Wearables Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wearable technology
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wearables in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wearables over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 558 661
Rank change year-on-year +148 +103 +147
Permanent jobs citing Wearables 5 25 15
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.074% 0.035%
As % of the General category 0.043% 0.12% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 9
10th Percentile - £46,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -6.25% +28.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - £93,000 £83,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +7.69%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Wearables 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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,573 20,754 28,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 75.53% 61.34% 66.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,557 15,123 18,687
10th Percentile £25,267 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Wearables
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Wearables as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wearables trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Wearables
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Wearables.

Wearables salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wearables
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) Bluetooth
2 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) ZigBee
General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (60.00%) GNSS
1 3 (60.00%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Code
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (40.00%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) IEC 62304
1 3 (60.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware