Electronics Job Trends in the East of England

Electronics
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 7 47
Rank change year-on-year -23 +40 +27
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 286 502 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.89% 14.48% 3.82%
As % of the General category 8.97% 21.47% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 138 77 146
10th Percentile £33,175 £30,750 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,038 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,040 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,189 2,338 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.35% 67.42% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 1,186 1,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Electronics
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the East of England

Electronics
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Cambridgeshire +17 94 £80,000 +45.45% 60
Hertfordshire -19 69 £45,000 -18.18% 37
Essex -8 57 £47,500 +5.56% 21
Bedfordshire -14 48 £50,000 -41.18% 25
Norfolk -19 11 £65,000 +62.09% 13
Suffolk -21 8 - - 1
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 10 (3.50%) Simulink
2 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.05%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.05%) Autodesk Inventor
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.70%) Solid Edge
4 2 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.85%) Wireless
2 10 (3.50%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.15%) Modbus
3 9 (3.15%) Profibus
3 9 (3.15%) RS-232
3 9 (3.15%) RS-485
3 9 (3.15%) ZigBee
4 6 (2.10%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.05%) NFC
5 3 (1.05%) RFID
6 1 (0.35%) Firewall
6 1 (0.35%) LTE
6 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 9 (3.15%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.10%) Moq
3 3 (1.05%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) JIRA
4 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 98 (34.27%) Manufacturing
2 59 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 58 (20.28%) Aerospace
4 26 (9.09%) Automotive
5 20 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.24%) Finance
7 12 (4.20%) Marketing
7 12 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.80%) Advertising
10 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.40%) Military
11 4 (1.40%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.05%) Law
13 1 (0.35%) Legal
13 1 (0.35%) Wearables
13 1 (0.35%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 81 (28.32%) Electronics Engineer
2 50 (17.48%) Senior
3 40 (13.99%) Test Engineer
4 34 (11.89%) Systems Engineer
5 29 (10.14%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 29 (10.14%) Embedded Engineer
5 29 (10.14%) Software Engineer
6 27 (9.44%) Principal Engineer
7 26 (9.09%) Product Engineer
8 24 (8.39%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 21 (7.34%) Technical Engineer
10 20 (6.99%) Lead
11 18 (6.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 17 (5.94%) Hardware Engineer
13 16 (5.59%) Senior Software Engineer
14 15 (5.24%) Support Engineer
14 15 (5.24%) Technical Support
14 15 (5.24%) Technical Support Engineer
15 12 (4.20%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 12 (4.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.10%) .NET
1 6 (2.10%) .NET Framework
1 6 (2.10%) Entity Framework
1 6 (2.10%) XML
1 6 (2.10%) XSLT
2 5 (1.75%) Yocto
3 2 (0.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.54%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (7.69%) Robotics
3 15 (5.24%) IoT
4 13 (4.55%) FPGA
5 12 (4.20%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.50%) Acoustics
6 10 (3.50%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (2.80%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.10%) Verilog
8 6 (2.10%) VHDL
9 5 (1.75%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.05%) Contactless
11 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.05%) Smartcard
12 2 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.70%) PCIe
12 2 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.24%) Linux
2 12 (4.20%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.50%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.05%) Windows
5 1 (0.35%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (16.43%) Software Engineering
3 31 (10.84%) Validation
4 24 (8.39%) Project Management
5 23 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (7.34%) Physics
7 20 (6.99%) Systems Engineering
8 19 (6.64%) Prototyping
9 18 (6.29%) Software Testing
10 17 (5.94%) Computer Science
11 15 (5.24%) TDD
12 14 (4.90%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.90%) Telesales
13 13 (4.55%) AI
13 13 (4.55%) Business Development
13 13 (4.55%) Customer Service
13 13 (4.55%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (4.20%) Decision-Making
14 12 (4.20%) Test Automation
15 11 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.24%) C++
2 30 (10.49%) C
3 20 (6.99%) Python
4 15 (5.24%) C#
5 13 (4.55%) MATLAB
6 12 (4.20%) Embedded C
7 7 (2.45%) Embedded C++
8 6 (2.10%) SQL
8 6 (2.10%) XAML
9 3 (1.05%) Rust
10 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 100 (34.97%) Degree
2 38 (13.29%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (6.99%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.24%) Master's Degree
6 14 (4.90%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.80%) HNC
8 7 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.45%) HND
8 7 (2.45%) PhD
9 3 (1.05%) City & Guilds
10 2 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.70%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.35%) ISEB
11 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.94%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.40%) DO-254
3 3 (1.05%) Automotive SPICE
3 3 (1.05%) QA
3 3 (1.05%) SLA
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (0.35%) MISRA
4 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (13.64%) Firmware
2 15 (5.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.05%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (4.90%) EMC
2 13 (4.55%) Dell
3 11 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.50%) ANSYS
5 5 (1.75%) IBM
6 4 (1.40%) Siemens
7 3 (1.05%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.70%) Intel
8 2 (0.70%) NEC
8 2 (0.70%) SAP
8 2 (0.70%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle
9 1 (0.35%) SYSPRO