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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 229 244
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 158 194 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.39% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.65% 1.95% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 113 105 307
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,250 £36,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -5.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,180 £82,500 £67,810
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +14.00% -9.09%

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 9,583 9,943 18,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.63% 71.27% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,088 6,264 14,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £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 £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 March 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 (1.27%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.27%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.27%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.27%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.27%) Simulink
3 1 (0.63%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.63%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.63%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.16%) AWS
1 5 (3.16%) GCP
2 4 (2.53%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.90%) Azure
3 3 (1.90%) GitHub
3 3 (1.90%) OCI
4 2 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.63%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.63%) SaaS
5 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.70%) RS-232
2 8 (5.06%) Ethernet
3 7 (4.43%) Bluetooth
3 7 (4.43%) Wireless
4 6 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.53%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.27%) OpenVPN
6 2 (1.27%) RFID
6 2 (1.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.63%) Firewall
7 1 (0.63%) Modbus
7 1 (0.63%) RS-485
7 1 (0.63%) VLAN
7 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.53%) Power BI
1 4 (2.53%) Qlik Sense
1 4 (2.53%) Tableau
2 3 (1.90%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.27%) Big Data
3 2 (1.27%) Metadata
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.63%) DTS
4 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (12.66%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.80%) Subversion
3 5 (3.16%) JIRA
4 4 (2.53%) Git
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 53 (33.54%) Manufacturing
2 53 (33.54%) Marketing
3 47 (29.75%) Finance
3 47 (29.75%) Telecoms
4 41 (25.95%) Public Sector
5 20 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.43%) Automotive
6 7 (4.43%) Legal
6 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Avionics
9 2 (1.27%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Local Government
9 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Retail
10 1 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (24.68%) Embedded Engineer
2 31 (19.62%) Systems Engineer
3 23 (14.56%) Consultant
3 23 (14.56%) Security Consultant
4 20 (12.66%) Electronics Engineer
4 20 (12.66%) Principal Engineer
4 20 (12.66%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 19 (12.03%) Software Engineer
6 17 (10.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 16 (10.13%) Senior
8 14 (8.86%) Lead
9 11 (6.96%) Marketing Manager
10 8 (5.06%) Analyst
10 8 (5.06%) Firmware Engineer
11 7 (4.43%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 6 (3.80%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
13 5 (3.16%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.56%) SAP CAF
2 6 (3.80%) Flash
3 4 (2.53%) Node.js
4 2 (1.27%) JSON
4 2 (1.27%) Kafka
4 2 (1.27%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.27%) NestJS
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.27%) RESTful
4 2 (1.27%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.63%) JSON-LD
5 1 (0.63%) Pandas
5 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.46%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (13.92%) Algorithms
3 15 (9.49%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.33%) FPGA
5 5 (3.16%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.53%) VHDL
7 2 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.27%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) NHS
7 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.27%) PCIe
7 2 (1.27%) Photography
7 2 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.27%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.70%) Linux
2 5 (3.16%) Windows
3 2 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.63%) Debian
4 1 (0.63%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.95%) Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.95%) Digital Marketing
1 41 (25.95%) Programme Management
2 32 (20.25%) Collaborative Culture
3 31 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (17.09%) Agile
5 26 (16.46%) Systems Engineering
6 25 (15.82%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (15.19%) Risk Management
8 23 (14.56%) ISMS
9 22 (13.92%) Software Engineering
10 21 (13.29%) Signal Processing
11 20 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (12.66%) Test Planning
12 13 (8.23%) Software Testing
13 12 (7.59%) Data Analysis
14 11 (6.96%) B2B
15 10 (6.33%) B2B Marketing
15 10 (6.33%) Embedded Software Development
16 9 (5.70%) Business Enablement
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.42%) C
2 27 (17.09%) C++
3 17 (10.76%) Embedded C
4 11 (6.96%) Embedded C++
4 11 (6.96%) Python
5 5 (3.16%) SQL
6 4 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.53%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.27%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.27%) Tcl
8 1 (0.63%) Bash
8 1 (0.63%) Bicep
8 1 (0.63%) Java
8 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.63%) SHACL
8 1 (0.63%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 47 (29.75%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 29 (18.35%) Degree
4 23 (14.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (14.56%) CISM
4 23 (14.56%) CISSP
4 23 (14.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 15 (9.49%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.56%) GRC
1 23 (14.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (14.56%) NIST
2 21 (13.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (3.16%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.63%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.63%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (19.62%) Firmware
2 26 (16.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.90%) Docker
4 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.63%) iptables
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Ansible
1 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.63%) Puppet
2 1 (0.63%) Rancher
Vendors
1 42 (26.58%) SAP
2 20 (12.66%) IBM
3 11 (6.96%) EMC
4 5 (3.16%) Google
5 4 (2.53%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.27%) IFS
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.63%) Cadence
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco
7 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.63%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.63%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.63%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce