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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 34 56
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 +26
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,696 3,128 4,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.02% 7.58% 6.02%
As % of the General category 8.17% 11.51% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,645 2,007
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,172 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,454 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.20% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £97,328 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -

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 20,760 27,174 43,297
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.40% 65.89% 63.07%
Number of salaries quoted 15,090 18,144 24,392
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 £82,548 £79,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £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 10 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 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.12%) SAS
3 17 (1.00%) CMS
4 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.59%) WordPress
6 9 (0.53%) Apache
6 9 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.53%) Confluence
7 6 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.18%) Drupal
9 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.059%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.059%) JBoss
11 1 (0.059%) Jupyter
Applications
1 81 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.71%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
9 7 (0.41%) InDesign
9 7 (0.41%) Trello
10 6 (0.35%) Sketch
10 6 (0.35%) 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 (0.059%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (1.77%) Shopify
2 26 (1.53%) Endur
2 26 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
3 20 (1.18%) Magento
4 16 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.47%) 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%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
10 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
11 1 (0.059%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.059%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 374 (22.05%) Azure
2 289 (17.04%) AWS
3 189 (11.14%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.72%) GCP
5 77 (4.54%) SaaS
6 71 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.59%) Serverless
10 21 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (1.18%) Figma
11 20 (1.18%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (0.94%) Snowflake
13 16 (0.94%) WhatsApp
14 14 (0.83%) Power Automate
15 13 (0.77%) Entra ID
16 11 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.83%) WAN
2 59 (3.48%) LAN
3 54 (3.18%) Firewall
4 38 (2.24%) Internet
4 38 (2.24%) VPN
5 36 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (1.06%) Wireless
7 13 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.47%) HTTP
9 7 (0.41%) Extranet
9 7 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.29%) DNS
10 5 (0.29%) Network Security
10 5 (0.29%) 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
1 188 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 178 (10.50%) Power BI
3 145 (8.55%) Data Warehouse
4 133 (7.84%) Tableau
5 96 (5.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 52 (3.07%) MySQL
7 42 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 29 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.53%) Big Data
11 24 (1.42%) BigQuery
12 21 (1.24%) Data Lake
13 16 (0.94%) NoSQL
13 16 (0.94%) Redis
14 14 (0.83%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (0.71%) GIS
17 10 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 8 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 188 (11.08%) Git
2 48 (2.83%) JIRA
3 24 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.24%) TeamCity
6 19 (1.12%) GitLab
7 12 (0.71%) JUnit
8 11 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.59%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.59%) JBehave
9 10 (0.59%) SpecFlow
10 9 (0.53%) JMeter
11 7 (0.41%) gulp
11 7 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.41%) webpack
12 6 (0.35%) Selenium
12 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.29%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 714 (42.10%) Social Skills
2 613 (36.14%) Finance
3 364 (21.46%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (10.67%) Marketing
5 172 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
6 155 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 114 (6.72%) Banking
8 112 (6.60%) Public Sector
9 104 (6.13%) Legal
10 67 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 65 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (3.48%) Law
13 26 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.47%) Back Office
15 23 (1.36%) Games
15 23 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.30%) Retail Banking
17 21 (1.24%) Police
18 19 (1.12%) Aerospace
19 17 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 331 (19.52%) Analyst
2 311 (18.34%) Senior
3 208 (12.26%) Developer
4 147 (8.67%) Architect
5 132 (7.78%) Data Analyst
6 127 (7.49%) Consultant
7 122 (7.19%) Lead
8 112 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
9 93 (5.48%) Project Manager
10 82 (4.83%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 82 (4.83%) Senior Data Analyst
11 69 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (3.66%) .NET Developer
13 61 (3.60%) Senior Developer
14 47 (2.77%) Software Engineer
15 45 (2.65%) Data Engineer
16 41 (2.42%) Business Analyst
17 40 (2.36%) Product Manager
18 36 (2.12%) Full Stack Developer
19 33 (1.95%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (7.43%) .NET
2 110 (6.49%) CSS
3 103 (6.07%) HTML
4 94 (5.54%) React
5 73 (4.30%) .NET Core
6 56 (3.30%) AngularJS
6 56 (3.30%) Node.js
7 51 (3.01%) .NET Framework
8 49 (2.89%) Vue
9 46 (2.71%) ASP.NET
10 44 (2.59%) ASP.NET Web API
11 40 (2.36%) Entity Framework
11 40 (2.36%) Web Services
12 34 (2.00%) XML
13 28 (1.65%) JSON
14 27 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 27 (1.59%) REST
15 26 (1.53%) RESTful
16 25 (1.47%) Laravel
17 24 (1.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
2 80 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.25%) PMI
4 67 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
5 49 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.54%) Blog
7 35 (2.06%) Mobile App
8 33 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.53%) Life Science
10 26 (1.53%) Onboarding
11 25 (1.47%) FMCG
12 24 (1.42%) NHS
13 21 (1.24%) Driving Licence
13 21 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.06%) Credit Risk
15 17 (1.00%) Social Media
16 16 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (0.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.54%) Windows
2 57 (3.36%) Linux
3 35 (2.06%) Ubuntu
3 35 (2.06%) VMS
4 21 (1.24%) Android
4 21 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.65%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.65%) Windows 8
9 8 (0.47%) 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
1 457 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
2 434 (25.59%) Agile
3 282 (16.63%) Analytics
4 246 (14.50%) Roadmaps
5 229 (13.50%) E-Commerce
6 217 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
7 173 (10.20%) Data Analysis
8 163 (9.61%) Machine Learning
8 163 (9.61%) Mathematics
9 161 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
10 159 (9.38%) Visualisation
11 158 (9.32%) Data Science
12 148 (8.73%) DevOps
12 148 (8.73%) Statistics
13 146 (8.61%) Artificial Intelligence
14 141 (8.31%) Project Management
15 132 (7.78%) Business Strategy
15 132 (7.78%) Decision-Making
15 132 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 131 (7.72%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 397 (23.41%) SQL
2 267 (15.74%) Python
3 174 (10.26%) JavaScript
4 134 (7.90%) C#
5 81 (4.78%) TypeScript
6 78 (4.60%) Java
7 70 (4.13%) PHP
8 28 (1.65%) R
9 23 (1.36%) Go
10 21 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.18%) Ruby
12 15 (0.88%) PowerShell
12 15 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 13 (0.77%) Bash
14 11 (0.65%) Groovy
14 11 (0.65%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.53%) C
15 9 (0.53%) VBA
16 7 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 333 (19.63%) Degree
2 161 (9.49%) DBS Check
3 77 (4.54%) PMI Certification
4 73 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 33 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 28 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.59%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.30%) CISSP
10 20 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.77%) CCNP
14 12 (0.71%) CEH
15 11 (0.65%) CCNA
16 10 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.59%) PMP
17 9 (0.53%) CREST Certified
18 8 (0.47%) CCSA
19 7 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.72%) QA
2 34 (2.00%) GDPR
2 34 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.24%) NIST
6 19 (1.12%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.12%) PMO
7 13 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 12 (0.71%) IFRS
8 12 (0.71%) IFRS 9
9 9 (0.53%) CRD IV
10 8 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.47%) SLA
11 7 (0.41%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.41%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.41%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 70 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.48%) Docker
3 8 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.059%) Firmware
6 1 (0.059%) KVM
Systems Management
1 94 (5.54%) Terraform
2 66 (3.89%) Kubernetes
3 47 (2.77%) Ansible
4 25 (1.47%) Grafana
5 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.59%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.59%) Puppet
7 5 (0.29%) Kibana
7 5 (0.29%) logstash
8 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 3 (0.18%) Consul
9 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.18%) Packer
9 3 (0.18%) SCOM
10 2 (0.12%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.059%) MIIS
11 1 (0.059%) Salt
11 1 (0.059%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 350 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 129 (7.61%) Databricks
3 77 (4.54%) Google
4 31 (1.83%) Adobe
5 26 (1.53%) SAP
6 24 (1.42%) Cisco
7 20 (1.18%) Northgate
8 15 (0.88%) Twitter
9 14 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 11 (0.65%) Oracle
10 11 (0.65%) Thales
11 10 (0.59%) VMware
12 9 (0.53%) Apple
12 9 (0.53%) Meraki
12 9 (0.53%) New Relic
13 8 (0.47%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.47%) Cognos
13 8 (0.47%) WooCommerce
14 7 (0.41%) SaltStack
15 6 (0.35%) MuleSoft