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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 28 44
Rank change year-on-year -34 +16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 879 1,226 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.82% 7.40% 4.92%
As % of the General category 6.34% 10.36% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 555 399 591
10th Percentile £33,800 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -11.56% -4.93%
75th Percentile £77,074 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,750 £85,300 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £43,904 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.58% -12.19% -14.03%

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 13,875 11,833 15,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.29% 71.44% 61.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,761 6,544 9,924
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% -4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 22 August 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 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.25%) Apache
2 11 (1.25%) CMS
2 11 (1.25%) nginx
3 8 (0.91%) Confluence
3 8 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.34%) Drupal
5 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.68%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.34%) Productboard
8 3 (0.34%) Sketch
9 2 (0.23%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.23%) Revit
9 2 (0.23%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) Blender
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (2.84%) Shopify
2 7 (0.80%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.46%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 207 (23.55%) SaaS
2 115 (13.08%) AWS
3 105 (11.95%) Azure
4 87 (9.90%) GCP
5 50 (5.69%) Amazon EKS
6 47 (5.35%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (2.62%) Google Analytics
9 22 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.59%) Google Ads
11 11 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.25%) dbt
11 11 (1.25%) Google Tag Manager
12 9 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.02%) GitHub
13 8 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (0.91%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.68%) Figma
14 6 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.41%) Firewall
2 19 (2.16%) LAN
2 19 (2.16%) WAN
3 15 (1.71%) VLAN
4 11 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (1.14%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.02%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.02%) WebEx
7 8 (0.91%) BGP
7 8 (0.91%) DNS
7 8 (0.91%) VPN
8 7 (0.80%) OSPF
8 7 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.68%) MPLS
9 6 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.57%) Network Security
11 4 (0.46%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.44%) Power BI
2 20 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.28%) MongoDB
3 18 (2.05%) Looker
3 18 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.71%) Metadata
5 14 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.37%) Tableau
8 10 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (5.46%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.16%) JIRA
3 8 (0.91%) Git
4 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.46%) JUnit
4 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 311 (35.38%) Finance
2 280 (31.85%) Social Skills
3 168 (19.11%) Banking
4 161 (18.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (17.29%) Law
6 151 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
7 145 (16.50%) Marketing
8 102 (11.60%) Back Office
9 81 (9.22%) Financial Institution
10 67 (7.62%) Manufacturing
11 52 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (5.35%) Public Sector
13 36 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (3.30%) Legal
15 29 (3.30%) Telecoms
16 24 (2.73%) Automotive
17 20 (2.28%) Aviation
18 17 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (1.71%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 94 (10.69%) Analyst
2 85 (9.67%) Senior
3 83 (9.44%) Lead
4 67 (7.62%) Developer
5 51 (5.80%) Software Engineer
6 46 (5.23%) Development Manager
7 42 (4.78%) Architect
8 35 (3.98%) Account Executive
9 31 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
10 30 (3.41%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.41%) Data Analyst
11 29 (3.30%) Software Manager
12 28 (3.19%) Service Manager
13 27 (3.07%) Service Delivery Manager
14 26 (2.96%) .NET Developer
15 24 (2.73%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.73%) Project Manager
15 24 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.50%) Software Development Manager
17 21 (2.39%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.85%) Terraform
2 52 (5.92%) React
3 51 (5.80%) .NET
4 45 (5.12%) Node.js
5 27 (3.07%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.84%) Blazor
7 23 (2.62%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.50%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.39%) ASP.NET Web API
10 15 (1.71%) RESTful
11 13 (1.48%) React Native
12 10 (1.14%) Middleware
12 10 (1.14%) OpenAPI
12 10 (1.14%) Swagger
13 9 (1.02%) REST
13 9 (1.02%) XMPP
14 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.68%) EDI
15 6 (0.68%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.58%) Cloud Native
2 65 (7.39%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 43 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.96%) Virtual Team
6 22 (2.50%) Blog
6 22 (2.50%) FMCG
6 22 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (2.28%) Cyber Defence
8 19 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.93%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.93%) EPoS
10 17 (1.93%) Marketing Technology
11 16 (1.82%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.71%) Security Posture
12 15 (1.71%) Social Media
13 10 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.92%) Windows
2 34 (3.87%) Linux
3 18 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.82%) Android
5 11 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (20.93%) Agile
2 162 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
3 141 (16.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 131 (14.90%) Roadmaps
5 129 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 126 (14.33%) Decision-Making
7 98 (11.15%) AI
7 98 (11.15%) Analytics
8 95 (10.81%) ERP
9 94 (10.69%) CI/CD
10 92 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
10 92 (10.47%) E-Commerce
11 89 (10.13%) Business Development
12 86 (9.78%) Software Engineering
13 85 (9.67%) Fintech
14 81 (9.22%) Microservices
15 76 (8.65%) Mentoring
16 75 (8.53%) CRM
16 75 (8.53%) Project Management
17 74 (8.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (10.92%) SQL
2 70 (7.96%) Python
3 66 (7.51%) Java
4 39 (4.44%) C#
5 36 (4.10%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.71%) Go
7 13 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.02%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.91%) Clojure
10 7 (0.80%) Bash
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Groovy
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (5.01%) Degree
2 42 (4.78%) Security Cleared
3 39 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.16%) CISSP
5 17 (1.93%) CISM
6 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.59%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.48%) CISA
9 11 (1.25%) ACCA
9 11 (1.25%) CIMA
9 11 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.14%) CRISC
11 8 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.80%) ISACA
12 7 (0.80%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.84%) NIST
3 22 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.39%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.28%) GDPR
6 17 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (1.82%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.48%) GRC
9 10 (1.14%) COBIT
9 10 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.14%) TickIT
10 9 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.80%) QA
11 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.57%) SLA
13 4 (0.46%) NCSC
13 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.68%) Squid
4 6 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.68%) vSphere
5 5 (0.57%) Docker
6 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (7.96%) Kubernetes
2 59 (6.71%) Grafana
3 17 (1.93%) Ansible
4 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.57%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.46%) Nmap
7 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.12%) Google
3 42 (4.78%) SAP
4 29 (3.30%) Oracle
5 27 (3.07%) VMware
6 25 (2.84%) Cisco
7 18 (2.05%) IFS
8 15 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.59%) Databricks
10 13 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.25%) Veeam
12 9 (1.02%) Splunk
13 8 (0.91%) Workday
14 7 (0.80%) YouTube
15 6 (0.68%) Adobe
15 6 (0.68%) NetApp
16 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.57%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.57%) Xero