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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 29 42
Rank change year-on-year -34 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Retail 874 1,225 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.82% 7.41% 4.94%
As % of the General category 6.34% 10.31% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 556 401 594
10th Percentile £33,875 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -11.56% -5.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,625 £86,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.73% -11.00% -11.71%

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 13,776 11,881 15,072
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.16% 71.84% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,699 6,582 10,023
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,025 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,901 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -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 18 August 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 (1.37%) CMS
1 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.26%) Apache
2 11 (1.26%) nginx
3 8 (0.92%) Confluence
3 8 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.34%) Drupal
5 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.69%) Civil 3D
7 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.34%) Productboard
8 3 (0.34%) Sketch
9 2 (0.23%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.23%) Revit
9 2 (0.23%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (2.75%) Shopify
2 7 (0.80%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.46%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 205 (23.46%) SaaS
2 112 (12.81%) AWS
3 106 (12.13%) Azure
4 83 (9.50%) GCP
5 47 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 30 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (2.29%) Google Analytics
9 12 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.37%) Google Ads
10 11 (1.26%) dbt
11 10 (1.14%) Google Tag Manager
12 9 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.03%) GitHub
13 8 (0.92%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.69%) Figma
14 6 (0.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.32%) Firewall
2 18 (2.06%) LAN
2 18 (2.06%) WAN
3 14 (1.60%) VLAN
4 11 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.03%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.03%) WebEx
7 8 (0.92%) VPN
8 7 (0.80%) BGP
8 7 (0.80%) DNS
9 6 (0.69%) MPLS
9 6 (0.69%) OSPF
9 6 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.57%) Network Security
11 4 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.34%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.35%) Power BI
2 20 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
2 20 (2.29%) MongoDB
3 18 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.95%) Looker
5 15 (1.72%) Metadata
6 13 (1.49%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.37%) Tableau
8 10 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.03%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.23%) MySQL
13 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 45 (5.15%) TeamCity
2 19 (2.17%) JIRA
3 7 (0.80%) Git
4 4 (0.46%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) JUnit
4 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.23%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 308 (35.24%) Finance
2 274 (31.35%) Social Skills
3 163 (18.65%) Banking
4 156 (17.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (17.05%) Law
6 146 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
7 143 (16.36%) Marketing
8 98 (11.21%) Back Office
9 76 (8.70%) Financial Institution
10 68 (7.78%) Manufacturing
11 52 (5.95%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (5.26%) Public Sector
13 36 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (3.55%) Legal
16 29 (3.32%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.86%) Automotive
18 20 (2.29%) Aviation
19 17 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (1.72%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (10.53%) Analyst
2 84 (9.61%) Senior
3 82 (9.38%) Lead
4 68 (7.78%) Developer
5 48 (5.49%) Software Engineer
6 45 (5.15%) Development Manager
7 42 (4.81%) Architect
8 35 (4.00%) Account Executive
9 32 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
10 31 (3.55%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.32%) Data Analyst
11 29 (3.32%) Service Manager
11 29 (3.32%) Software Manager
12 28 (3.20%) Service Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.97%) .NET Developer
14 24 (2.75%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.63%) Business Development Manager
15 23 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.52%) Consultant
16 22 (2.52%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.06%) React
2 51 (5.84%) .NET
3 45 (5.15%) Node.js
4 27 (3.09%) .NET Core
5 25 (2.86%) Blazor
6 23 (2.63%) ASP.NET
7 22 (2.52%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (2.40%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (1.72%) RESTful
10 13 (1.49%) React Native
11 10 (1.14%) Middleware
12 9 (1.03%) OpenAPI
12 9 (1.03%) REST
12 9 (1.03%) Swagger
12 9 (1.03%) XMPP
13 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
14 6 (0.69%) EDI
14 6 (0.69%) Kafka
14 6 (0.69%) Regular Expression
14 6 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.30%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.21%) Product Ownership
3 44 (5.03%) Management Information System
4 41 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (4.12%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 22 (2.52%) Blog
7 22 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
8 20 (2.29%) FMCG
9 19 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.95%) EPoS
11 17 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
12 16 (1.83%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.83%) Social Media
13 15 (1.72%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.72%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.95%) Windows
2 34 (3.89%) Linux
3 18 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.83%) Android
5 11 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (21.28%) Agile
2 158 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (15.33%) Roadmaps
5 128 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 125 (14.30%) Decision-Making
7 101 (11.56%) AI
8 97 (11.10%) ERP
9 96 (10.98%) Analytics
10 90 (10.30%) CI/CD
10 90 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
11 87 (9.95%) Business Development
12 86 (9.84%) E-Commerce
13 82 (9.38%) Fintech
13 82 (9.38%) Software Engineering
14 79 (9.04%) Microservices
15 76 (8.70%) Project Management
16 75 (8.58%) CRM
17 74 (8.47%) Mentoring
18 72 (8.24%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (10.87%) SQL
2 69 (7.89%) Python
3 63 (7.21%) Java
4 39 (4.46%) C#
5 37 (4.23%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.72%) Go
7 13 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.92%) Clojure
10 7 (0.80%) Bash
11 5 (0.57%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.11%) Groovy
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (5.15%) Degree
2 41 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.17%) CISSP
5 17 (1.95%) CISM
6 15 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.60%) ICAEW
8 13 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.49%) CISA
9 11 (1.26%) ACCA
9 11 (1.26%) CIMA
9 11 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (1.14%) CRISC
11 8 (0.92%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.80%) ISACA
12 7 (0.80%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.86%) NIST
3 22 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.40%) GDPR
5 17 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.83%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.37%) GRC
8 10 (1.14%) COBIT
8 10 (1.14%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.14%) TickIT
9 9 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.80%) QA
10 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.57%) SLA
12 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.69%) Squid
4 6 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.69%) vSphere
5 5 (0.57%) Docker
6 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 65 (7.44%) Terraform
3 56 (6.41%) Grafana
4 17 (1.95%) Ansible
5 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (0.57%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.46%) Nmap
8 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.23%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 171 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.03%) SAP
3 42 (4.81%) Google
4 30 (3.43%) Oracle
5 27 (3.09%) VMware
6 24 (2.75%) Cisco
7 18 (2.06%) IFS
8 14 (1.60%) Databricks
8 14 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 13 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.26%) Veeam
11 9 (1.03%) Splunk
12 8 (0.92%) Workday
12 8 (0.92%) YouTube
13 6 (0.69%) Adobe
13 6 (0.69%) NetApp
14 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.57%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.57%) Xero