Optoelectronics
UK

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 974 1158
Rank change year-on-year +98 +184 -247
Permanent jobs citing Optoelectronics 1 4 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.001% 0.004% 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.003% 0.009% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £48,425
25th Percentile £61,250 - £51,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £60,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 - £57,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.15%

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,962 44,378 73,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.75% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,979 34,135
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,375 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Optoelectronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Optoelectronics in the UK

Optoelectronics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Optoelectronics in the UK

Optoelectronics
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Optoelectronics within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +84 1 £62,500 - 10
UK excluding London -3 1 £62,500 - 11
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
Midlands - 1 £62,500 -

Optoelectronics
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Lidar
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree