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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 215 279
Rank change year-on-year -27 +64 -70
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 217 237 260
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.43% 1.04%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.98% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 119 207 209
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% +13.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +6.50%

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 13,661 11,982 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.11% 72.12% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,647 6,626 10,239
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 13 August 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 3 (1.38%) Artix
Applications
1 12 (5.53%) Simulink
2 5 (2.30%) Mathcad
3 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.38%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.38%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.92%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.46%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.46%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.38%) AWS
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.45%) Wireless
2 10 (4.61%) Bluetooth
2 10 (4.61%) RS-232
2 10 (4.61%) RS-485
3 9 (4.15%) Modbus
3 9 (4.15%) Profibus
3 9 (4.15%) ZigBee
4 7 (3.23%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.76%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.84%) DHCP
6 4 (1.84%) DNS
6 4 (1.84%) Firewall
6 4 (1.84%) LAN
6 4 (1.84%) RFID
6 4 (1.84%) VLAN
6 4 (1.84%) VPN
6 4 (1.84%) WAN
7 3 (1.38%) NFC
8 2 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.46%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.38%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (6.91%) LabVIEW
2 11 (5.07%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.38%) Git
4 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.92%) MLflow
4 2 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) Appium
5 1 (0.46%) CMake
5 1 (0.46%) GDB
5 1 (0.46%) TestRail
5 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 60 (27.65%) Manufacturing
3 52 (23.96%) Aerospace
4 45 (20.74%) Finance
5 44 (20.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (11.06%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (8.29%) Marketing
9 15 (6.91%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.61%) Automotive
10 10 (4.61%) Military
11 4 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.38%) Law
12 3 (1.38%) Legal
13 2 (0.92%) Advertising
13 2 (0.92%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.92%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.92%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 49 (22.58%) Senior
2 41 (18.89%) Systems Engineer
3 33 (15.21%) Software Engineer
4 25 (11.52%) Electronics Engineer
5 24 (11.06%) Embedded Engineer
6 22 (10.14%) Lead
7 20 (9.22%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (8.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (6.45%) Hardware Engineer
10 13 (5.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) RF Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Support Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Technical Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Test Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Technical Manager
13 10 (4.61%) Business Manager
13 10 (4.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.23%) React
2 6 (2.76%) Yocto
3 5 (2.30%) Node.js
3 5 (2.30%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.84%) XML
5 3 (1.38%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.92%) .NET
6 2 (0.92%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.92%) Avalonia
6 2 (0.92%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.92%) LangChain
6 2 (0.92%) React Native
6 2 (0.92%) WPF
7 1 (0.46%) Flash
7 1 (0.46%) REST
7 1 (0.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.67%) Embedded Systems
2 24 (11.06%) IoT
3 23 (10.60%) FPGA
4 12 (5.53%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (5.07%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.69%) Fibre Optics
6 8 (3.69%) Robotics
7 6 (2.76%) PCIe
8 5 (2.30%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.30%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.30%) VHDL
9 4 (1.84%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.84%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.84%) SCADA
10 3 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.38%) Contactless
10 3 (1.38%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.60%) Linux
2 13 (5.99%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (5.07%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.38%) Android
4 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.38%) Windows
5 2 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.73%) Validation
2 54 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (24.88%) Software Engineering
3 38 (17.51%) Physics
4 27 (12.44%) Systems Engineering
5 22 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (10.14%) Decision-Making
6 21 (9.68%) Business Development
7 20 (9.22%) Test Automation
8 19 (8.76%) Mentoring
8 19 (8.76%) Verification and Validation
9 18 (8.29%) Computer Science
9 18 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (7.83%) CRM
10 17 (7.83%) Project Management
10 17 (7.83%) Prototyping
10 17 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (7.37%) Customer Engagement
11 16 (7.37%) Roadmaps
12 14 (6.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.67%) C++
2 31 (14.29%) C
2 31 (14.29%) Python
3 25 (11.52%) MATLAB
4 10 (4.61%) Embedded C
5 7 (3.23%) C#
5 7 (3.23%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.84%) Rust
6 4 (1.84%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.38%) Go
8 2 (0.92%) Java
8 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.92%) XAML
9 1 (0.46%) Bash
9 1 (0.46%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 111 (51.15%) Degree
2 49 (22.58%) Security Cleared
3 40 (18.43%) SC Cleared
4 36 (16.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (14.75%) Master's Degree
6 30 (13.82%) DV Cleared
7 22 (10.14%) PhD
8 10 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.23%) HND
10 4 (1.84%) HNC
11 2 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.84%) QA
3 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (0.92%) JTAG
4 1 (0.46%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.46%) DO-160
4 1 (0.46%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.46%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 49 (22.58%) Firmware
2 24 (11.06%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (5.99%) EMC
2 5 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.84%) Siemens
4 3 (1.38%) Autodesk
4 3 (1.38%) SAP
4 3 (1.38%) Xilinx
5 2 (0.92%) IBM
5 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) Altera
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle