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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 246 314
Rank change year-on-year +64 +68 -75
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 1,632 1,436 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 1.48% 1.29%
As % of the General category 2.71% 2.17% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,153 733 1,012
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £40,000
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 £86,250
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 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £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 28 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 28 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 +50 1,494 £50,000 +2.70% 1,226
England +71 1,449 £52,500 +5.00% 1,281
South East +16 497 £47,500 -9.52% 399
Work from Home -12 407 £52,500 - 359
East of England +33 256 £55,000 -15.38% 248
Midlands +40 207 £50,000 +25.00% 194
North of England +50 198 £50,000 +17.65% 151
South West +29 182 £45,000 -5.26% 174
West Midlands +19 128 £57,500 +9.52% 128
North West +47 126 £47,500 - 85
London +31 93 £60,000 +23.24% 116
East Midlands +28 79 £47,500 +22.58% 66
Scotland -56 68 £52,500 +16.67% 75
Yorkshire +39 61 £50,000 +25.00% 52
Wales +21 45 £50,000 -9.09% 41
Northern Ireland - 33 £35,000 - 9
North East +2 11 £56,000 +65.60% 15
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 40 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.35%) Apache
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.80%) Confluence
5 11 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.37%) nginx
7 5 (0.31%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) Moodle
9 3 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 64 (3.92%) Simulink
2 35 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.04%) Stateflow
6 11 (0.67%) OrCAD
7 8 (0.49%) GNU Octave
8 7 (0.43%) CANalyzer
9 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.31%) InfoPath
10 5 (0.31%) Windchill
11 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.25%) Doxygen
12 2 (0.12%) Blender
12 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
12 2 (0.12%) Houdini
12 2 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
13 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
2 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.061%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 77 (4.72%) AWS
2 66 (4.04%) Azure
3 41 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (1.59%) GitHub
5 22 (1.35%) GCP
6 20 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.04%) Amazon Kinesis
8 16 (0.98%) Power Platform
9 13 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (0.74%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.43%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.43%) SaaS
12 6 (0.37%) AWS IoT
12 6 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.37%) PaaS
13 4 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 109 (6.68%) Wireless
2 67 (4.11%) TCP/IP
3 61 (3.74%) Ethernet
4 59 (3.62%) Bluetooth
5 55 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
6 46 (2.82%) RS-232
7 36 (2.21%) Internet
8 24 (1.47%) 5G
8 24 (1.47%) WAN
9 22 (1.35%) ZigBee
10 21 (1.29%) J1939
10 21 (1.29%) RS-485
10 21 (1.29%) SD-WAN
11 19 (1.16%) HTTP
11 19 (1.16%) LTE
12 18 (1.10%) Modbus
13 16 (0.98%) MQTT
14 13 (0.80%) Firewall
15 12 (0.74%) DNS
16 11 (0.67%) OFDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (1.59%) Redis
3 21 (1.29%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
4 17 (1.04%) DynamoDB
5 16 (0.98%) Power BI
6 13 (0.80%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.74%) Big Data
8 11 (0.67%) Apache Hive
8 11 (0.67%) Presto
9 10 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.43%) SQLite
11 6 (0.37%) GIS
11 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.37%) Tableau
12 4 (0.25%) MySQL
13 3 (0.18%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.12%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.12%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 106 (6.50%) Git
2 63 (3.86%) JIRA
3 55 (3.37%) LabVIEW
4 47 (2.88%) Subversion
5 37 (2.27%) Visual Studio
6 29 (1.78%) Jenkins
7 17 (1.04%) Gatling
8 16 (0.98%) Eclipse
9 15 (0.92%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.86%) Plastic SCM
11 10 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
12 9 (0.55%) GitLab
13 7 (0.43%) ClearQuest
13 7 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
14 5 (0.31%) Maven
15 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.25%) Selenium
15 4 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.25%) Zephyr
16 3 (0.18%) CANoe
General
1 520 (31.86%) Manufacturing
2 359 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 235 (14.40%) Finance
4 229 (14.03%) Telecoms
5 219 (13.42%) Marketing
6 195 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
7 172 (10.54%) Automotive
8 167 (10.23%) Public Sector
9 130 (7.97%) Aerospace
10 105 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (2.82%) Retail
12 45 (2.76%) Military
13 26 (1.59%) Games
13 26 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.29%) Legal
17 20 (1.23%) Police
18 17 (1.04%) Billing
19 15 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 431 (26.41%) Software Engineer
2 317 (19.42%) Electronics Engineer
3 273 (16.73%) Embedded Engineer
4 253 (15.50%) Senior
5 197 (12.07%) Hardware Engineer
6 191 (11.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 126 (7.72%) Graduate
8 113 (6.92%) Systems Engineer
9 97 (5.94%) Junior
10 95 (5.82%) Developer
11 81 (4.96%) Development Engineer
11 81 (4.96%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
12 79 (4.84%) Lead
13 74 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 73 (4.47%) Junior Electronics Engineer
15 71 (4.35%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
15 71 (4.35%) Graduate Development Engineer
16 61 (3.74%) Firmware Engineer
17 58 (3.55%) Senior Hardware Engineer
18 55 (3.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.62%) .NET
1 59 (3.62%) HTML
2 31 (1.90%) CSS
3 30 (1.84%) Web Services
4 28 (1.72%) http4s
4 28 (1.72%) Yocto
5 27 (1.65%) Qt
6 25 (1.53%) React
7 22 (1.35%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.35%) Lambda Expressions
8 20 (1.23%) Flask
8 20 (1.23%) XML
9 18 (1.10%) GraphQL
10 17 (1.04%) REST
10 17 (1.04%) Scalaz
11 16 (0.98%) AngularJS
11 16 (0.98%) Django
12 12 (0.74%) Node.js
13 10 (0.61%) WPF
14 9 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.07%) IoT
2 137 (8.39%) Embedded Systems
3 104 (6.37%) FPGA
4 94 (5.76%) Analogue Electronics
5 86 (5.27%) Algorithms
6 71 (4.35%) Robotics
7 65 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (3.31%) VHDL
9 45 (2.76%) Management Information System
10 33 (2.02%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
13 24 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
14 23 (1.41%) Acoustics
14 23 (1.41%) Device Driver
15 19 (1.16%) Blog
16 17 (1.04%) Media Streaming
17 16 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
17 16 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
18 13 (0.80%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 224 (13.73%) Linux
2 150 (9.19%) Windows
3 47 (2.88%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (1.90%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (1.35%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.98%) Android
6 16 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 13 (0.80%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.49%) VMS
9 6 (0.37%) ThreadX
10 5 (0.31%) Unix
11 4 (0.25%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.061%) Debian
13 1 (0.061%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (33.39%) Software Engineering
2 257 (15.75%) Computer Science
3 246 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (10.48%) Agile
4 171 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
5 164 (10.05%) Digital Marketing
5 164 (10.05%) Programme Management
6 145 (8.88%) Schematic Capture
7 128 (7.84%) Software Testing
8 124 (7.60%) Validation
9 104 (6.37%) Project Management
10 102 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 94 (5.76%) Collaborative Working
12 88 (5.39%) Project Planning
13 85 (5.21%) Test Automation
14 82 (5.02%) Customer Requirements
15 77 (4.72%) DevOps
16 71 (4.35%) Mathematics
17 69 (4.23%) Systems Engineering
18 66 (4.04%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 441 (27.02%) C
2 244 (14.95%) Python
3 237 (14.52%) C++
4 148 (9.07%) C#
5 124 (7.60%) Embedded C
6 94 (5.76%) MATLAB
7 87 (5.33%) Java
8 79 (4.84%) JavaScript
9 53 (3.25%) SQL
10 31 (1.90%) Scala
11 29 (1.78%) Perl
12 28 (1.72%) Bash
12 28 (1.72%) Embedded C++
13 19 (1.16%) PHP
13 19 (1.16%) TypeScript
14 18 (1.10%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.04%) Ada
16 12 (0.74%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.55%) Tcl
17 9 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 700 (42.89%) Degree
2 121 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (3.37%) HND
5 50 (3.06%) SC Cleared
6 39 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.21%) HNC
8 28 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.47%) PhD
10 15 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.80%) CCNA
12 12 (0.74%) NVQ Level 3
13 11 (0.67%) CISSP
14 9 (0.55%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.43%) CISM
17 5 (0.31%) GIAC
17 5 (0.31%) MCSE
18 4 (0.25%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.72%) QA
2 33 (2.02%) ISO 26262
3 32 (1.96%) AUTOSAR
4 31 (1.90%) MISRA
5 24 (1.47%) JTAG
6 23 (1.41%) Automotive SPICE
6 23 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 20 (1.23%) ISO 13485
8 15 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 13 (0.80%) PMO
10 11 (0.67%) IEC 62304
11 9 (0.55%) GDPR
12 8 (0.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 7 (0.43%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 4 (0.25%) IEC 61131
14 4 (0.25%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.18%) ECSS
System Software
1 381 (23.35%) Firmware
2 186 (11.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (1.10%) Docker
4 17 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.61%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) vSphere
8 3 (0.18%) Active Directory
9 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.061%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (1.53%) Terraform
2 12 (0.74%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.061%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.061%) SCCM
4 1 (0.061%) systemd
4 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.061%) vRealize
Vendors
1 165 (10.11%) SAP
2 152 (9.31%) EMC
3 139 (8.52%) Microsoft
4 20 (1.23%) Google
5 17 (1.04%) IBM
5 17 (1.04%) Lauterbach
5 17 (1.04%) VMware
6 16 (0.98%) Xilinx
7 15 (0.92%) Adobe
8 13 (0.80%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.74%) Cisco
10 11 (0.67%) Databricks
11 10 (0.61%) Altera
12 9 (0.55%) Renesas
12 9 (0.55%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.49%) Facebook
13 8 (0.49%) Green Hills
13 8 (0.49%) HP
13 8 (0.49%) Motorola
13 8 (0.49%) Thales