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 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 227 251
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 +4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 162 207 352
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 1.40% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.68% 1.97% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 120 104 288
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,125 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -5.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,935 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

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 9,639 10,483 17,628
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.61% 70.83% 61.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,095 6,190 14,072
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £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 £78,750 £83,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,250 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 1 March 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 (1.23%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.23%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.23%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.23%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Simulink
3 1 (0.62%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.62%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.62%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.09%) AWS
1 5 (3.09%) GCP
2 4 (2.47%) Azure
2 4 (2.47%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.85%) GitHub
3 3 (1.85%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.85%) OCI
4 2 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.62%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.62%) SaaS
5 1 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.79%) RS-232
2 9 (5.56%) Bluetooth
2 9 (5.56%) Wireless
3 8 (4.94%) Ethernet
4 6 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.47%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.23%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.23%) RFID
6 2 (1.23%) SSH
7 1 (0.62%) Firewall
7 1 (0.62%) Modbus
7 1 (0.62%) RS-485
7 1 (0.62%) VLAN
7 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.47%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.47%) Power BI
1 4 (2.47%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.47%) Tableau
2 3 (1.85%) Big Data
2 3 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.23%) Metadata
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.62%) DTS
4 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (13.58%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.70%) Subversion
3 5 (3.09%) JIRA
4 4 (2.47%) Git
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 59 (36.42%) Social Skills
2 57 (35.19%) Manufacturing
3 53 (32.72%) Marketing
4 50 (30.86%) Finance
5 49 (30.25%) Telecoms
6 44 (27.16%) Public Sector
7 18 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (6.17%) Automotive
9 8 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.32%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.09%) Avionics
11 5 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.09%) Legal
12 2 (1.23%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Local Government
12 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Retail
13 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (25.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 32 (19.75%) Systems Engineer
3 25 (15.43%) Consultant
3 25 (15.43%) Security Consultant
4 22 (13.58%) Principal Engineer
4 22 (13.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 21 (12.96%) Software Engineer
6 19 (11.73%) Electronics Engineer
6 19 (11.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Senior
8 12 (7.41%) Lead
9 9 (5.56%) Firmware Engineer
10 8 (4.94%) Analyst
10 8 (4.94%) Marketing Manager
11 7 (4.32%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 7 (4.32%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 5 (3.09%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 5 (3.09%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
12 5 (3.09%) Lead Software Engineer
12 5 (3.09%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.43%) SAP CAF
2 7 (4.32%) Flash
3 4 (2.47%) Node.js
4 2 (1.23%) JSON
4 2 (1.23%) Kafka
4 2 (1.23%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.23%) NestJS
4 2 (1.23%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.23%) RESTful
4 2 (1.23%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.62%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.62%) JSON-LD
5 1 (0.62%) Pandas
5 1 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (15.43%) Algorithms
3 15 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.94%) FPGA
5 5 (3.09%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.47%) VHDL
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.23%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.23%) PCIe
7 2 (1.23%) Photography
7 2 (1.23%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.23%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Linux
2 5 (3.09%) Windows
3 2 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.23%) Unix
4 1 (0.62%) Debian
4 1 (0.62%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
1 44 (27.16%) Digital Marketing
1 44 (27.16%) Programme Management
2 34 (20.99%) Collaborative Culture
3 30 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.28%) Agile
4 28 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
6 26 (16.05%) Risk Management
7 25 (15.43%) ISMS
8 24 (14.81%) Software Engineering
9 23 (14.20%) Signal Processing
10 22 (13.58%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (13.58%) Test Planning
11 13 (8.02%) Software Testing
12 12 (7.41%) Data Analysis
13 10 (6.17%) Embedded Software Development
14 9 (5.56%) B2B
14 9 (5.56%) Business Enablement
14 9 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.31%) C
2 29 (17.90%) C++
3 18 (11.11%) Embedded C
4 12 (7.41%) Python
5 11 (6.79%) Embedded C++
6 5 (3.09%) MATLAB
6 5 (3.09%) SQL
7 4 (2.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.85%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (1.85%) Tcl
9 2 (1.23%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.62%) Bash
10 1 (0.62%) Bicep
10 1 (0.62%) Java
10 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.62%) SHACL
10 1 (0.62%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 49 (30.25%) Security Cleared
2 40 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.90%) Degree
4 26 (16.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (16.05%) CISM
4 26 (16.05%) CISSP
5 25 (15.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 16 (9.88%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 26 (16.05%) NIST
2 25 (15.43%) GRC
3 23 (14.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 5 (3.09%) QA
5 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.62%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.62%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (20.99%) Firmware
2 28 (17.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.85%) Docker
4 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.62%) iptables
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.23%) Ansible
1 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.23%) Terraform
2 1 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.62%) Puppet
2 1 (0.62%) Rancher
Vendors
1 45 (27.78%) SAP
2 22 (13.58%) IBM
3 11 (6.79%) EMC
4 6 (3.70%) Google
5 4 (2.47%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.23%) IFS
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 1 (0.62%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.62%) Cadence
7 1 (0.62%) Cisco
7 1 (0.62%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.62%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.62%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.62%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.62%) Salesforce