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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 259 254
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 129 193 407
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 1.28% 1.25%
As % of the General category 1.23% 1.71% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 72 135 326
10th Percentile £35,000 £48,500 £36,938
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £63,625 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -

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 10,452 11,264 20,228
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.78% 74.63% 62.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,937 6,394 15,097
10th Percentile £31,530 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 19 May 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 (2.33%) Artix
Applications
1 3 (2.33%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.33%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (0.78%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.55%) AWS
2 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.20%) Wireless
2 7 (5.43%) Bluetooth
3 6 (4.65%) RS-232
4 5 (3.88%) Modbus
4 5 (3.88%) Profibus
4 5 (3.88%) RFID
4 5 (3.88%) RS-485
4 5 (3.88%) ZigBee
5 4 (3.10%) DHCP
5 4 (3.10%) DNS
5 4 (3.10%) Firewall
5 4 (3.10%) LAN
5 4 (3.10%) VLAN
5 4 (3.10%) VPN
5 4 (3.10%) WAN
6 3 (2.33%) NFC
7 2 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) Metadata
1 2 (1.55%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.78%) DTS
2 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.75%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.88%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Subversion
3 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.78%) Git
4 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.78%) MLflow
General
1 46 (35.66%) Manufacturing
2 37 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.38%) Marketing
4 20 (15.50%) Finance
5 17 (13.18%) Telecoms
6 14 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
8 8 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.88%) Aerospace
11 4 (3.10%) Legal
12 2 (1.55%) Automotive
12 2 (1.55%) Retail
13 1 (0.78%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Law
13 1 (0.78%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (24.03%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (15.50%) Senior
3 19 (14.73%) Embedded Engineer
4 16 (12.40%) Electronics Engineer
5 12 (9.30%) RF Engineer
6 11 (8.53%) Marketing Manager
6 11 (8.53%) Support Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Principal Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.98%) Consultant
9 8 (6.20%) Graduate
9 8 (6.20%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Graduate Support Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Graduate Systems Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Project Manager
9 8 (6.20%) Systems Support
9 8 (6.20%) Systems Support Engineer
10 7 (5.43%) Lead
10 7 (5.43%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.65%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.33%) Node.js
2 3 (2.33%) React
2 3 (2.33%) Yocto
3 2 (1.55%) JSON
4 1 (0.78%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.78%) Flash
4 1 (0.78%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.78%) LangChain
4 1 (0.78%) Pandas
4 1 (0.78%) React Native
4 1 (0.78%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.60%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (10.85%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (9.30%) Algorithms
4 11 (8.53%) FPGA
5 6 (4.65%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (3.88%) IoT
6 5 (3.88%) PCIe
6 5 (3.88%) VHDL
7 3 (2.33%) Contactless
7 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.33%) MicroBlaze
7 3 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.33%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.55%) Device Driver
8 2 (1.55%) Photography
8 2 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.55%) Robotics
8 2 (1.55%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.55%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.85%) Linux
2 5 (3.88%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (3.88%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (19.38%) Validation
3 20 (15.50%) Systems Engineering
4 17 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.40%) Test Automation
6 15 (11.63%) Software Engineering
7 13 (10.08%) Agile
8 11 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (8.53%) Digital Marketing
8 11 (8.53%) Physics
8 11 (8.53%) Programme Management
8 11 (8.53%) Signal Processing
9 10 (7.75%) B2B
9 10 (7.75%) B2B Marketing
9 10 (7.75%) Business Enablement
9 10 (7.75%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (7.75%) Test Planning
10 9 (6.98%) Project Management
10 9 (6.98%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.95%) C
1 18 (13.95%) C++
2 11 (8.53%) Python
3 9 (6.98%) Embedded C
3 9 (6.98%) Embedded C++
4 4 (3.10%) C#
5 2 (1.55%) Go
5 2 (1.55%) SQL
5 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.78%) SHACL
6 1 (0.78%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 41 (31.78%) Degree
2 16 (12.40%) Master's Degree
3 14 (10.85%) Security Cleared
4 11 (8.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.65%) CISM
5 6 (4.65%) CISSP
5 6 (4.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 6 (4.65%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (4.65%) GRC
2 6 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.65%) NIST
3 2 (1.55%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (16.28%) Firmware
2 14 (10.85%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (9.30%) SAP
2 10 (7.75%) IBM
3 3 (2.33%) Autodesk
3 3 (2.33%) EMC
3 3 (2.33%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle
4 1 (0.78%) Salesforce