Electronics Job Trends in Bristol

Electronics
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 77 99
Rank change year-on-year +37 +22 +6
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 64 28 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 3.09% 2.02% 1.79%
As % of the General category 7.51% 3.52% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 52 13 29
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,850 £36,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £73,125 - £63,750
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

All General Skills
Bristol

Electronics falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 852 796 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 41.20% 57.43% 60.58%
Number of salaries quoted 661 431 851
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -7.60% +8.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Electronics job vacancy trend in Bristol

Electronics
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.25%) IIS
2 2 (3.13%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.13%) WebLogic
2 2 (3.13%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Fusion 360
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.94%) Azure
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.69%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) GCP
4 2 (3.13%) OCI
5 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.75%) Network Security
2 4 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (6.25%) DHCP
2 4 (6.25%) DNS
2 4 (6.25%) Firewall
2 4 (6.25%) IPsec
2 4 (6.25%) VLAN
2 4 (6.25%) VoIP
2 4 (6.25%) VPN
2 4 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Discoverer
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle APEX
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (3.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (65.63%) Manufacturing
2 38 (59.38%) Finance
2 38 (59.38%) Marketing
2 38 (59.38%) Public Sector
2 38 (59.38%) Telecoms
3 20 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) Consultant
1 23 (35.94%) Security Consultant
2 14 (21.88%) Lead
3 12 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 10 (15.63%) Test Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Electronics Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) IT Support
5 4 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.19%) SAP CAF
2 2 (3.13%) ModSecurity
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle ADF
2 2 (3.13%) WebCenter
3 1 (1.56%) NumPy
3 1 (1.56%) Pandas
3 1 (1.56%) PySpark
3 1 (1.56%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.56%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (15.63%) FPGA
3 5 (7.81%) Life Science
4 4 (6.25%) Clustering
5 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Linux
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (59.38%) Business Intelligence
1 38 (59.38%) Digital Marketing
1 38 (59.38%) Programme Management
2 23 (35.94%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (29.69%) Collaborative Culture
4 17 (26.56%) Mentoring
5 15 (23.44%) Risk Management
6 13 (20.31%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (17.19%) ISMS
8 8 (12.50%) Coaching
9 6 (9.38%) Agile
9 6 (9.38%) Machine Learning
10 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (6.25%) Biochemistry
11 4 (6.25%) Biotechnology
11 4 (6.25%) Containerisation
11 4 (6.25%) Decision-Making
11 4 (6.25%) Design for Manufacturing
11 4 (6.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.69%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) SQL
3 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.13%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (1.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 31 (48.44%) Security Cleared
2 23 (35.94%) CISSP
3 15 (23.44%) SC Cleared
4 12 (18.75%) CEH
4 12 (18.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (17.19%) CISM
5 11 (17.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 9 (14.06%) DV Cleared
7 7 (10.94%) Degree
8 4 (6.25%) ACMT
8 4 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (35.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (35.94%) NIST
2 12 (18.75%) PCI DSS
3 11 (17.19%) GRC
4 5 (7.81%) ISO 13485
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Docker
2 4 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 4 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.25%) Autotask
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.25%) vCenter Server
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (59.38%) SAP
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.38%) Oracle
4 4 (6.25%) Apple
4 4 (6.25%) Cisco
4 4 (6.25%) Datto
4 4 (6.25%) Sophos
4 4 (6.25%) Veeam
4 4 (6.25%) VMware
5 2 (3.13%) EMC
5 2 (3.13%) IBM
5 2 (3.13%) IFS