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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 201 277
Rank change year-on-year -47 +76 -62
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 229 253 246
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.53% 1.01%
As % of the General category 1.63% 2.15% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 131 219 184
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

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 14,047 11,787 14,958
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.21% 71.37% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8,826 6,604 9,395
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,665 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -8.33%

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 31 August 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 3 (1.31%) Artix
2 1 (0.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 13 (5.68%) Simulink
2 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.62%) Mathcad
4 3 (1.31%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.31%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.44%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.31%) AWS
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.68%) Wireless
2 10 (4.37%) RS-232
2 10 (4.37%) RS-485
3 9 (3.93%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.93%) Modbus
3 9 (3.93%) Profibus
3 9 (3.93%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.93%) ZigBee
4 6 (2.62%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.75%) DHCP
5 4 (1.75%) DNS
5 4 (1.75%) Firewall
5 4 (1.75%) LAN
5 4 (1.75%) VLAN
5 4 (1.75%) VPN
5 4 (1.75%) WAN
6 3 (1.31%) NFC
6 3 (1.31%) RFID
7 1 (0.44%) Broadband
7 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.31%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.42%) LabVIEW
2 11 (4.80%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.31%) Git
4 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) MLflow
4 2 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.44%) Appium
5 1 (0.44%) CMake
5 1 (0.44%) GDB
5 1 (0.44%) TestRail
General
1 77 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 64 (27.95%) Manufacturing
3 56 (24.45%) Aerospace
4 49 (21.40%) Finance
4 49 (21.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (10.04%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (7.86%) Marketing
7 18 (7.86%) Telecoms
8 14 (6.11%) Automotive
9 13 (5.68%) Military
10 5 (2.18%) Law
10 5 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.31%) Legal
12 3 (1.31%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 2 (0.87%) French Language
13 2 (0.87%) German Language
Job Titles
1 51 (22.27%) Senior
2 40 (17.47%) Systems Engineer
3 33 (14.41%) Software Engineer
4 27 (11.79%) Electronics Engineer
5 24 (10.48%) Embedded Engineer
6 23 (10.04%) Lead
7 20 (8.73%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (7.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (6.99%) Test Engineer
10 15 (6.55%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (6.11%) Business Manager
12 13 (5.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) RF Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Support Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Technical Engineer
14 11 (4.80%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 11 (4.80%) Sales Engineer
14 11 (4.80%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.06%) React
2 6 (2.62%) XML
2 6 (2.62%) Yocto
3 5 (2.18%) Node.js
3 5 (2.18%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.31%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.31%) Terraform
5 2 (0.87%) .NET
5 2 (0.87%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.87%) Avalonia
5 2 (0.87%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.87%) LangChain
5 2 (0.87%) React Native
5 2 (0.87%) WPF
6 1 (0.44%) Flash
6 1 (0.44%) REST
6 1 (0.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.72%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (10.92%) IoT
3 21 (9.17%) FPGA
4 16 (6.99%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (5.24%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.93%) Robotics
6 9 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.49%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (2.62%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.62%) SCADA
9 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.18%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.18%) PCIe
9 5 (2.18%) VHDL
10 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.75%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.31%) Contactless
11 3 (1.31%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.61%) Linux
2 12 (5.24%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (4.80%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.31%) Android
4 3 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.31%) Windows
5 2 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.51%) Validation
2 59 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (24.02%) Software Engineering
4 42 (18.34%) Physics
5 31 (13.54%) Business Development
6 27 (11.79%) Systems Engineering
7 24 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.04%) Decision-Making
9 22 (9.61%) Mentoring
9 22 (9.61%) Technical Leadership
9 22 (9.61%) Test Automation
9 22 (9.61%) Verification and Validation
10 21 (9.17%) CRM
10 21 (9.17%) Customer Engagement
10 21 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (8.30%) Computer Science
11 19 (8.30%) Prototyping
12 17 (7.42%) Project Management
13 16 (6.99%) Roadmaps
13 16 (6.99%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.16%) C++
2 34 (14.85%) Python
3 33 (14.41%) C
4 26 (11.35%) MATLAB
5 10 (4.37%) Embedded C
6 9 (3.93%) C#
7 7 (3.06%) Embedded C++
8 4 (1.75%) Rust
8 4 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.31%) Go
10 2 (0.87%) Java
10 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.87%) SQL
10 2 (0.87%) VB
10 2 (0.87%) XAML
11 1 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 117 (51.09%) Degree
2 50 (21.83%) Security Cleared
3 41 (17.90%) SC Cleared
4 36 (15.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (13.97%) Master's Degree
6 31 (13.54%) DV Cleared
7 23 (10.04%) PhD
8 10 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.93%) HND
10 6 (2.62%) HNC
11 3 (1.31%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.44%) CITP
12 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.23%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.75%) Def Stans
2 4 (1.75%) QA
3 3 (1.31%) DO-160
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.87%) JTAG
5 1 (0.44%) ARP4761
5 1 (0.44%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.44%) DO-254
5 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 50 (21.83%) Firmware
2 25 (10.92%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.62%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (7.42%) EMC
2 9 (3.93%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.75%) Siemens
4 3 (1.31%) Autodesk
4 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.31%) SAP
4 3 (1.31%) Xilinx
5 2 (0.87%) IBM
5 2 (0.87%) Keysight
6 1 (0.44%) Altera
6 1 (0.44%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.44%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle
6 1 (0.44%) Panasonic
6 1 (0.44%) Sony