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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -13
Permanent jobs citing Retail 822 1,238 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.07% 7.99% 5.19%
As % of the General category 6.97% 10.73% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 494 407 1,002
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,335 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +15.79% -22.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -18.10%

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 11,787 11,536 20,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.33% 74.45% 60.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,703 6,373 15,315
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,600 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,154 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 21 June 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 (1.34%) CMS
2 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.97%) Confluence
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.49%) Drupal
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.36%) Productboard
5 3 (0.36%) Sketch
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.58%) Shopify
3 10 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.97%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.36%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 221 (26.89%) SaaS
2 142 (17.27%) AWS
3 91 (11.07%) Azure
3 91 (11.07%) GCP
4 67 (8.15%) Amazon EKS
5 48 (5.84%) Power Platform
6 27 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.34%) Figma
8 10 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.22%) dbt
9 9 (1.09%) GitHub
9 9 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 8 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (0.85%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.80%) Firewall
2 16 (1.95%) LAN
3 15 (1.82%) WAN
4 14 (1.70%) VLAN
5 13 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.34%) VPN
7 10 (1.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.09%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.09%) WebEx
9 8 (0.97%) BGP
10 7 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.49%) Network Security
11 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.36%) 3G
12 3 (0.36%) 4G
12 3 (0.36%) 5G
12 3 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.36%) SCCP
12 3 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.26%) Power BI
2 27 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.82%) Metadata
3 15 (1.82%) Tableau
4 14 (1.70%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (1.58%) Looker
5 13 (1.58%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.97%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.49%) MySQL
11 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 54 (6.57%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.07%) JIRA
3 7 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.85%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.36%) Git
5 3 (0.36%) JUnit
6 2 (0.24%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 312 (37.96%) Finance
2 248 (30.17%) Social Skills
3 186 (22.63%) Banking
4 182 (22.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (21.41%) Law
6 133 (16.18%) Marketing
7 124 (15.09%) Back Office
8 99 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
8 99 (12.04%) Financial Institution
9 56 (6.81%) Manufacturing
10 41 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (4.62%) Legal
12 36 (4.38%) Automotive
13 33 (4.01%) Public Sector
14 31 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (3.16%) Aviation
16 25 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (2.80%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.43%) Polish Language
19 19 (2.31%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 85 (10.34%) Analyst
2 81 (9.85%) Senior
3 73 (8.88%) Lead
4 59 (7.18%) Developer
5 52 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 48 (5.84%) Architect
7 37 (4.50%) Business Manager
8 34 (4.14%) Development Manager
9 31 (3.77%) Security Analyst
10 30 (3.65%) Consultant
11 28 (3.41%) Data Analyst
11 28 (3.41%) Systems Manager
12 26 (3.16%) Designer
13 25 (3.04%) Account Manager
14 24 (2.92%) Account Executive
15 23 (2.80%) Software Manager
16 21 (2.55%) Project Manager
17 20 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
18 19 (2.31%) Business Consultant
18 19 (2.31%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.62%) React
2 35 (4.26%) .NET
3 30 (3.65%) Node.js
4 17 (2.07%) .NET Core
5 15 (1.82%) ASP.NET
5 15 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 15 (1.82%) Blazor
5 15 (1.82%) RESTful
6 14 (1.70%) ASP.NET Web API
7 13 (1.58%) REST
8 9 (1.09%) XMPP
9 8 (0.97%) Kafka
10 7 (0.85%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.85%) React Native
10 7 (0.85%) Redux
10 7 (0.85%) Swagger
11 6 (0.73%) Middleware
11 6 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.73%) Regular Expression
12 5 (0.61%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 109 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.57%) Onboarding
3 52 (6.33%) Product Ownership
4 50 (6.08%) Management Information System
5 37 (4.50%) Blog
6 30 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (3.41%) Security Posture
8 27 (3.28%) EPoS
8 27 (3.28%) FMCG
9 26 (3.16%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (2.07%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (1.34%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (1.09%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.09%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.16%) Windows
2 23 (2.80%) Linux
3 15 (1.82%) Android
4 13 (1.58%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.36%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.12%) AIX
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (19.34%) Agile
2 129 (15.69%) Roadmaps
3 127 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (13.14%) ERP
6 98 (11.92%) Fintech
7 95 (11.56%) CI/CD
8 83 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
9 80 (9.73%) AI
9 80 (9.73%) Project Management
9 80 (9.73%) Test Automation
10 79 (9.61%) CRM
10 79 (9.61%) Software Engineering
11 78 (9.49%) Decision-Making
12 76 (9.25%) Analytics
13 71 (8.64%) Business Development
14 69 (8.39%) Microservices
15 66 (8.03%) Disruptive Innovation
16 65 (7.91%) DevOps
17 64 (7.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 84 (10.22%) Java
2 83 (10.10%) SQL
3 64 (7.79%) Python
4 36 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 27 (3.28%) C#
6 23 (2.80%) Go
7 16 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.34%) Bash
8 11 (1.34%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.97%) Clojure
10 5 (0.61%) PHP
10 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.12%) Groovy
13 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 80 (9.73%) Degree
2 31 (3.77%) CISSP
3 28 (3.41%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.04%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.43%) CISM
6 19 (2.31%) ACCA
6 19 (2.31%) CIMA
7 15 (1.82%) CISA
8 14 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.46%) CREST Certified
9 12 (1.46%) OSCP
10 11 (1.34%) CRISC
11 9 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.09%) ICAEW
11 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.97%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.85%) CCNA
14 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.77%) NIST
3 26 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.68%) SOC 2
5 20 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 17 (2.07%) GDPR
8 15 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.82%) GRC
9 11 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.22%) SLA
10 10 (1.22%) TickIT
11 9 (1.09%) COBIT
12 8 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.73%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.61%) QA
15 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.97%) Docker
4 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 87 (10.58%) Terraform
2 85 (10.34%) Kubernetes
3 72 (8.76%) Grafana
4 24 (2.92%) Ansible
5 9 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.85%) Nmap
6 7 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.85%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) SCCM
9 2 (0.24%) Autotask
9 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 130 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.74%) Oracle
3 35 (4.26%) SAP
4 24 (2.92%) Google
5 23 (2.80%) VMware
6 21 (2.55%) Cisco
6 21 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.82%) IFS
8 11 (1.34%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.09%) Databricks
9 9 (1.09%) Splunk
10 8 (0.97%) Adobe
11 7 (0.85%) Workday
12 6 (0.73%) NetApp
13 5 (0.61%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.61%) Xero
14 4 (0.49%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.49%) Sage
14 4 (0.49%) Ubiquiti