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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 245 258
Rank change year-on-year +82 +13 -17
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 246 222 232
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 1.27% 1.17%
As % of the General category 2.61% 1.88% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 206 128 178
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £67,188 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.11% +0.91% -

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,435 11,815 12,813
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.89% 67.67% 64.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,046 6,859 9,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 December 2025.

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 (0.81%) Tomcat
1 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
1 2 (0.81%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.81%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.81%) Simulink
4 1 (0.41%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.44%) AWS
1 6 (2.44%) Azure
1 6 (2.44%) GCP
2 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (1.22%) GitHub
3 3 (1.22%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.22%) OCI
4 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.81%) Serverless
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.41%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.16%) Network Security
2 21 (8.54%) RS-232
3 15 (6.10%) Wireless
4 13 (5.28%) Bluetooth
5 12 (4.88%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.63%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.81%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.81%) SSH
8 1 (0.41%) Firewall
8 1 (0.41%) Modbus
8 1 (0.41%) RS-485
8 1 (0.41%) VLAN
8 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.63%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.63%) Power BI
1 4 (1.63%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (1.63%) Tableau
2 3 (1.22%) Big Data
2 3 (1.22%) Metadata
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 32 (13.01%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.44%) Subversion
3 5 (2.03%) Git
3 5 (2.03%) JIRA
4 3 (1.22%) Xcode
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.41%) Gatling
6 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.41%) JMeter
6 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
General
1 93 (37.80%) Manufacturing
2 82 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 80 (32.52%) Finance
4 75 (30.49%) Marketing
5 74 (30.08%) Public Sector
6 72 (29.27%) Social Skills
7 42 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.47%) Automotive
10 6 (2.44%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.03%) Avionics
11 5 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.03%) German Language
12 4 (1.63%) French Language
12 4 (1.63%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.63%) Legal
13 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 63 (25.61%) Electronics Engineer
2 60 (24.39%) Systems Engineer
3 55 (22.36%) Embedded Engineer
4 50 (20.33%) Consultant
4 50 (20.33%) Security Consultant
5 32 (13.01%) Principal Engineer
6 31 (12.60%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 27 (10.98%) Software Engineer
8 25 (10.16%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 25 (10.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 24 (9.76%) Senior
10 18 (7.32%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Lead
12 9 (3.66%) Developer
12 9 (3.66%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Firmware Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) FPGA Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Senior FPGA Engineer
13 8 (3.25%) Analyst
14 7 (2.85%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.16%) SAP CAF
2 9 (3.66%) Flash
3 4 (1.63%) Node.js
4 3 (1.22%) iOS SDK
4 3 (1.22%) JSON
4 3 (1.22%) SwiftUI
4 3 (1.22%) UIKit
5 2 (0.81%) Kafka
5 2 (0.81%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.81%) NestJS
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (0.81%) Pandas
5 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.81%) RESTful
5 2 (0.81%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.81%) XML
6 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.41%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.82%) Algorithms
2 29 (11.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (11.38%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (6.91%) FPGA
5 11 (4.47%) Analogue Electronics
6 10 (4.07%) VHDL
7 5 (2.03%) IoT
7 5 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.22%) 3D Printing
9 3 (1.22%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.81%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.81%) NHS
10 2 (0.81%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.81%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.81%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.85%) Linux
2 5 (2.03%) Windows
3 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Debian
4 1 (0.41%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.49%) Digital Marketing
2 74 (30.08%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (30.08%) Programme Management
3 59 (23.98%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (14.63%) Collaborative Culture
6 35 (14.23%) Systems Engineering
7 34 (13.82%) Software Engineering
8 33 (13.41%) Signal Processing
9 32 (13.01%) Agile
9 32 (13.01%) Mentoring
9 32 (13.01%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (12.60%) Test Planning
11 27 (10.98%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (10.57%) Risk Management
13 25 (10.16%) ISMS
14 15 (6.10%) Embedded Software Development
15 14 (5.69%) Software Testing
16 13 (5.28%) Data Analysis
17 10 (4.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.80%) C
2 42 (17.07%) C++
3 30 (12.20%) Embedded C
4 21 (8.54%) Python
5 16 (6.50%) Embedded C++
6 7 (2.85%) SQL
7 5 (2.03%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.63%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.63%) Tcl
8 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.22%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.22%) Swift
10 2 (0.81%) Bash
10 2 (0.81%) Bicep
10 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.41%) Java
11 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.41%) SHACL
11 1 (0.41%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 87 (35.37%) Security Cleared
2 51 (20.73%) CISSP
3 46 (18.70%) SC Cleared
4 35 (14.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (13.01%) Degree
6 28 (11.38%) DV Cleared
7 26 (10.57%) CISM
8 25 (10.16%) CEH
8 25 (10.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 25 (10.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.22%) City & Guilds
9 3 (1.22%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.81%) PhD
11 1 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (20.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 51 (20.73%) NIST
2 32 (13.01%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 25 (10.16%) GRC
3 25 (10.16%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.85%) QA
5 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (23.58%) Firmware
2 35 (14.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.63%) Docker
4 2 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.41%) iptables
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.22%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.22%) Terraform
2 2 (0.81%) Ansible
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.41%) Puppet
3 1 (0.41%) Rancher
Vendors
1 74 (30.08%) SAP
2 31 (12.60%) IBM
3 27 (10.98%) EMC
4 7 (2.85%) Google
5 6 (2.44%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.81%) Cadence
6 2 (0.81%) IFS
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
7 1 (0.41%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.41%) Apple
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.41%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.41%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.41%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.41%) Samsung
7 1 (0.41%) VMware