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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 226 246
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +15
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 159 183 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.41% 1.26%
As % of the General category 1.65% 1.96% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 113 105 313
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -5.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £82,500 £68,275
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +14.00% -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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,608 9,350 18,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 71.95% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,239 6,296 14,828
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 25 March 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 (1.26%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.26%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.26%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.26%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Simulink
3 1 (0.63%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.63%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.63%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.40%) AWS
2 5 (3.14%) GCP
3 4 (2.52%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.89%) Azure
4 3 (1.89%) GitHub
4 3 (1.89%) OCI
5 2 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.63%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.29%) RS-232
2 8 (5.03%) Bluetooth
2 8 (5.03%) Ethernet
2 8 (5.03%) Wireless
3 6 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.52%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.89%) Firewall
5 3 (1.89%) VLAN
5 3 (1.89%) VPN
6 2 (1.26%) DHCP
6 2 (1.26%) DNS
6 2 (1.26%) LAN
6 2 (1.26%) Modbus
6 2 (1.26%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.26%) RFID
6 2 (1.26%) RS-485
6 2 (1.26%) SSH
6 2 (1.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.63%) Profibus
7 1 (0.63%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.52%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.52%) Power BI
2 4 (2.52%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.52%) Tableau
3 2 (1.26%) Metadata
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.63%) DTS
4 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (10.69%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.77%) Subversion
3 5 (3.14%) JIRA
4 4 (2.52%) Git
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (33.96%) Manufacturing
1 54 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 49 (30.82%) Marketing
3 45 (28.30%) Finance
4 43 (27.04%) Telecoms
5 36 (22.64%) Public Sector
6 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Legal
7 7 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.14%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Automotive
10 2 (1.26%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.26%) Avionics
10 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Local Government
10 2 (1.26%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) German Language
Job Titles
1 35 (22.01%) Embedded Engineer
2 33 (20.75%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (13.21%) Electronics Engineer
3 21 (13.21%) Software Engineer
4 19 (11.95%) Consultant
4 19 (11.95%) Security Consultant
4 19 (11.95%) Senior
5 17 (10.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 17 (10.69%) Principal Engineer
5 17 (10.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.18%) Lead
7 11 (6.92%) Marketing Manager
8 8 (5.03%) Analyst
9 7 (4.40%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.14%) Software Design Engineer
11 5 (3.14%) Software Test Engineer
11 5 (3.14%) Systems Test Engineer
11 5 (3.14%) Technical Manager
11 5 (3.14%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.95%) SAP CAF
2 6 (3.77%) Node.js
3 2 (1.26%) Flash
3 2 (1.26%) JSON
3 2 (1.26%) Kafka
3 2 (1.26%) ModSecurity
3 2 (1.26%) NestJS
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.26%) React
3 2 (1.26%) RESTful
3 2 (1.26%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.63%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.63%) Pandas
4 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.09%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (10.69%) Algorithms
2 17 (10.69%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.29%) FPGA
4 6 (3.77%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.52%) VHDL
6 3 (1.89%) IoT
7 2 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.26%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.26%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.26%) NHS
7 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.26%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.26%) Photography
7 2 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.26%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.92%) Linux
2 5 (3.14%) Windows
3 2 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.63%) Debian
4 1 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.63%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.64%) Business Intelligence
1 36 (22.64%) Digital Marketing
1 36 (22.64%) Programme Management
2 33 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.35%) Systems Engineering
4 25 (15.72%) Agile
5 24 (15.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 24 (15.09%) Software Engineering
6 22 (13.84%) Risk Management
7 21 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (11.95%) ISMS
9 18 (11.32%) Signal Processing
10 17 (10.69%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (10.69%) Test Planning
11 13 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (7.55%) Software Testing
13 11 (6.92%) B2B
13 11 (6.92%) Validation
14 10 (6.29%) Data Analysis
14 10 (6.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.50%) C
2 27 (16.98%) C++
3 13 (8.18%) Embedded C
4 12 (7.55%) Python
5 11 (6.92%) Embedded C++
6 6 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.14%) SQL
8 4 (2.52%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.26%) Go
9 2 (1.26%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.63%) Bash
10 1 (0.63%) Bicep
10 1 (0.63%) Java
10 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.63%) SHACL
10 1 (0.63%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 42 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 32 (20.13%) Degree
3 30 (18.87%) SC Cleared
4 19 (11.95%) CISM
4 19 (11.95%) CISSP
4 19 (11.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 18 (11.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (10.06%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.14%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.95%) GRC
1 19 (11.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (11.95%) NIST
2 18 (11.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (3.14%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.63%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.63%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (18.87%) Firmware
2 21 (13.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.89%) Docker
4 2 (1.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.63%) iptables
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.52%) Terraform
2 2 (1.26%) Ansible
2 2 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.63%) Puppet
3 1 (0.63%) Rancher
Vendors
1 37 (23.27%) SAP
2 17 (10.69%) IBM
3 10 (6.29%) EMC
4 4 (2.52%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.89%) Google
6 2 (1.26%) IFS
6 2 (1.26%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.63%) Cadence
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco
7 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.63%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.63%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.63%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce