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 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 781 898
Rank change year-on-year +271 +117 +231
Permanent jobs requiring an Electrical Engineer 185 66 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.077% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.081% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 18 58 0
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 -
25th Percentile - £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,605 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - -
75th Percentile £50,750 £64,063 -
90th Percentile £53,600 £65,000 -
UK median annual salary £44,605 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year -0.88% - -

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 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 13 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 13 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 +169 77 £44,605 -31.38% 29
East of England +78 48 - - 13
Midlands +97 39 - - 23
East Midlands +68 38 - - 10
London +98 4 £51,175 +46.21% 35
North of England +28 4 £50,000 +29.03% 19
North West -3 4 £50,000 -16.67% 10
South West +117 3 £52,500 +16.67% 31
West Midlands +40 1 - - 11
Electrical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 (87.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 154 (83.24%) Manufacturing
2 154 (83.24%) Degree
3 153 (82.70%) Microsoft Office
3 153 (82.70%) Microsoft
4 152 (82.16%) Safety Engineering
5 22 (11.89%) Mentoring
5 22 (11.89%) Coaching
6 16 (8.65%) HND
7 11 (5.95%) Data Centre
8 10 (5.41%) Project Management
9 9 (4.86%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (4.86%) Finance
9 9 (4.86%) Supply Chain Management
9 9 (4.86%) Project Delivery
10 7 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (3.78%) HNC
11 4 (2.16%) SaaS
12 3 (1.62%) Preventative Maintenance
13 2 (1.08%) Social Skills
14 1 (0.54%) Customer Service
14 1 (0.54%) TestOps
14 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.54%) Data Acquisition
14 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
14 1 (0.54%) Collaborative Working
14 1 (0.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 1 (0.54%) Systems Engineering
14 1 (0.54%) 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
1 153 (82.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) SpaceWire
General
1 161 (87.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 154 (83.24%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.86%) Finance
4 2 (1.08%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.54%) Local Government
5 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.95%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Linux
1 1 (0.54%) Unix
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (82.16%) Safety Engineering
2 22 (11.89%) Coaching
2 22 (11.89%) Mentoring
3 10 (5.41%) Project Management
4 9 (4.86%) GAP Analysis
4 9 (4.86%) Project Delivery
4 9 (4.86%) Supply Chain Management
5 3 (1.62%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (0.54%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (0.54%) Customer Service
6 1 (0.54%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (0.54%) Functional Testing
6 1 (0.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (0.54%) Line Management
6 1 (0.54%) Logistics
6 1 (0.54%) System Testing
6 1 (0.54%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (0.54%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (0.54%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.54%) Bash
1 1 (0.54%) C
1 1 (0.54%) Java
1 1 (0.54%) Python
1 1 (0.54%) Tcl
1 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 154 (83.24%) Degree
2 16 (8.65%) HND
3 7 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.54%) ARP4761
1 1 (0.54%) QA
Vendors
1 153 (82.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.54%) EMC
2 1 (0.54%) Siemens