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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 29 44
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 -11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 853 1,237 1,763
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.07% 7.63% 5.33%
As % of the General category 6.90% 10.48% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 516 411 971
10th Percentile £32,261 £31,335 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £39,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +10.00% -17.01%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,568 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £54,633 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.41% -5.26% -17.39%

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 12,357 11,804 20,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.02% 72.86% 61.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,105 6,599 14,686
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 5 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 (1.29%) CMS
2 10 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.06%) Confluence
4 8 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.47%) Drupal
6 2 (0.23%) Apache
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.35%) Productboard
6 3 (0.35%) Sketch
7 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.23%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.64%) Shopify
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle Assets
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle Cash Management
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle EBS R12
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.70%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.35%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 227 (26.61%) SaaS
2 145 (17.00%) AWS
3 103 (12.08%) Azure
4 97 (11.37%) GCP
5 70 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
6 50 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.41%) dbt
10 11 (1.29%) Figma
11 9 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (1.06%) GitHub
11 9 (1.06%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.82%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.40%) Firewall
2 15 (1.76%) LAN
3 14 (1.64%) VLAN
3 14 (1.64%) WAN
4 13 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (1.52%) VPN
5 10 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.06%) BGP
6 9 (1.06%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.06%) WebEx
7 8 (0.94%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.35%) 2G
10 3 (0.35%) 4G
10 3 (0.35%) 5G
10 3 (0.35%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.35%) Network Security
10 3 (0.35%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.22%) Power BI
2 28 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (2.23%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 18 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (1.76%) Metadata
6 14 (1.64%) Looker
6 14 (1.64%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.64%) Tableau
7 11 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.59%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.47%) MySQL
14 3 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
16 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 57 (6.68%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.11%) JIRA
3 5 (0.59%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.59%) Git
3 5 (0.59%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.35%) JUnit
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 326 (38.22%) Finance
2 255 (29.89%) Social Skills
3 192 (22.51%) Banking
4 189 (22.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (21.57%) Law
6 136 (15.94%) Marketing
7 128 (15.01%) Back Office
8 103 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
9 102 (11.96%) Financial Institution
10 60 (7.03%) Manufacturing
11 42 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (4.81%) Legal
13 40 (4.69%) Automotive
14 36 (4.22%) Public Sector
15 33 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (2.93%) Telecoms
17 24 (2.81%) Aviation
18 20 (2.34%) Polish Language
19 17 (1.99%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 87 (10.20%) Analyst
2 84 (9.85%) Senior
3 77 (9.03%) Lead
4 66 (7.74%) Developer
5 55 (6.45%) Software Engineer
6 49 (5.74%) Architect
7 40 (4.69%) Business Manager
8 38 (4.45%) Development Manager
9 32 (3.75%) Consultant
10 31 (3.63%) Security Analyst
11 30 (3.52%) Data Analyst
12 27 (3.17%) Systems Manager
13 26 (3.05%) Account Executive
13 26 (3.05%) Designer
14 25 (2.93%) Software Manager
15 22 (2.58%) .NET Developer
15 22 (2.58%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (2.34%) Business Development Manager
16 20 (2.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.51%) React
2 42 (4.92%) .NET
3 37 (4.34%) Node.js
4 22 (2.58%) .NET Core
4 22 (2.58%) Blazor
5 20 (2.34%) ASP.NET
5 20 (2.34%) ASP.NET Core
6 19 (2.23%) ASP.NET Web API
7 15 (1.76%) RESTful
8 13 (1.52%) REST
9 9 (1.06%) React Native
9 9 (1.06%) XMPP
10 8 (0.94%) Kafka
11 7 (0.82%) Middleware
11 7 (0.82%) OpenAPI
11 7 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.82%) Redux
11 7 (0.82%) Swagger
12 6 (0.70%) Regular Expression
13 5 (0.59%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 113 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 54 (6.33%) Onboarding
4 52 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.45%) Blog
6 31 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (2.93%) FMCG
8 25 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
9 24 (2.81%) Security Posture
10 23 (2.70%) EPoS
11 18 (2.11%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.17%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.63%) Windows
2 29 (3.40%) Linux
3 16 (1.88%) Android
4 13 (1.52%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.12%) AIX
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (20.16%) Agile
2 130 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (15.24%) Roadmaps
3 120 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 110 (12.90%) ERP
5 101 (11.84%) Fintech
6 100 (11.72%) CI/CD
7 87 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
8 84 (9.85%) AI
8 84 (9.85%) Test Automation
9 83 (9.73%) Software Engineering
10 80 (9.38%) CRM
10 80 (9.38%) Decision-Making
10 80 (9.38%) Microservices
11 79 (9.26%) Analytics
12 77 (9.03%) Business Development
13 75 (8.79%) Project Management
14 71 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (8.21%) E-Commerce
16 69 (8.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 87 (10.20%) SQL
2 85 (9.96%) Java
3 67 (7.85%) Python
4 40 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 34 (3.99%) C#
6 23 (2.70%) Go
7 18 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.29%) Bash
9 10 (1.17%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.94%) Clojure
11 5 (0.59%) PHP
11 5 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.12%) Groovy
14 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 72 (8.44%) Degree
2 32 (3.75%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.63%) CISSP
4 29 (3.40%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.58%) CISM
6 17 (1.99%) CISA
7 16 (1.88%) ACCA
7 16 (1.88%) CIMA
8 14 (1.64%) CRISC
9 13 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (1.29%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.17%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.17%) OSCP
12 9 (1.06%) ICAEW
12 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.94%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.82%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.63%) NIST
3 29 (3.40%) PCI DSS
4 24 (2.81%) SOC 2
5 22 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (2.34%) GDPR
7 19 (2.23%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 16 (1.88%) GRC
9 10 (1.17%) COBIT
9 10 (1.17%) TickIT
10 9 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.94%) SLA
12 7 (0.82%) SOC 1
13 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.59%) QA
15 4 (0.47%) NCSC
15 4 (0.47%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.82%) Docker
4 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.70%) vSphere
5 5 (0.59%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Squid
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 89 (10.43%) Terraform
2 88 (10.32%) Kubernetes
3 75 (8.79%) Grafana
4 24 (2.81%) Ansible
5 9 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.82%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.59%) Nmap
9 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 142 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.81%) SAP
3 37 (4.34%) Oracle
4 25 (2.93%) Google
4 25 (2.93%) VMware
5 21 (2.46%) Cisco
6 18 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.99%) IFS
8 12 (1.41%) Fortinet
8 12 (1.41%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.29%) Databricks
10 9 (1.06%) Splunk
11 8 (0.94%) Adobe
11 8 (0.94%) Workday
12 6 (0.70%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.70%) NetApp
13 5 (0.59%) Xero
14 4 (0.47%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.47%) Sage
14 4 (0.47%) Ubiquiti
516 hybrid/remote Retail jobs