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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 70 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 -23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Retail 667 728 1,433
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.26% 4.45% 5.65%
As % of the General category 7.16% 6.44% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 361 417 1,062
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £32,140
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -16.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -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 9,321 11,306 15,839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 69.11% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,876 6,393 12,535
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,375 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 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 10 (1.50%) Confluence
2 7 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.75%) SAS
4 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.30%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) IIS
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 62 (9.30%) Chatbot
2 25 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.25%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.20%) AutoCAD
5 7 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.60%) 3ds Max
7 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.65%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.75%) Shopify
5 3 (0.45%) Magento
5 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.45%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 200 (29.99%) SaaS
2 131 (19.64%) AWS
3 87 (13.04%) Azure
4 81 (12.14%) GCP
5 41 (6.15%) Amazon EKS
6 35 (5.25%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (2.55%) GitHub
9 13 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.20%) dbt
11 8 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 7 (1.05%) Serverless
13 6 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.90%) Google Analytics
14 5 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.75%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.75%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.40%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (2.10%) SD-WAN
3 13 (1.95%) Firewall
4 11 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.65%) WAN
5 10 (1.50%) BGP
5 10 (1.50%) Network Security
6 9 (1.35%) LAN
6 9 (1.35%) Wireless
7 7 (1.05%) VPN
8 6 (0.90%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.90%) Internet
8 6 (0.90%) VLAN
9 4 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.60%) HSRP
9 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.60%) VoIP
9 4 (0.60%) VRRP
9 4 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.45%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.50%) Power BI
2 27 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (3.30%) Tableau
4 19 (2.85%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.70%) Data Lake
6 14 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.80%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.35%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.20%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.20%) Metadata
10 8 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.75%) Looker
12 4 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.60%) DataStage
12 4 (0.60%) QlikView
13 3 (0.45%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (5.70%) TeamCity
2 14 (2.10%) JIRA
3 12 (1.80%) Git
4 7 (1.05%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.05%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.60%) ERwin
5 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.30%) JMeter
6 2 (0.30%) Postman
6 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.15%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 234 (35.08%) Social Skills
2 222 (33.28%) Finance
3 149 (22.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 125 (18.74%) Banking
5 110 (16.49%) Law
6 109 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
7 88 (13.19%) Marketing
8 85 (12.74%) Financial Institution
9 84 (12.59%) Back Office
10 37 (5.55%) Legal
10 37 (5.55%) Manufacturing
11 31 (4.65%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.10%) Automotive
14 13 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.80%) Publishing
16 11 (1.65%) Advertising
17 10 (1.50%) Polish Language
18 8 (1.20%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 112 (16.79%) Senior
2 80 (11.99%) Analyst
3 72 (10.79%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.30%) Trainer
5 49 (7.35%) Senior Manager
6 47 (7.05%) Architect
7 42 (6.30%) Senior Account Manager
7 42 (6.30%) Software Engineer
8 39 (5.85%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (5.85%) Sales Manager
8 39 (5.85%) Senior Sales Manager
9 37 (5.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (5.10%) Lead
11 28 (4.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 22 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (3.15%) Data Analyst
14 20 (3.00%) Developer
14 20 (3.00%) Support Analyst
15 19 (2.85%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.70%) React
2 17 (2.55%) .NET
3 16 (2.40%) RESTful
4 14 (2.10%) HTML
5 12 (1.80%) Node.js
6 11 (1.65%) CSS
6 11 (1.65%) REST
7 9 (1.35%) React Native
8 8 (1.20%) JSON
9 7 (1.05%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.05%) EDI
10 6 (0.90%) OpenAPI
10 6 (0.90%) Sass
10 6 (0.90%) Swagger
11 5 (0.75%) Kafka
11 5 (0.75%) Pandas
11 5 (0.75%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.75%) Web Services
12 4 (0.60%) SOAP
12 4 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (14.84%) Onboarding
2 64 (9.60%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.40%) Blog
4 29 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 28 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.15%) Data Centre
6 21 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 20 (3.00%) FMCG
8 19 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (2.55%) EPoS
10 16 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
12 14 (2.10%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.95%) Mobile App
14 12 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.65%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.65%) Insider Threat
16 10 (1.50%) Social Media
17 8 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.70%) Windows
2 17 (2.55%) Linux
3 7 (1.05%) Android
3 7 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.45%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (28.34%) Customer Service
2 119 (17.84%) AI
3 102 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 95 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 83 (12.44%) CRM
7 82 (12.29%) Mentoring
8 77 (11.54%) B2B
8 77 (11.54%) CI/CD
9 75 (11.24%) ERP
10 69 (10.34%) E-Commerce
11 67 (10.04%) Logistics
12 65 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 64 (9.60%) Agile
14 62 (9.30%) Conversational UI
14 62 (9.30%) Software Engineering
15 54 (8.10%) Data Privacy
16 53 (7.95%) Fintech
17 51 (7.65%) DevOps
18 49 (7.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 100 (14.99%) SQL
2 75 (11.24%) Java
3 47 (7.05%) Python
4 46 (6.90%) C#
5 19 (2.85%) Go
6 18 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.20%) Bash
9 6 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.90%) R
10 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.75%) VBA
11 4 (0.60%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.45%) C
12 3 (0.45%) C++
13 2 (0.30%) Scala
14 1 (0.15%) Groovy
14 1 (0.15%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 125 (18.74%) Degree
2 21 (3.15%) CISSP
2 21 (3.15%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.00%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.25%) CREST Certified
5 15 (2.25%) OSCP
6 13 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.35%) ACCA
9 9 (1.35%) CIMA
9 9 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.20%) CCNA
10 8 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.20%) MCSE
11 7 (1.05%) GPEN
11 7 (1.05%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.05%) QA
2 34 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (3.90%) PCI DSS
4 24 (3.60%) SOC 2
5 21 (3.15%) GDPR
6 17 (2.55%) SLA
7 15 (2.25%) NIST
8 12 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.50%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.50%) GRC
9 10 (1.50%) PMO
10 4 (0.60%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.45%) PSD2
12 2 (0.30%) PERC
12 2 (0.30%) WCAG
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.65%) Docker
2 11 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (10.04%) Terraform
2 65 (9.75%) Kubernetes
3 36 (5.40%) Grafana
4 7 (1.05%) Nmap
5 6 (0.90%) Ansible
6 4 (0.60%) Autotask
6 4 (0.60%) Cilium
7 3 (0.45%) SCCM
8 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.30%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 75 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.30%) PayPal
3 46 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.45%) Cisco
4 23 (3.45%) HubSpot
5 21 (3.15%) Adobe
5 21 (3.15%) Databricks
5 21 (3.15%) Google
6 20 (3.00%) SAP
7 15 (2.25%) Oracle
8 13 (1.95%) VMware
9 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.60%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.60%) Avaya
10 4 (0.60%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.60%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (0.60%) IBM
10 4 (0.60%) Informatica
10 4 (0.60%) Talend
10 4 (0.60%) Zoho