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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 70 53
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 -20
Permanent jobs citing Retail 631 729 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.15% 4.43% 5.38%
As % of the General category 6.89% 6.43% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 369 416 869
10th Percentile £27,707 £27,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,643
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.09% -7.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,375 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,557
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.65% -21.07%

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 9,164 11,340 13,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.24% 68.87% 62.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,822 6,411 10,434
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,860 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.45%

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 15 January 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 (1.90%) Confluence
2 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.79%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 62 (9.83%) Chatbot
2 25 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.43%) AutoCAD
6 7 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.63%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.63%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.95%) Shopify
4 3 (0.48%) Magento
4 3 (0.48%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 175 (27.73%) SaaS
2 105 (16.64%) AWS
3 92 (14.58%) Azure
4 60 (9.51%) GCP
5 36 (5.71%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (2.69%) GitHub
9 12 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.27%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.27%) Serverless
11 8 (1.27%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.95%) dbt
13 5 (0.79%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.79%) Google Data Studio
13 5 (0.79%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.86%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 11 (1.74%) Firewall
4 10 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.58%) WAN
5 9 (1.43%) LAN
5 9 (1.43%) Network Security
5 9 (1.43%) Wireless
6 7 (1.11%) BGP
7 6 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.95%) Internet
8 5 (0.79%) HSRP
8 5 (0.79%) VoIP
8 5 (0.79%) VRRP
9 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.48%) SCCP
10 3 (0.48%) VLAN
10 3 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.91%) Power BI
2 28 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.33%) Tableau
4 19 (3.01%) Data Lake
5 13 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.58%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.43%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.27%) Data Vault
10 7 (1.11%) Metadata
10 7 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.79%) Looker
11 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.63%) DataStage
12 4 (0.63%) QlikView
12 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 23 (3.65%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.38%) JIRA
3 13 (2.06%) Git
4 7 (1.11%) Burp Suite
4 7 (1.11%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.63%) ERwin
5 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.48%) JMeter
6 3 (0.48%) Postman
6 3 (0.48%) Selenium
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.16%) Pivotal Tracker
7 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
General
1 224 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 196 (31.06%) Finance
3 111 (17.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 109 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (13.79%) Banking
6 85 (13.47%) Marketing
7 73 (11.57%) Law
8 59 (9.35%) Financial Institution
9 57 (9.03%) Back Office
10 39 (6.18%) Manufacturing
11 35 (5.55%) Legal
12 29 (4.60%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (2.22%) Automotive
14 14 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.74%) Advertising
15 11 (1.74%) Publishing
15 11 (1.74%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.43%) Games
17 8 (1.27%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 107 (16.96%) Senior
2 78 (12.36%) Analyst
3 72 (11.41%) Account Manager
4 62 (9.83%) Trainer
5 49 (7.77%) Senior Manager
6 46 (7.29%) Architect
7 42 (6.66%) Senior Account Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Sales Account Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Sales Manager
8 39 (6.18%) Senior Sales Manager
9 38 (6.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 29 (4.60%) Lead
11 28 (4.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 28 (4.44%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.49%) Developer
12 22 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (3.17%) Data Analyst
14 19 (3.01%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.85%) Data Manager
15 18 (2.85%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.33%) React
2 20 (3.17%) .NET
3 17 (2.69%) HTML
4 15 (2.38%) Node.js
5 14 (2.22%) RESTful
6 13 (2.06%) CSS
7 11 (1.74%) React Native
8 10 (1.58%) REST
9 9 (1.43%) .NET Core
9 9 (1.43%) JSON
10 8 (1.27%) EDI
11 7 (1.11%) Web Services
12 5 (0.79%) OpenAPI
12 5 (0.79%) Pandas
12 5 (0.79%) scikit-learn
12 5 (0.79%) Swagger
12 5 (0.79%) XML
13 4 (0.63%) GraphQL
13 4 (0.63%) SOAP
13 4 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (15.21%) Onboarding
2 44 (6.97%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.28%) Security Posture
4 21 (3.33%) Blog
4 21 (3.33%) FMCG
5 19 (3.01%) Data Centre
6 18 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.69%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.54%) EPoS
8 16 (2.54%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.22%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.74%) Insider Threat
12 10 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.58%) Social Media
13 9 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.85%) Windows
2 12 (1.90%) Linux
3 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.79%) Android
4 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.32%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (29.00%) Customer Service
2 118 (18.70%) AI
3 97 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (13.47%) Roadmaps
6 82 (13.00%) CRM
7 79 (12.52%) Mentoring
8 76 (12.04%) ERP
9 72 (11.41%) B2B
10 68 (10.78%) Agile
10 68 (10.78%) Logistics
11 66 (10.46%) E-Commerce
12 65 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (9.83%) Conversational UI
14 59 (9.35%) CI/CD
15 57 (9.03%) Data Privacy
16 49 (7.77%) Root Cause Analysis
17 48 (7.61%) Project Management
18 47 (7.45%) Analytics
18 47 (7.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 100 (15.85%) SQL
2 49 (7.77%) C#
2 49 (7.77%) Java
3 42 (6.66%) Python
4 18 (2.85%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.06%) Go
6 9 (1.43%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.11%) R
8 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.79%) Bash
9 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.79%) VBA
10 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.48%) C
11 3 (0.48%) C++
12 2 (0.32%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) SHACL
13 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 123 (19.49%) Degree
2 21 (3.33%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.01%) CISSP
5 17 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.06%) CREST Certified
7 13 (2.06%) OSCP
8 11 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.58%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.43%) ACCA
10 9 (1.43%) CIMA
11 8 (1.27%) CCNA
11 8 (1.27%) MCSE
12 7 (1.11%) CEH
12 7 (1.11%) GIAC
12 7 (1.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.61%) QA
2 30 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.33%) GDPR
4 20 (3.17%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.54%) SLA
5 16 (2.54%) SOC 2
6 15 (2.38%) NIST
7 11 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.58%) PMO
9 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.27%) GRC
10 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.48%) WCAG
12 2 (0.32%) PERC
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) Docker
2 11 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (6.97%) Kubernetes
1 44 (6.97%) Terraform
2 19 (3.01%) Grafana
3 7 (1.11%) Nmap
4 4 (0.63%) Ansible
4 4 (0.63%) Autotask
4 4 (0.63%) Cilium
5 3 (0.48%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 79 (12.52%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.83%) PayPal
3 45 (7.13%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.65%) Cisco
4 23 (3.65%) Google
5 22 (3.49%) Databricks
5 22 (3.49%) HubSpot
6 21 (3.33%) Adobe
7 20 (3.17%) SAP
8 16 (2.54%) Oracle
9 11 (1.74%) VMware
10 5 (0.79%) Avaya
10 5 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.63%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.63%) IBM
11 4 (0.63%) Informatica
11 4 (0.63%) Talend
11 4 (0.63%) Zoho