Electronics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 250 310
Rank change year-on-year +70 +60 -75
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 1,600 1,449 2,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 1.47% 1.30%
As % of the General category 2.67% 2.16% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 749 1,007
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,788 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,687 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.50% -

All General Skills
UK

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics.

Salary trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +46 1,462 £50,000 +2.70% 1,338
England +71 1,422 £52,500 +5.00% 1,389
South East +18 488 £47,500 -9.52% 443
Work from Home -18 406 £52,500 - 383
East of England +39 254 £55,000 -15.38% 311
Midlands +22 204 £51,250 +28.13% 192
North of England +38 189 £50,000 +17.65% 173
South West +32 178 £45,000 -5.26% 171
West Midlands +12 127 £57,500 +17.95% 119
North West +25 120 £47,500 - 97
London +2 92 £60,000 +23.24% 140
East Midlands +36 77 £47,500 +22.58% 66
Scotland -60 65 £51,250 +13.89% 75
Yorkshire +45 60 £50,000 +25.00% 54
Wales +23 43 £50,000 +8.70% 48
Northern Ireland - 33 £35,000 - 5
North East -1 9 £53,750 +58.95% 23
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.31%) Apache
3 14 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.81%) Confluence
5 11 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.38%) nginx
8 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 5 (0.31%) Kinematics
9 4 (0.25%) CMS
9 4 (0.25%) Moodle
10 3 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 63 (3.94%) Simulink
2 35 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.06%) Stateflow
6 11 (0.69%) OrCAD
7 8 (0.50%) GNU Octave
8 7 (0.44%) CANalyzer
9 6 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.31%) InfoPath
10 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.31%) Windchill
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Doxygen
12 2 (0.13%) Blender
12 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
12 2 (0.13%) Houdini
12 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
13 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 13 (0.81%) Adobe Campaign
2 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.063%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.063%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 69 (4.31%) AWS
2 66 (4.13%) Azure
3 41 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (1.63%) GitHub
5 21 (1.31%) GCP
6 20 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.06%) Power Platform
8 14 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (0.75%) OneDrive
10 11 (0.69%) Amazon Kinesis
11 7 (0.44%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.44%) PaaS
11 7 (0.44%) SaaS
12 6 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.31%) AWS IoT
14 4 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.25%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.69%) Wireless
2 68 (4.25%) TCP/IP
3 61 (3.81%) Ethernet
4 59 (3.69%) Bluetooth
5 54 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
6 46 (2.88%) RS-232
7 37 (2.31%) Internet
8 24 (1.50%) 5G
8 24 (1.50%) WAN
9 21 (1.31%) J1939
9 21 (1.31%) RS-485
9 21 (1.31%) SD-WAN
9 21 (1.31%) ZigBee
10 20 (1.25%) HTTP
11 17 (1.06%) LTE
12 16 (1.00%) Modbus
12 16 (1.00%) MQTT
13 13 (0.81%) DNS
14 12 (0.75%) Firewall
15 11 (0.69%) OFDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (1.25%) Redis
3 17 (1.06%) Power BI
4 15 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 13 (0.81%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.75%) Big Data
7 11 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (0.69%) Apache Hive
7 11 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 11 (0.69%) Presto
8 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.44%) SQLite
10 6 (0.38%) GIS
10 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.38%) Tableau
11 4 (0.25%) MySQL
12 3 (0.19%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 105 (6.56%) Git
2 62 (3.88%) JIRA
3 56 (3.50%) LabVIEW
4 47 (2.94%) Subversion
5 37 (2.31%) Visual Studio
6 29 (1.81%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.00%) Eclipse
8 15 (0.94%) ClearCase
9 14 (0.88%) Plastic SCM
10 11 (0.69%) Gatling
11 9 (0.56%) GitLab
11 9 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
12 7 (0.44%) ClearQuest
12 7 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
13 5 (0.31%) Maven
13 5 (0.31%) Selenium
14 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.25%) Zephyr
15 3 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 518 (32.38%) Manufacturing
2 350 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 237 (14.81%) Finance
4 232 (14.50%) Telecoms
5 221 (13.81%) Marketing
6 195 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
7 169 (10.56%) Automotive
7 169 (10.56%) Public Sector
8 126 (7.88%) Aerospace
9 105 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 46 (2.88%) Retail
11 45 (2.81%) Military
12 27 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.63%) Games
14 24 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.31%) Legal
17 20 (1.25%) Police
18 15 (0.94%) Publishing
19 14 (0.88%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 414 (25.88%) Software Engineer
2 315 (19.69%) Electronics Engineer
3 260 (16.25%) Embedded Engineer
4 246 (15.38%) Senior
5 196 (12.25%) Hardware Engineer
6 180 (11.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 126 (7.88%) Graduate
8 110 (6.88%) Systems Engineer
9 97 (6.06%) Junior
10 95 (5.94%) Developer
11 81 (5.06%) Development Engineer
11 81 (5.06%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
12 80 (5.00%) Lead
13 73 (4.56%) Junior Electronics Engineer
14 71 (4.44%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
14 71 (4.44%) Graduate Development Engineer
15 70 (4.38%) Senior Software Engineer
16 61 (3.81%) Firmware Engineer
17 58 (3.63%) Senior Hardware Engineer
18 54 (3.38%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.75%) .NET
2 59 (3.69%) HTML
3 31 (1.94%) CSS
4 26 (1.63%) Qt
4 26 (1.63%) Yocto
5 25 (1.56%) React
6 24 (1.50%) Web Services
7 22 (1.38%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.38%) http4s
8 20 (1.25%) Flask
8 20 (1.25%) XML
9 19 (1.19%) Lambda Expressions
10 16 (1.00%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.00%) Django
11 12 (0.75%) GraphQL
11 12 (0.75%) Node.js
12 11 (0.69%) REST
12 11 (0.69%) Scalaz
13 10 (0.63%) WPF
14 9 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.13%) IoT
2 135 (8.44%) Embedded Systems
3 104 (6.50%) FPGA
4 94 (5.88%) Analogue Electronics
5 87 (5.44%) Algorithms
6 70 (4.38%) Robotics
7 64 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (3.38%) VHDL
9 43 (2.69%) Management Information System
10 33 (2.06%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
13 23 (1.44%) Acoustics
13 23 (1.44%) Device Driver
13 23 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
15 13 (0.81%) Arduino
15 13 (0.81%) Blog
15 13 (0.81%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 220 (13.75%) Linux
2 149 (9.31%) Windows
3 43 (2.69%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (1.94%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.00%) Android
6 16 (1.00%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.50%) VMS
10 6 (0.38%) ThreadX
11 5 (0.31%) Unix
12 4 (0.25%) VxWorks
12 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
14 1 (0.063%) Debian
14 1 (0.063%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (32.81%) Software Engineering
2 247 (15.44%) Computer Science
3 246 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 173 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
5 166 (10.38%) Digital Marketing
5 166 (10.38%) Programme Management
6 164 (10.25%) Agile
7 145 (9.06%) Schematic Capture
8 125 (7.81%) Software Testing
9 121 (7.56%) Validation
10 101 (6.31%) Project Management
11 97 (6.06%) Mentoring
12 95 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
13 88 (5.50%) Project Planning
14 86 (5.38%) Test Automation
15 81 (5.06%) Customer Requirements
16 72 (4.50%) DevOps
17 71 (4.44%) Mathematics
18 67 (4.19%) Systems Engineering
19 65 (4.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 438 (27.38%) C
2 243 (15.19%) Python
3 235 (14.69%) C++
4 150 (9.38%) C#
5 120 (7.50%) Embedded C
6 93 (5.81%) MATLAB
7 86 (5.38%) Java
8 80 (5.00%) JavaScript
9 54 (3.38%) SQL
10 29 (1.81%) Perl
11 28 (1.75%) Bash
12 26 (1.63%) Embedded C++
13 25 (1.56%) Scala
14 19 (1.19%) PHP
14 19 (1.19%) PowerShell
14 19 (1.19%) TypeScript
15 16 (1.00%) Ada
16 11 (0.69%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.56%) Assembly Language
17 9 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 686 (42.88%) Degree
2 120 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 96 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (3.44%) HND
5 50 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 38 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.25%) HNC
8 28 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.56%) PhD
10 14 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.75%) CCNA
11 12 (0.75%) NVQ Level 3
12 11 (0.69%) CISSP
13 9 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.44%) CISM
14 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.31%) GIAC
16 4 (0.25%) MCP
16 4 (0.25%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (7.81%) QA
2 31 (1.94%) AUTOSAR
2 31 (1.94%) ISO 26262
3 30 (1.88%) MISRA
4 24 (1.50%) JTAG
5 23 (1.44%) ISO 9001
6 22 (1.38%) Automotive SPICE
7 20 (1.25%) ISO 13485
8 15 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 13 (0.81%) PMO
10 11 (0.69%) IEC 62304
11 9 (0.56%) GDPR
12 8 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 4 (0.25%) IEC 61131
14 4 (0.25%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.19%) DO-178B
15 3 (0.19%) ECSS
System Software
1 372 (23.25%) Firmware
2 185 (11.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (1.13%) Docker
4 17 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.69%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Active Directory
8 3 (0.19%) NFS
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (1.56%) Terraform
2 12 (0.75%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.063%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.063%) SCCM
4 1 (0.063%) systemd
4 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.063%) vRealize
Vendors
1 167 (10.44%) SAP
2 150 (9.38%) EMC
3 141 (8.81%) Microsoft
4 20 (1.25%) Google
5 17 (1.06%) IBM
5 17 (1.06%) Lauterbach
5 17 (1.06%) VMware
6 16 (1.00%) Xilinx
7 15 (0.94%) Adobe
8 13 (0.81%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.75%) Cisco
10 11 (0.69%) Databricks
11 10 (0.63%) Altera
12 9 (0.56%) Renesas
12 9 (0.56%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.50%) Facebook
13 8 (0.50%) Green Hills
13 8 (0.50%) HP
13 8 (0.50%) Motorola
13 8 (0.50%) Thales