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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 58 54
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -19
Permanent jobs citing Retail 750 647 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.31% 4.95% 4.94%
As % of the General category 7.61% 6.91% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 406 443 1,033
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,300 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +11.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £51,529 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +15.79% -20.83%

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 9,854 9,365 19,514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.63% 71.71% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,562 6,442 15,126
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,211 £43,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +7.51% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 12 April 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 10 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.20%) CMS
3 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.67%) Confluence
4 5 (0.67%) SAS
5 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.53%) Drupal
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.40%) 3ds Max
5 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (1.87%) Shopify
3 12 (1.60%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.40%) Magento
7 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.27%) BambooHR
9 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.93%) SaaS
2 163 (21.73%) AWS
3 104 (13.87%) GCP
4 79 (10.53%) Azure
5 70 (9.33%) Amazon EKS
6 36 (4.80%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.73%) GitHub
10 12 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (1.47%) Google Analytics
12 9 (1.20%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.80%) dbt
15 6 (0.80%) Route 53
15 6 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.33%) Firewall
2 16 (2.13%) WAN
3 14 (1.87%) VLAN
4 13 (1.73%) VPN
5 12 (1.60%) BGP
5 12 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.47%) LAN
7 10 (1.33%) Network Security
7 10 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (1.20%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.07%) Wireless
10 7 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.80%) Cisco Wireless
11 6 (0.80%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.80%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.80%) WebEx
12 4 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.40%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.40%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.60%) Power BI
2 22 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (2.27%) Tableau
4 14 (1.87%) Metadata
5 13 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.47%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.33%) Looker
8 9 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.53%) MySQL
11 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.40%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 58 (7.73%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.20%) JIRA
3 7 (0.93%) Burp Suite
3 7 (0.93%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.67%) Git
5 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.27%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.13%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) JUnit
7 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 315 (42.00%) Finance
2 272 (36.27%) Social Skills
3 206 (27.47%) Banking
3 206 (27.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 197 (26.27%) Law
5 139 (18.53%) Back Office
6 138 (18.40%) Marketing
7 125 (16.67%) Financial Institution
8 91 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (7.07%) Manufacturing
10 49 (6.53%) Legal
11 43 (5.73%) Public Sector
12 38 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (4.67%) Automotive
14 32 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (3.07%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.53%) General Ledger
17 17 (2.27%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.87%) Italian Language
19 13 (1.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (13.60%) Senior
2 85 (11.33%) Analyst
3 60 (8.00%) Lead
4 56 (7.47%) Software Engineer
5 47 (6.27%) Account Manager
6 43 (5.73%) Architect
7 33 (4.40%) Consultant
7 33 (4.40%) Data Analyst
8 30 (4.00%) Developer
9 28 (3.73%) Systems Manager
10 23 (3.07%) Business Manager
10 23 (3.07%) Security Analyst
11 22 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (2.67%) Data Manager
12 20 (2.67%) Enterprise Architect
12 20 (2.67%) ERP Support
12 20 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (2.67%) Senior Manager
13 19 (2.53%) Administrator
13 19 (2.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.13%) RESTful
2 13 (1.73%) .NET
2 13 (1.73%) REST
3 11 (1.47%) React
4 8 (1.07%) HTML
5 7 (0.93%) EDI
5 7 (0.93%) OpenAPI
5 7 (0.93%) Sass
5 7 (0.93%) Swagger
6 6 (0.80%) CSS
6 6 (0.80%) Kafka
6 6 (0.80%) XMPP
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.67%) Regular Expression
8 4 (0.53%) JSON
8 4 (0.53%) Node.js
8 4 (0.53%) Spring
9 3 (0.40%) IDoc
9 3 (0.40%) Middleware
9 3 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 112 (14.93%) Cloud Native
2 81 (10.80%) Onboarding
3 45 (6.00%) Blog
4 42 (5.60%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.80%) Security Posture
6 25 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.67%) Enterprise Cloud
8 20 (2.67%) FMCG
9 19 (2.53%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.13%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
12 13 (1.73%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.73%) EPoS
13 12 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.47%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.73%) Windows
2 26 (3.47%) Linux
3 15 (2.00%) Android
3 15 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.40%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 108 (14.40%) Roadmaps
3 106 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (13.07%) CI/CD
5 94 (12.53%) Fintech
6 90 (12.00%) Customer Service
7 89 (11.87%) CRM
8 87 (11.60%) ERP
9 82 (10.93%) Agile
10 80 (10.67%) AI
11 78 (10.40%) Software Engineering
12 76 (10.13%) Test Automation
13 73 (9.73%) B2B
13 73 (9.73%) Mentoring
14 69 (9.20%) Analytics
15 68 (9.07%) Customer Experience
16 67 (8.93%) Project Management
17 62 (8.27%) Business Development
17 62 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 60 (8.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 102 (13.60%) Java
2 77 (10.27%) SQL
3 63 (8.40%) Python
4 32 (4.27%) Go
5 19 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.40%) C#
7 14 (1.87%) Bash
8 11 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.07%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.80%) R
11 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.53%) VBA
12 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.40%) C
12 3 (0.40%) C++
12 3 (0.40%) PHP
13 2 (0.27%) Clojure
14 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 88 (11.73%) Degree
2 29 (3.87%) CISSP
3 28 (3.73%) Security Cleared
4 24 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (2.80%) ACCA
6 21 (2.80%) CIMA
6 21 (2.80%) CREST Certified
6 21 (2.80%) OSCP
7 15 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.87%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.60%) CISM
11 9 (1.20%) CCNA
12 8 (1.07%) CISA
12 8 (1.07%) CISMP
12 8 (1.07%) CRISC
12 8 (1.07%) MCSE
13 7 (0.93%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (4.40%) PCI DSS
3 31 (4.13%) SOC 2
4 23 (3.07%) NIST
5 22 (2.93%) GDPR
6 19 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 17 (2.27%) QA
8 16 (2.13%) SLA
9 14 (1.87%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.87%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.87%) GRC
10 13 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.80%) TickIT
12 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.53%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.40%) PSD2
14 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.27%) PERC
14 2 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 18 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.47%) Docker
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (13.20%) Terraform
2 96 (12.80%) Kubernetes
3 69 (9.20%) Grafana
4 21 (2.80%) Ansible
5 7 (0.93%) Nmap
5 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.93%) Proxmox
6 6 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.53%) Cilium
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.40%) Autotask
8 3 (0.40%) SCCM
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 117 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.27%) Salesforce
3 28 (3.73%) Cisco
4 26 (3.47%) Oracle
4 26 (3.47%) SAP
5 24 (3.20%) Google
6 23 (3.07%) VMware
7 12 (1.60%) Databricks
8 10 (1.33%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.93%) Adobe
9 7 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 7 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.80%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.80%) Splunk
11 5 (0.67%) NetApp
12 4 (0.53%) IBM
12 4 (0.53%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (0.40%) Xero
14 2 (0.27%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.27%) Workday