Electronics Jobs 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 49 93
Rank change year-on-year +43 +44 +27
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 473 253 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.55% 4.13% 3.02%
As % of the General category 21.79% 7.44% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 59 207 36
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £39,662 £49,375 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 -
90th Percentile £76,000 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,171 3,401 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 66.80% 55.57% 70.76%
Number of salaries quoted 967 2,458 1,346
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,650 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £73,400 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the East of England

Electronics
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the East of England.

Salary trend for Electronics in the East of England

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 2025. 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
Bedfordshire +32 277 £55,000 +57.14% 55
Suffolk - 62 £64,743 - 8
Hertfordshire +10 48 £57,000 -0.87% 54
Norfolk +45 40 £40,101 -27.09% 10
Cambridgeshire -12 32 £55,000 -8.33% 132
Essex +16 14 £41,250 -17.50% 55
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (1.90%) Kinematics
Applications
1 26 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.75%) Simulink
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.21%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.21%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 16 (3.38%) SaaS
2 2 (0.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 324 (68.50%) Wireless
2 319 (67.44%) Bluetooth
3 316 (66.81%) 5G
4 313 (66.17%) Wi-Fi
5 312 (65.96%) GSM
5 312 (65.96%) LTE
5 312 (65.96%) UMTS
6 12 (2.54%) RS-485
7 7 (1.48%) Modbus
7 7 (1.48%) Profibus
7 7 (1.48%) RS-232
7 7 (1.48%) ZigBee
8 4 (0.85%) 2G
8 4 (0.85%) 3G
8 4 (0.85%) 4G
9 1 (0.21%) MQTT
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (0.85%) JIRA
3 3 (0.63%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.21%) GDB
5 1 (0.21%) Git
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (11.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 15 (3.17%) Aerospace
5 12 (2.54%) Finance
6 11 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.48%) Marketing
8 5 (1.06%) Billing
8 5 (1.06%) Legal
9 3 (0.63%) Automotive
10 2 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.42%) Military
10 2 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.21%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 322 (68.08%) Electronics Engineer
2 312 (65.96%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 312 (65.96%) Test Engineer
3 27 (5.71%) Senior
4 23 (4.86%) Account Executive
5 20 (4.23%) Architect
6 19 (4.02%) Managed Services Architect
7 18 (3.81%) Principal Engineer
7 18 (3.81%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 17 (3.59%) Software Engineer
9 16 (3.38%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (2.96%) Junior
11 13 (2.75%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.33%) Embedded Engineer
12 11 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.11%) Lead
13 10 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (1.90%) Platform Architect
14 9 (1.90%) Robotics Engineer
15 8 (1.69%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.90%) Middleware
2 2 (0.42%) .NET
3 1 (0.21%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (0.21%) STL
3 1 (0.21%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 312 (65.96%) Driving Licence
2 39 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.17%) Algorithms
4 11 (2.33%) Robotics
5 8 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.06%) FPGA
7 5 (1.06%) IoT
7 5 (1.06%) Life Science
7 5 (1.06%) Verilog
8 1 (0.21%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.21%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.21%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.21%) SCADA
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.48%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (1.06%) Linux
3 4 (0.85%) Android
4 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.42%) Windows
5 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (67.86%) Validation
2 313 (66.17%) Customer Requirements
2 313 (66.17%) Mentoring
2 313 (66.17%) Verification and Validation
3 312 (65.96%) Coaching
3 312 (65.96%) Test Strategy
4 55 (11.63%) Business Enablement
4 55 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (9.94%) Software Engineering
6 38 (8.03%) Customer Service
7 36 (7.61%) Systems Engineering
8 34 (7.19%) Project Management
9 30 (6.34%) Business Development
10 26 (5.50%) Computer Science
10 26 (5.50%) Decision-Making
11 24 (5.07%) Customer Experience
12 19 (4.02%) Physics
13 18 (3.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (3.81%) Software Assurance
14 17 (3.59%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.34%) C
1 30 (6.34%) C++
2 14 (2.96%) MATLAB
3 11 (2.33%) C#
4 4 (0.85%) Python
5 3 (0.63%) Ada
6 2 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.21%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.21%) Rust
Qualifications
1 368 (77.80%) Degree
2 312 (65.96%) HND
3 39 (8.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.38%) Master's Degree
5 9 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.85%) PMP
7 3 (0.63%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.11%) SLA
2 6 (1.27%) QA
3 3 (0.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.21%) JTAG
System Software
1 11 (2.33%) Firmware
2 8 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
Vendors
1 29 (6.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.17%) IBM
3 11 (2.33%) Citrix
3 11 (2.33%) EMC
4 6 (1.27%) Intel
4 6 (1.27%) YouTube
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle
6 2 (0.42%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.42%) SAP