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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 29 50
Rank change year-on-year -29 +21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,048 1,243 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.21% 7.41% 4.85%
As % of the General category 6.87% 10.49% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 601 368 466
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £33,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -19.20% +3.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,313 £88,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.48% -17.00% -9.09%

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 15,254 11,846 13,726
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.28% 70.66% 62.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,199 6,170 7,665
10th Percentile £31,515 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.24%) CMS
3 12 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.05%) Apache
4 11 (1.05%) nginx
5 8 (0.76%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) Office Communications Server
6 3 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 62 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.86%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.67%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.57%) Revit
8 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.38%) InDesign
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.29%) Productboard
10 3 (0.29%) Sketch
11 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
11 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.19%) Simulink
11 2 (0.19%) Trello
12 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 27 (2.58%) Shopify
2 7 (0.67%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.095%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.095%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 246 (23.47%) SaaS
2 154 (14.69%) AWS
3 135 (12.88%) GCP
4 104 (9.92%) Azure
5 76 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
6 52 (4.96%) Power Platform
7 41 (3.91%) Google Analytics
8 29 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.58%) Google Ads
9 27 (2.58%) Google Tag Manager
10 17 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.24%) dbt
12 10 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.95%) Meta Ads
13 9 (0.86%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.86%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.67%) GitHub
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.58%) Firewall
2 22 (2.10%) WAN
3 21 (2.00%) LAN
4 19 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.72%) VLAN
6 15 (1.43%) VPN
7 14 (1.34%) BGP
7 14 (1.34%) DNS
8 11 (1.05%) Network Security
9 10 (0.95%) OSPF
9 10 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (0.76%) DHCP
11 7 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.67%) SMS
11 7 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.57%) MPLS
12 6 (0.57%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.39%) Power BI
2 31 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.10%) Metadata
4 20 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.43%) BigQuery
5 15 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.34%) Tableau
7 13 (1.24%) Looker
8 11 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
16 1 (0.095%) Crystal Reports
16 1 (0.095%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 81 (7.73%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.62%) JIRA
3 13 (1.24%) Git
4 10 (0.95%) JUnit
5 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.095%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.095%) MLflow
8 1 (0.095%) Zephyr
General
1 399 (38.07%) Finance
2 357 (34.06%) Social Skills
3 240 (22.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 237 (22.61%) Banking
5 218 (20.80%) Law
6 201 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
7 173 (16.51%) Marketing
8 130 (12.40%) Back Office
9 117 (11.16%) Financial Institution
10 70 (6.68%) Manufacturing
11 61 (5.82%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (4.68%) Legal
12 49 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
13 47 (4.48%) Public Sector
14 34 (3.24%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.67%) Automotive
15 28 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (2.10%) Advertising
17 20 (1.91%) French Language
18 19 (1.81%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 125 (11.93%) Analyst
2 115 (10.97%) Senior
3 98 (9.35%) Lead
4 72 (6.87%) Software Engineer
5 60 (5.73%) Developer
6 48 (4.58%) Architect
6 48 (4.58%) Development Manager
7 47 (4.48%) Account Executive
8 35 (3.34%) Business Manager
9 31 (2.96%) Team Leader
10 30 (2.86%) Data Analyst
10 30 (2.86%) Software Manager
11 28 (2.67%) Project Manager
11 28 (2.67%) Security Analyst
11 28 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
12 27 (2.58%) Service Manager
13 26 (2.48%) .NET Developer
14 25 (2.39%) Business Development Manager
15 24 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (10.02%) Terraform
2 53 (5.06%) React
3 47 (4.48%) .NET
4 44 (4.20%) Node.js
5 26 (2.48%) .NET Core
5 26 (2.48%) RESTful
6 25 (2.39%) Blazor
7 23 (2.19%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.10%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.00%) ASP.NET Web API
10 17 (1.62%) OpenAPI
10 17 (1.62%) Swagger
11 14 (1.34%) React Native
12 11 (1.05%) Middleware
13 10 (0.95%) Dagger
13 10 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
13 10 (0.95%) RxJava
14 9 (0.86%) XML
15 8 (0.76%) REST
16 6 (0.57%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.45%) Cloud Native
2 89 (8.49%) Product Ownership
3 71 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.63%) Blog
6 37 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 34 (3.24%) Social Media
8 31 (2.96%) FMCG
9 29 (2.77%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (2.58%) Virtual Team
12 22 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.81%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.72%) Data Centre
15 17 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
17 14 (1.34%) EPoS
18 13 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
19 10 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
19 10 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.44%) Windows
2 32 (3.05%) Linux
3 25 (2.39%) Android
4 22 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.095%) AIX
8 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.095%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (18.23%) Agile
3 172 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 170 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 132 (12.60%) Fintech
6 131 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 130 (12.40%) Decision-Making
8 124 (11.83%) E-Commerce
9 122 (11.64%) Roadmaps
10 121 (11.55%) Analytics
11 120 (11.45%) AI
12 117 (11.16%) Software Engineering
13 112 (10.69%) Disruptive Innovation
14 103 (9.83%) Clean Code
15 102 (9.73%) Mentoring
15 102 (9.73%) Microservices
16 100 (9.54%) Customer Experience
17 97 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
18 96 (9.16%) Business Development
19 95 (9.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (10.69%) Java
2 111 (10.59%) SQL
3 79 (7.54%) Python
4 35 (3.34%) C#
5 34 (3.24%) JavaScript
6 29 (2.77%) Go
7 15 (1.43%) Bash
8 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.67%) Clojure
11 6 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) R
14 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.095%) C
15 1 (0.095%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.095%) Groovy
15 1 (0.095%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (5.34%) Degree
2 50 (4.77%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.68%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.72%) CISSP
5 16 (1.53%) CISM
5 16 (1.53%) DBS Check
5 16 (1.53%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.24%) CISA
8 11 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (0.95%) CRISC
10 7 (0.67%) ISACA
10 7 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.67%) SAP Certification
11 6 (0.57%) CCNA
11 6 (0.57%) CREST Certified
11 6 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 29 (2.77%) GDPR
4 28 (2.67%) NIST
5 27 (2.58%) Data Quality
6 26 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.81%) SOC 2
8 18 (1.72%) QA
9 16 (1.53%) GRC
10 13 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.95%) COBIT
11 10 (0.95%) TickIT
12 8 (0.76%) SOC 1
13 7 (0.67%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.38%) NCSC
16 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.67%) Docker
5 6 (0.57%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) vSphere
9 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 112 (10.69%) Kubernetes
2 87 (8.30%) Grafana
3 12 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.05%) Ansible
5 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.48%) HAProxy
6 5 (0.48%) Nmap
6 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.095%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.095%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.095%) Nessus
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 182 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.21%) Google
3 41 (3.91%) SAP
4 25 (2.39%) Cisco
5 24 (2.29%) Oracle
5 24 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.81%) VMware
7 17 (1.62%) IFS
8 15 (1.43%) Databricks
9 13 (1.24%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.15%) Adobe
11 11 (1.05%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.05%) Splunk
11 11 (1.05%) TikTok
11 11 (1.05%) Veeam
12 10 (0.95%) Thales
12 10 (0.95%) YouTube
13 8 (0.76%) Workday
14 7 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.67%) Xero