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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 254 309
Rank change year-on-year +67 +55 -81
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 1,554 1,483 2,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.43% 1.34%
As % of the General category 2.63% 2.10% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 752 1,008
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,000 £41,250
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 £65,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £89,000
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 59,136 70,580 100,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.25% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,700 38,102 51,376
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £42,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £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 6 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 6 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 +43 1,420 £50,000 +2.70% 1,288
England +71 1,376 £52,500 +5.00% 1,343
South East +21 486 £47,500 -9.52% 428
Work from Home -8 400 £52,500 - 363
East of England +43 250 £55,000 -15.38% 276
Midlands +30 198 £52,500 +31.25% 201
North of England +50 171 £50,000 +19.20% 161
South West +7 166 £45,000 -5.26% 193
West Midlands +17 128 £57,500 +27.78% 128
North West +35 103 £47,500 - 91
London +5 86 £60,000 +23.24% 129
East Midlands +14 70 £50,000 +33.33% 73
Scotland -59 67 £47,500 - 70
Yorkshire +68 59 £50,000 +25.00% 53
Wales +22 41 £50,000 +21.95% 29
Northern Ireland - 33 £35,000 - 10
North East -4 9 £53,750 +58.95% 18
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 - 1

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 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.09%) Apache
3 12 (0.77%) Confluence
4 10 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.39%) nginx
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.32%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.26%) Moodle
9 3 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.064%) SAS
10 1 (0.064%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 68 (4.38%) Simulink
2 37 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.09%) Stateflow
6 12 (0.77%) OrCAD
7 7 (0.45%) CANalyzer
7 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.39%) GNU Octave
8 6 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 5 (0.32%) Windchill
10 4 (0.26%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.26%) Doxygen
10 4 (0.26%) InfoPath
11 2 (0.13%) Blender
11 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.13%) Houdini
11 2 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
11 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.84%) Adobe Campaign
2 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.064%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.064%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 65 (4.18%) Azure
2 54 (3.47%) AWS
3 42 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (1.74%) GitHub
5 21 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (1.22%) Power Platform
7 18 (1.16%) GCP
8 13 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (0.71%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.45%) Entra ID
10 7 (0.45%) PaaS
10 7 (0.45%) SaaS
11 6 (0.39%) AWS IoT
11 6 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.26%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.13%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.89%) Wireless
2 70 (4.50%) TCP/IP
3 62 (3.99%) Ethernet
4 60 (3.86%) Bluetooth
5 55 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (2.90%) RS-232
7 35 (2.25%) Internet
8 24 (1.54%) 5G
8 24 (1.54%) WAN
9 22 (1.42%) ZigBee
10 21 (1.35%) J1939
10 21 (1.35%) RS-485
10 21 (1.35%) SD-WAN
11 20 (1.29%) LTE
12 19 (1.22%) HTTP
13 18 (1.16%) MQTT
14 16 (1.03%) Modbus
15 13 (0.84%) DNS
16 10 (0.64%) Firewall
17 9 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (1.22%) Power BI
3 15 (0.97%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.77%) Big Data
5 10 (0.64%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.58%) Redis
7 7 (0.45%) Apache Hive
7 7 (0.45%) Presto
7 7 (0.45%) SQLite
7 7 (0.45%) Tableau
8 6 (0.39%) GIS
8 6 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.32%) MySQL
10 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.19%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 105 (6.76%) Git
2 62 (3.99%) JIRA
3 56 (3.60%) LabVIEW
4 48 (3.09%) Subversion
5 37 (2.38%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.67%) Jenkins
7 15 (0.97%) ClearCase
7 15 (0.97%) Eclipse
8 14 (0.90%) Plastic SCM
9 9 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.45%) ClearQuest
10 7 (0.45%) GitLab
10 7 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
11 5 (0.32%) Maven
12 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.26%) Selenium
12 4 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.19%) GCC
14 2 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 526 (33.85%) Manufacturing
2 328 (21.11%) Social Skills
3 251 (16.15%) Finance
4 245 (15.77%) Telecoms
5 230 (14.80%) Marketing
6 194 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
7 182 (11.71%) Public Sector
8 170 (10.94%) Automotive
9 123 (7.92%) Aerospace
10 102 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (2.96%) Retail
12 45 (2.90%) Military
13 28 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.67%) Games
15 22 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 20 (1.29%) Legal
16 20 (1.29%) Police
17 15 (0.97%) Publishing
18 14 (0.90%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 388 (24.97%) Software Engineer
2 311 (20.01%) Electronics Engineer
3 249 (16.02%) Embedded Engineer
4 241 (15.51%) Senior
5 188 (12.10%) Hardware Engineer
6 172 (11.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 125 (8.04%) Graduate
8 106 (6.82%) Systems Engineer
9 100 (6.44%) Junior
10 97 (6.24%) Developer
11 87 (5.60%) Lead
12 82 (5.28%) Development Engineer
13 81 (5.21%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
14 74 (4.76%) Junior Electronics Engineer
15 71 (4.57%) Graduate Development Engineer
16 69 (4.44%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
17 67 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
18 61 (3.93%) Firmware Engineer
19 55 (3.54%) Senior Hardware Engineer
20 54 (3.47%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.86%) .NET
2 56 (3.60%) HTML
3 32 (2.06%) CSS
4 27 (1.74%) React
4 27 (1.74%) Yocto
5 26 (1.67%) Qt
6 22 (1.42%) Flask
7 21 (1.35%) .NET Framework
8 17 (1.09%) Django
8 17 (1.09%) XML
9 16 (1.03%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.84%) Web Services
11 12 (0.77%) Node.js
12 11 (0.71%) WPF
13 9 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (0.58%) Middleware
14 8 (0.51%) Flash
14 8 (0.51%) NumPy
14 8 (0.51%) Svelte
15 7 (0.45%) http4s
Miscellaneous
1 149 (9.59%) IoT
2 136 (8.75%) Embedded Systems
3 99 (6.37%) FPGA
4 91 (5.86%) Analogue Electronics
5 86 (5.53%) Algorithms
6 65 (4.18%) Robotics
7 63 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
8 51 (3.28%) VHDL
9 33 (2.12%) Driving Licence
10 32 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.54%) Device Driver
13 23 (1.48%) Acoustics
13 23 (1.48%) ARM Cortex
14 21 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
15 20 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
16 16 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
17 14 (0.90%) Arduino
18 13 (0.84%) GNSS
18 13 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 219 (14.09%) Linux
2 143 (9.20%) Windows
3 41 (2.64%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (1.99%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.09%) Android
7 16 (1.03%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.97%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.84%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.51%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.45%) VMS
12 6 (0.39%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.32%) Unix
14 4 (0.26%) VxWorks
14 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.064%) Debian
15 1 (0.064%) Fedora
15 1 (0.064%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (32.18%) Software Engineering
2 245 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
3 234 (15.06%) Computer Science
4 186 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
5 179 (11.52%) Digital Marketing
5 179 (11.52%) Programme Management
6 146 (9.40%) Agile
7 143 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
8 127 (8.17%) Validation
9 124 (7.98%) Software Testing
10 100 (6.44%) Project Management
11 95 (6.11%) Mentoring
12 92 (5.92%) Collaborative Working
13 88 (5.66%) Project Planning
14 87 (5.60%) Test Automation
15 77 (4.95%) Customer Requirements
16 72 (4.63%) Mathematics
16 72 (4.63%) Physics
17 66 (4.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 64 (4.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 437 (28.12%) C
2 246 (15.83%) Python
3 229 (14.74%) C++
4 157 (10.10%) C#
5 111 (7.14%) Embedded C
6 96 (6.18%) MATLAB
7 79 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 74 (4.76%) Java
9 55 (3.54%) SQL
10 29 (1.87%) Bash
10 29 (1.87%) Perl
11 22 (1.42%) Embedded C++
12 21 (1.35%) TypeScript
13 20 (1.29%) PHP
14 19 (1.22%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.09%) Ada
16 10 (0.64%) Assembly Language
16 10 (0.64%) Scala
17 9 (0.58%) Tcl
17 9 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 677 (43.56%) Degree
2 120 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 81 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (3.54%) HND
5 52 (3.35%) SC Cleared
6 44 (2.83%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.25%) HNC
8 29 (1.87%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.67%) PhD
11 14 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.77%) CCNA
13 11 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
14 9 (0.58%) CISSP
14 9 (0.58%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.32%) CISM
17 4 (0.26%) MCP
17 4 (0.26%) MCSE
18 3 (0.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.79%) QA
2 31 (1.99%) AUTOSAR
2 31 (1.99%) ISO 26262
3 30 (1.93%) MISRA
4 24 (1.54%) JTAG
5 23 (1.48%) Automotive SPICE
6 22 (1.42%) ISO 9001
7 20 (1.29%) ISO 13485
8 14 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 14 (0.90%) PMO
9 11 (0.71%) IEC 62304
10 9 (0.58%) GDPR
11 8 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 7 (0.45%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.26%) IEC 61131
13 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.26%) MISRA C
13 4 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.19%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.19%) ECSS
System Software
1 364 (23.42%) Firmware
2 183 (11.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 19 (1.22%) Docker
4 17 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.32%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) Active Directory
8 3 (0.19%) NFS
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (1.42%) Terraform
2 12 (0.77%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.064%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.064%) SCCM
4 1 (0.064%) systemd
4 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.064%) vRealize
Vendors
1 180 (11.58%) SAP
2 153 (9.85%) EMC
3 136 (8.75%) Microsoft
4 17 (1.09%) IBM
4 17 (1.09%) Lauterbach
4 17 (1.09%) VMware
5 16 (1.03%) Google
5 16 (1.03%) Xilinx
6 15 (0.97%) Adobe
7 13 (0.84%) Xamarin
8 12 (0.77%) Cisco
9 10 (0.64%) Altera
10 9 (0.58%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.51%) Facebook
11 8 (0.51%) Green Hills
11 8 (0.51%) HP
11 8 (0.51%) Motorola
11 8 (0.51%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.51%) Renesas
11 8 (0.51%) Thales