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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 70 53
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -20
Permanent jobs citing Retail 623 727 1,157
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.11% 4.42% 5.36%
As % of the General category 6.82% 6.43% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 369 415 869
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,643
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.09% -7.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,600 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,557
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.65% -21.99%

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 9,130 11,314 13,464
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.28% 68.86% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,790 6,389 10,479
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,453 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.07%

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 14 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 12 (1.93%) Confluence
2 8 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.80%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (9.95%) Chatbot
2 25 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.61%) AutoCAD
6 7 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.64%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.64%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.44%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.96%) Shopify
6 3 (0.48%) Magento
6 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 175 (28.09%) SaaS
2 102 (16.37%) AWS
3 88 (14.13%) Azure
4 57 (9.15%) GCP
5 35 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 25 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.37%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (2.73%) GitHub
9 12 (1.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.28%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.28%) Serverless
11 8 (1.28%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.80%) dbt
12 5 (0.80%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.80%) Google Data Studio
12 5 (0.80%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.64%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.94%) Remote Desktop
2 16 (2.57%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.61%) Firewall
4 10 (1.61%) LAN
4 10 (1.61%) WAN
5 9 (1.44%) Wireless
6 8 (1.28%) Network Security
7 7 (1.12%) BGP
8 6 (0.96%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.96%) HSRP
8 6 (0.96%) Internet
8 6 (0.96%) VoIP
8 6 (0.96%) VRRP
9 4 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.48%) DHCP
10 3 (0.48%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.82%) Power BI
2 28 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.21%) Tableau
5 19 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.44%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.44%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.28%) Data Vault
10 7 (1.12%) Metadata
11 6 (0.96%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.80%) Looker
13 4 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.64%) DataStage
13 4 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.64%) QlikView
13 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (3.53%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.41%) JIRA
3 13 (2.09%) Git
4 7 (1.12%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.12%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.64%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.64%) ERwin
5 4 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 223 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 192 (30.82%) Finance
3 108 (17.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 106 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (13.64%) Marketing
6 84 (13.48%) Banking
7 70 (11.24%) Law
8 58 (9.31%) Financial Institution
9 56 (8.99%) Back Office
10 39 (6.26%) Manufacturing
11 35 (5.62%) Legal
12 29 (4.65%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (2.25%) Automotive
14 14 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.77%) Advertising
15 11 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.61%) Publishing
17 9 (1.44%) Games
18 7 (1.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 107 (17.17%) Senior
2 75 (12.04%) Analyst
3 72 (11.56%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.95%) Trainer
5 49 (7.87%) Senior Manager
6 46 (7.38%) Architect
7 42 (6.74%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (6.26%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (6.26%) Sales Manager
8 39 (6.26%) Senior Sales Manager
9 38 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support
10 29 (4.65%) Lead
11 28 (4.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 28 (4.49%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.53%) Developer
12 22 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.05%) Data Analyst
13 19 (3.05%) Support Analyst
14 18 (2.89%) Data Manager
14 18 (2.89%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.21%) .NET
1 20 (3.21%) React
2 17 (2.73%) HTML
3 15 (2.41%) Node.js
4 14 (2.25%) RESTful
5 13 (2.09%) CSS
6 11 (1.77%) React Native
7 10 (1.61%) REST
8 9 (1.44%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.44%) JSON
9 8 (1.28%) EDI
10 7 (1.12%) Web Services
11 5 (0.80%) OpenAPI
11 5 (0.80%) Pandas
11 5 (0.80%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.80%) Swagger
11 5 (0.80%) XML
12 4 (0.64%) Blazor
12 4 (0.64%) GraphQL
12 4 (0.64%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 96 (15.41%) Onboarding
2 41 (6.58%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.01%) Security Posture
4 20 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.21%) FMCG
5 19 (3.05%) Blog
6 18 (2.89%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.57%) EPoS
8 16 (2.57%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.41%) Driving Licence
9 15 (2.41%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.77%) Insider Threat
12 10 (1.61%) Social Media
13 9 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.73%) Windows
2 11 (1.77%) Linux
3 6 (0.96%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.80%) Android
4 5 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.32%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (29.21%) Customer Service
2 118 (18.94%) AI
3 96 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 83 (13.32%) CRM
7 79 (12.68%) Mentoring
8 76 (12.20%) ERP
9 73 (11.72%) B2B
10 69 (11.08%) Logistics
11 66 (10.59%) Agile
11 66 (10.59%) E-Commerce
11 66 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (9.95%) Conversational UI
13 58 (9.31%) CI/CD
13 58 (9.31%) Data Privacy
14 48 (7.70%) Root Cause Analysis
15 47 (7.54%) Analytics
16 46 (7.38%) DevOps
17 45 (7.22%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 98 (15.73%) SQL
2 49 (7.87%) C#
3 47 (7.54%) Java
4 40 (6.42%) Python
5 17 (2.73%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.09%) Go
7 8 (1.28%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.12%) R
9 6 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.80%) Bash
10 5 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.80%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.80%) VBA
11 4 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 121 (19.42%) Degree
2 21 (3.37%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.21%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.89%) CISSP
5 16 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.09%) CREST Certified
7 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.09%) OSCP
8 11 (1.77%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.77%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.28%) ACCA
10 8 (1.28%) CCNA
10 8 (1.28%) CIMA
10 8 (1.28%) MCSE
11 7 (1.12%) GIAC
11 7 (1.12%) GPEN
11 7 (1.12%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.70%) QA
2 29 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.21%) GDPR
4 19 (3.05%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.57%) SLA
5 16 (2.57%) SOC 2
6 13 (2.09%) NIST
7 11 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.61%) PMO
9 8 (1.28%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.28%) GRC
10 4 (0.64%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.48%) WCAG
12 2 (0.32%) PERC
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.61%) Docker
2 10 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.64%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.16%) HDFS
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (6.58%) Kubernetes
1 41 (6.58%) Terraform
2 18 (2.89%) Grafana
3 7 (1.12%) Nmap
4 4 (0.64%) Autotask
4 4 (0.64%) Cilium
5 3 (0.48%) Ansible
6 2 (0.32%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 79 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.95%) PayPal
3 43 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 24 (3.85%) Cisco
5 22 (3.53%) Databricks
5 22 (3.53%) Google
5 22 (3.53%) HubSpot
6 21 (3.37%) Adobe
7 20 (3.21%) SAP
8 15 (2.41%) Oracle
9 10 (1.61%) VMware
10 6 (0.96%) Avaya
10 6 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (0.64%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.64%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.64%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.64%) IBM
11 4 (0.64%) Informatica
11 4 (0.64%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.64%) Talend