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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 30 53
Rank change year-on-year -29 +23 -17
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,055 1,250 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.26% 7.44% 4.78%
As % of the General category 6.94% 10.54% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 600 382 458
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,825 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,058 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -18.63% +4.15%
75th Percentile £72,813 £76,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -18.00% -9.09%

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 15,208 11,863 13,608
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 70.65% 62.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,139 6,216 7,609
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.23%) CMS
3 12 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.04%) Apache
4 11 (1.04%) nginx
5 8 (0.76%) Confluence
6 3 (0.28%) Office Communications Server
6 3 (0.28%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.95%) AutoCAD
4 10 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.76%) Civil 3D
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.66%) Revit
7 5 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.38%) InDesign
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.28%) Productboard
9 3 (0.28%) Sketch
10 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.19%) Simulink
10 2 (0.19%) Trello
11 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 27 (2.56%) Shopify
2 7 (0.66%) SAP CO
2 7 (0.66%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.38%) Academy Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) Magento
4 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.095%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.095%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.095%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 252 (23.89%) SaaS
2 160 (15.17%) AWS
3 139 (13.18%) GCP
4 106 (10.05%) Azure
5 81 (7.68%) Amazon EKS
6 53 (5.02%) Power Platform
7 41 (3.89%) Google Analytics
8 29 (2.75%) Google Tag Manager
8 29 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.56%) Google Ads
10 15 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.14%) dbt
12 11 (1.04%) Google Workspace
13 10 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.95%) Meta Ads
14 9 (0.85%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.66%) GitHub
16 6 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (0.57%) Google Compute Engine
16 6 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.56%) Firewall
2 22 (2.09%) WAN
3 21 (1.99%) LAN
3 21 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.90%) VLAN
5 17 (1.61%) VPN
6 16 (1.52%) BGP
7 14 (1.33%) DNS
8 11 (1.04%) Network Security
9 10 (0.95%) OSPF
9 10 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (0.76%) DHCP
11 7 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.66%) SMS
11 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.57%) MPLS
12 6 (0.57%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.45%) Power BI
2 34 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.09%) Metadata
4 20 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 16 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.52%) Tableau
6 14 (1.33%) BigQuery
7 12 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (1.14%) Looker
8 10 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.66%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.19%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.095%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 1 (0.095%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 86 (8.15%) TeamCity
2 17 (1.61%) JIRA
3 13 (1.23%) Git
3 13 (1.23%) JUnit
4 6 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.57%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.095%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.095%) MLflow
7 1 (0.095%) Zephyr
General
1 404 (38.29%) Finance
2 359 (34.03%) Social Skills
3 251 (23.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 248 (23.51%) Banking
5 227 (21.52%) Law
6 207 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
7 173 (16.40%) Marketing
8 139 (13.18%) Back Office
9 125 (11.85%) Financial Institution
10 67 (6.35%) Manufacturing
11 58 (5.50%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (4.45%) Legal
13 46 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (4.27%) Public Sector
15 33 (3.13%) Telecoms
16 28 (2.65%) Automotive
17 27 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (2.18%) French Language
19 22 (2.09%) Advertising
20 19 (1.80%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 128 (12.13%) Analyst
2 126 (11.94%) Senior
3 96 (9.10%) Lead
4 75 (7.11%) Software Engineer
5 62 (5.88%) Developer
6 51 (4.83%) Architect
7 47 (4.45%) Development Manager
8 44 (4.17%) Account Executive
9 35 (3.32%) Business Manager
10 31 (2.94%) Data Analyst
10 31 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
10 31 (2.94%) Team Leader
11 29 (2.75%) Software Manager
12 28 (2.65%) Project Manager
12 28 (2.65%) Security Analyst
13 27 (2.56%) Service Manager
14 26 (2.46%) .NET Developer
14 26 (2.46%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.37%) Business Development Manager
16 24 (2.27%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (10.43%) Terraform
2 53 (5.02%) React
3 47 (4.45%) .NET
4 44 (4.17%) Node.js
5 32 (3.03%) RESTful
6 26 (2.46%) .NET Core
7 25 (2.37%) Blazor
8 23 (2.18%) ASP.NET
9 22 (2.09%) ASP.NET Core
10 21 (1.99%) ASP.NET Web API
11 20 (1.90%) OpenAPI
11 20 (1.90%) Swagger
12 14 (1.33%) React Native
13 13 (1.23%) Dagger
13 13 (1.23%) RxJava
14 12 (1.14%) OpenTelemetry
14 12 (1.14%) XML
15 11 (1.04%) Middleware
16 8 (0.76%) REST
16 8 (0.76%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 127 (12.04%) Cloud Native
2 92 (8.72%) Product Ownership
3 71 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.89%) Blog
4 41 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 35 (3.32%) Social Media
7 31 (2.94%) Driving Licence
8 30 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (2.75%) FMCG
10 27 (2.56%) Virtual Team
11 22 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.90%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.71%) Data Centre
13 18 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
15 14 (1.33%) EPoS
16 13 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.40%) Windows
2 32 (3.03%) Linux
3 28 (2.65%) Android
4 25 (2.37%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.095%) AIX
8 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.095%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (18.20%) Agile
3 174 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 142 (13.46%) Fintech
6 137 (12.99%) CI/CD
7 128 (12.13%) Decision-Making
8 127 (12.04%) E-Commerce
9 124 (11.75%) Roadmaps
10 123 (11.66%) Software Engineering
11 122 (11.56%) AI
11 122 (11.56%) Analytics
12 121 (11.47%) Disruptive Innovation
13 112 (10.62%) Clean Code
14 105 (9.95%) Mentoring
14 105 (9.95%) Microservices
15 101 (9.57%) Customer Experience
16 99 (9.38%) Test Automation
17 98 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
18 97 (9.19%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 119 (11.28%) Java
2 115 (10.90%) SQL
3 82 (7.77%) Python
4 36 (3.41%) C#
5 34 (3.22%) JavaScript
6 32 (3.03%) Go
7 17 (1.61%) Bash
8 13 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.66%) Clojure
10 7 (0.66%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.38%) PHP
11 4 (0.38%) R
12 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.095%) Groovy
14 1 (0.095%) Rust
14 1 (0.095%) Swift
14 1 (0.095%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (5.50%) Degree
2 52 (4.93%) Security Cleared
3 51 (4.83%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.71%) CISSP
5 17 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 16 (1.52%) CISM
6 16 (1.52%) ICAEW
7 15 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.23%) CISA
9 11 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (0.95%) CRISC
11 7 (0.66%) ISACA
11 7 (0.66%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.66%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.57%) CCNA
12 6 (0.57%) CREST Certified
12 6 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (3.22%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.84%) GDPR
4 28 (2.65%) NIST
4 28 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 27 (2.56%) Data Quality
6 21 (1.99%) QA
6 21 (1.99%) SOC 2
7 17 (1.61%) GRC
8 13 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.95%) COBIT
10 8 (0.76%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.66%) TickIT
12 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.38%) NCSC
14 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.76%) Docker
5 6 (0.57%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) vSphere
9 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 119 (11.28%) Kubernetes
2 92 (8.72%) Grafana
3 14 (1.33%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.04%) Ansible
5 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.57%) Nmap
8 5 (0.47%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.095%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.095%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.095%) Nessus
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 180 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 92 (8.72%) Google
3 39 (3.70%) SAP
4 25 (2.37%) Cisco
4 25 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.18%) Oracle
6 19 (1.80%) VMware
7 17 (1.61%) IFS
8 15 (1.42%) Databricks
9 13 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.14%) Adobe
10 12 (1.14%) Splunk
10 12 (1.14%) TikTok
11 11 (1.04%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.04%) Thales
11 11 (1.04%) Veeam
12 10 (0.95%) YouTube
13 7 (0.66%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.66%) Workday
14 6 (0.57%) Pinterest