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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 290 204
Rank change year-on-year +87 -86 +69
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 254 235 398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.56% 1.01% 1.60%
As % of the General category 2.18% 1.61% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 219 161 300
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £36,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.74%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

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 11,676 14,608 16,197
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 71.89% 62.59% 65.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,358 8,447 12,952
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,655 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.97% -7.24% -

Electronics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Electronics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Electronics
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Electronics over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Electronics salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.39%) Apache
1 1 (0.39%) Mendix
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.79%) Simulink
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.72%) Azure
2 6 (2.36%) AWS
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.18%) Amazon Ads
4 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.18%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.18%) SaaS
5 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (0.79%) Facebook Ads
5 2 (0.79%) GCP
5 2 (0.79%) Google Ads
5 2 (0.79%) Serverless
5 2 (0.79%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.84%) Network Security
2 16 (6.30%) RS-232
3 12 (4.72%) Wireless
4 11 (4.33%) Ethernet
5 8 (3.15%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.18%) Firewall
7 2 (0.79%) RS-485
7 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.39%) ATM
8 1 (0.39%) BGP
8 1 (0.39%) DHCP
8 1 (0.39%) DNS
8 1 (0.39%) HTTP
8 1 (0.39%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) OSPF
8 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.39%) VLAN
8 1 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.39%) WAN
8 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.36%) Big Data
2 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.39%) Metadata
4 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 34 (13.39%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.97%) Git
3 3 (1.18%) GDB
3 3 (1.18%) Xcode
4 2 (0.79%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.79%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.79%) webpack
5 1 (0.39%) CMake
5 1 (0.39%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) JIRA
5 1 (0.39%) JMeter
5 1 (0.39%) JUnit
5 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.39%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) VersaTest
5 1 (0.39%) WiX
General
1 92 (36.22%) Manufacturing
2 78 (30.71%) Finance
3 75 (29.53%) Marketing
4 74 (29.13%) Telecoms
5 69 (27.17%) Social Skills
6 68 (26.77%) Public Sector
7 53 (20.87%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.33%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.94%) Automotive
11 6 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.97%) Advertising
12 5 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.57%) French Language
13 4 (1.57%) Games
13 4 (1.57%) German Language
13 4 (1.57%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.18%) Avionics
14 3 (1.18%) Banking
14 3 (1.18%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (27.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 68 (26.77%) Systems Engineer
3 41 (16.14%) Senior
4 34 (13.39%) Principal Engineer
5 33 (12.99%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 30 (11.81%) Consultant
6 30 (11.81%) Security Consultant
7 25 (9.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 23 (9.06%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 21 (8.27%) Embedded Engineer
10 13 (5.12%) Lead
11 12 (4.72%) Software Engineer
12 11 (4.33%) Developer
13 10 (3.94%) Firmware Engineer
13 10 (3.94%) FPGA Engineer
14 9 (3.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 9 (3.54%) Senior FPGA Engineer
15 6 (2.36%) Design Engineer
15 6 (2.36%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 5 (1.97%) Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.97%) Flash
1 5 (1.97%) SAP CAF
2 3 (1.18%) iOS SDK
2 3 (1.18%) OpenEmbedded
2 3 (1.18%) React
2 3 (1.18%) REST
2 3 (1.18%) SwiftUI
2 3 (1.18%) UIKit
2 3 (1.18%) Yocto
3 2 (0.79%) .NET
3 2 (0.79%) Android SDK
3 2 (0.79%) Electron
4 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.39%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.39%) HTML
4 1 (0.39%) OAuth
4 1 (0.39%) SAML
4 1 (0.39%) SOAP
4 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.93%) Algorithms
2 29 (11.42%) FPGA
3 25 (9.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (7.09%) PMI
5 13 (5.12%) VHDL
6 11 (4.33%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (3.15%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.97%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.57%) IoT
9 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.18%) 3D Printing
10 3 (1.18%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.79%) Life Science
11 2 (0.79%) Optoelectronics
11 2 (0.79%) SCADA
11 2 (0.79%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.79%) Social Media
11 2 (0.79%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.94%) Linux
2 5 (1.97%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (1.97%) Windows
3 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.18%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.39%) Solaris
5 1 (0.39%) Unix
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.95%) Digital Marketing
2 70 (27.56%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (27.17%) Programme Management
4 62 (24.41%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (18.11%) Technical Leadership
7 40 (15.75%) Signal Processing
8 38 (14.96%) Mentoring
8 38 (14.96%) Systems Engineering
9 35 (13.78%) Agile
10 33 (12.99%) Software Engineering
10 33 (12.99%) Test Planning
11 26 (10.24%) Risk Management
11 26 (10.24%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (8.66%) Project Management
12 22 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (7.48%) Project Delivery
14 18 (7.09%) Contingency Planning
14 18 (7.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.75%) C
2 25 (9.84%) C++
3 21 (8.27%) Python
4 17 (6.69%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.54%) SQL
6 8 (3.15%) Java
7 7 (2.76%) C#
7 7 (2.76%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.97%) Embedded C++
8 5 (1.97%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.57%) Tcl
9 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.18%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (1.18%) Swift
11 2 (0.79%) Bash
11 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.79%) Rust
12 1 (0.39%) COBOL
12 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (31.10%) Security Cleared
2 44 (17.32%) Degree
3 40 (15.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (15.35%) DV Cleared
5 32 (12.60%) CISSP
6 26 (10.24%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (9.84%) CEH
8 19 (7.48%) SC Cleared
9 18 (7.09%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.36%) CISM
11 5 (1.97%) City & Guilds
11 5 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (1.97%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.97%) NVQ Level 3
12 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.79%) CCA
13 2 (0.79%) CCNP
13 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 33 (12.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (12.20%) NIST
4 25 (9.84%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.97%) GRC
6 3 (1.18%) JTAG
7 2 (0.79%) QA
8 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.39%) DO-254
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 48 (18.90%) Firmware
2 17 (6.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.18%) Docker
4 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.79%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.39%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.39%) Kibana
2 1 (0.39%) Marathon
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle ZFS
2 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (26.77%) SAP
2 33 (12.99%) IBM
3 27 (10.63%) EMC
4 10 (3.94%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.36%) Google
6 4 (1.57%) VMware
7 3 (1.18%) HP
8 2 (0.79%) Cisco
8 2 (0.79%) Facebook
8 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.79%) Freescale
8 2 (0.79%) Mentor Graphics
8 2 (0.79%) Oracle
9 1 (0.39%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.39%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.39%) Palantir
9 1 (0.39%) Samsung
9 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.39%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.39%) Xero