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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 257 269
Rank change year-on-year +113 +12 -42
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 259 238 244
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.71% 1.20% 1.15%
As % of the General category 2.64% 1.88% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 217 138 179
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,188 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £80,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -0.05%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,823 12,675 13,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.67% 63.74% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,300 7,327 10,857
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 November 2025.

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 (0.77%) Tomcat
1 2 (0.77%) WebLogic
1 2 (0.77%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (0.39%) Apache
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.77%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.77%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.77%) Simulink
4 1 (0.39%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.77%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.86%) Azure
2 9 (3.47%) AWS
3 7 (2.70%) GCP
4 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.16%) GitHub
5 3 (1.16%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.16%) OCI
5 3 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.77%) Amazon Ads
6 2 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.77%) SaaS
6 2 (0.77%) Serverless
7 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.39%) Facebook Ads
7 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.65%) Network Security
2 21 (8.11%) RS-232
3 16 (6.18%) Wireless
4 13 (5.02%) Bluetooth
4 13 (5.02%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.93%) Wireshark
6 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.16%) Firewall
8 2 (0.77%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.77%) RS-485
8 2 (0.77%) SSH
8 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.77%) VLAN
8 2 (0.77%) VPN
9 1 (0.39%) BGP
9 1 (0.39%) DNS
9 1 (0.39%) HTTP
9 1 (0.39%) LAN
9 1 (0.39%) Modbus
9 1 (0.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.93%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.93%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.54%) Big Data
2 4 (1.54%) Tableau
3 3 (1.16%) Power BI
3 3 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.77%) Metadata
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (12.36%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.93%) Git
3 3 (1.16%) Xcode
4 2 (0.77%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.39%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.39%) Gatling
5 1 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) JMeter
5 1 (0.39%) JUnit
5 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.39%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 94 (36.29%) Manufacturing
2 84 (32.43%) Telecoms
3 77 (29.73%) Finance
4 76 (29.34%) Marketing
5 74 (28.57%) Public Sector
6 71 (27.41%) Social Skills
7 38 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.63%) Automotive
10 7 (2.70%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.93%) Avionics
11 5 (1.93%) German Language
12 4 (1.54%) French Language
12 4 (1.54%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.16%) Legal
13 3 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.16%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.77%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 70 (27.03%) Electronics Engineer
2 62 (23.94%) Systems Engineer
3 47 (18.15%) Consultant
3 47 (18.15%) Security Consultant
4 45 (17.37%) Embedded Engineer
5 32 (12.36%) Principal Engineer
6 31 (11.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 27 (10.42%) Senior
7 27 (10.42%) Software Engineer
8 25 (9.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 24 (9.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 21 (8.11%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 14 (5.41%) Lead
12 13 (5.02%) Developer
13 10 (3.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 10 (3.86%) Firmware Engineer
14 9 (3.47%) FPGA Engineer
14 9 (3.47%) Senior FPGA Engineer
15 7 (2.70%) Analyst
16 5 (1.93%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.49%) SAP CAF
2 9 (3.47%) Flash
3 4 (1.54%) Node.js
4 3 (1.16%) iOS SDK
4 3 (1.16%) SwiftUI
4 3 (1.16%) UIKit
5 2 (0.77%) .NET
5 2 (0.77%) Android SDK
5 2 (0.77%) JSON
5 2 (0.77%) Kafka
5 2 (0.77%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.77%) NestJS
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (0.77%) Pandas
5 2 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.77%) React
5 2 (0.77%) RESTful
5 2 (0.77%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.77%) XML
6 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 29 (11.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (7.72%) FPGA
4 19 (7.34%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (3.86%) Analogue Electronics
5 10 (3.86%) VHDL
6 6 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.93%) IoT
8 4 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.16%) 3D Printing
10 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.77%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.77%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.77%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.77%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.77%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.47%) Linux
2 8 (3.09%) Windows
3 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.16%) Android
4 3 (1.16%) Unix
4 3 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Debian
5 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.39%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (29.34%) Digital Marketing
2 75 (28.96%) Business Intelligence
2 75 (28.96%) Programme Management
3 59 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (14.67%) Software Engineering
5 37 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
6 36 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.90%) Signal Processing
7 34 (13.13%) Technical Leadership
8 33 (12.74%) Collaborative Culture
8 33 (12.74%) Mentoring
9 31 (11.97%) Test Planning
10 27 (10.42%) Vulnerability Management
11 24 (9.27%) Agile
12 23 (8.88%) Risk Management
13 22 (8.49%) ISMS
14 13 (5.02%) Embedded Software Development
15 12 (4.63%) Data Analysis
16 9 (3.47%) FPGA Design
16 9 (3.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.01%) C
2 37 (14.29%) C++
3 27 (10.42%) Embedded C
4 25 (9.65%) Python
5 11 (4.25%) Embedded C++
6 9 (3.47%) SQL
7 7 (2.70%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.32%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.93%) Java
9 5 (1.93%) MATLAB
10 4 (1.54%) Tcl
11 3 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.16%) Swift
12 2 (0.77%) Bash
12 2 (0.77%) Bicep
12 2 (0.77%) C#
12 2 (0.77%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.77%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 89 (34.36%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.53%) CISSP
3 44 (16.99%) SC Cleared
4 37 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 37 (14.29%) Degree
5 32 (12.36%) DV Cleared
6 26 (10.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (9.65%) CEH
8 23 (8.88%) CISM
9 22 (8.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (1.93%) City & Guilds
10 5 (1.93%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.77%) PhD
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.39%) CCNP
12 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (18.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 48 (18.53%) NIST
2 34 (13.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 25 (9.65%) PCI DSS
4 22 (8.49%) GRC
5 6 (2.32%) QA
6 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.39%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (22.39%) Firmware
2 30 (11.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.16%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) iptables
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.16%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.16%) Terraform
2 2 (0.77%) Ansible
2 2 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.39%) Kibana
3 1 (0.39%) Puppet
3 1 (0.39%) Rancher
3 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (28.57%) SAP
2 31 (11.97%) IBM
3 28 (10.81%) EMC
4 8 (3.09%) Google
4 8 (3.09%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.16%) Oracle
6 2 (0.77%) Cadence
6 2 (0.77%) Cisco
6 2 (0.77%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.77%) IFS
6 2 (0.77%) VMware
7 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.39%) Facebook
7 1 (0.39%) Freescale
7 1 (0.39%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.39%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.39%) Palantir
7 1 (0.39%) Samsung
7 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.39%) Xamarin