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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 220 252
Rank change year-on-year -36 +32 -2
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 150 194 400
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.46% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.50% 2.03% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 94 124 319
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £37,275
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 £69,375 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -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 10,005 9,545 20,207
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.31% 71.88% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,644 6,488 15,204
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,250 £31,630
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -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 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.33%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.67%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.67%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.67%) AWS
2 5 (3.33%) GCP
3 4 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.00%) Azure
4 3 (2.00%) GitHub
5 2 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.67%) OCI
6 1 (0.67%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.33%) RS-232
2 7 (4.67%) Bluetooth
2 7 (4.67%) Wireless
3 5 (3.33%) Firewall
3 5 (3.33%) VLAN
3 5 (3.33%) VPN
4 4 (2.67%) DHCP
4 4 (2.67%) DNS
4 4 (2.67%) LAN
4 4 (2.67%) Modbus
4 4 (2.67%) RS-485
4 4 (2.67%) WAN
5 3 (2.00%) Ethernet
5 3 (2.00%) Profibus
5 3 (2.00%) ZigBee
6 2 (1.33%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.33%) RFID
6 2 (1.33%) SSH
6 2 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.33%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.67%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.67%) Power BI
2 4 (2.67%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.67%) Tableau
3 2 (1.33%) Metadata
3 2 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) DTS
4 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (9.33%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.00%) Subversion
3 5 (3.33%) JIRA
4 4 (2.67%) Git
5 2 (1.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 56 (37.33%) Manufacturing
2 52 (34.67%) Social Skills
3 41 (27.33%) Marketing
4 38 (25.33%) Finance
5 33 (22.00%) Telecoms
6 27 (18.00%) Public Sector
7 19 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.67%) Aerospace
10 7 (4.67%) Legal
11 2 (1.33%) Automotive
11 2 (1.33%) Avionics
11 2 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.33%) Local Government
11 2 (1.33%) Retail
12 1 (0.67%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.67%) German Language
12 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 36 (24.00%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (20.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (15.33%) Electronics Engineer
4 20 (13.33%) Senior
5 18 (12.00%) Software Engineer
6 16 (10.67%) Consultant
7 14 (9.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 14 (9.33%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (9.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.67%) Security Consultant
9 12 (8.00%) Lead
10 11 (7.33%) Marketing Manager
11 8 (5.33%) RF Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Design Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Graduate
12 7 (4.67%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Graduate Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Support Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Systems Support
12 7 (4.67%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.67%) SAP CAF
2 6 (4.00%) Node.js
3 2 (1.33%) JSON
3 2 (1.33%) Kafka
3 2 (1.33%) NestJS
3 2 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.33%) React
3 2 (1.33%) RESTful
4 1 (0.67%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.67%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.67%) Pandas
4 1 (0.67%) XML
4 1 (0.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.67%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (9.33%) Algorithms
4 9 (6.00%) FPGA
5 6 (4.00%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.00%) VHDL
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.33%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.33%) IoT
8 2 (1.33%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.33%) NHS
8 2 (1.33%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.33%) PCIe
8 2 (1.33%) Photography
8 2 (1.33%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.33%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.33%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.33%) Linux
2 3 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (2.00%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.33%) Windows
4 1 (0.67%) Debian
4 1 (0.67%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (18.00%) Digital Marketing
2 27 (18.00%) Programme Management
3 23 (15.33%) Agile
3 23 (15.33%) Systems Engineering
4 21 (14.00%) Software Engineering
5 18 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (11.33%) Risk Management
6 17 (11.33%) Validation
7 16 (10.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 15 (10.00%) Signal Processing
9 14 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (9.33%) Test Automation
9 14 (9.33%) Test Planning
10 13 (8.67%) ISMS
11 12 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (7.33%) B2B
13 10 (6.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.33%) C
2 21 (14.00%) C++
3 11 (7.33%) Embedded C
3 11 (7.33%) Embedded C++
4 8 (5.33%) Python
5 6 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.00%) SQL
7 2 (1.33%) Go
7 2 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.67%) Bash
8 1 (0.67%) Bicep
8 1 (0.67%) C#
8 1 (0.67%) Java
8 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.67%) SHACL
8 1 (0.67%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 33 (22.00%) Degree
2 30 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (8.67%) CISM
5 13 (8.67%) CISSP
5 13 (8.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 10 (6.67%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.33%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.33%) PhD
9 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (8.67%) GRC
2 13 (8.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (8.67%) NIST
3 5 (3.33%) QA
4 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.67%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.67%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (16.67%) Firmware
2 19 (12.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.00%) Docker
4 1 (0.67%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (2.67%) Terraform
2 2 (1.33%) Ansible
2 2 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.67%) Puppet
3 1 (0.67%) Rancher
Vendors
1 28 (18.67%) SAP
2 14 (9.33%) IBM
3 8 (5.33%) EMC
4 4 (2.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.00%) Google
6 1 (0.67%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.67%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.67%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce