Hybrid/Remote Electronics Job Trends

Electronics
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 220 251
Rank change year-on-year -28 +31 -10
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 149 194 400
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.44% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.47% 1.99% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 93 127 319
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £36,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,400 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.62% +18.80% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Electronics falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,114 9,736 20,162
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.00% 72.16% 61.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,729 6,496 15,161
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,290 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,875 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronics and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Electronics job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Electronics
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Electronics over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Electronics salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.67%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.67%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.70%) AWS
2 5 (3.36%) GCP
3 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.01%) Azure
4 3 (2.01%) GitHub
5 2 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.67%) OCI
6 1 (0.67%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.04%) RS-232
1 9 (6.04%) Wireless
2 8 (5.37%) Bluetooth
3 5 (3.36%) Firewall
3 5 (3.36%) Modbus
3 5 (3.36%) RS-485
3 5 (3.36%) VLAN
3 5 (3.36%) VPN
4 4 (2.68%) DHCP
4 4 (2.68%) DNS
4 4 (2.68%) LAN
4 4 (2.68%) Profibus
4 4 (2.68%) WAN
4 4 (2.68%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.01%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.34%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.34%) RFID
6 2 (1.34%) SSH
6 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.68%) Power BI
2 4 (2.68%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.68%) Tableau
3 2 (1.34%) Metadata
3 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) DTS
4 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.03%) Subversion
3 5 (3.36%) JIRA
4 4 (2.68%) Git
5 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 56 (37.58%) Manufacturing
2 53 (35.57%) Social Skills
3 40 (26.85%) Marketing
4 37 (24.83%) Finance
5 33 (22.15%) Telecoms
6 26 (17.45%) Public Sector
7 19 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (4.70%) Aerospace
11 7 (4.70%) Legal
12 2 (1.34%) Automotive
12 2 (1.34%) Avionics
12 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Local Government
12 2 (1.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.67%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.67%) German Language
13 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (23.49%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (20.13%) Embedded Engineer
3 24 (16.11%) Electronics Engineer
4 21 (14.09%) Senior
5 17 (11.41%) Software Engineer
6 15 (10.07%) Consultant
7 14 (9.40%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (9.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 12 (8.05%) Security Consultant
10 11 (7.38%) Marketing Manager
11 10 (6.71%) Lead
12 9 (6.04%) RF Engineer
12 9 (6.04%) Support Engineer
13 8 (5.37%) Graduate
13 8 (5.37%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
13 8 (5.37%) Graduate Support Engineer
13 8 (5.37%) Graduate Systems Engineer
13 8 (5.37%) Systems Support
13 8 (5.37%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.05%) SAP CAF
2 6 (4.03%) Node.js
3 2 (1.34%) JSON
3 2 (1.34%) Kafka
3 2 (1.34%) NestJS
3 2 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.34%) React
3 2 (1.34%) RESTful
4 1 (0.67%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.67%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.67%) Pandas
4 1 (0.67%) XML
4 1 (0.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.44%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (12.08%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (9.40%) Algorithms
4 9 (6.04%) FPGA
5 6 (4.03%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.01%) IoT
7 3 (2.01%) VHDL
8 2 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.34%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.34%) NHS
8 2 (1.34%) PCIe
8 2 (1.34%) Photography
8 2 (1.34%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.34%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.34%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.67%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.07%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (2.01%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.34%) Windows
5 1 (0.67%) Debian
5 1 (0.67%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (17.45%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (17.45%) Digital Marketing
2 26 (17.45%) Programme Management
3 24 (16.11%) Systems Engineering
4 23 (15.44%) Agile
5 20 (13.42%) Software Engineering
6 19 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (12.08%) Validation
8 16 (10.74%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (10.74%) Risk Management
9 15 (10.07%) Signal Processing
9 15 (10.07%) Test Automation
10 14 (9.40%) Test Planning
11 13 (8.72%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (8.05%) ISMS
12 12 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (7.38%) B2B
14 10 (6.71%) B2B Marketing
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.11%) C
2 22 (14.77%) C++
3 11 (7.38%) Embedded C
3 11 (7.38%) Embedded C++
4 8 (5.37%) Python
5 6 (4.03%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.01%) SQL
7 2 (1.34%) Go
7 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.67%) Bash
8 1 (0.67%) Bicep
8 1 (0.67%) C#
8 1 (0.67%) Java
8 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.67%) SHACL
8 1 (0.67%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 33 (22.15%) Degree
2 27 (18.12%) Security Cleared
3 15 (10.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.05%) CISM
4 12 (8.05%) CISSP
4 12 (8.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 10 (6.71%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.37%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.34%) PhD
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (8.05%) GRC
2 12 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (8.05%) NIST
3 5 (3.36%) QA
4 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (17.45%) Firmware
2 20 (13.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.01%) Docker
4 1 (0.67%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (2.68%) Terraform
2 2 (1.34%) Ansible
2 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.67%) Puppet
3 1 (0.67%) Rancher
Vendors
1 27 (18.12%) SAP
2 14 (9.40%) IBM
3 8 (5.37%) EMC
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.01%) Google
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.67%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce