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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 68 48
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 631 728 1,366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.09% 4.46% 5.68%
As % of the General category 6.85% 6.45% 9.11%
Number of salaries quoted 363 412 1,021
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £32,863
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £58,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +5.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,300 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 9,216 11,292 14,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.76% 69.11% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,831 6,381 11,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.23% -11.15%

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 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 11 (1.74%) Confluence
2 7 (1.11%) 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 23 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.43%) AutoCAD
6 7 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.63%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.48%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.74%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.63%) Shopify
6 3 (0.48%) Magento
6 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 176 (27.89%) SaaS
2 108 (17.12%) AWS
3 88 (13.95%) Azure
4 63 (9.98%) GCP
5 34 (5.39%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
6 25 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.69%) GitHub
8 12 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 12 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.27%) Serverless
10 8 (1.27%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.95%) dbt
12 5 (0.79%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.79%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.79%) Google Data Studio
12 5 (0.79%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 12 (1.90%) Firewall
4 11 (1.74%) WAN
5 10 (1.58%) LAN
5 10 (1.58%) Network Security
5 10 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.43%) Wireless
7 8 (1.27%) BGP
8 6 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.95%) Internet
9 5 (0.79%) HSRP
9 5 (0.79%) VoIP
9 5 (0.79%) VRRP
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.63%) VLAN
10 4 (0.63%) VPN
10 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.48%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.60%) Power BI
2 27 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.49%) Tableau
4 19 (3.01%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.85%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.58%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.43%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.27%) Data Vault
11 7 (1.11%) Metadata
12 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.79%) Looker
14 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.63%) DataStage
14 4 (0.63%) QlikView
15 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
15 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
15 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.96%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.38%) JIRA
3 13 (2.06%) Git
4 7 (1.11%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.11%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.63%) ERwin
5 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.16%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 224 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 193 (30.59%) Finance
3 116 (18.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 105 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (14.58%) Banking
6 83 (13.15%) Marketing
7 77 (12.20%) Law
8 61 (9.67%) Financial Institution
9 59 (9.35%) Back Office
10 37 (5.86%) Manufacturing
11 34 (5.39%) Legal
12 29 (4.60%) Public Sector
13 14 (2.22%) Automotive
13 14 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.90%) Publishing
15 12 (1.90%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.58%) Advertising
17 9 (1.43%) Games
18 8 (1.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 107 (16.96%) Senior
2 77 (12.20%) Analyst
3 72 (11.41%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.83%) Trainer
5 48 (7.61%) Senior Manager
6 45 (7.13%) Architect
7 42 (6.66%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Sales Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Senior Sales Manager
9 37 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 31 (4.91%) Software Engineer
11 30 (4.75%) Lead
12 28 (4.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 22 (3.49%) Developer
14 21 (3.33%) Data Analyst
15 20 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (3.01%) Data Manager
16 19 (3.01%) Support Analyst
17 18 (2.85%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.01%) .NET
1 19 (3.01%) React
2 16 (2.54%) HTML
3 14 (2.22%) Node.js
4 13 (2.06%) CSS
4 13 (2.06%) RESTful
5 10 (1.58%) React Native
5 10 (1.58%) REST
6 8 (1.27%) .NET Core
6 8 (1.27%) JSON
7 7 (1.11%) EDI
8 6 (0.95%) Web Services
9 5 (0.79%) OpenAPI
9 5 (0.79%) Pandas
9 5 (0.79%) scikit-learn
9 5 (0.79%) Swagger
10 4 (0.63%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.63%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.63%) Sass
10 4 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (15.21%) Onboarding
2 46 (7.29%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.44%) Security Posture
4 22 (3.49%) Blog
5 20 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.17%) FMCG
5 20 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.54%) EPoS
8 15 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 14 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.22%) Driving Licence
9 14 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.74%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.74%) Insider Threat
11 10 (1.58%) Social Media
12 9 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.85%) Windows
2 14 (2.22%) Linux
3 6 (0.95%) Android
3 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.48%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.48%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (29.00%) Customer Service
2 118 (18.70%) AI
3 96 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (13.47%) Roadmaps
6 80 (12.68%) CRM
7 78 (12.36%) Mentoring
8 75 (11.89%) ERP
9 73 (11.57%) B2B
10 67 (10.62%) E-Commerce
10 67 (10.62%) Logistics
11 64 (10.14%) Agile
11 64 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (9.83%) Conversational UI
13 61 (9.67%) CI/CD
14 54 (8.56%) Data Privacy
15 49 (7.77%) Software Engineering
16 48 (7.61%) Root Cause Analysis
17 46 (7.29%) DevOps
18 45 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 98 (15.53%) SQL
2 53 (8.40%) Java
3 48 (7.61%) C#
4 42 (6.66%) Python
5 18 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.38%) Go
7 8 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.11%) Bash
9 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.95%) R
10 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.79%) VBA
11 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 124 (19.65%) Degree
2 21 (3.33%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.01%) CISSP
5 17 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (2.22%) CREST Certified
6 14 (2.22%) OSCP
7 13 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.58%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.43%) ACCA
11 9 (1.43%) CIMA
11 9 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.27%) CCNA
12 8 (1.27%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.27%) MCSE
13 7 (1.11%) GIAC
13 7 (1.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.61%) QA
2 30 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.33%) GDPR
4 20 (3.17%) PCI DSS
5 17 (2.69%) SLA
6 16 (2.54%) SOC 2
7 15 (2.38%) NIST
8 11 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.58%) PMO
10 8 (1.27%) GRC
11 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.48%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 16 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) Docker
2 11 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 47 (7.45%) Terraform
3 22 (3.49%) Grafana
4 7 (1.11%) Nmap
5 5 (0.79%) Ansible
6 4 (0.63%) Autotask
6 4 (0.63%) Cilium
7 3 (0.48%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 74 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.83%) PayPal
3 46 (7.29%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.80%) Cisco
5 22 (3.49%) HubSpot
6 21 (3.33%) Adobe
6 21 (3.33%) Databricks
7 20 (3.17%) Google
8 19 (3.01%) SAP
9 16 (2.54%) Oracle
10 12 (1.90%) VMware
11 5 (0.79%) Avaya
11 5 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.63%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.63%) IBM
12 4 (0.63%) Informatica
12 4 (0.63%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.63%) Talend