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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 29 51
Rank change year-on-year -31 +22 -12
Permanent jobs citing Retail 967 1,204 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.98% 7.41% 4.73%
As % of the General category 6.53% 10.31% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 567 384 504
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £29,225
25th Percentile £41,025 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,058 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -18.31% +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,388 £73,784 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,250 £92,644 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.16%

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 14,812 11,680 14,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.95% 71.90% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,119 6,362 8,449
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,233 £39,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 17 September 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 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.14%) Apache
2 11 (1.14%) nginx
3 10 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.93%) CMS
5 8 (0.83%) Confluence
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.10%) IIS
7 1 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (5.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.83%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.62%) Civil 3D
5 6 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.31%) Productboard
7 3 (0.31%) Revit
7 3 (0.31%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.21%) InDesign
8 2 (0.21%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.10%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (2.90%) Shopify
2 7 (0.72%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.72%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.41%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) BambooHR
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.10%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 235 (24.30%) SaaS
2 139 (14.37%) AWS
3 116 (12.00%) GCP
4 104 (10.75%) Azure
5 68 (7.03%) Amazon EKS
6 43 (4.45%) Power Platform
7 34 (3.52%) Google Analytics
8 28 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.28%) Google Ads
10 17 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.76%) Google Tag Manager
11 12 (1.24%) dbt
12 10 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.93%) Meta Ads
14 8 (0.83%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.83%) GitHub
15 6 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.90%) Firewall
2 22 (2.28%) WAN
3 20 (2.07%) LAN
4 15 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.55%) VLAN
5 12 (1.24%) DNS
6 10 (1.03%) BGP
6 10 (1.03%) OSPF
6 10 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (0.83%) VPN
8 7 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (0.72%) Network Security
8 7 (0.72%) SMS
9 6 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.62%) DHCP
9 6 (0.62%) MPLS
9 6 (0.62%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.62%) WebEx
9 6 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.83%) Power BI
2 26 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.07%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.96%) Metadata
5 15 (1.55%) Looker
5 15 (1.55%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.45%) BigQuery
7 11 (1.14%) Tableau
8 10 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.83%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.21%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (7.14%) TeamCity
2 16 (1.65%) JIRA
3 12 (1.24%) Git
4 5 (0.52%) JUnit
5 4 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.41%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.10%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.10%) MLflow
7 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 360 (37.23%) Finance
2 328 (33.92%) Social Skills
3 208 (21.51%) Banking
3 208 (21.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 194 (20.06%) Law
5 181 (18.72%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (16.96%) Marketing
7 118 (12.20%) Back Office
8 104 (10.75%) Financial Institution
9 66 (6.83%) Manufacturing
10 56 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (4.76%) Public Sector
12 40 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (3.93%) Legal
14 31 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (3.21%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.90%) Automotive
16 19 (1.96%) Aviation
17 17 (1.76%) French Language
17 17 (1.76%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 107 (11.07%) Analyst
2 101 (10.44%) Senior
3 84 (8.69%) Lead
4 69 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 63 (6.51%) Developer
6 49 (5.07%) Development Manager
7 44 (4.55%) Architect
8 38 (3.93%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.52%) Business Manager
10 29 (3.00%) Data Analyst
10 29 (3.00%) Software Manager
11 27 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
12 26 (2.69%) .NET Developer
12 26 (2.69%) Business Development Manager
12 26 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
13 25 (2.59%) Service Manager
14 24 (2.48%) Project Manager
14 24 (2.48%) Security Analyst
14 24 (2.48%) Service Delivery Manager
15 23 (2.38%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (9.72%) Terraform
2 54 (5.58%) React
3 50 (5.17%) .NET
4 45 (4.65%) Node.js
5 27 (2.79%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.59%) Blazor
7 23 (2.38%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.28%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
9 21 (2.17%) RESTful
10 15 (1.55%) OpenAPI
10 15 (1.55%) Swagger
11 13 (1.34%) React Native
12 12 (1.24%) Middleware
13 10 (1.03%) REST
14 7 (0.72%) Kafka
15 6 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
15 6 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
15 6 (0.62%) Redux
15 6 (0.62%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 108 (11.17%) Cloud Native
2 84 (8.69%) Product Ownership
3 65 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 40 (4.14%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.41%) Blog
7 27 (2.79%) Virtual Team
8 26 (2.69%) FMCG
9 24 (2.48%) Driving Licence
10 22 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.17%) Social Media
12 19 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
13 18 (1.86%) Data Centre
13 18 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.86%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (1.45%) EPoS
16 13 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
17 10 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.27%) Windows
2 32 (3.31%) Linux
3 20 (2.07%) Android
4 16 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (19.03%) Agile
1 184 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 149 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (13.75%) Decision-Making
5 129 (13.34%) Roadmaps
6 120 (12.41%) CI/CD
7 115 (11.89%) AI
8 113 (11.69%) Analytics
8 113 (11.69%) Fintech
8 113 (11.69%) Software Engineering
9 106 (10.96%) E-Commerce
10 98 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
11 96 (9.93%) Business Development
12 92 (9.51%) Microservices
13 91 (9.41%) Mentoring
13 91 (9.41%) Test Automation
14 90 (9.31%) Disruptive Innovation
15 88 (9.10%) Customer Experience
16 84 (8.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.44%) SQL
2 93 (9.62%) Java
3 75 (7.76%) Python
4 38 (3.93%) C#
5 34 (3.52%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.96%) Go
7 13 (1.34%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.83%) Bash
9 8 (0.83%) Clojure
10 4 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.31%) PHP
11 3 (0.31%) R
11 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.10%) C
13 1 (0.10%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.10%) Groovy
13 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (5.48%) Degree
2 51 (5.27%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.96%) CISSP
5 17 (1.76%) CISM
6 15 (1.55%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.34%) ACCA
7 13 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.34%) CISA
7 13 (1.34%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.24%) CIMA
9 11 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.03%) CRISC
11 8 (0.83%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.72%) ISACA
12 7 (0.72%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (2.79%) NIST
3 23 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.28%) GDPR
5 20 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.96%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.55%) GRC
8 14 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.14%) QA
9 11 (1.14%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.03%) COBIT
10 10 (1.03%) TickIT
11 8 (0.83%) SOC 1
12 7 (0.72%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.41%) NCSC
15 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (0.72%) Docker
5 6 (0.62%) Squid
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.31%) vSphere
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 96 (9.93%) Kubernetes
2 78 (8.07%) Grafana
3 14 (1.45%) Ansible
4 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (0.52%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.41%) Nmap
9 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.10%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 181 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.62%) Google
3 42 (4.34%) SAP
4 25 (2.59%) Cisco
4 25 (2.59%) Oracle
5 21 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.17%) VMware
6 18 (1.86%) IFS
7 14 (1.45%) Databricks
8 11 (1.14%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.14%) Veeam
9 9 (0.93%) Adobe
9 9 (0.93%) HubSpot
9 9 (0.93%) Palo Alto
9 9 (0.93%) Thales
9 9 (0.93%) YouTube
10 8 (0.83%) Splunk
10 8 (0.83%) TikTok
10 8 (0.83%) Workday
11 6 (0.62%) Xero