Electrical Engineer Jobs in England

Electrical Engineer
UK > England

The median Electrical Engineer salary in England is £44,605 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 777 869
Rank change year-on-year +293 +92 +289
Permanent jobs requiring an Electrical Engineer 189 75 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.085% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.090% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 19 66 2
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £49,000
25th Percentile - £36,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,605 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -18.18% +8.17%
75th Percentile £51,000 £61,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £53,405 £65,000 £63,000
UK median annual salary £44,605 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.88% -18.18% +1.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,803 83,462 79,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.65% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22,985 62,077 51,018
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Electrical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Electrical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Electrical Engineer in England

Electrical Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electrical Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Electrical Engineer in England

Electrical Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electrical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electrical Engineer in England

Electrical Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electrical Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +153 77 £44,605 -31.38% 41
East of England +75 48 - - 14
Midlands +92 42 - - 20
East Midlands +75 40 - - 6
London +113 7 £49,500 +41.43% 27
North of England +22 4 £50,000 +33.33% 24
North West -20 4 £50,000 -16.67% 16
West Midlands +58 2 - - 13
South West +103 1 £50,000 +11.11% 29
Electrical Engineer
UK

Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, Electrical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Electrical Engineer in the job title.

1 161 (85.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 155 (82.01%) Microsoft Office
2 155 (82.01%) Microsoft
3 154 (81.48%) Manufacturing
3 154 (81.48%) Degree
4 152 (80.42%) Safety Engineering
5 23 (12.17%) Mentoring
6 22 (11.64%) Coaching
7 17 (8.99%) Data Centre
8 16 (8.47%) HND
9 10 (5.29%) Project Management
10 9 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
10 9 (4.76%) Finance
10 9 (4.76%) Supply Chain Management
10 9 (4.76%) Project Delivery
11 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (3.70%) HNC
12 6 (3.17%) SaaS
13 5 (2.65%) Preventative Maintenance
14 4 (2.12%) Social Skills
15 3 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
16 2 (1.06%) Legal
16 2 (1.06%) Python
16 2 (1.06%) Retail
16 2 (1.06%) GDPR
17 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
17 1 (0.53%) Collaborative Working
17 1 (0.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 1 (0.53%) Technical Leadership

Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 155 (82.01%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) SpaceWire
General
1 161 (85.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 154 (81.48%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.76%) Finance
4 4 (2.12%) Social Skills
5 3 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Legal
6 2 (1.06%) Retail
7 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.99%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Linux
1 1 (0.53%) Unix
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (80.42%) Safety Engineering
2 23 (12.17%) Mentoring
3 22 (11.64%) Coaching
4 10 (5.29%) Project Management
5 9 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
5 9 (4.76%) Project Delivery
5 9 (4.76%) Supply Chain Management
6 5 (2.65%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (0.53%) Business Development
7 1 (0.53%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (0.53%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (0.53%) Customer Service
7 1 (0.53%) Data Acquisition
7 1 (0.53%) Decarbonisation
7 1 (0.53%) Functional Testing
7 1 (0.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (0.53%) Line Management
7 1 (0.53%) System Testing
7 1 (0.53%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (0.53%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.06%) Python
2 1 (0.53%) Bash
2 1 (0.53%) C
2 1 (0.53%) Java
2 1 (0.53%) Tcl
2 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 154 (81.48%) Degree
2 16 (8.47%) HND
3 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.70%) HNC
4 1 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.06%) GDPR
Vendors
1 155 (82.01%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.53%) EMC