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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 69 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -22 -5
Permanent jobs citing Retail 643 845 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.23% 4.17% 6.13%
As % of the General category 6.50% 6.60% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 387 468 1,000
10th Percentile £27,707 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £43,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -2.96%
75th Percentile £77,074 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - £93,875
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% - -12.50%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,888 12,804 13,901
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.03% 63.22% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,312 7,445 10,946
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,085
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 23 November 2025.

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 17 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.18%) Confluence
3 5 (0.78%) CMS
3 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.78%) SAS
4 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 63 (9.80%) Chatbot
2 31 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (1.40%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.93%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.47%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 22 (3.42%) Shopify
2 15 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.93%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.78%) Magento
7 4 (0.62%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.47%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.47%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.16%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 143 (22.24%) SaaS
2 107 (16.64%) Azure
3 89 (13.84%) AWS
4 58 (9.02%) Power Platform
5 49 (7.62%) GCP
6 33 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (3.11%) GitHub
10 17 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (2.64%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (2.02%) Google Analytics
13 9 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.40%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.24%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.93%) dbt
15 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.07%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (2.18%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.24%) Internet
4 8 (1.24%) LAN
4 8 (1.24%) WAN
5 7 (1.09%) Firewall
6 6 (0.93%) HSRP
6 6 (0.93%) VoIP
6 6 (0.93%) VRRP
7 5 (0.78%) 5G
7 5 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.78%) VPN
7 5 (0.78%) Wireless
8 4 (0.62%) DNS
8 4 (0.62%) Network Security
9 3 (0.47%) BGP
9 3 (0.47%) DHCP
9 3 (0.47%) VLAN
9 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.84%) Power BI
2 29 (4.51%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.11%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.49%) Tableau
6 15 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.87%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.24%) Data Vault
9 8 (1.24%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.93%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.78%) Looker
11 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.62%) DataStage
12 4 (0.62%) Metadata
12 4 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.62%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 20 (3.11%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.95%) Git
3 18 (2.80%) JIRA
4 8 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.78%) MSBuild
7 5 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.62%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.62%) ERwin
8 4 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.47%) GitLab
9 3 (0.47%) JMeter
9 3 (0.47%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.47%) Postman
9 3 (0.47%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Bazaar
10 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 235 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 199 (30.95%) Finance
3 134 (20.84%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (17.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (16.80%) Marketing
6 57 (8.86%) Banking
7 47 (7.31%) Manufacturing
8 43 (6.69%) Back Office
8 43 (6.69%) Law
9 37 (5.75%) Financial Institution
10 32 (4.98%) Legal
11 31 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (3.58%) Automotive
13 22 (3.42%) Public Sector
14 19 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.71%) Advertising
15 11 (1.71%) Games
15 11 (1.71%) General Ledger
16 7 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 109 (16.95%) Senior
2 79 (12.29%) Analyst
3 63 (9.80%) Trainer
4 49 (7.62%) Account Manager
4 49 (7.62%) Senior Manager
5 48 (7.47%) Architect
6 40 (6.22%) 2nd Line Support
7 39 (6.07%) Sales Account Manager
7 39 (6.07%) Sales Manager
7 39 (6.07%) Senior Account Manager
7 39 (6.07%) Senior Sales Manager
8 31 (4.82%) Lead
9 29 (4.51%) Developer
10 28 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 25 (3.89%) Consultant
11 25 (3.89%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (3.42%) Support Analyst
14 20 (3.11%) Data Analyst
14 20 (3.11%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.51%) .NET
2 27 (4.20%) HTML
3 24 (3.73%) React
4 21 (3.27%) CSS
5 19 (2.95%) REST
6 17 (2.64%) Node.js
7 16 (2.49%) RESTful
8 14 (2.18%) React Native
8 14 (2.18%) Web Services
9 13 (2.02%) JSON
10 12 (1.87%) .NET Core
10 12 (1.87%) XML
11 8 (1.24%) Pandas
12 7 (1.09%) Blazor
13 6 (0.93%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.93%) Bootstrap
14 5 (0.78%) EDI
14 5 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
14 5 (0.78%) scikit-learn
14 5 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (15.24%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.95%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.80%) FMCG
6 15 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.18%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.87%) EPoS
9 12 (1.87%) Social Media
10 11 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.71%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.56%) Blog
12 9 (1.40%) Digital Signage
12 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.09%) Insider Threat
13 7 (1.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.18%) Windows
2 11 (1.71%) Linux
3 8 (1.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (27.99%) Customer Service
2 120 (18.66%) AI
3 112 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (16.80%) ERP
5 97 (15.09%) CRM
6 93 (14.46%) Agile
7 91 (14.15%) E-Commerce
8 82 (12.75%) Mentoring
9 80 (12.44%) B2B
10 79 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (11.66%) Logistics
12 70 (10.89%) Analytics
13 68 (10.58%) Roadmaps
14 67 (10.42%) Conversational UI
14 67 (10.42%) Project Management
15 66 (10.26%) DevOps
16 63 (9.80%) Data Privacy
17 62 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
18 60 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
18 60 (9.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 119 (18.51%) SQL
2 63 (9.80%) C#
3 52 (8.09%) Python
4 35 (5.44%) Java
5 22 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.02%) R
7 8 (1.24%) Go
8 7 (1.09%) C++
9 6 (0.93%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.78%) Bash
10 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.78%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.62%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.62%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.62%) VBA
12 3 (0.47%) PHP
13 2 (0.31%) C
13 2 (0.31%) Delphi
13 2 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 133 (20.68%) Degree
2 21 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.02%) AWS Certification
3 13 (2.02%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.87%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.71%) DBS Check
5 11 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.56%) CISSP
6 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.09%) CREST Certified
7 7 (1.09%) OSCP
8 5 (0.78%) CEH
8 5 (0.78%) CISM
8 5 (0.78%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.62%) CCNA
9 4 (0.62%) GIAC
9 4 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.02%) QA
2 23 (3.58%) GDPR
3 20 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.18%) SLA
5 13 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.02%) PMO
6 11 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.56%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.93%) NIST
10 4 (0.62%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.62%) GRC
10 4 (0.62%) WCAG
11 2 (0.31%) PERC
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 15 (2.33%) Docker
2 14 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (4.98%) Terraform
2 30 (4.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.18%) Grafana
4 4 (0.62%) Cilium
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.47%) Nmap
6 2 (0.31%) Autotask
7 1 (0.16%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 106 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.80%) PayPal
3 39 (6.07%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.67%) Adobe
4 30 (4.67%) Google
5 24 (3.73%) SAP
6 22 (3.42%) Databricks
7 20 (3.11%) HubSpot
8 17 (2.64%) Oracle
9 14 (2.18%) Cisco
10 9 (1.40%) TikTok
11 8 (1.24%) Alteryx
12 7 (1.09%) VMware
13 6 (0.93%) Avaya
13 6 (0.93%) Extreme Networks
14 5 (0.78%) Ariba
15 4 (0.62%) IBM
15 4 (0.62%) Informatica
15 4 (0.62%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.62%) Sage