Electronics Job Trends in the East Midlands

Electronics
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 20 125
Rank change year-on-year -78 +105 -20
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 78 218 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.22% 9.34% 1.24%
As % of the General category 2.75% 13.66% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 31 17 38
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,600 £33,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +28.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - £75,360 £56,000
England median annual salary £53,900 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +10.00%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,840 1,596 1,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 44.31% 68.35% 49.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 836 849
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,104 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,988
% change year-on-year - -3.49% -5.02%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Electronics
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the East Midlands

Electronics
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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
Leicestershire -16 21 £75,000 - 10
Northamptonshire -48 20 £45,000 +23.29% 9
Derbyshire +3 16 £31,500 -30.00% 3
Nottinghamshire -18 12 £45,000 -23.40% 16
Lincolnshire -11 9 £26,000 -65.74% 8
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) EPLAN
2 1 (1.28%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.56%) AWS
1 2 (2.56%) AWS IoT
1 2 (2.56%) Azure
1 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (2.56%) GCP
2 1 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) Modbus
2 3 (3.85%) Profibus
3 2 (2.56%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (2.56%) MQTT
3 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.56%) Wireless
3 2 (2.56%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.56%) GDB
2 2 (2.56%) Git
2 2 (2.56%) GitLab
2 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (15.38%) Automotive
1 12 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 8 (10.26%) Finance
5 6 (7.69%) Aerospace
6 5 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Military
8 2 (2.56%) German Language
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
9 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Software Engineer
2 12 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
2 12 (15.38%) Senior
3 9 (11.54%) Senior Technician
4 8 (10.26%) Business Development Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Business Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Development Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Lead
5 7 (8.97%) Business Systems Manager
5 7 (8.97%) Service Manager
6 6 (7.69%) C# Software Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Embedded Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Principal Software Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Team Leader
8 4 (5.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
8 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 4 (5.13%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) PyTorch
1 3 (3.85%) TensorFlow
2 2 (2.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (34.62%) SCADA
2 17 (21.79%) Onboarding
3 14 (17.95%) Robotics
4 5 (6.41%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.85%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.56%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (2.56%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (2.56%) Device Driver
6 2 (2.56%) IoT
7 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.28%) FPGA
7 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.28%) Verilog
7 1 (1.28%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Linux
2 2 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.28%) Windows
3 1 (1.28%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) Computer Science
2 18 (23.08%) Preventative Maintenance
3 17 (21.79%) Mechatronics
3 17 (21.79%) Software Engineering
3 17 (21.79%) Validation
4 15 (19.23%) Line Management
4 15 (19.23%) Order Management
4 15 (19.23%) Proactive Maintenance
5 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (14.10%) Customer Requirements
7 11 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (14.10%) Decarbonisation
7 11 (14.10%) Programme Delivery
8 10 (12.82%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.26%) Business Development
9 8 (10.26%) Project Management
10 6 (7.69%) Agile
10 6 (7.69%) Data Acquisition
10 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.69%) C#
1 6 (7.69%) C++
2 5 (6.41%) C
3 2 (2.56%) Python
4 1 (1.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 37 (47.44%) Degree
2 18 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 15 (19.23%) City & Guilds
3 15 (19.23%) NVQ Level 3
3 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (10.26%) Master's Degree
5 5 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.56%) JTAG
3 1 (1.28%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (19.23%) NEC
2 2 (2.56%) EMC
2 2 (2.56%) Google
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.28%) SAP
3 1 (1.28%) Siemens