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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -35 +14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Retail 877 1,230 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.94% 7.45% 5.00%
As % of the General category 6.59% 10.27% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 544 414 623
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -11.56% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £103,000 £84,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -14.54%

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 13,317 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.79% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
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 4 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 11 (1.25%) Apache
1 11 (1.25%) nginx
2 10 (1.14%) CMS
2 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.91%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Drupal
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.46%) 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 14 (1.60%) Shopify
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.80%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 224 (25.54%) SaaS
2 127 (14.48%) AWS
3 108 (12.31%) Azure
4 88 (10.03%) GCP
5 57 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
6 47 (5.36%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (1.14%) dbt
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.91%) Figma
12 8 (0.91%) GitHub
12 8 (0.91%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.68%) Google Workspace
14 5 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.53%) Firewall
2 15 (1.71%) LAN
2 15 (1.71%) WAN
3 12 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (1.25%) VLAN
5 10 (1.14%) Unified Communications
5 10 (1.14%) WebEx
6 9 (1.03%) VPN
7 8 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.68%) DNS
9 5 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.46%) BGP
11 3 (0.34%) 2G
11 3 (0.34%) 3G
11 3 (0.34%) MPLS
11 3 (0.34%) OSPF
11 3 (0.34%) TETRA
11 3 (0.34%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.99%) Power BI
2 20 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.28%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.82%) Looker
4 13 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.37%) Metadata
6 10 (1.14%) Tableau
7 9 (1.03%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.34%) MySQL
12 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 52 (5.93%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.05%) JIRA
3 6 (0.68%) Git
4 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.46%) JUnit
5 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
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%) Zephyr
General
1 322 (36.72%) Finance
2 261 (29.76%) Social Skills
3 175 (19.95%) Banking
4 170 (19.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (19.16%) Law
6 137 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
7 131 (14.94%) Marketing
8 112 (12.77%) Back Office
9 85 (9.69%) Financial Institution
10 69 (7.87%) Manufacturing
11 50 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (4.45%) Public Sector
14 37 (4.22%) Automotive
14 37 (4.22%) Legal
15 31 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (2.96%) Telecoms
17 20 (2.28%) Aviation
18 17 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.82%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 93 (10.60%) Analyst
2 84 (9.58%) Lead
2 84 (9.58%) Senior
3 69 (7.87%) Developer
4 53 (6.04%) Software Engineer
5 46 (5.25%) Architect
5 46 (5.25%) Development Manager
6 37 (4.22%) Business Manager
6 37 (4.22%) Delivery Manager
7 33 (3.76%) Account Executive
7 33 (3.76%) Service Delivery Manager
7 33 (3.76%) Service Manager
8 31 (3.53%) Data Analyst
9 30 (3.42%) Consultant
10 29 (3.31%) Software Manager
11 26 (2.96%) .NET Developer
12 24 (2.74%) Business Development Manager
12 24 (2.74%) Designer
12 24 (2.74%) Security Analyst
12 24 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.27%) React
2 48 (5.47%) .NET
3 45 (5.13%) Node.js
4 26 (2.96%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.85%) Blazor
6 23 (2.62%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.39%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.71%) RESTful
10 13 (1.48%) React Native
11 12 (1.37%) REST
12 10 (1.14%) Middleware
12 10 (1.14%) XMPP
13 9 (1.03%) OpenAPI
13 9 (1.03%) Swagger
14 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (0.80%) Redux
15 6 (0.68%) Kafka
15 6 (0.68%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.63%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.47%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.02%) Onboarding
5 36 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.74%) Blog
6 24 (2.74%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (2.28%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (2.28%) FMCG
10 18 (2.05%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.94%) EPoS
12 16 (1.82%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
13 15 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.48%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.14%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.70%) Windows
2 37 (4.22%) Linux
3 19 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.94%) Android
5 12 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (21.89%) Agile
2 150 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
4 139 (15.85%) Roadmaps
5 114 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 109 (12.43%) Decision-Making
7 104 (11.86%) ERP
8 102 (11.63%) AI
9 98 (11.17%) CI/CD
10 91 (10.38%) Business Development
11 89 (10.15%) Fintech
12 87 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
13 86 (9.81%) Software Engineering
14 85 (9.69%) Microservices
15 84 (9.58%) Analytics
16 82 (9.35%) Customer Experience
17 81 (9.24%) Project Management
18 79 (9.01%) Test Automation
19 74 (8.44%) CRM
20 73 (8.32%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 90 (10.26%) SQL
2 69 (7.87%) Java
3 66 (7.53%) Python
4 39 (4.45%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.22%) C#
6 18 (2.05%) Go
7 16 (1.82%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) Bash
8 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.91%) Clojure
10 5 (0.57%) PHP
11 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) RPG
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (6.27%) Degree
2 39 (4.45%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.62%) CISSP
5 19 (2.17%) CISM
6 15 (1.71%) CISA
6 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.48%) ICAEW
8 12 (1.37%) CRISC
9 11 (1.25%) ACCA
9 11 (1.25%) CIMA
9 11 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.03%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 8 (0.91%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.80%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.80%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.31%) NIST
3 23 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.39%) GDPR
4 21 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 20 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.82%) GRC
8 15 (1.71%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.14%) COBIT
9 10 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.14%) TickIT
10 8 (0.91%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.80%) QA
11 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.57%) SLA
13 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.80%) vSphere
5 6 (0.68%) Squid
6 5 (0.57%) Docker
7 4 (0.46%) 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 75 (8.55%) Kubernetes
1 75 (8.55%) Terraform
2 67 (7.64%) Grafana
3 21 (2.39%) Ansible
4 10 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
4 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.57%) HAProxy
5 5 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.46%) Nmap
6 4 (0.46%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.36%) SAP
3 32 (3.65%) Oracle
4 30 (3.42%) VMware
5 27 (3.08%) Google
6 21 (2.39%) Cisco
7 18 (2.05%) IFS
8 14 (1.60%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.60%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.37%) Databricks
9 12 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.25%) Veeam
11 10 (1.14%) Splunk
12 8 (0.91%) Workday
13 7 (0.80%) NetApp
14 6 (0.68%) Adobe
15 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.57%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.57%) Xero
16 4 (0.46%) Ubiquiti