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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 234 259
Rank change year-on-year -28 +25 -6
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 145 195 399
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 1.38% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.42% 1.88% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 87 130 318
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £36,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,775 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £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 10,182 10,382 20,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.56% 73.49% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,777 6,511 15,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
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 6 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 (1.38%) Artix
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.69%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (0.69%) CANalyzer
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.69%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.83%) AWS
2 5 (3.45%) GCP
3 3 (2.07%) Azure
3 3 (2.07%) GitHub
4 2 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.69%) OCI
5 1 (0.69%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.21%) Wireless
2 8 (5.52%) Bluetooth
2 8 (5.52%) RS-232
3 4 (2.76%) DHCP
3 4 (2.76%) DNS
3 4 (2.76%) Firewall
3 4 (2.76%) LAN
3 4 (2.76%) Modbus
3 4 (2.76%) Profibus
3 4 (2.76%) RS-485
3 4 (2.76%) VLAN
3 4 (2.76%) VPN
3 4 (2.76%) WAN
3 4 (2.76%) ZigBee
4 3 (2.07%) RFID
5 2 (1.38%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.38%) OpenVPN
5 2 (1.38%) SSH
5 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.69%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.45%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.76%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.38%) Metadata
3 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.38%) Power BI
3 2 (1.38%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (1.38%) Tableau
4 1 (0.69%) DTS
4 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (8.97%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.14%) Subversion
3 5 (3.45%) JIRA
4 4 (2.76%) Git
5 2 (1.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 56 (38.62%) Manufacturing
2 50 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 38 (26.21%) Marketing
4 34 (23.45%) Finance
5 29 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 24 (16.55%) Public Sector
7 17 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.45%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.45%) Legal
12 2 (1.38%) Automotive
12 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.38%) Retail
13 1 (0.69%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.69%) German Language
13 1 (0.69%) Law
13 1 (0.69%) Military
13 1 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (23.45%) Systems Engineer
2 26 (17.93%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (15.86%) Senior
4 21 (14.48%) Electronics Engineer
5 16 (11.03%) Software Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) Consultant
7 13 (8.97%) Principal Engineer
7 13 (8.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 12 (8.28%) Security Consultant
9 11 (7.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 11 (7.59%) Marketing Manager
10 10 (6.90%) Lead
10 10 (6.90%) RF Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) Support Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Graduate
11 8 (5.52%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Systems Support
11 8 (5.52%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.28%) SAP CAF
2 6 (4.14%) Node.js
3 2 (1.38%) JSON
3 2 (1.38%) Kafka
3 2 (1.38%) NestJS
3 2 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.38%) React
3 2 (1.38%) RESTful
4 1 (0.69%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.69%) Flash
4 1 (0.69%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.69%) Pandas
4 1 (0.69%) XML
4 1 (0.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.17%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (11.72%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.97%) Algorithms
4 11 (7.59%) FPGA
5 6 (4.14%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (3.45%) VHDL
7 4 (2.76%) PCIe
8 3 (2.07%) IoT
9 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.38%) MicroBlaze
9 2 (1.38%) Photography
9 2 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.38%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.38%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.38%) Sports Betting
10 1 (0.69%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.34%) Linux
2 4 (2.76%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (2.07%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (16.55%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (16.55%) Digital Marketing
2 24 (16.55%) Programme Management
3 23 (15.86%) Systems Engineering
4 22 (15.17%) Validation
5 20 (13.79%) Agile
6 19 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.10%) Software Engineering
7 16 (11.03%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (11.03%) Test Automation
8 15 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 14 (9.66%) Signal Processing
10 13 (8.97%) Test Planning
11 12 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (8.28%) ISMS
12 11 (7.59%) B2B
12 11 (7.59%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
13 10 (6.90%) Business Enablement
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.86%) C
2 21 (14.48%) C++
3 10 (6.90%) Python
4 9 (6.21%) Embedded C
4 9 (6.21%) Embedded C++
5 6 (4.14%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.07%) SQL
7 2 (1.38%) C#
7 2 (1.38%) Go
7 2 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.69%) Bash
8 1 (0.69%) Bicep
8 1 (0.69%) Java
8 1 (0.69%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.69%) SHACL
8 1 (0.69%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 36 (24.83%) Degree
2 25 (17.24%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.28%) CISM
4 12 (8.28%) CISSP
4 12 (8.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 11 (7.59%) Master's Degree
6 9 (6.21%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) PhD
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (8.28%) GRC
2 12 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (8.28%) NIST
3 3 (2.07%) QA
4 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 25 (17.24%) Firmware
2 17 (11.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.76%) Terraform
2 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.69%) Puppet
3 1 (0.69%) Rancher
Vendors
1 25 (17.24%) SAP
2 13 (8.97%) IBM
3 6 (4.14%) EMC
4 3 (2.07%) Google
5 2 (1.38%) Xilinx
6 1 (0.69%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle
6 1 (0.69%) Salesforce