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 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 905 1,217 1,172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.88% 7.40% 4.82%
As % of the General category 6.44% 10.38% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 559 395 554
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -0.41%
75th Percentile £76,649 £74,443 £86,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £89,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -13.26%

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 14,060 11,727 14,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.27% 71.32% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,811 6,564 9,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 1 September 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 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.22%) Apache
2 11 (1.22%) nginx
3 8 (0.88%) CMS
3 8 (0.88%) Confluence
4 7 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 44 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.77%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.66%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.33%) Productboard
8 3 (0.33%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Simulink
9 2 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Blender
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (3.09%) Shopify
2 7 (0.77%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.77%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.44%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 217 (23.98%) SaaS
2 120 (13.26%) AWS
3 101 (11.16%) Azure
4 93 (10.28%) GCP
5 54 (5.97%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.97%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.31%) Google Analytics
8 29 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (2.10%) Google Ads
11 15 (1.66%) Google Tag Manager
12 11 (1.22%) dbt
13 10 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.99%) GitHub
15 7 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (0.77%) Meta Ads
16 6 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.66%) Figma
16 6 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.20%) Firewall
2 19 (2.10%) LAN
2 19 (2.10%) WAN
3 15 (1.66%) VLAN
4 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (0.99%) DNS
6 8 (0.88%) BGP
6 8 (0.88%) OSPF
6 8 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
6 8 (0.88%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.88%) VPN
6 8 (0.88%) WebEx
7 7 (0.77%) SMS
8 6 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.66%) MPLS
9 5 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.55%) Network Security
9 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.31%) Power BI
2 20 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.21%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.99%) Looker
4 17 (1.88%) Metadata
5 14 (1.55%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.33%) Tableau
8 10 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.88%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.88%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.11%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 52 (5.75%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.88%) JIRA
3 10 (1.10%) Git
4 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.44%) JUnit
4 4 (0.44%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 326 (36.02%) Finance
2 299 (33.04%) Social Skills
3 180 (19.89%) Banking
4 176 (19.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
6 165 (18.23%) Law
7 153 (16.91%) Marketing
8 109 (12.04%) Back Office
9 90 (9.94%) Financial Institution
10 66 (7.29%) Manufacturing
11 54 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (4.97%) Public Sector
13 35 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (3.54%) Legal
16 28 (3.09%) Telecoms
17 26 (2.87%) Automotive
18 20 (2.21%) Aviation
19 16 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.77%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 98 (10.83%) Analyst
2 89 (9.83%) Senior
3 80 (8.84%) Lead
4 64 (7.07%) Developer
5 55 (6.08%) Software Engineer
6 49 (5.41%) Development Manager
7 41 (4.53%) Architect
8 35 (3.87%) Account Executive
9 33 (3.65%) Data Analyst
10 32 (3.54%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.20%) Software Manager
12 27 (2.98%) Business Development Manager
13 26 (2.87%) .NET Developer
13 26 (2.87%) Service Manager
14 25 (2.76%) Service Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (2.54%) Project Manager
17 22 (2.43%) Software Development Manager
18 19 (2.10%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (8.29%) Terraform
2 52 (5.75%) React
3 50 (5.52%) .NET
4 45 (4.97%) Node.js
5 27 (2.98%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.76%) Blazor
7 23 (2.54%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.43%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.32%) ASP.NET Web API
10 17 (1.88%) RESTful
11 13 (1.44%) React Native
12 12 (1.33%) OpenAPI
12 12 (1.33%) Swagger
13 11 (1.22%) Middleware
14 9 (0.99%) REST
15 8 (0.88%) XMPP
16 6 (0.66%) EDI
16 6 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.66%) Regular Expression
16 6 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (10.94%) Cloud Native
2 72 (7.96%) Product Ownership
3 51 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (4.86%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.98%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.98%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.76%) Blog
8 24 (2.65%) FMCG
9 22 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (2.10%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.88%) EPoS
14 16 (1.77%) Data Centre
15 15 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
16 14 (1.55%) Security Posture
16 14 (1.55%) Social Media
17 10 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.41%) Windows
2 33 (3.65%) Linux
3 17 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.77%) Android
5 11 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (20.66%) Agile
2 169 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
3 144 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 139 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (14.70%) Roadmaps
6 130 (14.36%) Decision-Making
7 108 (11.93%) Analytics
8 100 (11.05%) AI
8 100 (11.05%) CI/CD
9 97 (10.72%) Business Development
10 95 (10.50%) E-Commerce
11 94 (10.39%) Fintech
12 93 (10.28%) Software Engineering
13 90 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
14 88 (9.72%) ERP
15 82 (9.06%) Microservices
16 81 (8.95%) CRM
17 80 (8.84%) Mentoring
18 79 (8.73%) Test Automation
19 74 (8.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.83%) SQL
2 70 (7.73%) Java
2 70 (7.73%) Python
3 38 (4.20%) C#
4 34 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.77%) Go
6 13 (1.44%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.99%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.88%) Clojure
9 6 (0.66%) Bash
10 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.33%) PHP
10 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.22%) R
12 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.11%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) Rust
12 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (5.19%) Degree
2 40 (4.42%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.10%) CISSP
5 17 (1.88%) CISM
6 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.55%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.44%) CISA
9 12 (1.33%) ACCA
9 12 (1.33%) CIMA
10 11 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.10%) CRISC
11 10 (1.10%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.88%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.77%) ISACA
13 7 (0.77%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.76%) NIST
3 22 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.21%) GDPR
5 19 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.44%) GRC
8 10 (1.10%) COBIT
8 10 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.10%) TickIT
9 8 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.77%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.77%) QA
10 7 (0.77%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.44%) PMO
12 4 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (1.22%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.66%) Squid
5 5 (0.55%) Docker
5 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.55%) vSphere
6 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 63 (6.96%) Grafana
3 16 (1.77%) Ansible
4 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (0.55%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.44%) Nmap
8 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.22%) Proxmox
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
1 175 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.97%) Google
3 41 (4.53%) SAP
4 26 (2.87%) Oracle
5 25 (2.76%) VMware
6 24 (2.65%) Cisco
7 18 (1.99%) IFS
8 15 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.55%) Databricks
10 12 (1.33%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.33%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.22%) Veeam
12 9 (0.99%) YouTube
13 8 (0.88%) Splunk
13 8 (0.88%) Workday
14 6 (0.66%) Adobe
14 6 (0.66%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.55%) NetApp
15 5 (0.55%) Xero
16 4 (0.44%) Infor