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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 225 245
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -3
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 170 218 336
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.42% 1.21%
As % of the General category 1.76% 2.02% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 124 108 282
10th Percentile £35,375 £43,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,875 £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 £68,125 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,625 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £51,196
% change year-on-year -3.51% +11.34% -6.92%

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 9,673 10,774 17,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.05% 70.27% 61.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,123 6,226 13,756
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,799 £32,343
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £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 £95,056
UK median annual salary £52,501 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 22 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 (1.18%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.18%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.18%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.18%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) OrCAD
2 2 (1.18%) Simulink
3 1 (0.59%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.94%) AWS
1 5 (2.94%) GCP
2 4 (2.35%) Azure
2 4 (2.35%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.76%) GitHub
3 3 (1.76%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.76%) OCI
4 2 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.59%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.59%) SaaS
5 1 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.47%) RS-232
1 11 (6.47%) Wireless
2 9 (5.29%) Bluetooth
3 8 (4.71%) Ethernet
4 6 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.35%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.18%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.18%) RFID
6 2 (1.18%) SSH
7 1 (0.59%) Firewall
7 1 (0.59%) Modbus
7 1 (0.59%) RS-485
7 1 (0.59%) VLAN
7 1 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.35%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.35%) Power BI
1 4 (2.35%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.35%) Tableau
2 3 (1.76%) Big Data
2 3 (1.76%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.18%) Metadata
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.59%) DTS
4 1 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (14.12%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.53%) Subversion
3 5 (2.94%) Git
3 5 (2.94%) JIRA
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.59%) Xcode
General
1 61 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 59 (34.71%) Manufacturing
3 53 (31.18%) Marketing
4 51 (30.00%) Finance
4 51 (30.00%) Telecoms
5 45 (26.47%) Public Sector
6 18 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.88%) Automotive
8 8 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.12%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.94%) Avionics
10 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.94%) Legal
11 2 (1.18%) German Language
11 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Local Government
11 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Retail
11 2 (1.18%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 42 (24.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 32 (18.82%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (15.29%) Consultant
3 26 (15.29%) Security Consultant
4 24 (14.12%) Principal Engineer
5 23 (13.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 22 (12.94%) Electronics Engineer
7 21 (12.35%) Software Engineer
8 19 (11.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (10.00%) Senior
10 14 (8.24%) Lead
11 9 (5.29%) Firmware Engineer
12 8 (4.71%) Analyst
12 8 (4.71%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 7 (4.12%) Design Engineer
13 7 (4.12%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 7 (4.12%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 6 (3.53%) Developer
14 6 (3.53%) Marketing Manager
15 5 (2.94%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (15.29%) SAP CAF
2 7 (4.12%) Flash
3 4 (2.35%) Node.js
4 2 (1.18%) JSON
4 2 (1.18%) Kafka
4 2 (1.18%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.18%) NestJS
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.18%) RESTful
4 2 (1.18%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.59%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.59%) iOS SDK
5 1 (0.59%) JSON-LD
5 1 (0.59%) Pandas
5 1 (0.59%) SwiftUI
5 1 (0.59%) UIKit
5 1 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.47%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (15.29%) Algorithms
3 14 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.88%) FPGA
5 6 (3.53%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (3.53%) VHDL
6 5 (2.94%) IoT
7 4 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.35%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.18%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.18%) PCIe
8 2 (1.18%) Photography
8 2 (1.18%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.18%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.18%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.71%) Linux
2 5 (2.94%) Windows
3 2 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.59%) Debian
4 1 (0.59%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.06%) Digital Marketing
2 45 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (26.47%) Programme Management
3 35 (20.59%) Collaborative Culture
4 31 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (17.06%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (16.47%) Agile
6 28 (16.47%) Systems Engineering
7 27 (15.88%) Risk Management
8 26 (15.29%) ISMS
9 25 (14.71%) Signal Processing
10 24 (14.12%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (13.53%) Software Engineering
11 23 (13.53%) Test Planning
12 14 (8.24%) Software Testing
13 12 (7.06%) Data Analysis
14 10 (5.88%) Embedded Software Development
14 10 (5.88%) Project Management
15 9 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (4.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 43 (25.29%) C
2 31 (18.24%) C++
3 18 (10.59%) Embedded C
4 14 (8.24%) Python
5 11 (6.47%) Embedded C++
6 5 (2.94%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.94%) SQL
7 4 (2.35%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.35%) Tcl
7 4 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.76%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.59%) Bash
10 1 (0.59%) Bicep
10 1 (0.59%) Java
10 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.59%) SHACL
10 1 (0.59%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 41 (24.12%) SC Cleared
3 33 (19.41%) Degree
4 27 (15.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (15.88%) CISM
4 27 (15.88%) CISSP
5 26 (15.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 16 (9.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.18%) PhD
9 1 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (15.88%) NIST
2 26 (15.29%) GRC
3 24 (14.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 5 (2.94%) QA
5 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.59%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.59%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (21.18%) Firmware
2 29 (17.06%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.76%) Docker
4 2 (1.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.59%) iptables
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Ansible
1 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.18%) Terraform
2 1 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.59%) Puppet
2 1 (0.59%) Rancher
Vendors
1 46 (27.06%) SAP
2 23 (13.53%) IBM
3 12 (7.06%) EMC
4 6 (3.53%) Google
5 4 (2.35%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.18%) Cadence
6 2 (1.18%) IFS
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle
7 1 (0.59%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.59%) Cisco
7 1 (0.59%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.59%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.59%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.59%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.59%) Salesforce