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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 30 45
Rank change year-on-year -30 +15 -8
Permanent jobs citing Retail 870 1,222 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.00% 7.43% 5.00%
As % of the General category 6.71% 10.26% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 538 409 703
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -11.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £101,125 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -13.04%

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 12,968 11,905 16,966
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.64% 72.38% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,343 6,658 11,845
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,821 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,818
% change year-on-year - +2.20% -10.30%

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 25 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 10 (1.15%) Apache
1 10 (1.15%) Confluence
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (1.15%) nginx
1 10 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.03%) CMS
3 4 (0.46%) 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 46 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.34%) Civil 3D
6 3 (0.34%) Productboard
6 3 (0.34%) Sketch
7 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.72%) Shopify
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.69%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.69%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.23%) Academy Housing
8 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 222 (25.52%) SaaS
2 123 (14.14%) AWS
3 105 (12.07%) Azure
4 82 (9.43%) GCP
5 56 (6.44%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (1.15%) dbt
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.03%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.92%) Figma
12 8 (0.92%) GitHub
13 6 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.56%) Firewall
2 15 (1.72%) LAN
3 14 (1.61%) WAN
4 12 (1.38%) VLAN
5 11 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (1.26%) VPN
6 10 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.03%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.03%) WebEx
8 6 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.69%) DNS
9 5 (0.57%) BGP
9 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.34%) 2G
10 3 (0.34%) 3G
10 3 (0.34%) MPLS
10 3 (0.34%) OSPF
10 3 (0.34%) TETRA
10 3 (0.34%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.14%) Power BI
2 20 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.30%) MongoDB
3 19 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.61%) Looker
4 14 (1.61%) Metadata
4 14 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.38%) Tableau
6 8 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.80%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.46%) MySQL
10 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 48 (5.52%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.46%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.46%) JUnit
3 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.23%) Postman
5 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 320 (36.78%) Finance
2 266 (30.57%) Social Skills
3 170 (19.54%) Banking
4 165 (18.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (18.62%) Law
6 133 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
7 131 (15.06%) Marketing
8 110 (12.64%) Back Office
9 84 (9.66%) Financial Institution
10 67 (7.70%) Manufacturing
11 49 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (4.71%) Automotive
14 40 (4.60%) Legal
15 36 (4.14%) Public Sector
16 33 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
17 23 (2.64%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.30%) Aviation
19 16 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (1.72%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 88 (10.11%) Analyst
2 81 (9.31%) Lead
2 81 (9.31%) Senior
3 69 (7.93%) Developer
4 49 (5.63%) Software Engineer
5 47 (5.40%) Architect
6 41 (4.71%) Development Manager
7 39 (4.48%) Business Manager
8 37 (4.25%) Delivery Manager
9 36 (4.14%) Service Manager
10 33 (3.79%) Service Delivery Manager
11 32 (3.68%) Consultant
11 32 (3.68%) Data Analyst
12 30 (3.45%) Account Executive
13 27 (3.10%) Software Manager
14 26 (2.99%) .NET Developer
15 25 (2.87%) Security Analyst
16 24 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.53%) Project Manager
17 22 (2.53%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.98%) React
2 47 (5.40%) .NET
3 42 (4.83%) Node.js
4 25 (2.87%) .NET Core
4 25 (2.87%) Blazor
5 23 (2.64%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.53%) ASP.NET Core
7 21 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
8 16 (1.84%) RESTful
9 11 (1.26%) React Native
9 11 (1.26%) REST
10 10 (1.15%) Middleware
11 9 (1.03%) OpenAPI
11 9 (1.03%) Swagger
11 9 (1.03%) XMPP
12 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (0.80%) Redux
13 6 (0.69%) Kafka
13 6 (0.69%) Regular Expression
13 6 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 56 (6.44%) Product Ownership
3 50 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 50 (5.75%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.76%) Blog
5 24 (2.76%) Virtual Team
6 23 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.41%) FMCG
8 20 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
9 17 (1.95%) EPoS
9 17 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
11 14 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.49%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.15%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.17%) Windows
2 36 (4.14%) Linux
3 17 (1.95%) Android
3 17 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (20.69%) Agile
2 152 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (16.09%) Roadmaps
4 110 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 109 (12.53%) ERP
6 99 (11.38%) AI
7 94 (10.80%) Decision-Making
8 91 (10.46%) CI/CD
9 89 (10.23%) Project Management
10 88 (10.11%) Fintech
11 87 (10.00%) Business Development
12 86 (9.89%) Customer Experience
13 84 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
14 82 (9.43%) Analytics
14 82 (9.43%) Microservices
15 79 (9.08%) Software Engineering
16 78 (8.97%) CRM
17 73 (8.39%) Test Automation
18 70 (8.05%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 87 (10.00%) SQL
2 66 (7.59%) Java
3 63 (7.24%) Python
4 40 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.25%) C#
6 19 (2.18%) Go
7 16 (1.84%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) Bash
8 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.92%) Clojure
10 5 (0.57%) PHP
10 5 (0.57%) 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%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.11%) RPG
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (7.13%) Degree
2 36 (4.14%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.87%) CISSP
5 21 (2.41%) CISM
6 15 (1.72%) CISA
7 14 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.49%) ACCA
8 13 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.49%) CIMA
9 12 (1.38%) CRISC
10 11 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (1.15%) ICAEW
11 10 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (0.92%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.80%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.80%) ISACA
13 7 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.33%) NIST
3 23 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (2.41%) PCI DSS
6 20 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.30%) GDPR
7 16 (1.84%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.72%) GRC
9 10 (1.15%) COBIT
9 10 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.15%) TickIT
10 9 (1.03%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.80%) SLA
11 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.69%) QA
13 4 (0.46%) NCSC
13 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.69%) Squid
4 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.69%) 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
Systems Management
1 72 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 71 (8.16%) Terraform
3 64 (7.36%) Grafana
4 21 (2.41%) Ansible
5 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.57%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.46%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.46%) Nmap
10 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 161 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.06%) SAP
3 35 (4.02%) Oracle
4 29 (3.33%) VMware
5 24 (2.76%) Google
6 21 (2.41%) Cisco
7 18 (2.07%) IFS
8 14 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 13 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 10 (1.15%) Databricks
10 10 (1.15%) Veeam
11 9 (1.03%) Splunk
12 8 (0.92%) Adobe
12 8 (0.92%) Workday
13 6 (0.69%) NetApp
14 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.57%) Xero
15 4 (0.46%) HubSpot
15 4 (0.46%) Ubiquiti