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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 65 53
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -17
Permanent jobs citing Retail 639 781 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.23% 4.62% 5.39%
As % of the General category 6.91% 6.78% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 383 461 831
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,750 £43,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £99,500 - £97,163
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -18.27%

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 9,250 11,526 13,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.22% 68.16% 63.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,856 6,578 10,101
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.39%

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 2 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 13 (2.03%) Confluence
2 8 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.78%) SAS
4 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.31%) IIS
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (9.70%) Chatbot
2 29 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.66%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.56%) AutoCAD
6 9 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.78%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.63%) 3ds Max
11 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.88%) Shopify
2 10 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (1.25%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.63%) Magento
6 3 (0.47%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.47%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 178 (27.86%) SaaS
2 100 (15.65%) AWS
3 97 (15.18%) Azure
4 55 (8.61%) GCP
5 47 (7.36%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (2.97%) GitHub
10 12 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (1.72%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.56%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.25%) Serverless
13 8 (1.25%) Snowflake
14 5 (0.78%) dbt
14 5 (0.78%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.78%) Google Data Studio
14 5 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.10%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (2.50%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.56%) LAN
4 10 (1.56%) WAN
5 9 (1.41%) Wireless
6 7 (1.10%) Firewall
6 7 (1.10%) Network Security
7 6 (0.94%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.94%) HSRP
7 6 (0.94%) Internet
7 6 (0.94%) VoIP
7 6 (0.94%) VRRP
8 5 (0.78%) BGP
9 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.47%) DHCP
10 3 (0.47%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.47%) VLAN
10 3 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.63%) Power BI
2 27 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.13%) Tableau
5 19 (2.97%) Data Lake
6 14 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.56%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.41%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.25%) Data Vault
11 7 (1.10%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.94%) Metadata
13 5 (0.78%) Looker
13 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.63%) DataStage
14 4 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.63%) QlikView
15 3 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.47%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (3.44%) TeamCity
2 16 (2.50%) JIRA
3 13 (2.03%) Git
4 6 (0.94%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.94%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.63%) ERwin
6 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.47%) JMeter
7 3 (0.47%) Postman
7 3 (0.47%) Selenium
7 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.31%) GitLab
9 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
9 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 223 (34.90%) Social Skills
2 205 (32.08%) Finance
3 116 (18.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (15.81%) Marketing
6 79 (12.36%) Banking
7 68 (10.64%) Law
8 56 (8.76%) Back Office
8 56 (8.76%) Financial Institution
9 45 (7.04%) Manufacturing
10 34 (5.32%) Legal
11 29 (4.54%) Public Sector
12 24 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.35%) Automotive
15 12 (1.88%) Advertising
16 10 (1.56%) Games
17 9 (1.41%) General Ledger
17 9 (1.41%) Publishing
17 9 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 109 (17.06%) Senior
2 77 (12.05%) Analyst
3 69 (10.80%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.70%) Trainer
5 50 (7.82%) Senior Manager
6 47 (7.36%) Architect
7 42 (6.57%) Senior Account Manager
8 40 (6.26%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (6.10%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (6.10%) Sales Manager
9 39 (6.10%) Senior Sales Manager
10 29 (4.54%) Lead
11 28 (4.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 27 (4.23%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.91%) Developer
13 25 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (3.13%) Data Analyst
15 19 (2.97%) Support Analyst
16 18 (2.82%) ERP Support
17 17 (2.66%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.60%) React
2 21 (3.29%) .NET
3 19 (2.97%) HTML
4 16 (2.50%) Node.js
5 14 (2.19%) CSS
5 14 (2.19%) RESTful
6 12 (1.88%) React Native
7 11 (1.72%) REST
7 11 (1.72%) Web Services
8 10 (1.56%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.56%) EDI
8 10 (1.56%) JSON
9 7 (1.10%) Pandas
10 6 (0.94%) XML
11 5 (0.78%) Blazor
11 5 (0.78%) OpenAPI
11 5 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (0.78%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.78%) Swagger
12 4 (0.63%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 98 (15.34%) Onboarding
2 39 (6.10%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.13%) FMCG
4 20 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 18 (2.82%) Blog
6 17 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 17 (2.66%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.66%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
8 14 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.88%) EPoS
10 10 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.56%) Insider Threat
10 10 (1.56%) Social Media
11 9 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.50%) Windows
2 11 (1.72%) Linux
3 6 (0.94%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.78%) Android
4 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (28.64%) Customer Service
2 120 (18.78%) AI
3 101 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (14.40%) ERP
6 88 (13.77%) CRM
7 86 (13.46%) Mentoring
8 83 (12.99%) Roadmaps
9 77 (12.05%) E-Commerce
9 77 (12.05%) Logistics
10 75 (11.74%) Agile
11 74 (11.58%) B2B
12 72 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 64 (10.02%) Data Privacy
14 62 (9.70%) Conversational UI
15 60 (9.39%) CI/CD
16 54 (8.45%) Project Management
17 53 (8.29%) Analytics
18 52 (8.14%) DevOps
19 50 (7.82%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 104 (16.28%) SQL
2 53 (8.29%) C#
3 45 (7.04%) Java
4 44 (6.89%) Python
5 18 (2.82%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.03%) Go
7 9 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.25%) R
9 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.78%) Bash
10 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.78%) VBA
11 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.47%) C
12 3 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.31%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 123 (19.25%) Degree
2 20 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.35%) CISSP
6 13 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.03%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (1.88%) CREST Certified
7 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.88%) OSCP
8 11 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.10%) ACCA
9 7 (1.10%) CCNA
9 7 (1.10%) CIMA
9 7 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.10%) MCSE
10 6 (0.94%) GIAC
10 6 (0.94%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.45%) QA
2 27 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.13%) GDPR
4 17 (2.66%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.50%) SLA
6 15 (2.35%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.56%) NIST
8 10 (1.56%) PMO
9 8 (1.25%) GRC
10 7 (1.10%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.47%) WCAG
13 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.31%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.56%) Docker
3 7 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.10%) Kubernetes
1 39 (6.10%) Terraform
2 17 (2.66%) Grafana
3 6 (0.94%) Nmap
4 4 (0.63%) Autotask
4 4 (0.63%) Cilium
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 94 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.70%) PayPal
3 41 (6.42%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.76%) Google
5 23 (3.60%) Adobe
5 23 (3.60%) HubSpot
6 22 (3.44%) Databricks
6 22 (3.44%) SAP
7 21 (3.29%) Cisco
8 17 (2.66%) Oracle
9 7 (1.10%) VMware
10 6 (0.94%) Avaya
10 6 (0.94%) Extreme Networks
11 5 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.78%) Ariba
12 4 (0.63%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.63%) IBM
12 4 (0.63%) Informatica
12 4 (0.63%) Talend
12 4 (0.63%) Zoho
372 hybrid/remote Retail jobs