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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 58 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 -16
Permanent jobs citing Retail 765 687 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 5.05% 5.04%
As % of the General category 7.55% 6.96% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 443 463 1,002
10th Percentile £28,600 £30,000 £26,410
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £39,747
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.82% -22.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £99,250 £83,750 £86,125
UK median annual salary £54,633 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.12% +12.63% -20.83%

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 10,136 9,866 20,113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.69% 72.52% 61.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,749 6,508 15,127
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 3 May 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 9 (1.18%) CMS
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.65%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.52%) Drupal
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.39%) 3ds Max
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.13%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.13%) Productboard
7 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.83%) Shopify
3 12 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.39%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.39%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (29.67%) SaaS
2 134 (17.52%) AWS
3 86 (11.24%) GCP
4 67 (8.76%) Azure
5 61 (7.97%) Amazon EKS
6 38 (4.97%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.31%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub
10 9 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.92%) dbt
12 7 (0.92%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.92%) Figma
13 6 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.14%) Firewall
2 17 (2.22%) WAN
3 14 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (1.83%) VLAN
4 12 (1.57%) LAN
5 11 (1.44%) VPN
6 10 (1.31%) BGP
7 9 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.05%) Unified Communications
8 8 (1.05%) WebEx
9 7 (0.92%) Network Security
9 7 (0.92%) Wireless
10 6 (0.78%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.39%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.39%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.39%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.79%) Power BI
2 23 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.61%) Tableau
4 13 (1.70%) Metadata
5 11 (1.44%) Looker
5 11 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.78%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.65%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.52%) MySQL
10 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (6.27%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.52%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.52%) Git
3 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.52%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 292 (38.17%) Finance
2 256 (33.46%) Social Skills
3 187 (24.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 183 (23.92%) Banking
5 180 (23.53%) Law
6 142 (18.56%) Marketing
7 123 (16.08%) Back Office
8 104 (13.59%) Financial Institution
9 82 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
10 53 (6.93%) Manufacturing
11 47 (6.14%) Legal
12 41 (5.36%) Public Sector
13 37 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (3.79%) Automotive
16 25 (3.27%) Telecoms
17 23 (3.01%) Aviation
18 19 (2.48%) General Ledger
19 16 (2.09%) Polish Language
20 15 (1.96%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 94 (12.29%) Senior
2 88 (11.50%) Analyst
3 65 (8.50%) Lead
4 49 (6.41%) Software Engineer
5 47 (6.14%) Account Manager
6 37 (4.84%) Architect
7 36 (4.71%) Developer
8 33 (4.31%) Security Analyst
9 30 (3.92%) Consultant
10 28 (3.66%) Data Analyst
11 26 (3.40%) Systems Manager
12 23 (3.01%) Business Manager
12 23 (3.01%) Designer
13 20 (2.61%) ERP Manager
13 20 (2.61%) Senior Manager
14 19 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 19 (2.48%) Data Manager
14 19 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
14 19 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.48%) .NET
2 14 (1.83%) React
2 14 (1.83%) RESTful
3 11 (1.44%) REST
4 8 (1.05%) XMPP
5 7 (0.92%) EDI
5 7 (0.92%) Kafka
5 7 (0.92%) Node.js
5 7 (0.92%) Sass
6 6 (0.78%) HTML
6 6 (0.78%) OpenAPI
6 6 (0.78%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.78%) Swagger
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.65%) Redux
8 4 (0.52%) CSS
8 4 (0.52%) JSON
8 4 (0.52%) Middleware
8 4 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.39%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.20%) Cloud Native
2 76 (9.93%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.36%) Blog
4 39 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 39 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.05%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
8 21 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (2.75%) FMCG
9 19 (2.48%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 19 (2.48%) EPoS
9 19 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.09%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
12 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.31%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.14%) Windows
2 22 (2.88%) Linux
3 15 (1.96%) Android
3 15 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.39%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.39%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (14.12%) Agile
1 108 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
2 104 (13.59%) Roadmaps
3 91 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (11.76%) ERP
5 89 (11.63%) Fintech
6 86 (11.24%) CRM
7 81 (10.59%) CI/CD
8 80 (10.46%) Customer Service
9 78 (10.20%) Project Management
10 74 (9.67%) Test Automation
11 70 (9.15%) AI
12 69 (9.02%) B2B
13 68 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
14 67 (8.76%) Mentoring
14 67 (8.76%) Software Engineering
15 64 (8.37%) Analytics
15 64 (8.37%) Customer Experience
16 60 (7.84%) Business Development
16 60 (7.84%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.37%) Java
2 71 (9.28%) SQL
3 61 (7.97%) Python
4 29 (3.79%) Go
5 19 (2.48%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.96%) C#
7 13 (1.70%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.57%) Bash
9 10 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.78%) Clojure
10 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.78%) R
11 5 (0.65%) PHP
11 5 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) C
12 3 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
14 1 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.13%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 85 (11.11%) Degree
2 28 (3.66%) CISSP
3 22 (2.88%) ACCA
3 22 (2.88%) CIMA
3 22 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.48%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (1.83%) CISM
6 14 (1.83%) CREST Certified
6 14 (1.83%) OSCP
7 13 (1.70%) CISA
7 13 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.18%) CRISC
8 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.78%) CCNA
10 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.65%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (3.53%) NIST
2 27 (3.53%) PCI DSS
3 24 (3.14%) SOC 2
4 16 (2.09%) GDPR
5 15 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.96%) GRC
6 14 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (1.57%) SLA
8 11 (1.44%) QA
9 10 (1.31%) TickIT
10 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.39%) COBIT
11 3 (0.39%) PSD2
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 15 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.78%) vSphere
4 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 83 (10.85%) Kubernetes
1 83 (10.85%) Terraform
2 64 (8.37%) Grafana
3 22 (2.88%) Ansible
4 8 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.92%) Proxmox
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.52%) Nmap
7 3 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.26%) Autotask
8 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.13%) Cilium
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 112 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.18%) Oracle
3 29 (3.79%) Salesforce
4 27 (3.53%) Cisco
5 23 (3.01%) Google
5 23 (3.01%) SAP
6 22 (2.88%) VMware
7 9 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.18%) HubSpot
7 9 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.05%) Splunk
9 7 (0.92%) Adobe
10 6 (0.78%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.78%) IFS
11 5 (0.65%) NetApp
11 5 (0.65%) Xero
12 4 (0.52%) Databricks
12 4 (0.52%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.52%) Workday
13 3 (0.39%) Sage