Retail Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 48 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 -14 +22
Permanent jobs citing Retail 951 1,711 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.31% 5.08% 7.55%
As % of the General category 6.78% 8.25% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 453 999 1,649
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £35,172
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,631 £46,454
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -23.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £97,328
UK median annual salary £51,058 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.49% -20.83% +4.35%

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 14,029 20,750 27,292
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.27% 61.55% 66.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,518 15,057 18,200
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,620 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,745 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,751
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Retail
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Retail.

Retail salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Retail over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Retail salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (2.84%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.84%) CMS
4 7 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.74%) WordPress
5 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Confluence
7 3 (0.32%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 44 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.95%) Acrobat
5 5 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (0.53%) Revit
6 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Blender
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 27 (2.84%) Shopify
2 17 (1.79%) Magento
3 11 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.21%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 216 (22.71%) Azure
2 148 (15.56%) AWS
3 53 (5.57%) Power Platform
4 39 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (3.15%) SaaS
7 26 (2.73%) Google Analytics
8 25 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 23 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 23 (2.42%) SonarCloud
10 19 (2.00%) Google Ads
11 17 (1.79%) GitHub
12 14 (1.47%) BigCommerce
12 14 (1.47%) Google Tag Manager
12 14 (1.47%) Serverless
13 13 (1.37%) GCP
14 11 (1.16%) OneDrive
15 10 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (0.95%) Google Workspace
16 9 (0.95%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.10%) HTTP
2 12 (1.26%) Firewall
3 9 (0.95%) Intranet
4 8 (0.84%) WAN
5 6 (0.63%) DNS
6 5 (0.53%) DHCP
7 4 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.42%) VPN
8 3 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.32%) Internet
8 3 (0.32%) Network Security
8 3 (0.32%) VSAN
9 2 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.21%) LAN
10 1 (0.11%) Broadband
10 1 (0.11%) IPv4
10 1 (0.11%) IPv6
10 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 45 (4.73%) Tableau
3 40 (4.21%) Power BI
4 25 (2.63%) Data Mining
5 23 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
7 13 (1.37%) MySQL
8 9 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.63%) Power Query
11 5 (0.53%) Big Data
11 5 (0.53%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.42%) Metadata
12 4 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.42%) PowerPivot
13 3 (0.32%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 107 (11.25%) JIRA
2 98 (10.30%) GitLab
3 93 (9.78%) Maven
4 91 (9.57%) SonarQube
4 91 (9.57%) Sonatype Nexus
5 90 (9.46%) Bitbucket
5 90 (9.46%) Cucumber
5 90 (9.46%) Selenium
6 83 (8.73%) Git
7 40 (4.21%) Visual Studio
8 29 (3.05%) Octopus Deploy
9 24 (2.52%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (2.42%) MSBuild
11 8 (0.84%) webpack
12 6 (0.63%) gulp
12 6 (0.63%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.53%) Grunt
14 4 (0.42%) Bazaar
15 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
15 3 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 273 (28.71%) Finance
2 246 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 240 (25.24%) Manufacturing
4 156 (16.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 153 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (12.41%) Banking
7 98 (10.30%) Dutch Language
7 98 (10.30%) Finnish Language
8 90 (9.46%) Corporate Banking
8 90 (9.46%) Investment Banking
9 79 (8.31%) Marketing
10 41 (4.31%) Legal
10 41 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (3.15%) Advertising
11 30 (3.15%) Games
12 27 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.21%) Public Sector
14 15 (1.58%) Law
15 13 (1.37%) Back Office
16 11 (1.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 196 (20.61%) Trainer
2 137 (14.41%) Senior
3 124 (13.04%) Software Engineer
4 108 (11.36%) Developer
5 95 (9.99%) Analyst
6 45 (4.73%) Architect
7 44 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
8 39 (4.10%) Data Analyst
9 27 (2.84%) IT Manager
9 27 (2.84%) Lead
9 27 (2.84%) Senior Developer
10 26 (2.73%) Project Manager
10 26 (2.73%) Senior Data Analyst
10 26 (2.73%) Technical Architect
11 25 (2.63%) .NET Developer
11 25 (2.63%) Junior
12 24 (2.52%) Junior Developer
13 23 (2.42%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (1.79%) C# Developer
15 16 (1.68%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (16.51%) HTML
2 150 (15.77%) CSS
3 117 (12.30%) REST
4 116 (12.20%) Kafka
5 108 (11.36%) React
6 106 (11.15%) RESTful
7 95 (9.99%) HTML5
7 95 (9.99%) Spring Boot
8 94 (9.88%) CSS3
9 93 (9.78%) Sass
10 92 (9.67%) Spring
11 91 (9.57%) Redux
12 90 (9.46%) Jest
12 90 (9.46%) JPA
13 74 (7.78%) .NET
14 46 (4.84%) ASP.NET
15 32 (3.36%) JSON
16 31 (3.26%) XML
17 30 (3.15%) Bootstrap
18 23 (2.42%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 196 (20.61%) Robotics
2 101 (10.62%) Product Ownership
3 91 (9.57%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (3.15%) Data Structures
5 26 (2.73%) EPoS
6 23 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 20 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.37%) Social Media
12 12 (1.26%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.16%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.16%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.05%) e-Learning
14 10 (1.05%) FMCG
15 9 (0.95%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 9 (0.95%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.58%) Linux
2 12 (1.26%) Mac OS
3 11 (1.16%) Windows
4 5 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.32%) Android
6 2 (0.21%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (39.64%) Problem-Solving
2 231 (24.29%) Data Privacy
3 226 (23.76%) Machine Learning
4 214 (22.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 202 (21.24%) Agile
6 200 (21.03%) Generative AI
7 196 (20.61%) LLM
7 196 (20.61%) Red Team
8 175 (18.40%) DevOps
9 151 (15.88%) Software Engineering
10 149 (15.67%) Microservices
11 147 (15.46%) Mentoring
12 122 (12.83%) Performance Optimisation
13 121 (12.72%) Analytics
13 121 (12.72%) CI/CD
14 116 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
15 109 (11.46%) Strategic Thinking
16 107 (11.25%) SDLC
16 107 (11.25%) User Experience
17 106 (11.15%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 252 (26.50%) SQL
2 174 (18.30%) JavaScript
3 103 (10.83%) Java
4 97 (10.20%) TypeScript
5 94 (9.88%) Python
6 82 (8.62%) C#
7 21 (2.21%) Scala
8 19 (2.00%) VBA
9 13 (1.37%) R
10 12 (1.26%) PHP
11 9 (0.95%) C-shell
11 9 (0.95%) Korn
11 9 (0.95%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.84%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.74%) Delphi
14 5 (0.53%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.42%) Go
16 3 (0.32%) C++
16 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 338 (35.54%) Degree
2 67 (7.05%) DBS Check
3 29 (3.05%) Security Cleared
4 24 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 18 (1.89%) CISSP
7 16 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.37%) CISM
8 13 (1.37%) PhD
9 12 (1.26%) HNC
10 11 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.16%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.95%) HND
11 9 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.53%) CCNP
14 5 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (11.46%) QA
2 102 (10.73%) Accessibility
3 50 (5.26%) GDPR
4 23 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.47%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.95%) PERC
8 7 (0.74%) PMO
9 6 (0.63%) NIST
9 6 (0.63%) SLA
10 4 (0.42%) GRC
11 3 (0.32%) WCAG
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.21%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 130 (13.67%) Docker
2 24 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) LXC
6 1 (0.11%) Samba
6 1 (0.11%) Varnish
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 105 (11.04%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.63%) Terraform
4 4 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.21%) Puppet
6 1 (0.11%) Avamar
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Istio
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 284 (29.86%) Google
2 244 (25.66%) Databricks
3 236 (24.82%) Adobe
4 150 (15.77%) Microsoft
5 90 (9.46%) Solace
6 40 (4.21%) TikTok
7 26 (2.73%) Facebook
8 22 (2.31%) Oracle
9 20 (2.10%) Apple
10 17 (1.79%) VMware
11 16 (1.68%) Pinterest
12 12 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 11 (1.16%) Instagram
14 10 (1.05%) Cisco
15 9 (0.95%) OneTrust
16 8 (0.84%) Ahrefs
17 7 (0.74%) SAP
18 6 (0.63%) Twitter
19 5 (0.53%) Adyen
20 4 (0.42%) Hotjar