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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 46
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 782 1,140 1,714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 7.70% 5.28%
As % of the General category 7.54% 10.30% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 443 448 1,010
10th Percentile £31,400 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +14.58% -23.20%
75th Percentile £79,375 £68,614 £63,750
90th Percentile £99,250 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% +7.37% -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 10,374 11,070 20,179
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.74% 74.73% 62.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,899 6,355 15,066
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 16 May 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 9 (1.15%) CMS
1 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.64%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.51%) Drupal
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.26%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.26%) Productboard
6 2 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.79%) Shopify
3 11 (1.41%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.38%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.38%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 233 (29.80%) SaaS
2 137 (17.52%) AWS
3 92 (11.76%) GCP
4 69 (8.82%) Azure
5 66 (8.44%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.28%) dbt
10 9 (1.15%) Figma
10 9 (1.15%) GitHub
10 9 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (1.15%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.90%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.77%) Serverless
14 5 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.07%) Firewall
2 18 (2.30%) WAN
3 15 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (1.79%) VLAN
5 13 (1.66%) LAN
6 10 (1.28%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.28%) VPN
7 9 (1.15%) BGP
7 9 (1.15%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.15%) WebEx
8 8 (1.02%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.90%) Wireless
10 6 (0.77%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.77%) Network Security
10 6 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.38%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.38%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.38%) SCCP
11 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.48%) Power BI
2 27 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.69%) Tableau
4 15 (1.92%) Metadata
5 14 (1.79%) Looker
6 11 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.77%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.77%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.51%) MySQL
13 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
15 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (6.78%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.41%) JIRA
3 4 (0.51%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.51%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.38%) Git
4 3 (0.38%) JUnit
5 2 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
General
1 319 (40.79%) Finance
2 234 (29.92%) Social Skills
3 199 (25.45%) Banking
4 193 (24.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 193 (24.68%) Law
5 137 (17.52%) Marketing
6 132 (16.88%) Back Office
7 113 (14.45%) Financial Institution
8 77 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (6.78%) Manufacturing
10 41 (5.24%) Legal
11 40 (5.12%) Public Sector
12 39 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (3.32%) Automotive
15 24 (3.07%) Telecoms
16 23 (2.94%) Aviation
17 19 (2.43%) General Ledger
17 19 (2.43%) Polish Language
18 15 (1.92%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 90 (11.51%) Senior
2 83 (10.61%) Analyst
3 69 (8.82%) Lead
4 56 (7.16%) Software Engineer
5 45 (5.75%) Developer
6 39 (4.99%) Architect
7 38 (4.86%) Account Manager
8 33 (4.22%) Security Analyst
9 29 (3.71%) Consultant
10 27 (3.45%) Business Manager
10 27 (3.45%) Data Analyst
11 26 (3.32%) Designer
12 25 (3.20%) Systems Manager
13 23 (2.94%) Development Manager
14 22 (2.81%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (2.69%) Account Executive
16 20 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 19 (2.43%) ERP Manager
18 18 (2.30%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.07%) .NET
2 22 (2.81%) React
3 15 (1.92%) Node.js
4 14 (1.79%) RESTful
5 13 (1.66%) REST
6 9 (1.15%) XMPP
7 8 (1.02%) .NET Core
7 8 (1.02%) Kafka
8 7 (0.90%) EDI
8 7 (0.90%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.90%) Redux
8 7 (0.90%) Sass
8 7 (0.90%) Swagger
9 6 (0.77%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.77%) Regular Expression
10 5 (0.64%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (0.64%) Blazor
10 5 (0.64%) Middleware
11 4 (0.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (13.81%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.93%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.01%) Product Ownership
4 45 (5.75%) Blog
5 38 (4.86%) Management Information System
6 31 (3.96%) Security Posture
7 28 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
9 24 (3.07%) FMCG
10 23 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (2.56%) EPoS
12 19 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (2.30%) Data Centre
14 17 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (2.05%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
18 13 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
19 9 (1.15%) Algorithms
19 9 (1.15%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.07%) Linux
1 24 (3.07%) Windows
2 18 (2.30%) Android
2 18 (2.30%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.38%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.38%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (15.47%) Agile
2 110 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 109 (13.94%) Roadmaps
4 104 (13.30%) Fintech
5 91 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (11.25%) CI/CD
7 84 (10.74%) ERP
8 81 (10.36%) Test Automation
9 79 (10.10%) CRM
10 76 (9.72%) Project Management
11 75 (9.59%) Software Engineering
12 73 (9.34%) Analytics
13 70 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
14 69 (8.82%) Mentoring
15 67 (8.57%) AI
16 66 (8.44%) Disruptive Innovation
17 63 (8.06%) Business Development
18 61 (7.80%) B2B
18 61 (7.80%) Customer Service
19 59 (7.54%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 92 (11.76%) Java
2 78 (9.97%) SQL
3 64 (8.18%) Python
4 28 (3.58%) Go
5 25 (3.20%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.05%) C#
7 15 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.41%) Bash
9 10 (1.28%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.77%) Clojure
10 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.64%) PHP
11 5 (0.64%) R
11 5 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.38%) C
12 3 (0.38%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.13%) RPG
13 1 (0.13%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (10.87%) Degree
2 29 (3.71%) CISSP
3 22 (2.81%) ACCA
3 22 (2.81%) CIMA
3 22 (2.81%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.43%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (1.92%) CISM
6 15 (1.92%) CREST Certified
6 15 (1.92%) OSCP
7 14 (1.79%) CISA
8 13 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.28%) CRISC
10 8 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.77%) ICAEW
12 6 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.64%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (3.84%) NIST
3 28 (3.58%) PCI DSS
4 23 (2.94%) SOC 2
5 18 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.05%) GDPR
7 15 (1.92%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.79%) GRC
9 12 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (1.41%) SLA
11 10 (1.28%) TickIT
12 9 (1.15%) QA
13 6 (0.77%) COBIT
14 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.51%) NCSC
14 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.38%) PSD2
15 3 (0.38%) SOC 1
System Software
1 15 (1.92%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.41%) Docker
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (0.77%) vSphere
4 5 (0.64%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 90 (11.51%) Terraform
3 71 (9.08%) Grafana
4 23 (2.94%) Ansible
5 9 (1.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.90%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.51%) Nmap
8 3 (0.38%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) Autotask
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 111 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.96%) Oracle
3 29 (3.71%) Salesforce
4 27 (3.45%) Cisco
5 25 (3.20%) SAP
6 22 (2.81%) Google
6 22 (2.81%) VMware
7 10 (1.28%) Fortinet
7 10 (1.28%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.15%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.15%) Splunk
9 8 (1.02%) Adobe
9 8 (1.02%) Databricks
10 6 (0.77%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.77%) IFS
10 6 (0.77%) NetApp
11 5 (0.64%) Xero
12 4 (0.51%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.51%) Workday
13 3 (0.38%) Sage