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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -33 +14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Retail 878 1,225 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.99% 7.44% 5.03%
As % of the General category 6.69% 10.25% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 544 411 678
10th Percentile £32,800 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £83,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -14.38%

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 13,126 11,954 16,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 72.62% 61.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,455 6,690 11,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,679 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,751
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
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 30 July 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 (1.25%) Apache
1 11 (1.25%) nginx
2 10 (1.14%) CMS
2 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.91%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.34%) Drupal
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.46%) Civil 3D
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Productboard
7 3 (0.34%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.71%) Shopify
2 10 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.68%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.68%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 221 (25.17%) SaaS
2 126 (14.35%) AWS
3 109 (12.41%) Azure
4 86 (9.79%) GCP
5 56 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (5.47%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (1.14%) dbt
10 10 (1.14%) Google Analytics
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.91%) Figma
12 8 (0.91%) GitHub
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.68%) Google Workspace
14 5 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.64%) Firewall
2 16 (1.82%) LAN
3 15 (1.71%) WAN
4 12 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (1.37%) VLAN
5 11 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.14%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.14%) VPN
6 10 (1.14%) WebEx
7 8 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.68%) DNS
9 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.46%) 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 (3.99%) Power BI
2 20 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.28%) MongoDB
2 20 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.71%) Looker
4 14 (1.59%) Metadata
4 14 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.25%) Tableau
6 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.91%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.46%) MySQL
10 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (5.69%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.05%) JIRA
3 5 (0.57%) Git
3 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.46%) JUnit
4 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 321 (36.56%) Finance
2 263 (29.95%) Social Skills
3 173 (19.70%) Banking
4 168 (19.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 165 (18.79%) Law
6 135 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 132 (15.03%) Marketing
8 110 (12.53%) Back Office
9 83 (9.45%) Financial Institution
10 68 (7.74%) Manufacturing
11 50 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (4.44%) Automotive
14 38 (4.33%) Public Sector
15 37 (4.21%) Legal
16 32 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (2.73%) Telecoms
18 20 (2.28%) Aviation
19 16 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.82%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 89 (10.14%) Analyst
2 83 (9.45%) Lead
2 83 (9.45%) Senior
3 69 (7.86%) Developer
4 50 (5.69%) Software Engineer
5 47 (5.35%) Architect
6 45 (5.13%) Development Manager
7 40 (4.56%) Business Manager
8 37 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
9 34 (3.87%) Service Manager
10 33 (3.76%) Service Delivery Manager
11 31 (3.53%) Account Executive
11 31 (3.53%) Consultant
11 31 (3.53%) Data Analyst
12 28 (3.19%) Software Manager
13 26 (2.96%) .NET Developer
14 24 (2.73%) Business Development Manager
14 24 (2.73%) Security Analyst
14 24 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.62%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.15%) React
2 48 (5.47%) .NET
3 44 (5.01%) Node.js
4 26 (2.96%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.85%) Blazor
6 23 (2.62%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.39%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.71%) RESTful
10 12 (1.37%) React Native
10 12 (1.37%) REST
11 10 (1.14%) Middleware
11 10 (1.14%) XMPP
12 9 (1.03%) OpenAPI
12 9 (1.03%) Swagger
13 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.80%) Redux
14 6 (0.68%) Kafka
14 6 (0.68%) Regular Expression
14 6 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.39%) Cloud Native
2 60 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.35%) Onboarding
5 33 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.73%) Blog
6 24 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.73%) Virtual Team
7 22 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.39%) FMCG
9 20 (2.28%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.94%) EPoS
10 17 (1.94%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.82%) Driving Licence
12 15 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.48%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.25%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.58%) Windows
2 38 (4.33%) Linux
3 19 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.94%) Android
5 12 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (21.41%) Agile
2 153 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (15.95%) Roadmaps
5 111 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 105 (11.96%) ERP
7 103 (11.73%) AI
8 102 (11.62%) Decision-Making
9 96 (10.93%) CI/CD
10 90 (10.25%) Business Development
10 90 (10.25%) Fintech
11 86 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
12 85 (9.68%) Analytics
12 85 (9.68%) Customer Experience
12 85 (9.68%) Project Management
13 83 (9.45%) Microservices
14 82 (9.34%) Software Engineering
15 76 (8.66%) Test Automation
16 74 (8.43%) CRM
17 72 (8.20%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 89 (10.14%) SQL
2 67 (7.63%) Java
3 66 (7.52%) Python
4 39 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.21%) C#
6 19 (2.16%) Go
7 16 (1.82%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.14%) Bash
9 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.91%) Clojure
11 5 (0.57%) PHP
11 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) 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 (6.38%) Degree
2 37 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.87%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.62%) CISSP
5 19 (2.16%) CISM
6 15 (1.71%) CISA
6 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.48%) ICAEW
8 12 (1.37%) ACCA
8 12 (1.37%) CIMA
8 12 (1.37%) CRISC
9 11 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.80%) CREST Certified
12 7 (0.80%) ISACA
12 7 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (3.30%) NIST
3 23 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 20 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (2.28%) GDPR
6 19 (2.16%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.71%) GRC
7 15 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.14%) COBIT
8 10 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.14%) TickIT
9 8 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.80%) QA
10 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
11 6 (0.68%) SLA
12 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.46%) NCSC
13 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.80%) vSphere
5 6 (0.68%) Squid
6 5 (0.57%) Docker
7 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (8.43%) Kubernetes
2 73 (8.31%) Terraform
3 66 (7.52%) Grafana
4 22 (2.51%) Ansible
5 10 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.57%) HAProxy
7 5 (0.57%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.46%) Nmap
9 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.35%) SAP
3 33 (3.76%) Oracle
4 31 (3.53%) VMware
5 28 (3.19%) Google
6 22 (2.51%) Cisco
7 18 (2.05%) IFS
8 14 (1.59%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.25%) Databricks
10 11 (1.25%) Veeam
11 10 (1.14%) Splunk
12 8 (0.91%) Workday
13 7 (0.80%) Adobe
13 7 (0.80%) NetApp
14 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.57%) Xero
15 4 (0.46%) Epicor
15 4 (0.46%) Ubiquiti