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 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 204 290
Rank change year-on-year -34 +86 -85
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 248 254 235
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 1.56% 1.01%
As % of the General category 1.69% 2.17% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 145 219 161
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

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 14,665 11,680 14,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.83% 71.90% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,041 6,362 8,449
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,000 £45,000
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 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 16 September 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 (1.21%) Artix
2 1 (0.40%) Kinematics
Applications
1 16 (6.45%) Simulink
2 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.82%) Mathcad
3 7 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.21%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.21%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.40%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.81%) SaaS
2 1 (0.40%) AWS
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.24%) Wireless
2 11 (4.44%) RS-232
2 11 (4.44%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.03%) RS-485
4 9 (3.63%) Bluetooth
4 9 (3.63%) Modbus
4 9 (3.63%) Profibus
4 9 (3.63%) ZigBee
5 7 (2.82%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.21%) DHCP
6 3 (1.21%) DNS
6 3 (1.21%) Firewall
6 3 (1.21%) LAN
6 3 (1.21%) NFC
6 3 (1.21%) RFID
6 3 (1.21%) RS-422
6 3 (1.21%) VLAN
6 3 (1.21%) VPN
6 3 (1.21%) WAN
7 1 (0.40%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.66%) LabVIEW
2 11 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.21%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.81%) MLflow
4 2 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.40%) Appium
5 1 (0.40%) CMake
5 1 (0.40%) GDB
5 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 82 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 73 (29.44%) Aerospace
3 63 (25.40%) Manufacturing
4 52 (20.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (19.76%) Finance
6 28 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (10.08%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (8.87%) Telecoms
9 19 (7.66%) Military
10 16 (6.45%) Marketing
11 15 (6.05%) Automotive
12 7 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.02%) Law
14 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.61%) Retail
15 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.21%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.81%) French Language
16 2 (0.81%) German Language
16 2 (0.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 53 (21.37%) Senior
2 38 (15.32%) Systems Engineer
3 34 (13.71%) Electronics Engineer
4 33 (13.31%) Software Engineer
5 26 (10.48%) Lead
6 25 (10.08%) Embedded Engineer
7 22 (8.87%) Principal Engineer
8 19 (7.66%) Senior Software Engineer
9 17 (6.85%) Hardware Engineer
9 17 (6.85%) Test Engineer
10 14 (5.65%) Business Manager
11 13 (5.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 13 (5.24%) Sales Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Design Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Technical Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Technical Manager
13 11 (4.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 11 (4.44%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.82%) XML
1 7 (2.82%) Yocto
2 5 (2.02%) React
2 5 (2.02%) TensorFlow
3 3 (1.21%) Node.js
3 3 (1.21%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.81%) .NET
4 2 (0.81%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.81%) Avalonia
4 2 (0.81%) Entity Framework
4 2 (0.81%) LangChain
4 2 (0.81%) React Native
4 2 (0.81%) WPF
5 1 (0.40%) EDI
5 1 (0.40%) Flash
5 1 (0.40%) REST
5 1 (0.40%) Terraform
5 1 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.32%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (10.48%) FPGA
3 24 (9.68%) IoT
4 19 (7.66%) Analogue Electronics
5 13 (5.24%) Algorithms
5 13 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.03%) Robotics
7 9 (3.63%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (3.23%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.82%) Client/Server
9 7 (2.82%) SCADA
10 6 (2.42%) VHDL
11 5 (2.02%) Device Driver
11 5 (2.02%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.02%) PCIe
12 4 (1.61%) Acoustics
12 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.21%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.27%) Linux
2 14 (5.65%) FreeRTOS
3 13 (5.24%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.21%) Android
4 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.21%) Windows
5 2 (0.81%) Unix
5 2 (0.81%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.02%) Validation
2 62 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 60 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.94%) Physics
5 31 (12.50%) Business Development
6 28 (11.29%) Systems Engineering
7 26 (10.48%) Decision-Making
7 26 (10.48%) Technical Leadership
8 25 (10.08%) Mentoring
8 25 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (9.68%) CRM
10 23 (9.27%) Computer Science
10 23 (9.27%) Verification and Validation
11 22 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (8.47%) Customer Engagement
12 21 (8.47%) Prototyping
13 20 (8.06%) Project Delivery
13 20 (8.06%) Test Automation
14 19 (7.66%) Schematic Capture
14 19 (7.66%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.13%) C
2 39 (15.73%) C++
3 33 (13.31%) Python
4 29 (11.69%) MATLAB
5 12 (4.84%) Embedded C
6 11 (4.44%) C#
7 7 (2.82%) Embedded C++
8 4 (1.61%) Rust
9 2 (0.81%) Java
9 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.81%) SQL
9 2 (0.81%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.81%) VB
9 2 (0.81%) XAML
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) R
10 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 124 (50.00%) Degree
2 58 (23.39%) Security Cleared
3 49 (19.76%) SC Cleared
4 36 (14.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (14.11%) Master's Degree
6 33 (13.31%) DV Cleared
7 24 (9.68%) PhD
8 11 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (4.03%) HND
10 7 (2.82%) HNC
11 6 (2.42%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.21%) CITP
12 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.29%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.42%) Def Stans
2 6 (2.42%) DO-254
3 5 (2.02%) DO-160
4 4 (1.61%) QA
5 3 (1.21%) ARP4761
5 3 (1.21%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.21%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.81%) JTAG
7 1 (0.40%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.40%) ECSS
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.40%) MISRA
System Software
1 50 (20.16%) Firmware
2 28 (11.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.42%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (8.06%) EMC
2 11 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.42%) Thales
4 4 (1.61%) Siemens
4 4 (1.61%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.21%) Autodesk
5 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.21%) SAP
6 2 (0.81%) IBM
6 2 (0.81%) Keysight
6 2 (0.81%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.40%) Altera
7 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco
7 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.40%) Intel
7 1 (0.40%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle
7 1 (0.40%) Panasonic
7 1 (0.40%) Sony