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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 228 267
Rank change year-on-year -40 +39 -59
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 195 231 272
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 1.40% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.46% 1.93% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 113 200 218
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,110 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.54% +12.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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 13,317 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.79% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 4 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 (1.54%) Artix
Applications
1 8 (4.10%) Simulink
2 3 (1.54%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.54%) Autodesk Inventor
2 3 (1.54%) Mathcad
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.03%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.51%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.54%) AWS
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.69%) Wireless
2 11 (5.64%) Bluetooth
3 10 (5.13%) RS-232
3 10 (5.13%) RS-485
4 9 (4.62%) Modbus
4 9 (4.62%) Profibus
4 9 (4.62%) ZigBee
5 6 (3.08%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.56%) RFID
7 4 (2.05%) DHCP
7 4 (2.05%) DNS
7 4 (2.05%) Firewall
7 4 (2.05%) LAN
7 4 (2.05%) VLAN
7 4 (2.05%) VPN
7 4 (2.05%) WAN
8 3 (1.54%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.54%) NFC
9 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.15%) LabVIEW
2 10 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.54%) Git
4 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) MLflow
4 2 (1.03%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.51%) Appium
5 1 (0.51%) CMake
5 1 (0.51%) GDB
5 1 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 56 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 55 (28.21%) Manufacturing
3 31 (15.90%) Aerospace
4 28 (14.36%) Finance
4 28 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (11.79%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (11.28%) Marketing
7 19 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (5.64%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.10%) Automotive
10 6 (3.08%) Military
11 4 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.05%) Legal
11 4 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Advertising
12 2 (1.03%) Law
12 2 (1.03%) Wearables
13 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Retail
13 1 (0.51%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (24.10%) Senior
2 40 (20.51%) Systems Engineer
3 31 (15.90%) Software Engineer
4 24 (12.31%) Embedded Engineer
5 19 (9.74%) Lead
6 18 (9.23%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (8.72%) Electronics Engineer
8 16 (8.21%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 13 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) RF Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) Support Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Technical Engineer
12 9 (4.62%) Business Manager
12 9 (4.62%) Marketing Manager
12 9 (4.62%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.59%) React
2 6 (3.08%) Yocto
3 5 (2.56%) Node.js
4 4 (2.05%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.54%) XML
6 2 (1.03%) .NET
6 2 (1.03%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.03%) Avalonia
6 2 (1.03%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.03%) LangChain
6 2 (1.03%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.03%) React Native
6 2 (1.03%) WPF
7 1 (0.51%) Flash
7 1 (0.51%) REST
7 1 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.41%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (11.79%) IoT
3 20 (10.26%) FPGA
4 13 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (5.64%) Algorithms
6 8 (4.10%) Analogue Electronics
6 8 (4.10%) Fibre Optics
6 8 (4.10%) Robotics
7 6 (3.08%) PCIe
8 5 (2.56%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.56%) VHDL
9 4 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.05%) Device Driver
9 4 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.05%) Driving Licence
9 4 (2.05%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.54%) Contactless
10 3 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
10 3 (1.54%) SCADA
10 3 (1.54%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.31%) Linux
2 14 (7.18%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (5.64%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.54%) Android
4 3 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.54%) Windows
5 2 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.15%) Validation
2 49 (25.13%) Software Engineering
3 44 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (15.38%) Physics
5 24 (12.31%) Systems Engineering
6 18 (9.23%) Business Development
6 18 (9.23%) Decision-Making
6 18 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
7 17 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (8.72%) Prototyping
8 16 (8.21%) Customer Engagement
8 16 (8.21%) Mentoring
8 16 (8.21%) Project Management
8 16 (8.21%) Test Automation
9 15 (7.69%) Computer Science
10 14 (7.18%) Roadmaps
10 14 (7.18%) Technology Strategy
10 14 (7.18%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (6.67%) CRM
11 13 (6.67%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.44%) C++
2 31 (15.90%) C
3 30 (15.38%) Python
4 20 (10.26%) MATLAB
5 10 (5.13%) Embedded C
6 7 (3.59%) C#
6 7 (3.59%) Embedded C++
7 4 (2.05%) Rust
7 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.54%) Go
9 2 (1.03%) Java
9 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.03%) XAML
10 1 (0.51%) Bash
10 1 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 94 (48.21%) Degree
2 32 (16.41%) Security Cleared
3 30 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 24 (12.31%) SC Cleared
5 22 (11.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (9.23%) PhD
7 17 (8.72%) DV Cleared
8 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.56%) HND
10 3 (1.54%) HNC
11 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.05%) QA
3 3 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (1.03%) JTAG
5 1 (0.51%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 42 (21.54%) Firmware
2 23 (11.79%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (4.62%) EMC
2 3 (1.54%) Autodesk
2 3 (1.54%) IBM
2 3 (1.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.54%) Xilinx
3 2 (1.03%) SAP
3 2 (1.03%) Siemens
4 1 (0.51%) Altera
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle
4 1 (0.51%) Salesforce