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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 253 263
Rank change year-on-year +93 +10 -36
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 247 234 232
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.23% 1.13%
As % of the General category 2.56% 1.88% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 209 135 173
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,875 £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 £66,250 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £81,250 £78,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

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 9,639 12,479 13,397
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.17% 65.48% 65.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,173 7,267 10,545
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,162
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
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 3 December 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 (0.81%) Tomcat
1 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
1 2 (0.81%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.81%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.81%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.81%) Simulink
4 1 (0.40%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.64%) Azure
2 7 (2.83%) AWS
3 6 (2.43%) GCP
4 4 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.21%) GitHub
5 3 (1.21%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.21%) OCI
5 3 (1.21%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.81%) SaaS
6 2 (0.81%) Serverless
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Ads
7 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.12%) Network Security
2 22 (8.91%) RS-232
3 15 (6.07%) Wireless
4 13 (5.26%) Bluetooth
4 13 (5.26%) Ethernet
5 5 (2.02%) Wireshark
6 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.81%) Firewall
7 2 (0.81%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.81%) SSH
8 1 (0.40%) DHCP
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) HTTP
8 1 (0.40%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) Modbus
8 1 (0.40%) RS-485
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) VLAN
8 1 (0.40%) VPN
8 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.62%) Big Data
2 4 (1.62%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.62%) Tableau
3 3 (1.21%) Power BI
3 3 (1.21%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.81%) Metadata
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (12.15%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.62%) Git
3 3 (1.21%) Xcode
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.81%) Subversion
5 1 (0.40%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.40%) Gatling
5 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) JIRA
5 1 (0.40%) JMeter
5 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
General
1 92 (37.25%) Manufacturing
2 83 (33.60%) Telecoms
3 77 (31.17%) Finance
4 74 (29.96%) Marketing
4 74 (29.96%) Social Skills
5 73 (29.55%) Public Sector
6 38 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.45%) Automotive
9 6 (2.43%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.02%) Avionics
10 5 (2.02%) German Language
11 4 (1.62%) French Language
11 4 (1.62%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.21%) Legal
12 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (27.13%) Electronics Engineer
2 57 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
3 49 (19.84%) Consultant
3 49 (19.84%) Security Consultant
4 48 (19.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 30 (12.15%) Principal Engineer
6 29 (11.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 27 (10.93%) Software Engineer
8 26 (10.53%) Senior
9 25 (10.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 25 (10.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 21 (8.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 13 (5.26%) Lead
12 10 (4.05%) FPGA Engineer
12 10 (4.05%) Senior FPGA Engineer
13 9 (3.64%) Developer
13 9 (3.64%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 9 (3.64%) Firmware Engineer
14 7 (2.83%) Analyst
15 5 (2.02%) Technical Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.72%) SAP CAF
2 9 (3.64%) Flash
3 4 (1.62%) Node.js
4 3 (1.21%) iOS SDK
4 3 (1.21%) SwiftUI
4 3 (1.21%) UIKit
5 2 (0.81%) JSON
5 2 (0.81%) Kafka
5 2 (0.81%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.81%) NestJS
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (0.81%) Pandas
5 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.81%) RESTful
5 2 (0.81%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.81%) XML
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.40%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.36%) Algorithms
2 29 (11.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (8.91%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (8.10%) FPGA
5 11 (4.45%) VHDL
6 10 (4.05%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (2.02%) IoT
7 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.21%) 3D Printing
10 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.81%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.81%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.81%) NHS
10 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.81%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.83%) Linux
1 7 (2.83%) Windows
2 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.21%) Unix
3 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Debian
4 1 (0.40%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (29.96%) Business Intelligence
1 74 (29.96%) Digital Marketing
1 74 (29.96%) Programme Management
2 60 (24.29%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (14.57%) Software Engineering
5 35 (14.17%) Collaborative Culture
6 33 (13.36%) Mentoring
6 33 (13.36%) Systems Engineering
7 31 (12.55%) Signal Processing
8 30 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
9 29 (11.74%) Test Planning
10 27 (10.93%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (10.12%) Agile
11 25 (10.12%) Risk Management
12 24 (9.72%) ISMS
13 14 (5.67%) Embedded Software Development
14 12 (4.86%) Data Analysis
15 10 (4.05%) FPGA Design
15 10 (4.05%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.89%) C
2 39 (15.79%) C++
3 28 (11.34%) Embedded C
4 22 (8.91%) Python
5 13 (5.26%) Embedded C++
6 8 (3.24%) SQL
7 5 (2.02%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.62%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.62%) Tcl
8 4 (1.62%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.21%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.21%) Swift
10 2 (0.81%) Bash
10 2 (0.81%) Bicep
10 2 (0.81%) Java
10 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.81%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 89 (36.03%) Security Cleared
2 50 (20.24%) CISSP
3 45 (18.22%) SC Cleared
4 34 (13.77%) Degree
5 33 (13.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (12.55%) DV Cleared
7 25 (10.12%) CEH
7 25 (10.12%) CISM
7 25 (10.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 24 (9.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 5 (2.02%) City & Guilds
9 5 (2.02%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.81%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (20.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 50 (20.24%) NIST
2 30 (12.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 25 (10.12%) PCI DSS
4 24 (9.72%) GRC
5 6 (2.43%) QA
6 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.40%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (23.48%) Firmware
2 32 (12.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.21%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) iptables
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.21%) Terraform
2 2 (0.81%) Ansible
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.40%) Puppet
3 1 (0.40%) Rancher
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (29.55%) SAP
2 29 (11.74%) IBM
3 28 (11.34%) EMC
4 8 (3.24%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.83%) Google
6 2 (0.81%) Cadence
6 2 (0.81%) IFS
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
7 1 (0.40%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.40%) Apple
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco
7 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.40%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.40%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.40%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.40%) Samsung
7 1 (0.40%) VMware