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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 29 50
Rank change year-on-year -29 +21 -11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 948 1,202 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.95% 7.43% 4.78%
As % of the General category 6.52% 10.33% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 562 381 511
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £76,649 £73,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -10.71%

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 14,529 11,640 14,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.61% 71.91% 62.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,982 6,326 8,483
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £83,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 15 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 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.16%) Apache
2 11 (1.16%) nginx
3 9 (0.95%) CMS
3 9 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.84%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 48 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.84%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.63%) Civil 3D
6 5 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.32%) Productboard
7 3 (0.32%) Revit
7 3 (0.32%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.21%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 28 (2.95%) Shopify
2 7 (0.74%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.74%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.42%) Academy Housing
4 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.32%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 227 (23.95%) SaaS
2 135 (14.24%) AWS
3 112 (11.81%) GCP
4 101 (10.65%) Azure
5 65 (6.86%) Amazon EKS
6 40 (4.22%) Power Platform
7 33 (3.48%) Google Analytics
8 28 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.22%) Google Ads
10 17 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.79%) Google Tag Manager
11 12 (1.27%) dbt
12 9 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (0.95%) Meta Ads
13 8 (0.84%) GitHub
14 7 (0.74%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.63%) Figma
15 6 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.06%) Firewall
2 22 (2.32%) WAN
3 20 (2.11%) LAN
4 16 (1.69%) VLAN
5 15 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.16%) DNS
7 10 (1.05%) BGP
7 10 (1.05%) OSPF
7 10 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (0.74%) SMS
8 7 (0.74%) Unified Communications
8 7 (0.74%) VPN
8 7 (0.74%) WebEx
9 6 (0.63%) MPLS
9 6 (0.63%) Network Security
10 5 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.69%) Power BI
2 26 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.11%) MongoDB
4 19 (2.00%) Metadata
5 15 (1.58%) Looker
6 14 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 14 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.05%) Tableau
8 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.84%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 2 (0.21%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 66 (6.96%) TeamCity
2 15 (1.58%) JIRA
3 12 (1.27%) Git
4 5 (0.53%) JUnit
5 4 (0.42%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.42%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 351 (37.03%) Finance
2 319 (33.65%) Social Skills
3 203 (21.41%) Banking
4 202 (21.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 187 (19.73%) Law
6 177 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
7 160 (16.88%) Marketing
8 114 (12.03%) Back Office
9 100 (10.55%) Financial Institution
10 64 (6.75%) Manufacturing
11 56 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (4.64%) Public Sector
13 39 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (4.01%) Legal
15 31 (3.27%) Telecoms
16 29 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (2.95%) Automotive
18 20 (2.11%) Aviation
19 17 (1.79%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.69%) French Language
Job Titles
1 105 (11.08%) Analyst
2 97 (10.23%) Senior
3 82 (8.65%) Lead
4 67 (7.07%) Software Engineer
5 63 (6.65%) Developer
6 48 (5.06%) Development Manager
7 43 (4.54%) Architect
8 37 (3.90%) Account Executive
9 34 (3.59%) Business Manager
10 29 (3.06%) Data Analyst
10 29 (3.06%) Software Manager
11 27 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
12 26 (2.74%) .NET Developer
12 26 (2.74%) Business Development Manager
13 25 (2.64%) Service Manager
13 25 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (2.53%) Service Delivery Manager
15 23 (2.43%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.43%) Security Analyst
16 22 (2.32%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (9.70%) Terraform
2 53 (5.59%) React
3 50 (5.27%) .NET
4 45 (4.75%) Node.js
5 27 (2.85%) .NET Core
6 25 (2.64%) Blazor
7 23 (2.43%) ASP.NET
8 22 (2.32%) ASP.NET Core
9 21 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (2.00%) RESTful
11 14 (1.48%) OpenAPI
11 14 (1.48%) Swagger
12 13 (1.37%) React Native
13 11 (1.16%) Middleware
14 9 (0.95%) REST
15 7 (0.74%) XMPP
16 6 (0.63%) EDI
16 6 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.63%) Regular Expression
16 6 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 106 (11.18%) Cloud Native
2 81 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 62 (6.54%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (4.64%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.01%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.48%) Blog
7 27 (2.85%) Virtual Team
8 26 (2.74%) FMCG
9 23 (2.43%) Driving Licence
10 22 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
12 20 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
12 20 (2.11%) Social Media
13 18 (1.90%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.79%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.48%) EPoS
17 13 (1.37%) Marketing Technology
18 10 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.27%) Windows
2 32 (3.38%) Linux
3 20 (2.11%) Android
4 17 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.05%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (19.51%) Agile
2 177 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (15.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 130 (13.71%) Decision-Making
6 128 (13.50%) Roadmaps
7 116 (12.24%) CI/CD
8 111 (11.71%) AI
9 110 (11.60%) Analytics
9 110 (11.60%) Fintech
10 109 (11.50%) Software Engineering
11 103 (10.86%) E-Commerce
12 97 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
13 94 (9.92%) Business Development
14 89 (9.39%) Mentoring
14 89 (9.39%) Test Automation
15 88 (9.28%) Microservices
16 86 (9.07%) Disruptive Innovation
17 84 (8.86%) Customer Experience
18 82 (8.65%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.44%) SQL
2 89 (9.39%) Java
3 75 (7.91%) Python
4 38 (4.01%) C#
5 34 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.90%) Go
7 13 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.84%) Clojure
10 7 (0.74%) Bash
11 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.32%) R
12 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.21%) PHP
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.11%) Groovy
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (5.38%) Degree
2 49 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.00%) CISSP
5 17 (1.79%) CISM
6 15 (1.58%) ICAEW
6 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.37%) ACCA
7 13 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.37%) CISA
7 13 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.27%) CIMA
9 11 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.05%) CRISC
11 8 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.74%) ISACA
12 7 (0.74%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.63%) CCNA
13 6 (0.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (2.85%) NIST
3 22 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.22%) GDPR
5 20 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.90%) PCI DSS
7 14 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.48%) GRC
8 11 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.05%) COBIT
9 10 (1.05%) TickIT
10 8 (0.84%) QA
10 8 (0.84%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.74%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.42%) NCSC
14 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.63%) Docker
4 6 (0.63%) Squid
5 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.42%) vSphere
6 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 91 (9.60%) Kubernetes
2 76 (8.02%) Grafana
3 15 (1.58%) Ansible
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.53%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.42%) Nmap
8 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.11%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 178 (18.78%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.54%) Google
3 40 (4.22%) SAP
4 26 (2.74%) Cisco
4 26 (2.74%) Oracle
5 22 (2.32%) VMware
6 19 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.90%) IFS
8 14 (1.48%) Databricks
9 12 (1.27%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.16%) Veeam
11 10 (1.05%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.95%) Thales
12 9 (0.95%) YouTube
13 8 (0.84%) HubSpot
13 8 (0.84%) Splunk
13 8 (0.84%) TikTok
13 8 (0.84%) Workday
14 7 (0.74%) Adobe
15 6 (0.63%) Xero