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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 202 274
Rank change year-on-year -34 +72 -66
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 227 248 256
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.50% 1.03%
As % of the General category 1.62% 2.10% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 128 215 197
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -0.17% +19.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,110 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%

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 14,016 11,812 15,208
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.23% 71.46% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,807 6,577 9,770
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 28 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 (1.32%) Artix
2 1 (0.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 13 (5.73%) Simulink
2 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.64%) Mathcad
4 3 (1.32%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.32%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.88%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.44%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.32%) AWS
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.73%) Wireless
2 10 (4.41%) RS-232
2 10 (4.41%) RS-485
3 9 (3.96%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.96%) Modbus
3 9 (3.96%) Profibus
3 9 (3.96%) ZigBee
4 8 (3.52%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.64%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.76%) DHCP
6 4 (1.76%) DNS
6 4 (1.76%) Firewall
6 4 (1.76%) LAN
6 4 (1.76%) VLAN
6 4 (1.76%) VPN
6 4 (1.76%) WAN
7 3 (1.32%) NFC
7 3 (1.32%) RFID
8 1 (0.44%) Broadband
8 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.49%) LabVIEW
2 11 (4.85%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.32%) Git
4 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.88%) MLflow
4 2 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.44%) Appium
5 1 (0.44%) CMake
5 1 (0.44%) GDB
5 1 (0.44%) TestRail
General
1 76 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 63 (27.75%) Manufacturing
3 55 (24.23%) Aerospace
4 49 (21.59%) Finance
5 48 (21.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (10.13%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (8.37%) Marketing
9 17 (7.49%) Telecoms
10 14 (6.17%) Automotive
11 12 (5.29%) Military
12 5 (2.20%) Law
12 5 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.76%) Legal
14 3 (1.32%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.88%) Advertising
15 2 (0.88%) Wearables
16 1 (0.44%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 52 (22.91%) Senior
2 40 (17.62%) Systems Engineer
3 33 (14.54%) Software Engineer
4 27 (11.89%) Electronics Engineer
5 24 (10.57%) Embedded Engineer
6 23 (10.13%) Lead
7 20 (8.81%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (7.93%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (6.61%) Hardware Engineer
9 15 (6.61%) Test Engineer
10 14 (6.17%) Business Manager
11 13 (5.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) RF Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) Technical Engineer
13 11 (4.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 11 (4.85%) Sales Engineer
13 11 (4.85%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.08%) React
2 6 (2.64%) Yocto
3 5 (2.20%) Node.js
3 5 (2.20%) TensorFlow
3 5 (2.20%) XML
4 3 (1.32%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.32%) Terraform
5 2 (0.88%) .NET
5 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.88%) Avalonia
5 2 (0.88%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.88%) LangChain
5 2 (0.88%) React Native
5 2 (0.88%) WPF
6 1 (0.44%) Flash
6 1 (0.44%) REST
6 1 (0.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.42%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (11.01%) IoT
3 22 (9.69%) FPGA
4 16 (7.05%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (5.29%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.96%) Robotics
6 9 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.52%) Fibre Optics
8 5 (2.20%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.20%) PCIe
8 5 (2.20%) SCADA
8 5 (2.20%) VHDL
9 4 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.76%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.76%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.32%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.32%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.69%) Linux
2 12 (5.29%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (4.85%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.32%) Android
4 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.32%) Windows
5 2 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (27.31%) Validation
2 59 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (23.79%) Software Engineering
4 42 (18.50%) Physics
5 30 (13.22%) Business Development
6 26 (11.45%) Systems Engineering
7 24 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.13%) Decision-Making
9 22 (9.69%) Verification and Validation
10 21 (9.25%) CRM
10 21 (9.25%) Customer Engagement
10 21 (9.25%) Mentoring
10 21 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (9.25%) Technical Leadership
10 21 (9.25%) Test Automation
11 19 (8.37%) Prototyping
12 18 (7.93%) Computer Science
13 17 (7.49%) Project Management
13 17 (7.49%) Roadmaps
14 15 (6.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.30%) C++
2 34 (14.98%) Python
3 33 (14.54%) C
4 26 (11.45%) MATLAB
5 10 (4.41%) Embedded C
6 9 (3.96%) C#
7 7 (3.08%) Embedded C++
8 4 (1.76%) Rust
8 4 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.32%) Go
10 2 (0.88%) Java
10 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.88%) SQL
10 2 (0.88%) VB
10 2 (0.88%) XAML
11 1 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 115 (50.66%) Degree
2 50 (22.03%) Security Cleared
3 40 (17.62%) SC Cleared
4 36 (15.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (14.10%) Master's Degree
6 30 (13.22%) DV Cleared
7 23 (10.13%) PhD
8 10 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.96%) HND
10 6 (2.64%) HNC
11 2 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.76%) QA
3 3 (1.32%) Def Stans
3 3 (1.32%) DO-160
4 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.88%) JTAG
5 1 (0.44%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 50 (22.03%) Firmware
2 25 (11.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.64%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (7.49%) EMC
2 9 (3.96%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.76%) Siemens
4 3 (1.32%) Autodesk
4 3 (1.32%) SAP
4 3 (1.32%) Xilinx
5 2 (0.88%) IBM
5 2 (0.88%) Keysight
5 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.44%) Altera
6 1 (0.44%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.44%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle
6 1 (0.44%) Panasonic
6 1 (0.44%) Sony