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 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 211 250
Rank change year-on-year +9 +39 -3
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 173 227 327
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.44% 1.18%
As % of the General category 1.84% 2.07% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 130 112 273
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,875 £36,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -5.23%
75th Percentile £70,938 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,403 10,953 17,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 69.42% 62.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,923 6,197 13,665
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 February 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 2 (1.16%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.16%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.16%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.16%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.16%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.16%) Simulink
4 1 (0.58%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.16%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.89%) AWS
1 5 (2.89%) Azure
1 5 (2.89%) GCP
2 4 (2.31%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.73%) GitHub
3 3 (1.73%) Google Workspace
3 3 (1.73%) OCI
4 2 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon Ads
5 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.58%) SaaS
5 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.94%) RS-232
2 10 (5.78%) Wireless
3 8 (4.62%) Bluetooth
3 8 (4.62%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.31%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.16%) OpenVPN
5 2 (1.16%) SSH
6 1 (0.58%) Firewall
6 1 (0.58%) Modbus
6 1 (0.58%) RS-485
6 1 (0.58%) VLAN
6 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.31%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.31%) Power BI
1 4 (2.31%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.31%) Tableau
2 3 (1.73%) Big Data
2 3 (1.73%) Metadata
2 3 (1.73%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.58%) DTS
4 1 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (15.61%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.47%) Subversion
3 5 (2.89%) Git
3 5 (2.89%) JIRA
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.16%) Xcode
5 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (36.42%) Social Skills
2 59 (34.10%) Manufacturing
3 53 (30.64%) Finance
3 53 (30.64%) Marketing
3 53 (30.64%) Telecoms
4 47 (27.17%) Public Sector
5 18 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.94%) Automotive
7 9 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.62%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.89%) Avionics
9 5 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Legal
10 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.73%) Retail
11 2 (1.16%) Games
11 2 (1.16%) German Language
11 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Local Government
11 2 (1.16%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 47 (27.17%) Embedded Engineer
2 34 (19.65%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (15.61%) Principal Engineer
4 26 (15.03%) Consultant
4 26 (15.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 26 (15.03%) Security Consultant
5 25 (14.45%) Electronics Engineer
6 22 (12.72%) Software Engineer
7 20 (11.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (8.67%) Senior
9 13 (7.51%) Lead
10 9 (5.20%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Firmware Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 8 (4.62%) Analyst
11 8 (4.62%) Developer
12 7 (4.05%) Design Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 5 (2.89%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
13 5 (2.89%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (15.03%) SAP CAF
2 9 (5.20%) Flash
3 4 (2.31%) Node.js
4 3 (1.73%) JSON
5 2 (1.16%) iOS SDK
5 2 (1.16%) Kafka
5 2 (1.16%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.16%) NestJS
5 2 (1.16%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.16%) Pandas
5 2 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.16%) RESTful
5 2 (1.16%) SwiftUI
5 2 (1.16%) UIKit
5 2 (1.16%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.16%) XML
6 1 (0.58%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.58%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.76%) Algorithms
2 28 (16.18%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.62%) FPGA
5 6 (3.47%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (3.47%) VHDL
6 5 (2.89%) IoT
7 4 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.73%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.16%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.16%) NHS
9 2 (1.16%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.16%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.16%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.16%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.05%) Linux
2 5 (2.89%) Windows
3 3 (1.73%) Unix
4 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Debian
5 1 (0.58%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.75%) Digital Marketing
2 47 (27.17%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (27.17%) Programme Management
3 37 (21.39%) Collaborative Culture
4 32 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (17.34%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (17.34%) Systems Engineering
6 28 (16.18%) Agile
6 28 (16.18%) Signal Processing
7 27 (15.61%) Risk Management
7 27 (15.61%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (15.03%) ISMS
8 26 (15.03%) Test Planning
9 23 (13.29%) Software Engineering
10 14 (8.09%) Software Testing
11 13 (7.51%) Data Analysis
12 12 (6.94%) Embedded Software Development
13 10 (5.78%) Project Management
14 9 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (4.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 48 (27.75%) C
2 34 (19.65%) C++
3 22 (12.72%) Embedded C
4 15 (8.67%) Python
5 13 (7.51%) Embedded C++
6 6 (3.47%) SQL
7 5 (2.89%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.31%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.31%) Tcl
8 4 (2.31%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.73%) Google Apps Script
10 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.16%) Swift
11 1 (0.58%) Bash
11 1 (0.58%) Bicep
11 1 (0.58%) Java
11 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.58%) SHACL
11 1 (0.58%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 51 (29.48%) Security Cleared
2 43 (24.86%) SC Cleared
3 30 (17.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (16.18%) Degree
5 27 (15.61%) CISM
5 27 (15.61%) CISSP
6 26 (15.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 17 (9.83%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.16%) PhD
10 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 27 (15.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (15.61%) NIST
2 26 (15.03%) GRC
3 6 (3.47%) QA
4 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.58%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.58%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (23.12%) Firmware
2 32 (18.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.73%) Docker
4 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.58%) iptables
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Ansible
1 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.16%) Terraform
2 1 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.58%) Puppet
2 1 (0.58%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (27.75%) SAP
2 26 (15.03%) IBM
3 15 (8.67%) EMC
4 7 (4.05%) Google
5 6 (3.47%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.16%) Cadence
6 2 (1.16%) IFS
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle
7 1 (0.58%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.58%) Apple
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco
7 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.58%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.58%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.58%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.58%) Samsung
7 1 (0.58%) VMware