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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 28 50
Rank change year-on-year -31 +22 -12
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,047 1,248 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 7.40% 4.86%
As % of the General category 6.84% 10.48% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 595 375 483
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,519 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -19.20% +3.74%
75th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £88,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%

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 15,298 11,913 14,126
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 70.62% 62.84%
Number of salaries quoted 9,266 6,228 7,932
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,781 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 17 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.24%) CMS
3 11 (1.05%) Apache
3 11 (1.05%) nginx
3 11 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.76%) Confluence
5 3 (0.29%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) IIS
6 2 (0.19%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 61 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.86%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.67%) Civil 3D
6 7 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.48%) Revit
8 4 (0.38%) InDesign
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.29%) Productboard
9 3 (0.29%) Sketch
10 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.19%) Simulink
10 2 (0.19%) Trello
11 1 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 27 (2.58%) Shopify
2 7 (0.67%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.29%) Magento
5 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.19%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.096%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.096%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.096%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.096%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 244 (23.30%) SaaS
2 157 (15.00%) AWS
3 137 (13.09%) GCP
4 107 (10.22%) Azure
5 79 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
6 51 (4.87%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.82%) Google Analytics
8 30 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.48%) Google Ads
9 26 (2.48%) Google Tag Manager
10 19 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.15%) dbt
12 10 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.96%) Meta Ads
13 9 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.86%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.76%) GitHub
14 8 (0.76%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.67%) Firewall
2 21 (2.01%) LAN
2 21 (2.01%) WAN
3 18 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.62%) VLAN
5 14 (1.34%) DNS
5 14 (1.34%) VPN
6 13 (1.24%) BGP
7 10 (0.96%) Network Security
7 10 (0.96%) OSPF
7 10 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (0.76%) DHCP
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.67%) SMS
9 7 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.57%) MPLS
11 5 (0.48%) 5G
11 5 (0.48%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.30%) Power BI
2 31 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.01%) Metadata
4 20 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 16 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 15 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 14 (1.34%) Tableau
8 13 (1.24%) Looker
9 11 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.76%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.096%) Crystal Reports
15 1 (0.096%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 82 (7.83%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.62%) JIRA
3 13 (1.24%) Git
4 10 (0.96%) JUnit
5 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.096%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.096%) MLflow
8 1 (0.096%) Zephyr
General
1 398 (38.01%) Finance
2 362 (34.57%) Social Skills
3 244 (23.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 240 (22.92%) Banking
5 224 (21.39%) Law
6 199 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
7 171 (16.33%) Marketing
8 131 (12.51%) Back Office
9 118 (11.27%) Financial Institution
10 68 (6.49%) Manufacturing
11 61 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
12 48 (4.58%) Public Sector
13 47 (4.49%) Legal
14 46 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (3.25%) Telecoms
16 28 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (2.58%) Automotive
18 21 (2.01%) Advertising
19 20 (1.91%) French Language
20 19 (1.81%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 125 (11.94%) Analyst
2 116 (11.08%) Senior
3 100 (9.55%) Lead
4 74 (7.07%) Software Engineer
5 64 (6.11%) Developer
6 48 (4.58%) Development Manager
7 47 (4.49%) Architect
8 43 (4.11%) Account Executive
9 35 (3.34%) Business Manager
10 32 (3.06%) Data Analyst
10 32 (3.06%) Team Leader
11 30 (2.87%) Software Manager
12 28 (2.67%) Project Manager
12 28 (2.67%) Security Analyst
12 28 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
13 27 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
13 27 (2.58%) Service Manager
14 26 (2.48%) .NET Developer
15 25 (2.39%) Business Development Manager
16 24 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (10.41%) Terraform
2 53 (5.06%) React
3 48 (4.58%) .NET
4 44 (4.20%) Node.js
5 26 (2.48%) .NET Core
5 26 (2.48%) RESTful
6 25 (2.39%) Blazor
7 23 (2.20%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.10%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.01%) ASP.NET Web API
10 17 (1.62%) OpenAPI
10 17 (1.62%) Swagger
11 14 (1.34%) React Native
12 12 (1.15%) Middleware
13 10 (0.96%) Dagger
13 10 (0.96%) RxJava
14 9 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
14 9 (0.86%) REST
14 9 (0.86%) XML
15 7 (0.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 123 (11.75%) Cloud Native
2 90 (8.60%) Product Ownership
3 70 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 39 (3.72%) Blog
7 32 (3.06%) Social Media
8 28 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.67%) Driving Licence
9 27 (2.58%) FMCG
9 27 (2.58%) Virtual Team
10 22 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.91%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.72%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
15 15 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.34%) EPoS
17 10 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.44%) Windows
2 33 (3.15%) Linux
3 27 (2.58%) Android
4 24 (2.29%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.96%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.096%) AIX
8 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (18.24%) Agile
3 172 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 170 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 137 (13.09%) CI/CD
6 135 (12.89%) Fintech
7 129 (12.32%) Decision-Making
8 125 (11.94%) Roadmaps
9 122 (11.65%) E-Commerce
10 120 (11.46%) Software Engineering
11 119 (11.37%) AI
12 117 (11.17%) Analytics
13 114 (10.89%) Disruptive Innovation
14 107 (10.22%) Mentoring
15 105 (10.03%) Clean Code
16 103 (9.84%) Microservices
17 101 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
18 99 (9.46%) Customer Experience
18 99 (9.46%) Test Automation
19 96 (9.17%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.89%) Java
2 111 (10.60%) SQL
3 82 (7.83%) Python
4 36 (3.44%) C#
5 34 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 31 (2.96%) Go
7 15 (1.43%) Bash
8 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.05%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.76%) Clojure
11 6 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) R
13 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.096%) C
15 1 (0.096%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.096%) Groovy
15 1 (0.096%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (5.25%) Degree
2 52 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.87%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.72%) CISSP
5 16 (1.53%) CISM
5 16 (1.53%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.43%) DBS Check
6 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.24%) CISA
8 11 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (0.96%) CRISC
10 8 (0.76%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.67%) CREST Certified
11 7 (0.67%) ISACA
11 7 (0.67%) OSCP
11 7 (0.67%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.67%) GDPR
3 28 (2.67%) NIST
4 25 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.72%) QA
5 18 (1.72%) SOC 2
6 16 (1.53%) GRC
7 13 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.96%) COBIT
8 10 (0.96%) TickIT
9 8 (0.76%) SOC 1
10 7 (0.67%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.38%) NCSC
13 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.76%) Docker
5 6 (0.57%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) vSphere
9 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 116 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 89 (8.50%) Grafana
3 12 (1.15%) Ansible
3 12 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.48%) HAProxy
5 5 (0.48%) Nmap
6 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.096%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.096%) Nessus
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.096%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 185 (17.67%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.93%) Google
3 41 (3.92%) SAP
4 25 (2.39%) Oracle
5 24 (2.29%) Cisco
6 23 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.91%) VMware
8 18 (1.72%) IFS
9 15 (1.43%) Databricks
10 12 (1.15%) Adobe
10 12 (1.15%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.05%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.05%) Splunk
11 11 (1.05%) TikTok
11 11 (1.05%) Veeam
12 10 (0.96%) YouTube
13 9 (0.86%) Thales
14 8 (0.76%) Workday
15 7 (0.67%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.67%) Xero