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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 262 262
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -22
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 132 180 407
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 1.23% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.21% 1.64% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 73 129 324
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £54,700 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £82,750 £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 10,913 10,985 20,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 75.03% 61.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,218 6,030 15,136
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,800
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 29 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 3 (2.27%) Artix
Applications
1 3 (2.27%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.27%) Autodesk Inventor
1 3 (2.27%) Simulink
2 1 (0.76%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.52%) AWS
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.58%) Wireless
2 8 (6.06%) Bluetooth
3 7 (5.30%) RS-232
3 7 (5.30%) RS-485
4 6 (4.55%) Modbus
4 6 (4.55%) Profibus
4 6 (4.55%) ZigBee
5 5 (3.79%) RFID
6 4 (3.03%) DHCP
6 4 (3.03%) DNS
6 4 (3.03%) Firewall
6 4 (3.03%) LAN
6 4 (3.03%) VLAN
6 4 (3.03%) VPN
6 4 (3.03%) WAN
7 3 (2.27%) NFC
8 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.76%) 5G
9 1 (0.76%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.76%) DTS
2 1 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.76%) Metadata
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (3.03%) JIRA
2 4 (3.03%) Subversion
3 3 (2.27%) Git
4 2 (1.52%) MLflow
4 2 (1.52%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.76%) Appium
5 1 (0.76%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.76%) TestRail
General
1 42 (31.82%) Manufacturing
2 34 (25.76%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.15%) Marketing
4 13 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.33%) Finance
5 11 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.58%) Aerospace
7 7 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.55%) Automotive
8 6 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.03%) Legal
9 4 (3.03%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.52%) Retail
10 2 (1.52%) Wearables
11 1 (0.76%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (24.24%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (15.15%) Senior
3 17 (12.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (11.36%) Electronics Engineer
4 15 (11.36%) Software Engineer
5 12 (9.09%) RF Engineer
5 12 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 11 (8.33%) Marketing Manager
7 9 (6.82%) Graduate
7 9 (6.82%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (6.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 9 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Graduate Systems Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Project Manager
8 8 (6.06%) Systems Support
8 8 (6.06%) Systems Support Engineer
9 7 (5.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 7 (5.30%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.03%) Node.js
1 4 (3.03%) React
2 3 (2.27%) Yocto
3 2 (1.52%) LangChain
3 2 (1.52%) React Native
3 2 (1.52%) SAP CAF
3 2 (1.52%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.76%) Flash
4 1 (0.76%) JSON
4 1 (0.76%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.76%) REST
4 1 (0.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.94%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (9.85%) Algorithms
4 12 (9.09%) FPGA
5 8 (6.06%) Analogue Electronics
6 7 (5.30%) IoT
7 5 (3.79%) PCIe
8 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 4 (3.03%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (3.03%) VHDL
9 3 (2.27%) Contactless
9 3 (2.27%) MicroBlaze
9 3 (2.27%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.27%) Smartcard
10 2 (1.52%) Device Driver
10 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.52%) Photography
10 2 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.52%) Robotics
10 2 (1.52%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.36%) Linux
2 6 (4.55%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.52%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.45%) Validation
3 24 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 19 (14.39%) Systems Engineering
5 16 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.12%) Test Automation
6 12 (9.09%) Physics
7 11 (8.33%) Project Management
8 10 (7.58%) B2B
8 10 (7.58%) B2B Marketing
8 10 (7.58%) Business Enablement
8 10 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (7.58%) Signal Processing
9 9 (6.82%) Agile
9 9 (6.82%) Test Planning
10 8 (6.06%) Business Development
10 8 (6.06%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (5.30%) Decision-Making
11 7 (5.30%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.15%) C++
2 19 (14.39%) C
3 14 (10.61%) Python
4 6 (4.55%) Embedded C
4 6 (4.55%) Embedded C++
5 5 (3.79%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.03%) C#
7 3 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.52%) Go
9 1 (0.76%) Rust
9 1 (0.76%) SHACL
9 1 (0.76%) SPARQL
9 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (37.88%) Degree
2 17 (12.88%) Master's Degree
3 10 (7.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.52%) CISM
6 2 (1.52%) CISSP
6 2 (1.52%) HND
6 2 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (1.52%) PhD
6 2 (1.52%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.52%) GRC
2 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.76%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 25 (18.94%) Firmware
2 14 (10.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (6.82%) IBM
2 5 (3.79%) SAP
3 3 (2.27%) Autodesk
3 3 (2.27%) EMC
3 3 (2.27%) Xilinx
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle
5 1 (0.76%) Salesforce