Electronic Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 669 916
Rank change year-on-year +94 +247 -178
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 340 316 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 232 86 134
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,250 £31,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,543 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.31% +21.03% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,086 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.47% +24.17% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Electronics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +37 337 £50,000 -19.47% 273
England +116 312 £50,000 -23.08% 261
South East +27 175 £55,000 -21.43% 91
Work from Home +119 72 £55,000 -15.38% 70
North of England +94 50 £47,500 -13.64% 39
North West +46 41 £47,500 -13.64% 19
Midlands -12 34 £67,500 +80.00% 35
East of England -1 30 £52,500 -19.23% 59
Scotland -46 24 £42,500 -29.17% 17
West Midlands +14 20 £80,000 +190.91% 25
South West +5 20 £50,000 +11.11% 38
East Midlands -22 14 £50,000 +25.00% 10
Yorkshire - 8 £50,000 - 16
Wales +15 4 £23,500 -57.27% 10
London +131 3 £50,000 -23.08% 14
North East - 1 £57,500 - 4

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Electronics Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 307 (90.29%) Electronics
2 155 (45.59%) Manufacturing
3 149 (43.82%) Degree
4 142 (41.76%) Firmware
5 130 (38.24%) EMC
6 110 (32.35%) Schematic Capture
7 94 (27.65%) Embedded Firmware
8 83 (24.41%) Project Planning
9 81 (23.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 65 (19.12%) C
11 56 (16.47%) Software Engineering
12 50 (14.71%) C++
13 43 (12.65%) FPGA
14 40 (11.76%) Social Skills
15 39 (11.47%) Marketing
16 30 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (8.82%) LabVIEW
16 30 (8.82%) Finance
16 30 (8.82%) Wireless
17 29 (8.53%) Analogue Electronics
18 27 (7.94%) IoT
18 27 (7.94%) SAP
19 26 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
19 26 (7.65%) Telecoms
19 26 (7.65%) Programme Management
19 26 (7.65%) Digital Marketing
19 26 (7.65%) Public Sector
20 24 (7.06%) Python
21 23 (6.76%) Embedded Systems
22 22 (6.47%) Embedded C

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.76%) OrCAD
3 5 (1.47%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.59%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.59%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.88%) Azure
1 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.82%) Wireless
2 20 (5.88%) Bluetooth
3 11 (3.24%) Internet
4 8 (2.35%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.35%) OFDM
5 7 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.47%) 3G
6 5 (1.47%) GPRS
6 5 (1.47%) Modbus
6 5 (1.47%) RS-485
7 4 (1.18%) 4G
8 3 (0.88%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.59%) LTE
9 2 (0.59%) RS-232
10 1 (0.29%) RFID
Development Applications
1 30 (8.82%) LabVIEW
2 8 (2.35%) Subversion
3 6 (1.76%) Git
4 5 (1.47%) JIRA
4 5 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.18%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 307 (90.29%) Electronics
2 155 (45.59%) Manufacturing
3 81 (23.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 39 (11.47%) Marketing
6 30 (8.82%) Finance
7 26 (7.65%) Public Sector
7 26 (7.65%) Telecoms
8 21 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (3.53%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.53%) Automotive
10 11 (3.24%) Games
11 10 (2.94%) Legal
12 5 (1.47%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.47%) Retail
13 4 (1.18%) Military
13 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Avionics
14 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.18%) Flash
2 2 (0.59%) Qt
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) MFC
3 1 (0.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.65%) FPGA
2 29 (8.53%) Analogue Electronics
3 27 (7.94%) IoT
4 23 (6.76%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (4.71%) Algorithms
6 14 (4.12%) VHDL
7 9 (2.65%) Acoustics
7 9 (2.65%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (2.06%) Verilog
9 6 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.47%) NB-IoT
11 4 (1.18%) EPoS
12 3 (0.88%) CPLD
12 3 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.59%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.59%) Video\Live Streaming
14 1 (0.29%) Device Driver
14 1 (0.29%) Robotics
14 1 (0.29%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.59%) Linux
2 4 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.59%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (32.35%) Schematic Capture
2 83 (24.41%) Project Planning
3 56 (16.47%) Software Engineering
4 30 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (7.65%) Digital Marketing
5 26 (7.65%) Programme Management
6 20 (5.88%) Validation
7 16 (4.71%) Computer Science
7 16 (4.71%) Design for Manufacturing
7 16 (4.71%) Prototyping
8 15 (4.41%) Analytical Thinking
8 15 (4.41%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (4.41%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.41%) Knowledge Transfer
8 15 (4.41%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (3.82%) FPGA Design
9 13 (3.82%) Signal Processing
10 12 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (3.24%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.12%) C
2 50 (14.71%) C++
3 24 (7.06%) Python
4 22 (6.47%) C#
4 22 (6.47%) Embedded C
5 6 (1.76%) Assembly Language
5 6 (1.76%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.59%) Bash
6 2 (0.59%) Embedded C++
6 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.29%) SQL
7 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (43.82%) Degree
2 13 (3.82%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.65%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.47%) HND
5 4 (1.18%) HNC
6 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.18%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.18%) JTAG
2 3 (0.88%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 142 (41.76%) Firmware
2 94 (27.65%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 130 (38.24%) EMC
2 27 (7.94%) SAP
3 6 (1.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.59%) Epicor
4 2 (0.59%) Sage
5 1 (0.29%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.29%) CA
5 1 (0.29%) F5
5 1 (0.29%) NCR
5 1 (0.29%) Sitecore