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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 34 56
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 +23
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,736 3,001 4,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.13% 7.42% 6.04%
As % of the General category 8.33% 11.26% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 1,624 1,996
10th Percentile £26,258 £35,000 £33,125
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,350 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £64,050 £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 20,835 26,651 44,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.59% 65.89% 63.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15,099 17,791 24,512
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 17 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 33 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.92%) CMS
2 16 (0.92%) SAS
3 10 (0.58%) Confluence
3 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.58%) WordPress
4 7 (0.40%) Apache
5 6 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.17%) Drupal
7 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.058%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.058%) JBoss
9 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
Applications
1 80 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
9 7 (0.40%) InDesign
9 7 (0.40%) Trello
10 6 (0.35%) Sketch
10 6 (0.35%) SPSS
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
12 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.12%) EViews
13 2 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (1.73%) Shopify
2 29 (1.67%) Endur
3 26 (1.50%) Payment Gateway
4 20 (1.15%) Magento
5 17 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.46%) Misys Midas
9 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.17%) SAP SCM
10 3 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.12%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
11 2 (0.12%) SAP Retail
11 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
12 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
12 1 (0.058%) SAP CO
12 1 (0.058%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 375 (21.60%) Azure
2 305 (17.57%) AWS
3 187 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.61%) GCP
5 77 (4.44%) SaaS
6 72 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.61%) Serverless
10 21 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (1.15%) Figma
11 20 (1.15%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (0.92%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.92%) WhatsApp
13 14 (0.81%) Power Automate
14 12 (0.69%) Entra ID
15 11 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.69%) WAN
2 60 (3.46%) LAN
3 53 (3.05%) Firewall
4 40 (2.30%) Internet
5 39 (2.25%) VPN
6 36 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (1.04%) Wireless
8 11 (0.63%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.46%) HTTP
10 7 (0.40%) Extranet
10 7 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.35%) Network Security
12 5 (0.29%) DNS
12 5 (0.29%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) VLAN
14 3 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.17%) VoIP
15 2 (0.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 176 (10.14%) Power BI
3 148 (8.53%) Tableau
4 144 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
5 96 (5.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 52 (3.00%) MySQL
7 42 (2.42%) MongoDB
8 29 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
8 29 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 28 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (1.44%) Big Data
11 24 (1.38%) BigQuery
12 20 (1.15%) Data Lake
13 16 (0.92%) NoSQL
13 16 (0.92%) Redis
14 14 (0.81%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (0.69%) GIS
17 11 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 8 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 202 (11.64%) Git
2 49 (2.82%) JIRA
3 23 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 23 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 21 (1.21%) TeamCity
5 18 (1.04%) GitLab
6 12 (0.69%) JUnit
7 11 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.58%) JBehave
8 10 (0.58%) SpecFlow
9 9 (0.52%) JMeter
10 7 (0.40%) gulp
10 7 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.40%) webpack
11 6 (0.35%) Selenium
11 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.29%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 729 (41.99%) Social Skills
2 618 (35.60%) Finance
3 375 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (10.77%) Marketing
5 182 (10.48%) Presentation Skills
6 164 (9.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (6.74%) Banking
8 112 (6.45%) Legal
8 112 (6.45%) Public Sector
9 71 (4.09%) Manufacturing
10 64 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
11 59 (3.40%) Law
12 25 (1.44%) Back Office
12 25 (1.44%) Games
12 25 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.27%) Retail Banking
15 21 (1.21%) Police
16 19 (1.09%) Billing
17 18 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 348 (20.05%) Analyst
2 327 (18.84%) Senior
3 207 (11.92%) Developer
4 149 (8.58%) Architect
5 147 (8.47%) Data Analyst
6 126 (7.26%) Consultant
7 124 (7.14%) Lead
8 122 (7.03%) Senior Analyst
9 97 (5.59%) Senior Data Analyst
10 96 (5.53%) Project Manager
11 82 (4.72%) Business Intelligence Consultant
12 69 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
13 61 (3.51%) .NET Developer
13 61 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 50 (2.88%) Software Engineer
15 47 (2.71%) Business Analyst
16 44 (2.53%) Data Engineer
16 44 (2.53%) Product Manager
17 36 (2.07%) Full Stack Developer
18 34 (1.96%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (7.37%) .NET
2 110 (6.34%) CSS
3 103 (5.93%) HTML
4 95 (5.47%) React
5 72 (4.15%) .NET Core
6 58 (3.34%) Node.js
7 56 (3.23%) AngularJS
8 51 (2.94%) .NET Framework
8 51 (2.94%) Vue
9 46 (2.65%) ASP.NET
10 44 (2.53%) ASP.NET Web API
11 40 (2.30%) Entity Framework
11 40 (2.30%) Web Services
12 34 (1.96%) XML
13 29 (1.67%) REST
14 28 (1.61%) JSON
15 27 (1.56%) ASP.NET MVC
15 27 (1.56%) RESTful
16 25 (1.44%) Laravel
17 23 (1.32%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 81 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (4.15%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.15%) PMI
4 67 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.48%) Blog
7 35 (2.02%) Mobile App
8 32 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 31 (1.79%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.56%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.50%) Life Science
12 24 (1.38%) FMCG
12 24 (1.38%) NHS
13 21 (1.21%) Driving Licence
13 21 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.04%) Social Media
15 16 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (0.92%) Low-Code
16 15 (0.86%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 96 (5.53%) Windows
2 59 (3.40%) Linux
3 36 (2.07%) Ubuntu
3 36 (2.07%) VMS
4 22 (1.27%) Android
5 21 (1.21%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.09%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 11 (0.63%) Windows 8
10 7 (0.40%) Unix
11 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.23%) AIX
13 3 (0.17%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
2 437 (25.17%) Agile
3 301 (17.34%) Analytics
4 250 (14.40%) Roadmaps
5 230 (13.25%) E-Commerce
6 216 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
7 188 (10.83%) Data Analysis
8 175 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
9 174 (10.02%) Mathematics
9 174 (10.02%) Visualisation
10 163 (9.39%) Machine Learning
11 159 (9.16%) Statistics
12 158 (9.10%) Data Science
13 151 (8.70%) DevOps
14 150 (8.64%) Business Strategy
15 146 (8.41%) Artificial Intelligence
15 146 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 143 (8.24%) Project Management
17 140 (8.06%) Data Pipeline
18 136 (7.83%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 407 (23.44%) SQL
2 278 (16.01%) Python
3 174 (10.02%) JavaScript
4 136 (7.83%) C#
5 84 (4.84%) TypeScript
6 79 (4.55%) Java
7 70 (4.03%) PHP
8 25 (1.44%) R
9 23 (1.32%) Go
10 20 (1.15%) Ruby
10 20 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 16 (0.92%) PowerShell
12 14 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.63%) Bash
13 11 (0.63%) Groovy
13 11 (0.63%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.52%) C
14 9 (0.52%) VBA
15 7 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 356 (20.51%) Degree
2 178 (10.25%) DBS Check
3 79 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 74 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 34 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.56%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.27%) CISSP
10 20 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.81%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.75%) CCNP
14 12 (0.69%) CCNA
14 12 (0.69%) CEH
14 12 (0.69%) PMP
15 10 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.52%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.46%) CCSA
18 7 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.05%) QA
2 35 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (1.96%) GDPR
4 30 (1.73%) Data Quality
5 28 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.21%) NIST
7 19 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.04%) PMO
9 14 (0.81%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.52%) IFRS
10 9 (0.52%) IFRS 9
11 8 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.40%) ISO 14001
12 7 (0.40%) ISO 22301
12 7 (0.40%) NEBOSH
12 7 (0.40%) SLA
13 6 (0.35%) CRD IV
14 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 71 (4.09%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.28%) Docker
3 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.058%) Firmware
7 1 (0.058%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.058%) KVM
7 1 (0.058%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 94 (5.41%) Terraform
2 65 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 47 (2.71%) Ansible
4 25 (1.44%) Grafana
5 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.58%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.52%) Puppet
8 5 (0.29%) Kibana
8 5 (0.29%) logstash
9 3 (0.17%) Consul
9 3 (0.17%) Packer
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.12%) SCOM
11 1 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.058%) MIIS
11 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.058%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 352 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 144 (8.29%) Databricks
3 82 (4.72%) Google
4 31 (1.79%) Adobe
5 26 (1.50%) SAP
6 24 (1.38%) Cisco
7 20 (1.15%) Northgate
8 15 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 15 (0.86%) Twitter
9 14 (0.81%) Oracle
10 11 (0.63%) Thales
11 9 (0.52%) Apple
11 9 (0.52%) Meraki
11 9 (0.52%) New Relic
11 9 (0.52%) VMware
12 8 (0.46%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.46%) Cognos
12 8 (0.46%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.40%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.40%) SaltStack