas
11 7 (0.78%) ASP.NET
11 7 (0.78%) Bootstrap
12 6 (0.67%) gRPC
12 6 (0.67%) Vue
13 5 (0.55%) OpenAPI
13 5 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 249 (27.61%) Robotics
2 101 (11.20%) Onboarding
3 33 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 30 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 18 (2.00%) FMCG
7 15 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.55%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.44%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.44%) EPoS
10 12 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.33%) Social Media
11 11 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.11%) Blog
13 9 (1.00%) Digital Signage
13 9 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.00%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.78%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.55%) Windows
2 11 (1.22%) Linux
3 9 (1.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (40.69%) AI
2 362 (40.13%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (34.26%) Data Privacy
4 268 (29.71%) Machine Learning
5 256 (28.38%) Generative AI
6 252 (27.94%) Red Team
7 249 (27.61%) LLM
8 181 (20.07%) Customer Service
9 109 (12.08%) ERP
10 102 (11.31%) CRM
11 98 (10.86%) Agile
12 93 (10.31%) E-Commerce
13 83 (9.20%) Mentoring
14 81 (8.98%) B2B
15 77 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 77 (8.54%) Logistics
16 75 (8.31%) Analytics
17 71 (7.87%) Project Management
18 69 (7.65%) Conversational UI
18 69 (7.65%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 124 (13.75%) SQL
2 65 (7.21%) C#
3 51 (5.65%) Python
4 33 (3.66%) Java
5 23 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.33%) R
7 8 (0.89%) Go
8 7 (0.78%) C++
8 7 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.55%) Bash
10 5 (0.55%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.44%) PHP
11 4 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.44%) VBA
12 3 (0.33%) C
13 2 (0.22%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.22%) Delphi
13 2 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 383 (42.46%) Degree
2 20 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (1.44%) AWS Certification
3 13 (1.44%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.33%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.22%) CISSP
5 11 (1.22%) DBS Check
5 11 (1.22%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.22%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (0.78%) CREST Certified
7 7 (0.78%) OSCP
8 6 (0.67%) CISM
9 5 (0.55%) CEH
9 5 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (0.55%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.44%) CCNA
10 4 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.54%) QA
2 26 (2.88%) GDPR
3 19 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.66%) PMO
5 13 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.44%) SLA
6 10 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.67%) NIST
9 4 (0.44%) EU AI Act
9 4 (0.44%) GRC
9 4 (0.44%) WCAG
10 2 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.22%) PERC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 15 (1.66%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.66%) Docker
2 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (3.55%) Terraform
2 29 (3.22%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.55%) Grafana
4 4 (0.44%) Cilium
4 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.33%) Nmap
6 2 (0.22%) Autotask
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 278 (30.82%) Google
2 276 (30.60%) Adobe
3 267 (29.60%) Databricks
4 114 (12.64%) Microsoft
5 65 (7.21%) PayPal
6 41 (4.55%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.55%) SAP
8 19 (2.11%) HubSpot
9 17 (1.88%) Oracle
10 12 (1.33%) Cisco
11 10 (1.11%) TikTok
12 8 (0.89%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.89%) VMware
13 6 (0.67%) Avaya
13 6 (0.67%) Extreme Networks
14 5 (0.55%) Ariba
15 4 (0.44%) IBM
15 4 (0.44%) Informatica
15 4 (0.44%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.44%) Sage