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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 229 249
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 0
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 176 225 325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 1.40% 1.18%
As % of the General category 1.89% 2.03% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 132 112 274
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £48,000 £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 £71,563 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £70,700
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 9,329 11,110 17,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.13% 69.20% 62.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,862 6,265 13,627
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,600 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +11.45% -7.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,063
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%

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 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 (1.14%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.14%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.14%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.14%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.14%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.14%) Simulink
4 1 (0.57%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.41%) AWS
1 6 (3.41%) Azure
1 6 (3.41%) GCP
2 4 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (1.70%) GitHub
3 3 (1.70%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.70%) OCI
4 2 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.14%) Serverless
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.57%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.95%) RS-232
2 11 (6.25%) Wireless
3 9 (5.11%) Bluetooth
3 9 (5.11%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.27%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.14%) OpenVPN
5 2 (1.14%) SSH
6 1 (0.57%) Firewall
6 1 (0.57%) Modbus
6 1 (0.57%) RS-485
6 1 (0.57%) VLAN
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.27%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.27%) NoSQL
1 4 (2.27%) Power BI
1 4 (2.27%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.27%) Tableau
2 3 (1.70%) Big Data
2 3 (1.70%) Metadata
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.57%) DTS
4 1 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (16.48%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.41%) Subversion
3 5 (2.84%) Git
3 5 (2.84%) JIRA
4 3 (1.70%) Xcode
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.57%) Gatling
6 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.57%) JMeter
6 1 (0.57%) LoadRunner
General
1 64 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 61 (34.66%) Manufacturing
3 56 (31.82%) Finance
4 55 (31.25%) Telecoms
5 52 (29.55%) Marketing
6 50 (28.41%) Public Sector
7 18 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (6.25%) Automotive
9 9 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.41%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.84%) Avionics
11 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.27%) Legal
13 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.14%) Games
14 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.14%) Local Government
14 2 (1.14%) Retail
14 2 (1.14%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 48 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (20.45%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (16.48%) Principal Engineer
4 28 (15.91%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 27 (15.34%) Electronics Engineer
6 26 (14.77%) Consultant
6 26 (14.77%) Security Consultant
7 23 (13.07%) Software Engineer
8 21 (11.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (9.66%) Senior
10 13 (7.39%) Lead
11 11 (6.25%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 9 (5.11%) Developer
12 9 (5.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 9 (5.11%) Firmware Engineer
13 8 (4.55%) Analyst
14 7 (3.98%) Design Engineer
14 7 (3.98%) Electronics Design Engineer
15 6 (3.41%) Senior FPGA Engineer
15 6 (3.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.77%) SAP CAF
2 9 (5.11%) Flash
3 4 (2.27%) Node.js
4 3 (1.70%) iOS SDK
4 3 (1.70%) JSON
4 3 (1.70%) SwiftUI
4 3 (1.70%) UIKit
5 2 (1.14%) Kafka
5 2 (1.14%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.14%) NestJS
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.14%) Pandas
5 2 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.14%) RESTful
5 2 (1.14%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.14%) XML
6 1 (0.57%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.57%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.61%) Algorithms
2 28 (15.91%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (5.68%) FPGA
4 9 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.98%) VHDL
6 6 (3.41%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (2.84%) IoT
7 5 (2.84%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.70%) Semantic Web
10 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.14%) Housing Association
10 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.14%) NHS
10 2 (1.14%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.14%) Smartphone
10 2 (1.14%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.98%) Linux
2 5 (2.84%) Windows
3 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) Debian
4 1 (0.57%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.98%) Digital Marketing
2 50 (28.41%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (28.41%) Programme Management
3 37 (21.02%) Collaborative Culture
4 34 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
6 31 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (17.05%) Agile
7 30 (17.05%) Signal Processing
8 29 (16.48%) Technical Leadership
9 28 (15.91%) Test Planning
10 27 (15.34%) Risk Management
11 26 (14.77%) ISMS
11 26 (14.77%) Software Engineering
12 14 (7.95%) Software Testing
13 13 (7.39%) Data Analysis
14 12 (6.82%) Embedded Software Development
15 10 (5.68%) Project Management
16 9 (5.11%) Actionable Insight
16 9 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 49 (27.84%) C
2 35 (19.89%) C++
3 22 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 16 (9.09%) Python
5 13 (7.39%) Embedded C++
6 7 (3.98%) SQL
7 5 (2.84%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.27%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.27%) Tcl
8 4 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.70%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.70%) Swift
10 2 (1.14%) Bash
10 2 (1.14%) Bicep
10 2 (1.14%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.57%) Java
11 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.57%) SHACL
11 1 (0.57%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 55 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 46 (26.14%) SC Cleared
3 32 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (15.91%) Degree
5 27 (15.34%) CISM
5 27 (15.34%) CISSP
6 26 (14.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 21 (11.93%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.14%) PhD
10 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 27 (15.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (15.34%) NIST
3 26 (14.77%) GRC
4 7 (3.98%) QA
5 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.57%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.57%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 42 (23.86%) Firmware
2 32 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.27%) Docker
4 2 (1.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.57%) iptables
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.70%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.70%) Terraform
2 2 (1.14%) Ansible
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.57%) Puppet
3 1 (0.57%) Rancher
Vendors
1 51 (28.98%) SAP
2 28 (15.91%) IBM
3 16 (9.09%) EMC
4 7 (3.98%) Google
5 6 (3.41%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.14%) Cadence
6 2 (1.14%) IFS
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle
7 1 (0.57%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.57%) Apple
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco
7 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.57%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.57%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.57%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.57%) Samsung
7 1 (0.57%) VMware