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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 242 274
Rank change year-on-year +67 +32 -37
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 218 223 229
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 1.32% 1.11%
As % of the General category 2.36% 1.93% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 177 125 181
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £81,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 9,250 11,526 13,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.22% 68.16% 63.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,856 6,578 10,101
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.39%

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 2 January 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 (0.92%) Tomcat
1 2 (0.92%) WebLogic
1 2 (0.92%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.92%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.92%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.92%) Simulink
4 1 (0.46%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.92%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.75%) AWS
1 6 (2.75%) Azure
1 6 (2.75%) GCP
2 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (1.38%) GitHub
3 3 (1.38%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.38%) OCI
4 2 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.92%) Serverless
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.46%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.17%) Network Security
2 18 (8.26%) RS-232
3 14 (6.42%) Wireless
4 12 (5.50%) Bluetooth
5 10 (4.59%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.83%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.92%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.92%) SSH
8 1 (0.46%) Firewall
8 1 (0.46%) Modbus
8 1 (0.46%) RS-485
8 1 (0.46%) VLAN
8 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.83%) Power BI
1 4 (1.83%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (1.83%) Tableau
2 3 (1.38%) Big Data
2 3 (1.38%) Metadata
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (15.60%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.75%) Subversion
3 5 (2.29%) Git
3 5 (2.29%) JIRA
4 3 (1.38%) Xcode
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.46%) Gatling
6 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 87 (39.91%) Manufacturing
2 75 (34.40%) Finance
3 74 (33.94%) Telecoms
4 70 (32.11%) Marketing
5 69 (31.65%) Public Sector
6 68 (31.19%) Social Skills
7 37 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.05%) Automotive
10 6 (2.75%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.29%) Avionics
11 5 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.29%) German Language
12 4 (1.83%) French Language
12 4 (1.83%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.83%) Legal
13 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.92%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 52 (23.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (21.56%) Systems Engineer
3 45 (20.64%) Consultant
3 45 (20.64%) Security Consultant
4 42 (19.27%) Electronics Engineer
5 34 (15.60%) Principal Engineer
6 33 (15.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 26 (11.93%) Software Engineer
8 24 (11.01%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 21 (9.63%) Senior
10 20 (9.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 15 (6.88%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 13 (5.96%) Lead
13 9 (4.13%) Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) Firmware Engineer
14 8 (3.67%) Analyst
15 7 (3.21%) Design Engineer
15 7 (3.21%) FPGA Engineer
15 7 (3.21%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.47%) SAP CAF
2 9 (4.13%) Flash
3 4 (1.83%) Node.js
4 3 (1.38%) iOS SDK
4 3 (1.38%) JSON
4 3 (1.38%) SwiftUI
4 3 (1.38%) UIKit
5 2 (0.92%) Kafka
5 2 (0.92%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.92%) NestJS
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (0.92%) Pandas
5 2 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.92%) RESTful
5 2 (0.92%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.92%) XML
6 1 (0.46%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.46%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.51%) Algorithms
2 28 (12.84%) Embedded Systems
3 24 (11.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (6.42%) FPGA
5 10 (4.59%) Analogue Electronics
6 8 (3.67%) VHDL
7 5 (2.29%) IoT
7 5 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.38%) 3D Printing
9 3 (1.38%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.92%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.92%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.92%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.92%) NHS
10 2 (0.92%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.92%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.92%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.21%) Linux
2 5 (2.29%) Windows
3 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) Debian
4 1 (0.46%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.11%) Digital Marketing
2 69 (31.65%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (31.65%) Programme Management
3 53 (24.31%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (16.97%) Systems Engineering
5 36 (16.51%) Collaborative Culture
6 35 (16.06%) Signal Processing
7 34 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
8 33 (15.14%) Test Planning
9 32 (14.68%) Agile
9 32 (14.68%) Software Engineering
10 27 (12.39%) Mentoring
11 26 (11.93%) Risk Management
12 25 (11.47%) ISMS
13 22 (10.09%) Vulnerability Management
14 14 (6.42%) Software Testing
15 13 (5.96%) Data Analysis
15 13 (5.96%) Embedded Software Development
16 10 (4.59%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (26.15%) C
2 39 (17.89%) C++
3 27 (12.39%) Embedded C
4 20 (9.17%) Python
5 14 (6.42%) Embedded C++
6 7 (3.21%) SQL
7 5 (2.29%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.83%) Tcl
8 4 (1.83%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.38%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.38%) Swift
10 2 (0.92%) Bash
10 2 (0.92%) Bicep
10 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.46%) Java
11 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.46%) SHACL
11 1 (0.46%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 78 (35.78%) Security Cleared
2 46 (21.10%) CISSP
2 46 (21.10%) SC Cleared
3 37 (16.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (13.76%) Degree
5 26 (11.93%) CISM
6 25 (11.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 24 (11.01%) DV Cleared
8 20 (9.17%) CEH
8 20 (9.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.92%) PhD
10 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (21.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 46 (21.10%) NIST
2 34 (15.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 25 (11.47%) GRC
4 20 (9.17%) PCI DSS
5 7 (3.21%) QA
6 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.46%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (24.31%) Firmware
2 33 (15.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.83%) Docker
4 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.46%) iptables
5 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.38%) Terraform
2 2 (0.92%) Ansible
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.46%) Puppet
3 1 (0.46%) Rancher
Vendors
1 69 (31.65%) SAP
2 33 (15.14%) IBM
3 22 (10.09%) EMC
4 7 (3.21%) Google
5 6 (2.75%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.92%) Cadence
6 2 (0.92%) IFS
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle
7 1 (0.46%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.46%) Apple
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco
7 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.46%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.46%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.46%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.46%) Samsung
7 1 (0.46%) VMware