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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 217 246
Rank change year-on-year +2 +29 -4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 178 228 326
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.45% 1.19%
As % of the General category 1.86% 2.08% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 132 112 273
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,875 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £70,313 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,215 £81,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% +6.73% -5.45%

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 9,572 10,949 17,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 69.58% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,026 6,278 13,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £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 £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 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 (1.12%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.12%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.12%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.12%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.12%) Simulink
4 1 (0.56%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.81%) AWS
1 5 (2.81%) Azure
1 5 (2.81%) GCP
2 4 (2.25%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.69%) GitHub
3 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.69%) OCI
4 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.56%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.56%) SaaS
5 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.74%) RS-232
2 11 (6.18%) Wireless
3 9 (5.06%) Bluetooth
4 8 (4.49%) Ethernet
5 5 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.25%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.12%) OpenVPN
7 2 (1.12%) SSH
8 1 (0.56%) Firewall
8 1 (0.56%) Modbus
8 1 (0.56%) RFID
8 1 (0.56%) RS-485
8 1 (0.56%) VLAN
8 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.25%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.25%) Power BI
1 4 (2.25%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.25%) Tableau
2 3 (1.69%) Big Data
2 3 (1.69%) Metadata
2 3 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) DTS
4 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (15.17%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.37%) Subversion
3 5 (2.81%) Git
3 5 (2.81%) JIRA
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.12%) Xcode
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (35.39%) Social Skills
2 60 (33.71%) Manufacturing
3 54 (30.34%) Marketing
4 53 (29.78%) Finance
4 53 (29.78%) Telecoms
5 47 (26.40%) Public Sector
6 18 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (6.74%) Automotive
8 9 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.49%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.81%) Avionics
10 5 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.81%) Legal
11 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
12 2 (1.12%) Games
12 2 (1.12%) German Language
12 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 47 (26.40%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (19.66%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (15.17%) Principal Engineer
4 26 (14.61%) Consultant
4 26 (14.61%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 26 (14.61%) Security Consultant
5 25 (14.04%) Electronics Engineer
6 22 (12.36%) Software Engineer
7 20 (11.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 17 (9.55%) Senior
9 14 (7.87%) Lead
10 10 (5.62%) Firmware Engineer
11 9 (5.06%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 9 (5.06%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 8 (4.49%) Analyst
12 8 (4.49%) Developer
13 7 (3.93%) Design Engineer
13 7 (3.93%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 5 (2.81%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
14 5 (2.81%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.61%) SAP CAF
2 9 (5.06%) Flash
3 4 (2.25%) Node.js
4 3 (1.69%) JSON
5 2 (1.12%) iOS SDK
5 2 (1.12%) Kafka
5 2 (1.12%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.12%) NestJS
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.12%) Pandas
5 2 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.12%) RESTful
5 2 (1.12%) SwiftUI
5 2 (1.12%) UIKit
5 2 (1.12%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.12%) XML
6 1 (0.56%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.56%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.29%) Algorithms
1 29 (16.29%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.62%) FPGA
4 6 (3.37%) Analogue Electronics
4 6 (3.37%) VHDL
5 5 (2.81%) IoT
6 4 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.69%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.12%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.12%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.12%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.49%) Linux
2 5 (2.81%) Windows
3 3 (1.69%) Unix
4 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Debian
5 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.56%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.97%) Digital Marketing
2 47 (26.40%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (26.40%) Programme Management
3 37 (20.79%) Collaborative Culture
4 32 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (16.85%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (16.85%) Systems Engineering
6 28 (15.73%) Agile
6 28 (15.73%) Signal Processing
7 27 (15.17%) Risk Management
7 27 (15.17%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (14.61%) ISMS
8 26 (14.61%) Test Planning
9 24 (13.48%) Software Engineering
10 14 (7.87%) Software Testing
11 13 (7.30%) Data Analysis
12 12 (6.74%) Embedded Software Development
13 10 (5.62%) Project Management
14 9 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (4.49%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.97%) C
2 34 (19.10%) C++
3 22 (12.36%) Embedded C
4 15 (8.43%) Python
5 13 (7.30%) Embedded C++
6 6 (3.37%) SQL
7 5 (2.81%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.25%) Tcl
8 4 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.69%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.12%) Swift
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) Bicep
11 1 (0.56%) Java
11 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.56%) SHACL
11 1 (0.56%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 52 (29.21%) Security Cleared
2 43 (24.16%) SC Cleared
3 31 (17.42%) Degree
4 30 (16.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (15.17%) CISM
5 27 (15.17%) CISSP
6 26 (14.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 17 (9.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.12%) PhD
10 1 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 27 (15.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (15.17%) NIST
2 26 (14.61%) GRC
3 6 (3.37%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.56%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (23.03%) Firmware
2 33 (18.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.69%) Docker
4 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.56%) iptables
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Ansible
1 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.12%) Terraform
2 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.56%) Puppet
2 1 (0.56%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (26.97%) SAP
2 26 (14.61%) IBM
3 15 (8.43%) EMC
4 7 (3.93%) Google
5 6 (3.37%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.12%) Cadence
6 2 (1.12%) IFS
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.56%) Apple
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.56%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.56%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.56%) Samsung
7 1 (0.56%) VMware