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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -24 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Retail 872 1,242 1,768
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.11% 7.57% 5.43%
As % of the General category 6.91% 10.42% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 521 415 976
10th Percentile £32,261 £31,335 £26,325
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £39,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -18.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,659 £68,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -17.39%

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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 July 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 11 (1.26%) CMS
2 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.03%) Confluence
4 8 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.57%) Apache
5 5 (0.57%) nginx
6 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.46%) Drupal
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.34%) Productboard
6 3 (0.34%) Sketch
7 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.23%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.61%) Shopify
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle Cash Management
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.57%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 230 (26.38%) SaaS
2 148 (16.97%) AWS
3 106 (12.16%) Azure
4 100 (11.47%) GCP
5 71 (8.14%) Amazon EKS
6 50 (5.73%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.38%) dbt
10 11 (1.26%) Figma
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (1.03%) GitHub
11 9 (1.03%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (0.80%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.56%) Firewall
2 16 (1.83%) LAN
3 15 (1.72%) WAN
4 14 (1.61%) VLAN
4 14 (1.61%) VPN
5 13 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.15%) BGP
6 10 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.03%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.03%) WebEx
8 6 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.46%) MPLS
10 4 (0.46%) OSPF
10 4 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (0.34%) 3G
11 3 (0.34%) 4G
11 3 (0.34%) 5G
11 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.13%) Power BI
2 29 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.61%) Looker
4 14 (1.61%) Metadata
4 14 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.49%) Tableau
6 11 (1.26%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.03%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.46%) MySQL
12 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 59 (6.77%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.06%) JIRA
3 5 (0.57%) Git
4 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.34%) JUnit
6 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) GitLab
7 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 330 (37.84%) Finance
2 260 (29.82%) Social Skills
3 197 (22.59%) Banking
4 194 (22.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 189 (21.67%) Law
6 136 (15.60%) Marketing
7 131 (15.02%) Back Office
8 113 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
9 104 (11.93%) Financial Institution
10 61 (7.00%) Manufacturing
11 42 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (4.70%) Legal
13 40 (4.59%) Automotive
14 38 (4.36%) Public Sector
15 35 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
16 32 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (2.98%) Telecoms
18 24 (2.75%) Aviation
19 21 (2.41%) Polish Language
20 16 (1.83%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 88 (10.09%) Analyst
2 83 (9.52%) Senior
3 78 (8.94%) Lead
4 69 (7.91%) Developer
5 57 (6.54%) Software Engineer
6 50 (5.73%) Architect
7 39 (4.47%) Business Manager
8 38 (4.36%) Development Manager
9 32 (3.67%) Consultant
9 32 (3.67%) Security Analyst
10 30 (3.44%) Data Analyst
11 27 (3.10%) Account Executive
12 26 (2.98%) Designer
12 26 (2.98%) Software Manager
12 26 (2.98%) Systems Manager
13 25 (2.87%) .NET Developer
14 24 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
15 22 (2.52%) Project Manager
16 21 (2.41%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.85%) React
2 45 (5.16%) .NET
3 40 (4.59%) Node.js
4 24 (2.75%) .NET Core
4 24 (2.75%) Blazor
5 23 (2.64%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.52%) ASP.NET Core
7 21 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
8 16 (1.83%) RESTful
9 13 (1.49%) REST
10 10 (1.15%) React Native
11 9 (1.03%) XMPP
12 8 (0.92%) Kafka
12 8 (0.92%) Middleware
12 8 (0.92%) OpenAPI
12 8 (0.92%) Swagger
13 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.80%) Redux
14 6 (0.69%) Regular Expression
15 5 (0.57%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 116 (13.30%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.54%) Product Ownership
3 54 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 52 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.47%) Blog
6 31 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
10 24 (2.75%) Security Posture
11 23 (2.64%) FMCG
12 22 (2.52%) EPoS
13 19 (2.18%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
16 11 (1.26%) Driving Licence
17 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
18 9 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.24%) Windows
2 34 (3.90%) Linux
3 18 (2.06%) Android
4 14 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (20.41%) Agile
2 133 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 133 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (15.02%) Roadmaps
4 110 (12.61%) ERP
5 105 (12.04%) Fintech
6 101 (11.58%) CI/CD
7 88 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
8 87 (9.98%) AI
9 86 (9.86%) Software Engineering
9 86 (9.86%) Test Automation
10 84 (9.63%) Microservices
11 81 (9.29%) Project Management
11 81 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 80 (9.17%) Analytics
13 79 (9.06%) CRM
13 79 (9.06%) Decision-Making
14 78 (8.94%) Business Development
15 71 (8.14%) Customer Experience
16 70 (8.03%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 89 (10.21%) SQL
2 87 (9.98%) Java
3 68 (7.80%) Python
4 43 (4.93%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.24%) C#
6 23 (2.64%) Go
7 18 (2.06%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.26%) Bash
9 10 (1.15%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.92%) Clojure
11 5 (0.57%) PHP
11 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.11%) R
13 1 (0.11%) RPG
Qualifications
1 68 (7.80%) Degree
2 32 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.44%) CISSP
4 29 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.52%) CISM
6 17 (1.95%) CISA
7 15 (1.72%) ACCA
7 15 (1.72%) CIMA
8 14 (1.61%) CRISC
9 12 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.03%) CREST Certified
11 9 (1.03%) ICAEW
11 9 (1.03%) OSCP
12 8 (0.92%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.80%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.56%) NIST
3 30 (3.44%) PCI DSS
4 24 (2.75%) SOC 2
5 23 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (2.52%) GDPR
7 19 (2.18%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.83%) Accessibility
8 16 (1.83%) GRC
9 10 (1.15%) COBIT
9 10 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.15%) TickIT
10 9 (1.03%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.92%) SLA
12 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.57%) QA
14 4 (0.46%) NCSC
14 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Docker
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.69%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.69%) vSphere
5 3 (0.34%) Squid
6 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 91 (10.44%) Terraform
2 89 (10.21%) Kubernetes
3 77 (8.83%) Grafana
4 25 (2.87%) Ansible
5 9 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.80%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.46%) Nmap
9 2 (0.23%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 150 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.93%) SAP
3 37 (4.24%) Oracle
4 29 (3.33%) VMware
5 25 (2.87%) Google
6 23 (2.64%) Cisco
7 18 (2.06%) IFS
8 17 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 13 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 10 (1.15%) Databricks
11 9 (1.03%) Splunk
12 8 (0.92%) Adobe
12 8 (0.92%) Workday
13 7 (0.80%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.69%) NetApp
15 5 (0.57%) Veeam
15 5 (0.57%) Xero
16 4 (0.46%) F5
16 4 (0.46%) Ubiquiti