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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -31 +14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Retail 888 1,225 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.01% 7.43% 5.02%
As % of the General category 6.71% 10.23% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 551 410 677
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -14.04%

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 13,236 11,975 16,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.75% 72.66% 61.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,533 6,709 11,264
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 31 July 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 (1.24%) Apache
1 11 (1.24%) nginx
2 10 (1.13%) CMS
2 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.01%) Confluence
3 9 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.34%) Drupal
5 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.45%) Civil 3D
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Productboard
7 3 (0.34%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.69%) Shopify
2 10 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle Cash Management
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.79%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.45%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 224 (25.23%) SaaS
2 125 (14.08%) AWS
3 108 (12.16%) Azure
4 86 (9.68%) GCP
5 55 (6.19%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (1.13%) dbt
10 10 (1.13%) Google Analytics
11 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.01%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.90%) Figma
13 7 (0.79%) GitHub
14 6 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.68%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.49%) Firewall
2 16 (1.80%) LAN
3 15 (1.69%) WAN
4 12 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (1.35%) VLAN
5 11 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.13%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.13%) WebEx
7 9 (1.01%) VPN
8 8 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (0.68%) DNS
10 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.45%) BGP
12 3 (0.34%) 2G
12 3 (0.34%) 3G
12 3 (0.34%) MPLS
12 3 (0.34%) OSPF
12 3 (0.34%) TETRA
12 3 (0.34%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.05%) Power BI
2 20 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.25%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.69%) Looker
3 15 (1.69%) Metadata
4 14 (1.58%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.24%) Tableau
6 9 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.45%) MySQL
10 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (5.63%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.14%) JIRA
3 5 (0.56%) Git
3 5 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.45%) JUnit
4 4 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 326 (36.71%) Finance
2 267 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 173 (19.48%) Banking
4 168 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (18.69%) Law
6 140 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
7 137 (15.43%) Marketing
8 110 (12.39%) Back Office
9 83 (9.35%) Financial Institution
10 69 (7.77%) Manufacturing
11 50 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (4.62%) Automotive
14 39 (4.39%) Public Sector
15 38 (4.28%) Legal
16 32 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
17 25 (2.82%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.25%) Aviation
19 17 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
20 16 (1.80%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 93 (10.47%) Analyst
2 83 (9.35%) Lead
3 82 (9.23%) Senior
4 69 (7.77%) Developer
5 50 (5.63%) Software Engineer
6 47 (5.29%) Architect
7 45 (5.07%) Development Manager
8 40 (4.50%) Business Manager
9 37 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
10 34 (3.83%) Service Manager
11 33 (3.72%) Service Delivery Manager
12 32 (3.60%) Account Executive
12 32 (3.60%) Data Analyst
13 30 (3.38%) Consultant
14 28 (3.15%) Software Manager
15 26 (2.93%) .NET Developer
16 24 (2.70%) Business Development Manager
16 24 (2.70%) Security Analyst
16 24 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.59%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.08%) React
2 48 (5.41%) .NET
3 44 (4.95%) Node.js
4 26 (2.93%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.82%) Blazor
6 23 (2.59%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.48%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.69%) RESTful
10 12 (1.35%) React Native
10 12 (1.35%) REST
11 10 (1.13%) Middleware
11 10 (1.13%) XMPP
12 9 (1.01%) OpenAPI
12 9 (1.01%) Swagger
13 7 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.79%) Redux
14 6 (0.68%) Kafka
14 6 (0.68%) Regular Expression
14 6 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.26%) Cloud Native
2 60 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.29%) Onboarding
5 35 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.70%) Blog
6 24 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (2.36%) FMCG
10 20 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (2.03%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.91%) EPoS
13 16 (1.80%) Driving Licence
13 16 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.46%) Data Centre
15 13 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.24%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.63%) Windows
2 37 (4.17%) Linux
3 19 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.91%) Android
5 12 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (21.40%) Agile
2 153 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 142 (15.99%) Roadmaps
5 116 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 106 (11.94%) Decision-Making
6 106 (11.94%) ERP
7 104 (11.71%) AI
8 95 (10.70%) CI/CD
9 92 (10.36%) Business Development
10 90 (10.14%) Fintech
11 87 (9.80%) Analytics
11 87 (9.80%) Customer Experience
11 87 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
12 84 (9.46%) Project Management
13 83 (9.35%) Microservices
14 82 (9.23%) Software Engineering
15 77 (8.67%) CRM
16 76 (8.56%) Test Automation
17 75 (8.45%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 90 (10.14%) SQL
2 67 (7.55%) Java
3 66 (7.43%) Python
4 39 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.17%) C#
6 18 (2.03%) Go
7 16 (1.80%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.01%) Bash
8 9 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.90%) Clojure
10 5 (0.56%) PHP
10 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.23%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.11%) RPG
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (6.42%) Degree
2 38 (4.28%) Security Cleared
3 35 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.59%) CISSP
5 19 (2.14%) CISM
6 15 (1.69%) CISA
6 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.46%) ICAEW
8 12 (1.35%) ACCA
8 12 (1.35%) CIMA
8 12 (1.35%) CRISC
9 11 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (0.90%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.90%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.79%) CREST Certified
12 7 (0.79%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.27%) NIST
3 23 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.36%) GDPR
4 21 (2.36%) PCI DSS
5 20 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.80%) GRC
8 15 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.13%) COBIT
9 10 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.13%) TickIT
10 8 (0.90%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.79%) QA
11 7 (0.79%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.68%) SLA
13 5 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.79%) vSphere
5 6 (0.68%) Squid
6 5 (0.56%) Docker
7 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 72 (8.11%) Terraform
3 65 (7.32%) Grafana
4 21 (2.36%) Ansible
5 10 (1.13%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.56%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Nmap
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
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
1 162 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.41%) SAP
3 33 (3.72%) Oracle
4 30 (3.38%) Google
4 30 (3.38%) VMware
5 22 (2.48%) Cisco
6 18 (2.03%) IFS
7 14 (1.58%) Fortinet
7 14 (1.58%) Palo Alto
7 14 (1.58%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.24%) Databricks
8 11 (1.24%) Veeam
9 10 (1.13%) Splunk
10 8 (0.90%) Workday
11 7 (0.79%) Adobe
11 7 (0.79%) NetApp
12 5 (0.56%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.56%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.56%) Xero
13 4 (0.45%) Ubiquiti