Retail Jobs with Work from Home Options

Retailing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 34 56
Rank change year-on-year -19 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,668 3,185 4,046
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.94% 7.51% 5.95%
As % of the General category 8.05% 11.36% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1,676 2,012
10th Percentile £26,400 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,747 £46,355 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +8.70% +8.49%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £97,328 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £58,068
% change year-on-year -20.83% +3.33% +0.99%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,724 28,032 42,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 66.10% 62.66%
Number of salaries quoted 15,098 18,633 24,470
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Retail salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.14%) CMS
2 19 (1.14%) SAS
3 13 (0.78%) Apache
3 13 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.60%) WordPress
6 9 (0.54%) Confluence
7 6 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.18%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.060%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.060%) JBoss
12 1 (0.060%) Jupyter
Applications
1 82 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.72%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.48%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
9 7 (0.42%) InDesign
9 7 (0.42%) Trello
10 6 (0.36%) Sketch
10 6 (0.36%) SPSS
11 4 (0.24%) Simulink
12 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.12%) EViews
13 2 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.060%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (1.80%) Shopify
2 26 (1.56%) Endur
2 26 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
3 20 (1.20%) Magento
4 16 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.48%) Misys Midas
8 4 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 3 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
9 3 (0.18%) SAP SCM
9 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.12%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
10 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
11 1 (0.060%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.060%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 367 (22.00%) Azure
2 274 (16.43%) AWS
3 196 (11.75%) Power Platform
4 84 (5.04%) GCP
5 72 (4.32%) SaaS
6 71 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (1.56%) Serverless
10 21 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (1.20%) Figma
11 20 (1.20%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (0.96%) Snowflake
13 15 (0.90%) dbt
13 15 (0.90%) WhatsApp
14 14 (0.84%) Power Automate
15 13 (0.78%) Entra ID
15 13 (0.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.14%) WAN
2 62 (3.72%) LAN
3 56 (3.36%) Firewall
4 40 (2.40%) Internet
4 40 (2.40%) VPN
5 36 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (1.08%) Wireless
7 14 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.48%) HTTP
9 7 (0.42%) Extranet
9 7 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.30%) DNS
10 5 (0.30%) Network Security
10 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.24%) FTP
11 4 (0.24%) VLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.18%) SAN
12 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 185 (11.09%) Power BI
3 148 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
4 122 (7.31%) Tableau
5 98 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 56 (3.36%) MySQL
7 42 (2.52%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
9 32 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 30 (1.80%) Big Data
11 29 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
12 28 (1.68%) BigQuery
13 25 (1.50%) Data Lake
14 20 (1.20%) NoSQL
15 16 (0.96%) Redis
16 14 (0.84%) DynamoDB
17 13 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (0.72%) GIS
19 11 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 8 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 171 (10.25%) Git
2 49 (2.94%) JIRA
3 27 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.50%) Visual Studio
5 21 (1.26%) TeamCity
6 19 (1.14%) GitLab
7 12 (0.72%) JUnit
8 11 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.60%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.60%) JBehave
9 10 (0.60%) SpecFlow
10 9 (0.54%) JMeter
11 7 (0.42%) gulp
11 7 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.42%) webpack
12 6 (0.36%) Selenium
12 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 690 (41.37%) Social Skills
2 618 (37.05%) Finance
3 349 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (10.49%) Marketing
5 161 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 155 (9.29%) Presentation Skills
7 118 (7.07%) Banking
8 117 (7.01%) Public Sector
9 95 (5.70%) Legal
10 66 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
11 65 (3.90%) Manufacturing
12 60 (3.60%) Law
13 26 (1.56%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.44%) Back Office
16 22 (1.32%) Retail Banking
17 20 (1.20%) Aerospace
17 20 (1.20%) Police
18 19 (1.14%) Games
19 18 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 310 (18.59%) Analyst
2 296 (17.75%) Senior
3 211 (12.65%) Developer
4 148 (8.87%) Architect
5 128 (7.67%) Consultant
6 127 (7.61%) Lead
7 117 (7.01%) Data Analyst
8 95 (5.70%) Senior Analyst
9 89 (5.34%) Project Manager
10 82 (4.92%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 69 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
12 65 (3.90%) Senior Data Analyst
13 64 (3.84%) Senior Developer
14 62 (3.72%) .NET Developer
15 46 (2.76%) Data Engineer
16 45 (2.70%) Software Engineer
17 40 (2.40%) Product Manager
18 37 (2.22%) Full Stack Developer
19 36 (2.16%) Designer
20 33 (1.98%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (7.43%) .NET
2 109 (6.53%) CSS
3 103 (6.18%) HTML
4 93 (5.58%) React
5 70 (4.20%) .NET Core
6 56 (3.36%) AngularJS
7 55 (3.30%) Node.js
8 51 (3.06%) .NET Framework
9 49 (2.94%) Vue
10 46 (2.76%) ASP.NET
11 44 (2.64%) ASP.NET Web API
12 40 (2.40%) Entity Framework
13 39 (2.34%) Web Services
14 34 (2.04%) XML
15 29 (1.74%) Kafka
16 28 (1.68%) JSON
16 28 (1.68%) REST
17 27 (1.62%) ASP.NET MVC
18 26 (1.56%) RESTful
19 25 (1.50%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
2 80 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.32%) PMI
4 67 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
5 49 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.58%) Blog
7 35 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 32 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 32 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.56%) Life Science
9 26 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.50%) FMCG
11 24 (1.44%) NHS
12 21 (1.26%) Driving Licence
12 21 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.08%) Credit Risk
14 16 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 16 (0.96%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 96 (5.76%) Windows
2 61 (3.66%) Linux
3 37 (2.22%) Ubuntu
3 37 (2.22%) VMS
4 21 (1.26%) Android
4 21 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.66%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.66%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.48%) Unix
10 4 (0.24%) AIX
10 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 425 (25.48%) Agile
3 259 (15.53%) Analytics
4 244 (14.63%) Roadmaps
5 228 (13.67%) E-Commerce
6 224 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (10.01%) Machine Learning
8 158 (9.47%) Data Science
9 155 (9.29%) Data Analysis
10 150 (8.99%) Artificial Intelligence
11 146 (8.75%) Actionable Insight
11 146 (8.75%) Mathematics
11 146 (8.75%) Visualisation
12 143 (8.57%) DevOps
13 138 (8.27%) Project Management
14 137 (8.21%) Decision-Making
15 131 (7.85%) Statistics
16 127 (7.61%) Customer Service
17 124 (7.43%) ETL
18 115 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 384 (23.02%) SQL
2 250 (14.99%) Python
3 174 (10.43%) JavaScript
4 130 (7.79%) C#
5 80 (4.80%) Java
5 80 (4.80%) TypeScript
6 71 (4.26%) PHP
7 28 (1.68%) R
8 23 (1.38%) Go
8 23 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.20%) Ruby
10 15 (0.90%) Bash
10 15 (0.90%) PowerShell
10 15 (0.90%) VB.NET
11 11 (0.66%) Groovy
11 11 (0.66%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.54%) C
12 9 (0.54%) VBA
13 8 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 308 (18.47%) Degree
2 139 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 79 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 75 (4.50%) PMI Certification
5 34 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 32 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 28 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.32%) CISSP
10 20 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.96%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.78%) CCNP
14 12 (0.72%) CEH
15 11 (0.66%) CCNA
16 10 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.54%) CREST Certified
18 8 (0.48%) CCSA
18 8 (0.48%) PMP
19 7 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.16%) QA
2 33 (1.98%) GDPR
3 32 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 28 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.20%) NIST
6 20 (1.20%) PMO
7 19 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 12 (0.72%) IFRS
9 12 (0.72%) IFRS 9
10 9 (0.54%) CRD IV
11 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.48%) SLA
12 7 (0.42%) ISO 14001
12 7 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 7 (0.42%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 72 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.72%) Docker
3 8 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.060%) Firmware
6 1 (0.060%) KVM
Systems Management
1 101 (6.06%) Terraform
2 68 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.94%) Ansible
4 25 (1.50%) Grafana
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.66%) Puppet
7 10 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.30%) Kibana
8 5 (0.30%) logstash
9 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 3 (0.18%) Consul
10 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.18%) Packer
10 3 (0.18%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.060%) MIIS
12 1 (0.060%) Salt
12 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 351 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.77%) Databricks
3 79 (4.74%) Google
4 31 (1.86%) Adobe
5 24 (1.44%) Cisco
5 24 (1.44%) SAP
6 20 (1.20%) Northgate
7 15 (0.90%) Twitter
8 14 (0.84%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.66%) Oracle
9 11 (0.66%) Thales
10 10 (0.60%) New Relic
10 10 (0.60%) VMware
11 9 (0.54%) Apple
11 9 (0.54%) Meraki
12 8 (0.48%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.48%) Cognos
12 8 (0.48%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.42%) SaltStack
13 7 (0.42%) Sitecore