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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 224 240
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 0
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 179 223 330
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.44% 1.20%
As % of the General category 1.84% 2.05% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 131 109 275
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,750 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -5.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +12.87% -8.18%

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 9,713 10,881 17,059
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.06% 70.07% 62.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,160 6,247 13,601
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.10%

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 19 February 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.12%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.12%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.12%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.12%) Simulink
4 1 (0.56%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.79%) AWS
1 5 (2.79%) Azure
1 5 (2.79%) GCP
2 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.68%) GitHub
3 3 (1.68%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.68%) OCI
4 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.56%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.56%) SaaS
5 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.70%) RS-232
1 12 (6.70%) Wireless
2 10 (5.59%) Bluetooth
3 8 (4.47%) Ethernet
4 6 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.23%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.12%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.12%) RFID
6 2 (1.12%) SSH
7 1 (0.56%) Firewall
7 1 (0.56%) Modbus
7 1 (0.56%) RS-485
7 1 (0.56%) VLAN
7 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.23%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.23%) Power BI
1 4 (2.23%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.23%) Tableau
2 3 (1.68%) Big Data
2 3 (1.68%) Metadata
2 3 (1.68%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) DTS
4 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (15.08%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.35%) Subversion
3 5 (2.79%) Git
3 5 (2.79%) JIRA
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) Xcode
General
1 63 (35.20%) Social Skills
2 61 (34.08%) Manufacturing
3 55 (30.73%) Marketing
4 53 (29.61%) Finance
4 53 (29.61%) Telecoms
5 47 (26.26%) Public Sector
6 18 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.59%) Automotive
8 9 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.47%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.79%) Avionics
10 5 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.79%) Legal
11 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.68%) Retail
12 2 (1.12%) Games
12 2 (1.12%) German Language
12 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (24.58%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (20.11%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (15.08%) Principal Engineer
4 26 (14.53%) Consultant
4 26 (14.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 26 (14.53%) Security Consultant
5 24 (13.41%) Electronics Engineer
6 22 (12.29%) Software Engineer
7 20 (11.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (10.61%) Senior
9 13 (7.26%) Lead
10 9 (5.03%) Firmware Engineer
10 9 (5.03%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 8 (4.47%) Analyst
12 7 (3.91%) Design Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Developer
12 7 (3.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 6 (3.35%) Marketing Manager
14 5 (2.79%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.53%) SAP CAF
2 7 (3.91%) Flash
3 4 (2.23%) Node.js
4 3 (1.68%) JSON
5 2 (1.12%) Kafka
5 2 (1.12%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.12%) NestJS
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.12%) Pandas
5 2 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.12%) RESTful
5 2 (1.12%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.12%) XML
6 1 (0.56%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.56%) iOS SDK
6 1 (0.56%) JSON-LD
6 1 (0.56%) SwiftUI
6 1 (0.56%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.20%) Algorithms
2 28 (15.64%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.15%) FPGA
5 6 (3.35%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (3.35%) VHDL
6 5 (2.79%) IoT
7 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.68%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.12%) Photography
9 2 (1.12%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.12%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.12%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.03%) Linux
2 5 (2.79%) Windows
3 3 (1.68%) Unix
4 2 (1.12%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Debian
5 1 (0.56%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.82%) Digital Marketing
2 47 (26.26%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (26.26%) Programme Management
3 35 (19.55%) Collaborative Culture
4 32 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (17.32%) Systems Engineering
6 30 (16.76%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (15.64%) Agile
7 28 (15.64%) Signal Processing
8 27 (15.08%) Risk Management
8 27 (15.08%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (14.53%) ISMS
9 26 (14.53%) Test Planning
10 25 (13.97%) Software Engineering
11 14 (7.82%) Software Testing
12 13 (7.26%) Data Analysis
13 11 (6.15%) Embedded Software Development
14 10 (5.59%) Project Management
15 9 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (4.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.14%) C
2 33 (18.44%) C++
3 19 (10.61%) Embedded C
4 15 (8.38%) Python
5 12 (6.70%) Embedded C++
6 6 (3.35%) SQL
7 5 (2.79%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.23%) Tcl
8 4 (2.23%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.68%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) Bicep
11 1 (0.56%) Java
11 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.56%) SHACL
11 1 (0.56%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 43 (24.02%) SC Cleared
3 34 (18.99%) Degree
4 30 (16.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (15.08%) CISM
5 27 (15.08%) CISSP
6 26 (14.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 17 (9.50%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.79%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.12%) PhD
10 1 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 27 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (15.08%) NIST
2 26 (14.53%) GRC
3 6 (3.35%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.56%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 39 (21.79%) Firmware
2 31 (17.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.68%) Docker
4 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.56%) iptables
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Ansible
1 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.12%) Terraform
2 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.56%) Puppet
2 1 (0.56%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (26.82%) SAP
2 26 (14.53%) IBM
3 14 (7.82%) EMC
4 7 (3.91%) Google
5 6 (3.35%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.12%) Cadence
6 2 (1.12%) IFS
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.56%) Apple
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.56%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.56%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.56%) Samsung
7 1 (0.56%) VMware