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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 70 52
Rank change year-on-year +14 -18 -17
Permanent jobs citing Retail 628 722 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.16% 4.38% 5.15%
As % of the General category 6.89% 6.38% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 378 414 810
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £35,730
25th Percentile £29,188 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.75% -4.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,375 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% -18.27%

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 9,115 11,321 13,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.37% 68.74% 62.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,798 6,399 10,211
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,000 £46,007
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,313 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 January 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 12 (1.91%) Confluence
2 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.80%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (9.87%) Chatbot
2 28 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.71%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.59%) AutoCAD
6 8 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.80%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.64%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.59%) Shopify
2 9 (1.43%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.48%) Magento
4 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 176 (28.03%) SaaS
2 98 (15.61%) AWS
3 91 (14.49%) Azure
4 54 (8.60%) GCP
5 40 (6.37%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (2.71%) GitHub
9 16 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (1.75%) Google Analytics
13 9 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.27%) Serverless
14 8 (1.27%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.96%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.80%) dbt
16 5 (0.80%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.80%) Google Data Studio
16 5 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.21%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (2.55%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.59%) LAN
4 10 (1.59%) WAN
5 9 (1.43%) Wireless
6 7 (1.11%) Firewall
6 7 (1.11%) Network Security
7 6 (0.96%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.96%) HSRP
7 6 (0.96%) Internet
7 6 (0.96%) VoIP
7 6 (0.96%) VRRP
8 5 (0.80%) BGP
9 4 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.48%) DHCP
10 3 (0.48%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.48%) VLAN
10 3 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.25%) Power BI
2 28 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (3.66%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.18%) Tableau
5 18 (2.87%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.07%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.43%) Data Mining
8 8 (1.27%) Data Vault
9 7 (1.11%) Metadata
9 7 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.80%) Looker
10 5 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.64%) DataStage
11 4 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.64%) QlikView
12 3 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (3.50%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.39%) JIRA
3 13 (2.07%) Git
4 7 (1.11%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.11%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.64%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.64%) ERwin
5 4 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 219 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 196 (31.21%) Finance
3 113 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (17.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (14.81%) Marketing
6 80 (12.74%) Banking
7 68 (10.83%) Law
8 56 (8.92%) Financial Institution
9 54 (8.60%) Back Office
10 42 (6.69%) Manufacturing
11 34 (5.41%) Legal
12 27 (4.30%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (2.23%) Automotive
15 12 (1.91%) Advertising
16 10 (1.59%) Games
16 10 (1.59%) Publishing
17 9 (1.43%) Telecoms
18 8 (1.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 108 (17.20%) Senior
2 74 (11.78%) Analyst
3 68 (10.83%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.87%) Trainer
5 50 (7.96%) Senior Manager
6 45 (7.17%) Architect
7 42 (6.69%) Senior Account Manager
8 40 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (6.21%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (6.21%) Sales Manager
9 39 (6.21%) Senior Sales Manager
10 28 (4.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 28 (4.46%) Lead
11 27 (4.30%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.82%) Developer
13 23 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (3.03%) Data Analyst
14 19 (3.03%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.87%) ERP Support
16 16 (2.55%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.66%) React
2 21 (3.34%) .NET
3 19 (3.03%) HTML
4 16 (2.55%) Node.js
5 14 (2.23%) CSS
5 14 (2.23%) RESTful
6 12 (1.91%) React Native
7 11 (1.75%) REST
8 10 (1.59%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.59%) JSON
8 10 (1.59%) Web Services
9 9 (1.43%) EDI
10 6 (0.96%) Pandas
10 6 (0.96%) XML
11 5 (0.80%) Blazor
11 5 (0.80%) OpenAPI
11 5 (0.80%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.80%) Swagger
12 4 (0.64%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.64%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.45%) Onboarding
2 38 (6.05%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.34%) FMCG
3 21 (3.34%) Security Posture
4 19 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.87%) Blog
6 17 (2.71%) Data Centre
6 17 (2.71%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 15 (2.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 13 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.91%) EPoS
11 11 (1.75%) Insider Threat
12 10 (1.59%) Social Media
13 9 (1.43%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.55%) Windows
2 11 (1.75%) Linux
3 6 (0.96%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.80%) Android
4 5 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (29.14%) Customer Service
2 119 (18.95%) AI
3 100 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (13.69%) CRM
6 83 (13.22%) Roadmaps
7 82 (13.06%) ERP
7 82 (13.06%) Mentoring
8 75 (11.94%) B2B
9 72 (11.46%) E-Commerce
9 72 (11.46%) Logistics
10 69 (10.99%) Agile
11 67 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (9.87%) Conversational UI
12 62 (9.87%) Data Privacy
13 59 (9.39%) CI/CD
14 50 (7.96%) Analytics
15 49 (7.80%) Root Cause Analysis
16 48 (7.64%) Analytical Thinking
16 48 (7.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (16.24%) SQL
2 53 (8.44%) C#
3 45 (7.17%) Java
4 42 (6.69%) Python
5 18 (2.87%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.07%) Go
7 8 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.11%) R
9 6 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.80%) Bash
10 5 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.80%) VBA
11 4 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.64%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 122 (19.43%) Degree
2 19 (3.03%) Security Cleared
3 18 (2.87%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.55%) CISSP
6 13 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (2.07%) CREST Certified
6 13 (2.07%) OSCP
7 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.27%) ACCA
10 8 (1.27%) CCNA
10 8 (1.27%) CIMA
10 8 (1.27%) MCSE
11 7 (1.11%) GIAC
11 7 (1.11%) GPEN
11 7 (1.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.96%) QA
2 27 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.03%) GDPR
4 17 (2.71%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.55%) SLA
6 15 (2.39%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.91%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.59%) NIST
9 10 (1.59%) PMO
10 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.27%) GRC
11 4 (0.64%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.48%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.32%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.59%) Docker
3 7 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 38 (6.05%) Terraform
3 17 (2.71%) Grafana
4 7 (1.11%) Nmap
5 4 (0.64%) Autotask
5 4 (0.64%) Cilium
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 85 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.87%) PayPal
3 42 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.66%) Google
4 23 (3.66%) HubSpot
5 22 (3.50%) Adobe
5 22 (3.50%) Cisco
5 22 (3.50%) Databricks
6 20 (3.18%) SAP
7 16 (2.55%) Oracle
8 7 (1.11%) VMware
9 6 (0.96%) Avaya
9 6 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (0.64%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.64%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.64%) IBM
10 4 (0.64%) Informatica
10 4 (0.64%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.64%) Talend
10 4 (0.64%) Zoho