Electronics Job Trends in Edinburgh

Electronics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 79 102
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 +37
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 24 21 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.30% 1.81% 0.87%
As % of the General category 3.52% 2.48% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 8
10th Percentile £36,600 - £46,375
25th Percentile £48,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -7.77% -39.41%
75th Percentile £54,000 £58,046 £71,250
90th Percentile - £66,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -25.93%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 682 848 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 65.45% 72.91% 75.17%
Number of salaries quoted 249 319 645
10th Percentile £25,647 £35,105 £30,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% -12.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 £74,572 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £95,000 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -9.19%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Electronics
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Edinburgh

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 12 (50.00%) RS-232
1 12 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (8.33%) Finance
1 2 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
1 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (8.33%) Marketing
1 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (8.33%) Police
1 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 12 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 12 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) Senior
3 9 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Manager
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 9 (37.50%) Software Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Field Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Field Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) IT Support
4 2 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (8.33%) ITSM
2 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (8.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) C
1 12 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) EMC