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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 35 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 +22 +19
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,741 2,941 4,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.13% 7.33% 6.07%
As % of the General category 8.34% 11.12% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1,606 2,001
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £39,031 £46,381 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £64,650 £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 20,882 26,448 45,796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.50% 65.95% 63.80%
Number of salaries quoted 15,109 17,605 24,726
10th Percentile £31,800 £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 £82,797 £79,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £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 23 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 34 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.92%) CMS
3 11 (0.63%) SAS
4 10 (0.57%) Confluence
4 10 (0.57%) WordPress
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.23%) Apache
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.17%) Drupal
9 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.057%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.057%) JBoss
11 1 (0.057%) Jupyter
Applications
1 78 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (3.16%) 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 (0.34%) Sketch
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) SPSS
12 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.11%) CapCut
13 2 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.057%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (1.72%) Shopify
2 27 (1.55%) Endur
3 25 (1.44%) Payment Gateway
4 21 (1.21%) Magento
5 17 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.57%) 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 (0.11%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.11%) SAP PP
11 2 (0.11%) SAP Retail
11 2 (0.11%) SAP WM
12 1 (0.057%) Dynamics AX
12 1 (0.057%) SAP CO
12 1 (0.057%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 371 (21.31%) Azure
2 310 (17.81%) AWS
3 188 (10.80%) Power Platform
4 79 (4.54%) GCP
5 77 (4.42%) SaaS
6 71 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.61%) Serverless
10 21 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (1.21%) PowerApps
11 20 (1.15%) Figma
12 17 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (0.92%) Snowflake
13 16 (0.92%) WhatsApp
14 15 (0.86%) Power Automate
15 11 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.63%) Entra ID
15 11 (0.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.73%) WAN
2 61 (3.50%) LAN
3 55 (3.16%) Firewall
4 42 (2.41%) Internet
5 41 (2.35%) VPN
6 36 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (1.03%) 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 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.63%) SQL Server
2 177 (10.17%) Power BI
3 155 (8.90%) Tableau
4 143 (8.21%) Data Warehouse
5 97 (5.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 53 (3.04%) MySQL
7 42 (2.41%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
10 28 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (1.38%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.32%) Big Data
13 20 (1.15%) Data Lake
14 17 (0.98%) Redis
15 15 (0.86%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.80%) DynamoDB
17 13 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (0.69%) GIS
18 12 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 8 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 203 (11.66%) Git
2 48 (2.76%) JIRA
3 23 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 21 (1.21%) TeamCity
6 18 (1.03%) GitLab
7 12 (0.69%) JUnit
8 11 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.57%) JBehave
9 10 (0.57%) SpecFlow
10 9 (0.52%) JMeter
11 7 (0.40%) gulp
11 7 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.40%) webpack
12 6 (0.34%) Selenium
12 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.29%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 733 (42.10%) Social Skills
2 607 (34.87%) Finance
3 366 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (10.74%) Marketing
5 181 (10.40%) Presentation Skills
6 164 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 124 (7.12%) Legal
8 112 (6.43%) Public Sector
9 105 (6.03%) Banking
10 73 (4.19%) Manufacturing
11 63 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (3.33%) Law
13 25 (1.44%) Back Office
13 25 (1.44%) Games
13 25 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.21%) Police
16 19 (1.09%) Billing
17 18 (1.03%) Aerospace
18 17 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 364 (20.91%) Analyst
2 332 (19.07%) Senior
3 205 (11.77%) Developer
4 155 (8.90%) Data Analyst
5 148 (8.50%) Architect
6 132 (7.58%) Lead
7 126 (7.24%) Senior Analyst
8 125 (7.18%) Consultant
9 105 (6.03%) Senior Data Analyst
10 96 (5.51%) Project Manager
11 82 (4.71%) Business Intelligence Consultant
12 68 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
13 62 (3.56%) Senior Developer
14 59 (3.39%) .NET Developer
15 58 (3.33%) Business Analyst
16 50 (2.87%) Software Engineer
17 44 (2.53%) Data Engineer
18 43 (2.47%) Product Manager
19 34 (1.95%) Full Stack Developer
20 33 (1.90%) Lead Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (7.24%) .NET
2 110 (6.32%) CSS
3 103 (5.92%) HTML
4 92 (5.28%) React
5 71 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 59 (3.39%) Node.js
7 55 (3.16%) AngularJS
8 51 (2.93%) .NET Framework
8 51 (2.93%) Vue
9 46 (2.64%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.47%) ASP.NET Web API
11 40 (2.30%) Entity Framework
11 40 (2.30%) Web Services
12 35 (2.01%) XML
13 31 (1.78%) REST
14 28 (1.61%) JSON
15 27 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
15 27 (1.55%) RESTful
16 24 (1.38%) Laravel
17 22 (1.26%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.65%) Product Ownership
1 81 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
2 72 (4.14%) Cloud Native
3 67 (3.85%) PMI
4 65 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.47%) Blog
7 35 (2.01%) Mobile App
8 32 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 30 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.55%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.49%) 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 (1.03%) Social Media
15 16 (0.92%) Low-Code
16 15 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 96 (5.51%) Windows
2 60 (3.45%) Linux
3 38 (2.18%) Ubuntu
3 38 (2.18%) VMS
4 21 (1.21%) Android
5 20 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 11 (0.63%) Windows 8
10 6 (0.34%) Unix
11 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.23%) AIX
13 3 (0.17%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.057%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
2 426 (24.47%) Agile
3 307 (17.63%) Analytics
4 247 (14.19%) Roadmaps
5 227 (13.04%) E-Commerce
6 216 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
7 184 (10.57%) Data Analysis
8 181 (10.40%) Actionable Insight
8 181 (10.40%) Visualisation
9 177 (10.17%) Mathematics
10 162 (9.30%) Machine Learning
10 162 (9.30%) Statistics
11 158 (9.08%) Data Science
12 151 (8.67%) Business Strategy
13 150 (8.62%) DevOps
14 147 (8.44%) Data Pipeline
14 147 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 146 (8.39%) Artificial Intelligence
15 146 (8.39%) Project Management
16 138 (7.93%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 413 (23.72%) SQL
2 281 (16.14%) Python
3 172 (9.88%) JavaScript
4 135 (7.75%) C#
5 84 (4.82%) TypeScript
6 77 (4.42%) Java
7 70 (4.02%) PHP
8 23 (1.32%) Go
9 21 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.15%) R
10 20 (1.15%) Ruby
11 16 (0.92%) PowerShell
12 13 (0.75%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.63%) Bash
13 11 (0.63%) Groovy
14 9 (0.52%) C
14 9 (0.52%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.52%) VBA
15 7 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 369 (21.19%) Degree
2 186 (10.68%) DBS Check
3 76 (4.37%) Security Cleared
4 74 (4.25%) PMI Certification
5 36 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.26%) CISSP
10 20 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.75%) CCNP
13 12 (0.69%) CCNA
13 12 (0.69%) CEH
13 12 (0.69%) PMP
14 10 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.52%) CREST Certified
16 8 (0.46%) CCSA
17 7 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (6.66%) QA
2 35 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (1.90%) GDPR
4 30 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 27 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.21%) NIST
6 21 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.03%) PMO
8 14 (0.80%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 8 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.40%) ISO 22301
10 7 (0.40%) NEBOSH
11 6 (0.34%) IFRS
11 6 (0.34%) IFRS 9
11 6 (0.34%) SLA
12 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.23%) ISO 14000
13 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 71 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.16%) Docker
3 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.057%) Firmware
7 1 (0.057%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.057%) KVM
7 1 (0.057%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 95 (5.46%) Terraform
2 62 (3.56%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.81%) Ansible
4 25 (1.44%) Grafana
5 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.57%) 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
10 2 (0.11%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.11%) SCCM
11 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.057%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.057%) MIIS
11 1 (0.057%) SCOM
11 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.057%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 350 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 152 (8.73%) Databricks
3 82 (4.71%) Google
4 32 (1.84%) Adobe
5 26 (1.49%) SAP
6 24 (1.38%) Cisco
7 20 (1.15%) Northgate
8 15 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 15 (0.86%) Twitter
9 14 (0.80%) Oracle
10 11 (0.63%) Thales
11 10 (0.57%) New Relic
12 9 (0.52%) Apple
12 9 (0.52%) Meraki
13 8 (0.46%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.46%) Cognos
13 8 (0.46%) WooCommerce
14 7 (0.40%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.40%) SaltStack
14 7 (0.40%) VMware