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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 47
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 801 1,249 1,755
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.12% 8.27% 5.15%
As % of the General category 7.13% 11.06% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 465 414 986
10th Percentile £32,105 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -20.20%

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 11,237 11,291 20,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.74% 74.80% 60.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,311 6,202 15,177
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 9 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 (1.37%) CMS
2 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.87%) Confluence
4 6 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.50%) Drupal
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) Productboard
4 3 (0.37%) Sketch
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.87%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.62%) Shopify
3 10 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (1.00%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 226 (28.21%) SaaS
2 138 (17.23%) AWS
3 90 (11.24%) GCP
4 75 (9.36%) Azure
5 67 (8.36%) Amazon EKS
6 44 (5.49%) Power Platform
7 28 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.25%) dbt
9 10 (1.25%) Figma
10 9 (1.12%) GitHub
10 9 (1.12%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.87%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.00%) Firewall
2 16 (2.00%) WAN
3 15 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (1.87%) LAN
4 14 (1.75%) VLAN
5 10 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (1.25%) VPN
6 9 (1.12%) BGP
6 9 (1.12%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.12%) WebEx
7 7 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.62%) Network Security
9 4 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.37%) SCCP
10 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.37%) Wireless
10 3 (0.37%) WPA
11 2 (0.25%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.37%) Power BI
2 28 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.00%) Tableau
4 15 (1.87%) Metadata
5 14 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.62%) Looker
7 11 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.50%) MySQL
12 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.25%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 54 (6.74%) TeamCity
2 15 (1.87%) JIRA
3 6 (0.75%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.75%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) JUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Git
6 2 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 308 (38.45%) Finance
2 243 (30.34%) Social Skills
3 193 (24.09%) Banking
4 188 (23.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 186 (23.22%) Law
6 133 (16.60%) Marketing
7 128 (15.98%) Back Office
8 106 (13.23%) Financial Institution
9 91 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
10 52 (6.49%) Manufacturing
11 39 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (4.49%) Legal
13 35 (4.37%) Public Sector
14 33 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (3.50%) Automotive
16 24 (3.00%) Aviation
16 24 (3.00%) Telecoms
17 22 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (2.37%) General Ledger
18 19 (2.37%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 84 (10.49%) Senior
2 81 (10.11%) Analyst
3 73 (9.11%) Lead
4 51 (6.37%) Software Engineer
5 49 (6.12%) Developer
6 41 (5.12%) Architect
7 32 (4.00%) Business Manager
7 32 (4.00%) Security Analyst
8 30 (3.75%) Development Manager
9 29 (3.62%) Account Manager
9 29 (3.62%) Consultant
10 27 (3.37%) Designer
11 25 (3.12%) Systems Manager
12 24 (3.00%) Account Executive
13 23 (2.87%) Data Analyst
14 21 (2.62%) Software Manager
15 20 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (2.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 19 (2.37%) ERP Manager
16 19 (2.37%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.75%) React
2 27 (3.37%) .NET
3 22 (2.75%) Node.js
4 15 (1.87%) RESTful
5 13 (1.62%) REST
6 10 (1.25%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.12%) Kafka
7 9 (1.12%) XMPP
8 8 (1.00%) Blazor
9 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET
9 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
9 7 (0.87%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.87%) Redux
9 7 (0.87%) Sass
9 7 (0.87%) Swagger
10 6 (0.75%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (0.62%) React Native
12 4 (0.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (13.61%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 50 (6.24%) Product Ownership
4 47 (5.87%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.12%) Blog
6 32 (4.00%) Security Posture
7 30 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (3.25%) FMCG
9 25 (3.12%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.12%) EPoS
10 22 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (2.50%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (1.62%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
16 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (1.12%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.00%) Windows
2 22 (2.75%) Linux
3 17 (2.12%) Android
3 17 (2.12%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.37%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.12%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (17.98%) Agile
2 125 (15.61%) Roadmaps
3 116 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (12.86%) Fintech
6 96 (11.99%) ERP
7 92 (11.49%) CI/CD
8 84 (10.49%) Test Automation
9 80 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (9.86%) Project Management
11 78 (9.74%) AI
11 78 (9.74%) Software Engineering
12 77 (9.61%) CRM
13 75 (9.36%) Analytics
14 71 (8.86%) Business Development
14 71 (8.86%) Disruptive Innovation
15 67 (8.36%) Decision-Making
16 66 (8.24%) Mentoring
17 62 (7.74%) Clean Code
18 61 (7.62%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 89 (11.11%) Java
2 78 (9.74%) SQL
3 62 (7.74%) Python
4 28 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 25 (3.12%) Go
6 19 (2.37%) C#
7 18 (2.25%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.37%) Bash
9 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.00%) Clojure
11 5 (0.62%) PHP
11 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.37%) R
14 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.12%) C
15 1 (0.12%) C++
15 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.12%) RPG
15 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (10.24%) Degree
2 29 (3.62%) CISSP
3 24 (3.00%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.37%) ACCA
5 19 (2.37%) CIMA
6 16 (2.00%) CISM
6 16 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (1.87%) CREST Certified
7 15 (1.87%) OSCP
8 13 (1.62%) CISA
9 11 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.12%) CRISC
10 9 (1.12%) ICAEW
11 8 (1.00%) ISTQB
11 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.87%) CCNA
12 7 (0.87%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.62%) NIST
3 26 (3.25%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.75%) SOC 2
5 19 (2.37%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.75%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.75%) GRC
8 13 (1.62%) GDPR
9 12 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (1.25%) SLA
10 10 (1.25%) TickIT
11 7 (0.87%) QA
12 6 (0.75%) COBIT
12 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.50%) NCSC
13 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.37%) PSD2
14 3 (0.37%) SOC 1
System Software
1 17 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.12%) Docker
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.75%) vSphere
5 5 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 90 (11.24%) Terraform
2 88 (10.99%) Kubernetes
3 72 (8.99%) Grafana
4 23 (2.87%) Ansible
5 9 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.87%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.75%) Nmap
8 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.37%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) Autotask
10 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 116 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.37%) Oracle
3 31 (3.87%) SAP
4 24 (3.00%) Google
4 24 (3.00%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.00%) VMware
5 23 (2.87%) Cisco
6 10 (1.25%) Fortinet
6 10 (1.25%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.12%) Databricks
7 9 (1.12%) IFS
7 9 (1.12%) Splunk
8 8 (1.00%) Adobe
9 6 (0.75%) CheckPoint
9 6 (0.75%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.75%) NetApp
10 5 (0.62%) Workday
10 5 (0.62%) Xero
11 4 (0.50%) Sage
11 4 (0.50%) Ubiquiti