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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 66 48
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 -6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 643 847 1,287
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.24% 4.35% 6.16%
As % of the General category 6.66% 6.72% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 385 468 982
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £43,217 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +4.76% -14.19%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,649 12,602 13,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.58% 64.73% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,164 7,330 10,748
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,746 £36,206
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 30 November 2025.

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 14 (2.18%) Confluence
1 14 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.78%) SAS
3 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 63 (9.80%) Chatbot
2 32 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.40%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.93%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.47%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 18 (2.80%) Shopify
2 14 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.93%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.62%) Magento
7 4 (0.62%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.47%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.47%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.16%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 149 (23.17%) SaaS
2 107 (16.64%) Azure
3 88 (13.69%) AWS
4 55 (8.55%) Power Platform
5 49 (7.62%) GCP
6 30 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (3.27%) GitHub
10 17 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (2.33%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.02%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.40%) Snowflake
16 7 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (1.09%) Serverless
17 6 (0.93%) dbt
17 6 (0.93%) Entra ID
17 6 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.07%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.02%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.24%) Internet
4 8 (1.24%) LAN
5 7 (1.09%) WAN
6 6 (0.93%) HSRP
6 6 (0.93%) VoIP
6 6 (0.93%) VRRP
7 5 (0.78%) Firewall
7 5 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.78%) Wireless
8 4 (0.62%) 5G
8 4 (0.62%) DNS
8 4 (0.62%) Network Security
8 4 (0.62%) VPN
9 3 (0.47%) BGP
9 3 (0.47%) DHCP
9 3 (0.47%) VLAN
10 2 (0.31%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.38%) Power BI
2 27 (4.20%) SQL Server
3 26 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.42%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.80%) Tableau
6 16 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.02%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.24%) Data Vault
9 8 (1.24%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.93%) Looker
11 5 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.62%) DataStage
12 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.62%) Metadata
12 4 (0.62%) QlikView
13 3 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.11%) TeamCity
2 17 (2.64%) Git
2 17 (2.64%) JIRA
3 7 (1.09%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.62%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.62%) ERwin
5 4 (0.62%) MSBuild
5 4 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.47%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.47%) GitLab
6 3 (0.47%) JMeter
6 3 (0.47%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.47%) Postman
6 3 (0.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
7 1 (0.16%) RStudio
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 229 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 204 (31.73%) Finance
3 129 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (17.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (16.95%) Marketing
6 61 (9.49%) Banking
7 48 (7.47%) Manufacturing
8 47 (7.31%) Back Office
8 47 (7.31%) Law
9 42 (6.53%) Financial Institution
10 31 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (4.67%) Legal
12 22 (3.42%) Automotive
12 22 (3.42%) Public Sector
13 17 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.02%) Advertising
15 11 (1.71%) Games
15 11 (1.71%) General Ledger
16 8 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (17.42%) Senior
2 80 (12.44%) Analyst
3 63 (9.80%) Trainer
4 53 (8.24%) Account Manager
5 51 (7.93%) Senior Manager
6 49 (7.62%) Architect
7 41 (6.38%) Senior Account Manager
8 40 (6.22%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (6.07%) Sales Account Manager
9 39 (6.07%) Sales Manager
9 39 (6.07%) Senior Sales Manager
10 30 (4.67%) Lead
11 28 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 26 (4.04%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (3.73%) Consultant
14 24 (3.73%) Developer
15 22 (3.42%) Support Analyst
16 21 (3.27%) Data Analyst
17 19 (2.95%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.35%) .NET
2 24 (3.73%) React
3 22 (3.42%) HTML
4 18 (2.80%) CSS
5 17 (2.64%) Node.js
5 17 (2.64%) REST
6 14 (2.18%) React Native
6 14 (2.18%) RESTful
7 13 (2.02%) Web Services
8 12 (1.87%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.87%) JSON
9 11 (1.71%) XML
10 8 (1.24%) EDI
10 8 (1.24%) Pandas
11 6 (0.93%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.93%) Blazor
12 5 (0.78%) Bootstrap
12 5 (0.78%) OpenAPI
12 5 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (15.24%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.95%) FMCG
5 17 (2.64%) Driving Licence
6 16 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 14 (2.18%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.02%) Blog
9 13 (2.02%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.71%) Social Media
12 9 (1.40%) Digital Signage
12 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (1.40%) EPoS
12 9 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.09%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.49%) Windows
2 10 (1.56%) Linux
3 8 (1.24%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.16%) Android
4 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (28.30%) Customer Service
2 121 (18.82%) AI
3 107 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (16.33%) ERP
5 97 (15.09%) CRM
6 93 (14.46%) Agile
7 88 (13.69%) E-Commerce
8 85 (13.22%) Mentoring
9 79 (12.29%) B2B
9 79 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 74 (11.51%) Logistics
11 72 (11.20%) Analytics
12 69 (10.73%) Roadmaps
13 67 (10.42%) Conversational UI
14 66 (10.26%) DevOps
15 64 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
16 63 (9.80%) Project Management
17 62 (9.64%) CI/CD
18 60 (9.33%) Data Privacy
19 58 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 116 (18.04%) SQL
2 60 (9.33%) C#
3 52 (8.09%) Python
4 36 (5.60%) Java
5 18 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.87%) R
7 8 (1.24%) Go
8 6 (0.93%) C++
8 6 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.78%) Bash
9 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.78%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.62%) VBA
11 3 (0.47%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.31%) C
12 2 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (19.60%) Degree
2 20 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.02%) AWS Certification
3 13 (2.02%) Azure Certification
4 12 (1.87%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.56%) CISSP
6 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.09%) CREST Certified
8 7 (1.09%) OSCP
9 5 (0.78%) CISM
9 5 (0.78%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.62%) ACCA
10 4 (0.62%) CCNA
10 4 (0.62%) CIMA
10 4 (0.62%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.86%) QA
2 26 (4.04%) GDPR
3 22 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.18%) SLA
6 12 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.87%) PMO
7 11 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.93%) NIST
10 5 (0.78%) GRC
11 4 (0.62%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.62%) WCAG
12 2 (0.31%) PERC
13 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.18%) Docker
3 6 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (5.13%) Terraform
2 31 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.18%) Grafana
4 4 (0.62%) Cilium
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.47%) Nmap
6 2 (0.31%) Autotask
7 1 (0.16%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.80%) PayPal
3 41 (6.38%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.67%) Adobe
5 29 (4.51%) Google
6 23 (3.58%) Databricks
6 23 (3.58%) SAP
7 21 (3.27%) HubSpot
8 16 (2.49%) Oracle
9 13 (2.02%) Cisco
10 8 (1.24%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.24%) TikTok
11 6 (0.93%) Avaya
11 6 (0.93%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (0.93%) VMware
12 5 (0.78%) Ariba
13 4 (0.62%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.62%) IBM
13 4 (0.62%) Informatica
13 4 (0.62%) Sage