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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 237 247
Rank change year-on-year +33 +10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 176 223 305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.13% 1.37% 1.19%
As % of the General category 1.90% 1.98% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 135 112 251
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £36,250
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 £71,875 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £71,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 9,282 11,273 15,985
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.50% 69.08% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,843 6,368 12,654
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,900 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.41%

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 26 January 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 15 (8.52%) RS-232
2 12 (6.82%) Wireless
3 10 (5.68%) Bluetooth
4 9 (5.11%) Ethernet
5 4 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.27%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.14%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.14%) SSH
7 1 (0.57%) Firewall
7 1 (0.57%) Modbus
7 1 (0.57%) RS-485
7 1 (0.57%) VLAN
7 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%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 30 (17.05%) 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 62 (35.23%) Manufacturing
3 56 (31.82%) Finance
4 55 (31.25%) Telecoms
5 51 (28.98%) Marketing
6 50 (28.41%) Public Sector
7 17 (9.66%) 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%) German Language
13 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.14%) French Language
14 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.14%) Italian Language
14 2 (1.14%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 49 (27.84%) Embedded Engineer
2 37 (21.02%) Systems Engineer
3 30 (17.05%) Principal Engineer
4 29 (16.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 27 (15.34%) Electronics Engineer
6 26 (14.77%) Consultant
6 26 (14.77%) Security Consultant
7 24 (13.64%) Software Engineer
8 22 (12.50%) 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 32 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 28 (15.91%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (5.68%) FPGA
4 7 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.98%) VHDL
5 6 (3.41%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (2.84%) IoT
6 5 (2.84%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.70%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.14%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.14%) NHS
9 2 (1.14%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.14%) Smartphone
9 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 33 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
6 31 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (17.61%) Signal Processing
7 30 (17.05%) Agile
7 30 (17.05%) Technical Leadership
8 29 (16.48%) Test Planning
9 27 (15.34%) Risk Management
9 27 (15.34%) Software Engineering
10 26 (14.77%) ISMS
11 14 (7.95%) Software Testing
12 13 (7.39%) Data Analysis
13 12 (6.82%) Embedded Software Development
14 10 (5.68%) Project Management
15 9 (5.11%) Actionable Insight
15 9 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 50 (28.41%) C
2 36 (20.45%) 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 33 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (15.34%) CISM
4 27 (15.34%) CISSP
5 26 (14.77%) Degree
5 26 (14.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 21 (11.93%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.14%) PhD
9 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.05%) 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 43 (24.43%) 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 50 (28.41%) SAP
2 29 (16.48%) 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%) Samsung
7 1 (0.57%) VMware