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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 35 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +18
Permanent jobs citing Retail 1,739 2,988 4,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.14% 7.36% 6.06%
As % of the General category 8.34% 11.17% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 1,619 2,008
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,350 £41,750
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 20,849 26,740 45,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.67% 65.90% 63.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15,089 17,832 24,794
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 £83,750 £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 20 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 (1.96%) 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 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.97%) 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 (0.35%) 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 25 (1.44%) 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
1 376 (21.62%) Azure
2 312 (17.94%) AWS
3 188 (10.81%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.60%) GCP
5 77 (4.43%) SaaS
6 73 (4.20%) 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 12 (0.69%) Entra ID
16 11 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (0.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.62%) WAN
2 59 (3.39%) LAN
3 53 (3.05%) Firewall
4 40 (2.30%) Internet
5 39 (2.24%) 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 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 177 (10.18%) Power BI
3 155 (8.91%) Tableau
4 144 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
5 97 (5.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 52 (2.99%) MySQL
7 42 (2.42%) MongoDB
8 29 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
8 29 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 28 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.38%) Big Data
10 24 (1.38%) BigQuery
11 20 (1.15%) Data Lake
12 16 (0.92%) NoSQL
12 16 (0.92%) Redis
13 14 (0.81%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (0.69%) GIS
15 12 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 203 (11.67%) Git
2 49 (2.82%) JIRA
3 23 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 21 (1.21%) TeamCity
6 18 (1.04%) GitLab
7 12 (0.69%) JUnit
8 11 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.58%) JBehave
9 10 (0.58%) SpecFlow
10 9 (0.52%) JMeter
11 7 (0.40%) gulp
11 7 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (0.40%) webpack
12 6 (0.35%) 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
1 735 (42.27%) Social Skills
2 617 (35.48%) Finance
3 376 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
5 187 (10.75%) Marketing
6 164 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 116 (6.67%) Banking
8 113 (6.50%) Legal
9 112 (6.44%) Public Sector
10 72 (4.14%) Manufacturing
11 64 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (3.39%) Law
13 25 (1.44%) Back Office
13 25 (1.44%) Games
13 25 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.27%) Retail Banking
16 21 (1.21%) Police
17 19 (1.09%) Billing
18 18 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 356 (20.47%) Analyst
2 334 (19.21%) Senior
3 206 (11.85%) Developer
4 154 (8.86%) Data Analyst
5 148 (8.51%) Architect
6 129 (7.42%) Senior Analyst
7 125 (7.19%) Consultant
7 125 (7.19%) Lead
8 104 (5.98%) Senior Data Analyst
9 96 (5.52%) Project Manager
10 82 (4.72%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 68 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
12 61 (3.51%) Senior Developer
13 60 (3.45%) .NET Developer
14 50 (2.88%) Software Engineer
15 48 (2.76%) Business Analyst
16 44 (2.53%) Data Engineer
16 44 (2.53%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.01%) Full Stack Developer
18 34 (1.96%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (7.30%) .NET
2 110 (6.33%) CSS
3 103 (5.92%) HTML
4 95 (5.46%) React
5 72 (4.14%) .NET Core
6 58 (3.34%) Node.js
7 56 (3.22%) AngularJS
8 51 (2.93%) .NET Framework
8 51 (2.93%) Vue
9 46 (2.65%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.47%) 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 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
15 27 (1.55%) RESTful
16 25 (1.44%) Laravel
17 22 (1.27%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.89%) Product Ownership
2 80 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (4.14%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.14%) PMI
4 66 (3.80%) 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 31 (1.78%) Data Centre
10 27 (1.55%) 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 (5.52%) Windows
2 59 (3.39%) 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
1 481 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
2 436 (25.07%) Agile
3 308 (17.71%) Analytics
4 249 (14.32%) Roadmaps
5 228 (13.11%) E-Commerce
6 217 (12.48%) Business Intelligence
7 189 (10.87%) Data Analysis
8 182 (10.47%) Actionable Insight
9 181 (10.41%) Mathematics
9 181 (10.41%) Visualisation
10 166 (9.55%) Statistics
11 163 (9.37%) Machine Learning
12 158 (9.09%) Data Science
13 151 (8.68%) Business Strategy
13 151 (8.68%) DevOps
14 147 (8.45%) Data Pipeline
14 147 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 146 (8.40%) Artificial Intelligence
16 143 (8.22%) Project Management
17 139 (7.99%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 415 (23.86%) SQL
2 285 (16.39%) Python
3 174 (10.01%) JavaScript
4 136 (7.82%) C#
5 84 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 78 (4.49%) Java
7 70 (4.03%) PHP
8 25 (1.44%) R
9 23 (1.32%) Go
10 21 (1.21%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.15%) Ruby
12 16 (0.92%) PowerShell
13 14 (0.81%) VB.NET
14 11 (0.63%) Bash
14 11 (0.63%) Groovy
14 11 (0.63%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.52%) C
15 9 (0.52%) VBA
16 7 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 365 (20.99%) Degree
2 185 (10.64%) DBS Check
3 79 (4.54%) PMI Certification
4 74 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 34 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 24 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.27%) 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 (0.58%) 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
1 106 (6.10%) QA
2 35 (2.01%) 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
13 6 (0.35%) CRD IV
13 6 (0.35%) SLA
14 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 71 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.22%) 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 64 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 47 (2.70%) 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
1 353 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 151 (8.68%) Databricks
3 82 (4.72%) Google
4 31 (1.78%) 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