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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 207 253
Rank change year-on-year -41 +46 -7
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 152 196 400
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.49% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.53% 2.07% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 99 123 319
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £36,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,850 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,400 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.62% +18.80% -4.76%

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 9,904 9,475 20,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.43% 71.82% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,575 6,439 15,199
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,684 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.85% +13.68% -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 16 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
1 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
1 1 (0.66%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.66%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.66%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.66%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.66%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.61%) AWS
2 5 (3.29%) GCP
3 4 (2.63%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.97%) Azure
4 3 (1.97%) GitHub
5 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.32%) OCI
6 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.58%) RS-232
2 8 (5.26%) Bluetooth
2 8 (5.26%) Wireless
3 5 (3.29%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.29%) Firewall
3 5 (3.29%) VLAN
3 5 (3.29%) VPN
4 4 (2.63%) DHCP
4 4 (2.63%) DNS
4 4 (2.63%) LAN
4 4 (2.63%) Modbus
4 4 (2.63%) RS-485
4 4 (2.63%) WAN
5 3 (1.97%) Profibus
5 3 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.97%) ZigBee
6 2 (1.32%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.32%) RFID
6 2 (1.32%) SSH
7 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.29%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.63%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.63%) Power BI
2 4 (2.63%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.63%) Tableau
3 2 (1.32%) Metadata
3 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.66%) DTS
4 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.95%) Subversion
3 5 (3.29%) JIRA
4 4 (2.63%) Git
5 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
General
1 55 (36.18%) Manufacturing
2 52 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 42 (27.63%) Marketing
4 38 (25.00%) Finance
5 34 (22.37%) Telecoms
6 28 (18.42%) Public Sector
7 20 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.61%) Legal
11 6 (3.95%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.32%) Automotive
12 2 (1.32%) Avionics
12 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.32%) Local Government
12 2 (1.32%) Retail
13 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.66%) German Language
13 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (22.37%) Systems Engineer
2 33 (21.71%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (15.13%) Electronics Engineer
4 21 (13.82%) Senior
5 20 (13.16%) Software Engineer
6 16 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (9.87%) Consultant
8 13 (8.55%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (8.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.55%) Security Consultant
9 12 (7.89%) Lead
10 11 (7.24%) Marketing Manager
11 7 (4.61%) Design Engineer
11 7 (4.61%) RF Engineer
12 6 (3.95%) Graduate
12 6 (3.95%) Graduate Systems Engineer
12 6 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (3.95%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.95%) Systems Support
12 6 (3.95%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.55%) SAP CAF
2 6 (3.95%) Node.js
3 2 (1.32%) JSON
3 2 (1.32%) Kafka
3 2 (1.32%) NestJS
3 2 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.32%) React
3 2 (1.32%) RESTful
4 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.66%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.66%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle ADF
4 1 (0.66%) Pandas
4 1 (0.66%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.66%) XML
4 1 (0.66%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.13%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (11.84%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.55%) Algorithms
4 10 (6.58%) FPGA
5 6 (3.95%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.63%) VHDL
7 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.32%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.32%) IoT
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) NHS
7 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.32%) PCIe
7 2 (1.32%) Photography
7 2 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.32%) Semantic Web
7 2 (1.32%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.21%) Linux
2 3 (1.97%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (1.97%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (1.97%) Windows
3 1 (0.66%) Debian
3 1 (0.66%) OpenWrt
3 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (18.42%) Digital Marketing
2 28 (18.42%) Programme Management
3 24 (15.79%) Agile
4 23 (15.13%) Software Engineering
5 22 (14.47%) Systems Engineering
6 17 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (11.18%) Risk Management
7 16 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (10.53%) Validation
8 14 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (9.21%) Signal Processing
9 13 (8.55%) ISMS
9 13 (8.55%) Test Automation
9 13 (8.55%) Test Planning
10 12 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (7.24%) B2B
11 11 (7.24%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (7.24%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.11%) C
2 24 (15.79%) C++
3 11 (7.24%) Embedded C
3 11 (7.24%) Embedded C++
4 9 (5.92%) Python
5 6 (3.95%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.63%) SQL
7 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.32%) Go
9 1 (0.66%) Bash
9 1 (0.66%) Bicep
9 1 (0.66%) C#
9 1 (0.66%) Java
9 1 (0.66%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.66%) SHACL
9 1 (0.66%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 33 (21.71%) Degree
2 32 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.16%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (8.55%) CISM
5 13 (8.55%) CISSP
5 13 (8.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 12 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.32%) PhD
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (8.55%) GRC
2 13 (8.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (8.55%) NIST
3 5 (3.29%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.66%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.66%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (17.76%) Firmware
2 20 (13.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.97%) Docker
4 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.66%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (2.63%) Terraform
2 2 (1.32%) Ansible
2 2 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.66%) Puppet
3 1 (0.66%) Rancher
Vendors
1 29 (19.08%) SAP
2 13 (8.55%) IBM
3 9 (5.92%) EMC
4 4 (2.63%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.97%) Google
6 1 (0.66%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.66%) Cisco
6 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.66%) IFS
6 1 (0.66%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle
6 1 (0.66%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.66%) Salesforce