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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 29 42
Rank change year-on-year -36 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 889 1,230 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.94% 7.46% 5.00%
As % of the General category 6.58% 10.28% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 552 415 624
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -11.56% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,375 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,125 £84,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £44,810 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.16% -10.38% -13.64%

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 13,505 11,960 15,446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.93% 72.58% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,619 6,676 10,477
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,126
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 6 August 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 11 (1.24%) Apache
1 11 (1.24%) CMS
1 11 (1.24%) nginx
2 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.79%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Drupal
6 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.56%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.56%) Civil 3D
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.34%) Productboard
6 3 (0.34%) Sketch
7 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.80%) Shopify
2 9 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle Cash Management
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.79%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.45%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 226 (25.42%) SaaS
2 127 (14.29%) AWS
3 109 (12.26%) Azure
4 89 (10.01%) GCP
5 57 (6.41%) Amazon EKS
6 47 (5.29%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.24%) dbt
10 11 (1.24%) Google Analytics
11 10 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (1.12%) GitHub
12 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.01%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.90%) Figma
14 6 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.67%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.56%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.49%) Firewall
2 15 (1.69%) LAN
2 15 (1.69%) WAN
3 12 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (1.24%) VLAN
5 10 (1.12%) Unified Communications
5 10 (1.12%) WebEx
6 9 (1.01%) VPN
7 8 (0.90%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.67%) DNS
9 5 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.45%) BGP
11 3 (0.34%) 2G
11 3 (0.34%) 3G
11 3 (0.34%) MPLS
11 3 (0.34%) OSPF
11 3 (0.34%) TETRA
11 3 (0.34%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.94%) Power BI
2 20 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.25%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.80%) Looker
4 13 (1.46%) Metadata
4 13 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 10 (1.12%) Tableau
6 9 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.34%) MySQL
11 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 52 (5.85%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.02%) JIRA
3 6 (0.67%) Git
4 5 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.45%) JUnit
5 4 (0.45%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.22%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 329 (37.01%) Finance
2 265 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 175 (19.69%) Banking
4 171 (19.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (18.90%) Law
6 141 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
7 136 (15.30%) Marketing
8 112 (12.60%) Back Office
9 85 (9.56%) Financial Institution
10 70 (7.87%) Manufacturing
11 50 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (4.50%) Public Sector
14 37 (4.16%) Automotive
15 36 (4.05%) Legal
16 31 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (2.92%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.25%) Aviation
19 17 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (1.91%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 95 (10.69%) Analyst
2 86 (9.67%) Senior
3 85 (9.56%) Lead
4 69 (7.76%) Developer
5 53 (5.96%) Software Engineer
6 46 (5.17%) Architect
7 45 (5.06%) Development Manager
8 37 (4.16%) Delivery Manager
9 36 (4.05%) Business Manager
10 34 (3.82%) Account Executive
11 33 (3.71%) Service Delivery Manager
11 33 (3.71%) Service Manager
12 31 (3.49%) Data Analyst
13 30 (3.37%) Consultant
14 29 (3.26%) Software Manager
15 26 (2.92%) .NET Developer
16 24 (2.70%) Designer
16 24 (2.70%) Security Analyst
16 24 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.59%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.30%) React
2 50 (5.62%) .NET
3 46 (5.17%) Node.js
4 27 (3.04%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.81%) Blazor
6 23 (2.59%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.47%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.69%) RESTful
10 13 (1.46%) React Native
11 12 (1.35%) REST
12 10 (1.12%) Middleware
12 10 (1.12%) XMPP
13 9 (1.01%) OpenAPI
13 9 (1.01%) Swagger
14 7 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (0.79%) Redux
15 6 (0.67%) EDI
15 6 (0.67%) Regular Expression
15 6 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.09%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.40%) Management Information System
4 45 (5.06%) Onboarding
5 38 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.70%) Blog
6 24 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (2.25%) FMCG
10 18 (2.02%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.91%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.91%) EPoS
12 16 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.46%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.85%) Windows
2 37 (4.16%) Linux
3 19 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.91%) Android
5 12 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.01%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (21.82%) Agile
2 151 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 145 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (15.75%) Roadmaps
5 114 (12.82%) Decision-Making
5 114 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 106 (11.92%) ERP
7 105 (11.81%) AI
8 100 (11.25%) CI/CD
9 90 (10.12%) Business Development
10 89 (10.01%) Fintech
11 87 (9.79%) Analytics
11 87 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
11 87 (9.79%) Software Engineering
12 85 (9.56%) Microservices
13 83 (9.34%) Customer Experience
14 82 (9.22%) Project Management
15 80 (9.00%) Test Automation
16 76 (8.55%) CRM
16 76 (8.55%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 91 (10.24%) SQL
2 69 (7.76%) Java
3 67 (7.54%) Python
4 39 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 38 (4.27%) C#
6 18 (2.02%) Go
7 16 (1.80%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.01%) Bash
8 9 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.90%) Clojure
10 5 (0.56%) PHP
11 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.22%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) RPG
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (6.30%) Degree
2 40 (4.50%) Security Cleared
3 37 (4.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.59%) CISSP
5 19 (2.14%) CISM
6 15 (1.69%) CISA
6 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.57%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.35%) CRISC
10 11 (1.24%) ACCA
10 11 (1.24%) CIMA
10 11 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.01%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.90%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.90%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.79%) CREST Certified
14 7 (0.79%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.26%) NIST
3 23 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.36%) GDPR
4 21 (2.36%) PCI DSS
5 20 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.80%) GRC
8 15 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.12%) COBIT
9 10 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.12%) TickIT
10 7 (0.79%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.79%) QA
10 7 (0.79%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.56%) SLA
12 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 7 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
3 7 (0.79%) vSphere
4 6 (0.67%) Squid
5 5 (0.56%) Docker
6 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (8.55%) Terraform
2 75 (8.44%) Kubernetes
3 67 (7.54%) Grafana
4 21 (2.36%) Ansible
5 10 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.56%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Nmap
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.22%) Opsgenie
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
1 163 (18.34%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.40%) SAP
3 32 (3.60%) Oracle
4 31 (3.49%) Google
5 30 (3.37%) VMware
6 21 (2.36%) Cisco
7 18 (2.02%) IFS
8 14 (1.57%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.35%) Databricks
11 11 (1.24%) Veeam
12 10 (1.12%) Splunk
13 8 (0.90%) Workday
14 7 (0.79%) NetApp
15 6 (0.67%) Adobe
16 5 (0.56%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.56%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.56%) Xero
17 4 (0.45%) Ubiquiti