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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 236 255
Rank change year-on-year -36 +19 -3
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 133 198 405
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.73% 1.38% 1.25%
As % of the General category 1.30% 1.86% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 76 136 324
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £54,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £65,063 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -

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 10,222 10,643 20,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.74% 74.06% 61.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,809 6,480 15,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 9 May 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 (1.50%) Artix
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) AutoCAD
1 2 (1.50%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (0.75%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.51%) AWS
2 3 (2.26%) Azure
2 3 (2.26%) GCP
3 2 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (1.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.75%) GitHub
4 1 (0.75%) OCI
4 1 (0.75%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) Wireless
2 7 (5.26%) Bluetooth
2 7 (5.26%) RS-232
3 4 (3.01%) DHCP
3 4 (3.01%) DNS
3 4 (3.01%) Firewall
3 4 (3.01%) LAN
3 4 (3.01%) Modbus
3 4 (3.01%) Profibus
3 4 (3.01%) RFID
3 4 (3.01%) RS-485
3 4 (3.01%) VLAN
3 4 (3.01%) VPN
3 4 (3.01%) WAN
3 4 (3.01%) ZigBee
4 2 (1.50%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.50%) NFC
4 2 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.75%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.75%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.50%) Metadata
2 2 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.50%) Power BI
2 2 (1.50%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.50%) Tableau
3 1 (0.75%) DTS
3 1 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.51%) Subversion
3 5 (3.76%) JIRA
4 3 (2.26%) Git
5 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.75%) LabVIEW
General
1 51 (38.35%) Manufacturing
2 44 (33.08%) Social Skills
3 33 (24.81%) Marketing
4 28 (21.05%) Finance
5 24 (18.05%) Telecoms
6 19 (14.29%) Public Sector
7 17 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (7.52%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.76%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.76%) Legal
12 2 (1.50%) Automotive
12 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Retail
13 1 (0.75%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.75%) Law
13 1 (0.75%) Military
13 1 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (24.06%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (15.79%) Embedded Engineer
3 20 (15.04%) Senior
4 19 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
5 12 (9.02%) Consultant
6 11 (8.27%) Marketing Manager
6 11 (8.27%) Principal Engineer
6 11 (8.27%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.27%) RF Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) Software Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) Support Engineer
8 9 (6.77%) Security Consultant
9 8 (6.02%) Graduate
9 8 (6.02%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Graduate Support Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Graduate Systems Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Lead
9 8 (6.02%) Systems Support
9 8 (6.02%) Systems Support Engineer
10 7 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.26%) Node.js
3 2 (1.50%) JSON
3 2 (1.50%) React
3 2 (1.50%) Yocto
4 1 (0.75%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.75%) Flash
4 1 (0.75%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.75%) Pandas
4 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.54%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (11.28%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (9.02%) Algorithms
4 11 (8.27%) FPGA
5 6 (4.51%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (3.76%) VHDL
7 4 (3.01%) IoT
7 4 (3.01%) PCIe
8 2 (1.50%) Contactless
8 2 (1.50%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.50%) MicroBlaze
8 2 (1.50%) Photography
8 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.50%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.50%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.50%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.50%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.75%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.28%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (3.01%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (17.29%) Validation
3 21 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
4 19 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 19 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 18 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (12.78%) Agile
7 16 (12.03%) Test Automation
8 14 (10.53%) Software Engineering
9 12 (9.02%) Risk Management
9 12 (9.02%) Signal Processing
10 11 (8.27%) Collaborative Culture
10 11 (8.27%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (8.27%) Test Planning
11 10 (7.52%) B2B
11 10 (7.52%) B2B Marketing
11 10 (7.52%) Business Enablement
11 10 (7.52%) Physics
12 9 (6.77%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.04%) C
2 19 (14.29%) C++
3 11 (8.27%) Python
4 9 (6.77%) Embedded C
4 9 (6.77%) Embedded C++
5 3 (2.26%) C#
5 3 (2.26%) SQL
5 3 (2.26%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.50%) Go
7 1 (0.75%) Bash
7 1 (0.75%) Bicep
7 1 (0.75%) Java
7 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.75%) SHACL
7 1 (0.75%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 38 (28.57%) Degree
2 22 (16.54%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.77%) Master's Degree
4 12 (9.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.77%) CISM
6 9 (6.77%) CISSP
6 9 (6.77%) DV Cleared
6 9 (6.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.50%) PhD
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 9 (6.77%) GRC
2 9 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.77%) NIST
3 3 (2.26%) QA
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (16.54%) Firmware
2 15 (11.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) Terraform
2 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.75%) Puppet
3 1 (0.75%) Rancher
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) SAP
2 11 (8.27%) IBM
3 5 (3.76%) EMC
4 2 (1.50%) Autodesk
4 2 (1.50%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce