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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 69 54
Rank change year-on-year +16 -15 -19
Permanent jobs citing Retail 631 749 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 4.49% 5.37%
As % of the General category 6.88% 6.56% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 376 437 841
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,779 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.70% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -18.27%

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 9,175 11,415 13,205
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.07% 68.44% 63.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,808 6,483 10,263
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,216 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 January 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 (1.90%) Confluence
2 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.79%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (9.83%) Chatbot
2 28 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.58%) AutoCAD
6 8 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.79%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.63%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.58%) Shopify
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle Cash Management
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle EBS R12
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.48%) Magento
4 3 (0.48%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 176 (27.89%) SaaS
2 98 (15.53%) AWS
3 94 (14.90%) Azure
4 54 (8.56%) GCP
5 43 (6.81%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.01%) GitHub
9 18 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (1.74%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.27%) Serverless
14 8 (1.27%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.79%) dbt
15 5 (0.79%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.79%) Google Data Studio
15 5 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.18%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (2.54%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.58%) LAN
4 10 (1.58%) WAN
5 9 (1.43%) Wireless
6 7 (1.11%) Firewall
6 7 (1.11%) Network Security
7 6 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.95%) HSRP
7 6 (0.95%) Internet
7 6 (0.95%) VoIP
7 6 (0.95%) VRRP
8 5 (0.79%) BGP
9 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.48%) DHCP
10 3 (0.48%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.48%) VLAN
10 3 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.23%) Power BI
2 27 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.01%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.01%) Tableau
5 14 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.43%) Data Mining
8 8 (1.27%) Data Vault
9 7 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.95%) Metadata
11 5 (0.79%) Looker
11 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.63%) DataStage
12 4 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.63%) QlikView
13 3 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (3.49%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.38%) JIRA
3 13 (2.06%) Git
4 6 (0.95%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.95%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.63%) ERwin
5 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.32%) GitLab
8 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
8 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 220 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 201 (31.85%) Finance
3 114 (18.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (15.37%) Marketing
6 79 (12.52%) Banking
7 68 (10.78%) Law
8 56 (8.87%) Back Office
8 56 (8.87%) Financial Institution
9 41 (6.50%) Manufacturing
10 34 (5.39%) Legal
11 27 (4.28%) Public Sector
12 22 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.38%) Automotive
15 12 (1.90%) Advertising
16 10 (1.58%) Games
17 9 (1.43%) General Ledger
17 9 (1.43%) Publishing
17 9 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 107 (16.96%) Senior
2 74 (11.73%) Analyst
3 69 (10.94%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.83%) Trainer
5 50 (7.92%) Senior Manager
6 45 (7.13%) Architect
7 42 (6.66%) Senior Account Manager
8 40 (6.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (6.18%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (6.18%) Sales Manager
9 39 (6.18%) Senior Sales Manager
10 29 (4.60%) Lead
11 28 (4.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 27 (4.28%) Software Engineer
13 24 (3.80%) Developer
14 23 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (3.01%) Support Analyst
16 18 (2.85%) Data Analyst
16 18 (2.85%) ERP Support
17 16 (2.54%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.65%) React
2 21 (3.33%) .NET
3 19 (3.01%) HTML
4 16 (2.54%) Node.js
5 14 (2.22%) CSS
5 14 (2.22%) RESTful
6 12 (1.90%) React Native
7 11 (1.74%) REST
8 10 (1.58%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.58%) EDI
8 10 (1.58%) JSON
8 10 (1.58%) Web Services
9 6 (0.95%) Pandas
9 6 (0.95%) XML
10 5 (0.79%) Blazor
10 5 (0.79%) OpenAPI
10 5 (0.79%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.79%) Swagger
11 4 (0.63%) Hugging Face
11 4 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.37%) Onboarding
2 39 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 19 (3.01%) FMCG
6 18 (2.85%) Blog
7 17 (2.69%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.69%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.38%) Driving Licence
9 15 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 14 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.74%) EPoS
12 10 (1.58%) Insider Threat
12 10 (1.58%) Social Media
13 8 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.69%) Windows
2 11 (1.74%) Linux
3 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.79%) Android
4 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (29.00%) Customer Service
2 120 (19.02%) AI
3 99 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (14.10%) ERP
6 87 (13.79%) CRM
7 85 (13.47%) Mentoring
8 81 (12.84%) Roadmaps
9 74 (11.73%) B2B
10 73 (11.57%) Agile
10 73 (11.57%) E-Commerce
10 73 (11.57%) Logistics
11 70 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (9.83%) Conversational UI
12 62 (9.83%) Data Privacy
13 60 (9.51%) CI/CD
14 53 (8.40%) Project Management
15 51 (8.08%) Analytics
15 51 (8.08%) DevOps
16 49 (7.77%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 101 (16.01%) SQL
2 53 (8.40%) C#
3 45 (7.13%) Java
4 41 (6.50%) Python
5 18 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.06%) Go
7 9 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.95%) R
9 5 (0.79%) Bash
9 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.79%) VBA
10 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.48%) C
11 3 (0.48%) C++
12 2 (0.32%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) Groovy
13 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 121 (19.18%) Degree
2 19 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.85%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.69%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.38%) CISSP
6 12 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (1.90%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.90%) OSCP
7 11 (1.74%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.11%) ACCA
9 7 (1.11%) CCNA
9 7 (1.11%) CIMA
9 7 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.11%) MCSE
10 6 (0.95%) GIAC
10 6 (0.95%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.40%) QA
2 27 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.01%) GDPR
4 17 (2.69%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.54%) SLA
6 15 (2.38%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.58%) NIST
8 10 (1.58%) PMO
9 8 (1.27%) GRC
10 7 (1.11%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.48%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.32%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.58%) Docker
3 7 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.18%) Kubernetes
1 39 (6.18%) Terraform
2 17 (2.69%) Grafana
3 6 (0.95%) Nmap
4 4 (0.63%) Autotask
4 4 (0.63%) Cilium
5 2 (0.32%) Ansible
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 91 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.83%) PayPal
3 41 (6.50%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.65%) Google
4 23 (3.65%) HubSpot
5 22 (3.49%) Adobe
5 22 (3.49%) Databricks
6 21 (3.33%) Cisco
7 20 (3.17%) SAP
8 17 (2.69%) Oracle
9 7 (1.11%) VMware
10 6 (0.95%) Avaya
10 6 (0.95%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.63%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.63%) IBM
11 4 (0.63%) Informatica
11 4 (0.63%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.63%) Talend
11 4 (0.63%) Zoho