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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 211 244
Rank change year-on-year -34 +33 +4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 155 197 396
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.53% 1.26%
As % of the General category 1.58% 2.14% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 105 122 317
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £37,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,700 £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 £67,500 £71,088 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,375 £69,250
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 9,806 9,220 19,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.96% 71.77% 61.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,543 6,385 15,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,471 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +7.02% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 8 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 2 (1.29%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.29%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.29%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.29%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.65%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.29%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.52%) AWS
2 5 (3.23%) GCP
3 4 (2.58%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.94%) Azure
4 3 (1.94%) GitHub
4 3 (1.94%) OCI
5 2 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.65%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.45%) RS-232
2 8 (5.16%) Bluetooth
2 8 (5.16%) Wireless
3 6 (3.87%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.23%) Firewall
4 5 (3.23%) VLAN
4 5 (3.23%) VPN
5 4 (2.58%) DHCP
5 4 (2.58%) DNS
5 4 (2.58%) LAN
5 4 (2.58%) WAN
5 4 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.94%) Modbus
6 3 (1.94%) RS-485
7 2 (1.29%) OpenVPN
7 2 (1.29%) Profibus
7 2 (1.29%) RFID
7 2 (1.29%) SSH
7 2 (1.29%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.23%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.58%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.58%) Power BI
2 4 (2.58%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.58%) Tableau
3 2 (1.29%) Metadata
3 2 (1.29%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.29%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.65%) DTS
4 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (8.39%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.87%) Subversion
3 5 (3.23%) JIRA
4 4 (2.58%) Git
5 2 (1.29%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (36.77%) Manufacturing
2 53 (34.19%) Social Skills
3 46 (29.68%) Marketing
4 42 (27.10%) Finance
5 38 (24.52%) Telecoms
6 32 (20.65%) Public Sector
7 21 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.52%) Legal
11 6 (3.87%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.94%) Automotive
13 2 (1.29%) Avionics
13 2 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.29%) Local Government
13 2 (1.29%) Retail
14 1 (0.65%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.65%) German Language
14 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 33 (21.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 32 (20.65%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (14.19%) Electronics Engineer
4 20 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 19 (12.26%) Senior
6 17 (10.97%) Consultant
7 16 (10.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (9.68%) Security Consultant
9 13 (8.39%) Lead
9 13 (8.39%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (8.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 11 (7.10%) Marketing Manager
11 7 (4.52%) Design Engineer
12 6 (3.87%) Analyst
12 6 (3.87%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 5 (3.23%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 5 (3.23%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
13 5 (3.23%) Graduate Support Engineer
13 5 (3.23%) Graduate Systems Engineer
13 5 (3.23%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.68%) SAP CAF
2 6 (3.87%) Node.js
3 2 (1.29%) JSON
3 2 (1.29%) Kafka
3 2 (1.29%) ModSecurity
3 2 (1.29%) NestJS
3 2 (1.29%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.29%) React
3 2 (1.29%) RESTful
3 2 (1.29%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.65%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.65%) Flash
4 1 (0.65%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.65%) Pandas
4 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.19%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (11.61%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.39%) Algorithms
4 10 (6.45%) FPGA
5 6 (3.87%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.58%) VHDL
7 2 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.29%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.29%) IoT
7 2 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.29%) NHS
7 2 (1.29%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.29%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.29%) PCIe
7 2 (1.29%) Photography
7 2 (1.29%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.29%) Semantic Web
7 2 (1.29%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.39%) Linux
2 5 (3.23%) Windows
3 2 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.65%) Debian
4 1 (0.65%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.65%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (20.65%) Digital Marketing
2 32 (20.65%) Programme Management
3 25 (16.13%) Agile
4 23 (14.84%) Software Engineering
5 22 (14.19%) Systems Engineering
6 19 (12.26%) Collaborative Culture
6 19 (12.26%) Risk Management
7 17 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (9.68%) ISMS
9 14 (9.03%) Signal Processing
9 14 (9.03%) Validation
10 13 (8.39%) Test Planning
11 12 (7.74%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (7.74%) Test Automation
12 11 (7.10%) B2B
12 11 (7.10%) Software Testing
13 10 (6.45%) B2B Marketing
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.42%) C
2 24 (15.48%) C++
3 12 (7.74%) Embedded C
4 11 (7.10%) Embedded C++
5 9 (5.81%) Python
6 6 (3.87%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.23%) SQL
8 4 (2.58%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.29%) Go
9 2 (1.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.65%) Bash
10 1 (0.65%) Bicep
10 1 (0.65%) Java
10 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.65%) SHACL
10 1 (0.65%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 36 (23.23%) Security Cleared
2 31 (20.00%) Degree
3 24 (15.48%) SC Cleared
4 15 (9.68%) CISM
4 15 (9.68%) CISSP
4 15 (9.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 14 (9.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (9.03%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.87%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.29%) PhD
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.68%) GRC
1 15 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (9.68%) NIST
2 14 (9.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.65%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.65%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (18.06%) Firmware
2 20 (12.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.94%) Docker
4 2 (1.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.65%) iptables
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.58%) Terraform
2 2 (1.29%) Ansible
2 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.65%) Puppet
3 1 (0.65%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (21.29%) SAP
2 13 (8.39%) IBM
3 9 (5.81%) EMC
4 5 (3.23%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.94%) Google
6 2 (1.29%) IFS
6 2 (1.29%) Oracle
7 1 (0.65%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco
7 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.65%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.65%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.65%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.65%) Salesforce