Electronics Job Trends in England

Electronics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 208 237
Rank change year-on-year +75 +29 +18
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 908 727 606
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 1.47% 1.33%
As % of the General category 2.89% 2.23% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 592 338 420
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,063 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,410 32,631 28,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 60.28% 65.80% 62.54%
Number of salaries quoted 17,293 15,316 21,211
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £30,059
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £104,801 £101,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in England

Electronics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in England

Electronics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 +18 242 £40,000 -27.27% 153
East of England +37 162 £55,000 -8.33% 119
London +157 157 £65,000 -10.34% 61
South West +16 133 £52,500 -4.55% 70
North of England +27 119 £46,500 -7.92% 61
Midlands +28 81 £45,000 -30.77% 57
North West +26 75 £46,250 -2.63% 22
West Midlands +17 48 £40,000 -42.86% 27
East Midlands -1 33 £55,000 +22.22% 29
Yorkshire +12 27 £55,000 - 26
North East +2 17 £53,250 -4.91% 13
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (1.76%) Kinematics
2 8 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.22%) Confluence
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.22%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.32%) Simulink
4 7 (0.77%) OrCAD
5 4 (0.44%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.66%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.22%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.22%) Primavera
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (2.97%) Azure
2 23 (2.53%) GCP
3 19 (2.09%) AWS
4 18 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.21%) GitHub
6 9 (0.99%) Nutanix
6 9 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 6 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (0.55%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.44%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (0.44%) Cloud Run
9 4 (0.44%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.33%) Datadog
10 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.33%) OCI
10 3 (0.33%) Serverless
11 2 (0.22%) SaaS
11 2 (0.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.52%) Wireless
2 27 (2.97%) Network Security
3 12 (1.32%) DHCP
3 12 (1.32%) DNS
4 11 (1.21%) Firewall
4 11 (1.21%) VPN
5 9 (0.99%) LTE
5 9 (0.99%) WAN
6 7 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.77%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.77%) VLAN
6 7 (0.77%) VoIP
7 6 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.55%) 5G
8 5 (0.55%) 802.11
8 5 (0.55%) IPsec
8 5 (0.55%) RS-485
8 5 (0.55%) VSAT
8 5 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.32%) NoSQL
2 9 (0.99%) Relational Database
3 8 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.88%) Power BI
4 7 (0.77%) RDBMS
5 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.66%) Tableau
6 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.55%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.44%) Metadata
7 4 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.33%) Big Data
8 3 (0.33%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.22%) KNIME
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.22%) QlikView
10 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 41 (4.52%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (2.09%) JIRA
3 16 (1.76%) Git
4 10 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.10%) LabVIEW
5 7 (0.77%) Subversion
6 5 (0.55%) GitLab
6 5 (0.55%) Selenium
7 4 (0.44%) Postman
7 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.44%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.33%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.33%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.33%) Maven
8 3 (0.33%) TestNG
8 3 (0.33%) Xcode
8 3 (0.33%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 330 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 277 (30.51%) Manufacturing
3 222 (24.45%) Finance
4 206 (22.69%) Marketing
5 204 (22.47%) Telecoms
6 187 (20.59%) Public Sector
7 93 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
8 51 (5.62%) Aerospace
8 51 (5.62%) Automotive
9 38 (4.19%) Retail
10 20 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.76%) Games
13 13 (1.43%) Aviation
14 11 (1.21%) Avionics
14 11 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.21%) Legal
14 11 (1.21%) Military
15 9 (0.99%) Billing
16 8 (0.88%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 92 (10.13%) Electronics Engineer
2 73 (8.04%) Lead
3 70 (7.71%) Senior
4 64 (7.05%) Systems Engineer
5 60 (6.61%) Consultant
6 59 (6.50%) Embedded Engineer
7 52 (5.73%) Sales Executive
7 52 (5.73%) Telesales Executive
8 51 (5.62%) Account Executive
8 51 (5.62%) Sales Account Executive
8 51 (5.62%) Support Engineer
9 49 (5.40%) Security Consultant
9 49 (5.40%) Test Engineer
10 48 (5.29%) Software Engineer
11 42 (4.63%) Technical Support
12 36 (3.96%) Technical Engineer
13 35 (3.85%) Test Technician
14 30 (3.30%) Technical Support Engineer
15 29 (3.19%) Developer
15 29 (3.19%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.75%) SAP CAF
2 17 (1.87%) Middleware
3 10 (1.10%) FastAPI
4 9 (0.99%) Flash
4 9 (0.99%) Flask
5 7 (0.77%) .NET
5 7 (0.77%) REST
6 6 (0.66%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.66%) CSS
6 6 (0.66%) HTML
6 6 (0.66%) Node.js
7 5 (0.55%) Qt
8 4 (0.44%) Apache Cordova
8 4 (0.44%) Pandas
8 4 (0.44%) pytest
8 4 (0.44%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.44%) RESTful
8 4 (0.44%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.33%) iOS SDK
9 3 (0.33%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.17%) Algorithms
2 49 (5.40%) Embedded Systems
3 35 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (3.52%) Robotics
5 29 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 28 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 25 (2.75%) FPGA
9 24 (2.64%) Driving Licence
10 23 (2.53%) IoT
11 22 (2.42%) Life Science
12 17 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
13 13 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
14 11 (1.21%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.21%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
15 9 (0.99%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.99%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.77%) Arduino
16 7 (0.77%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.63%) Linux
2 32 (3.52%) Windows
3 10 (1.10%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Android
5 7 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.22%) VMS
7 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (21.81%) Digital Marketing
2 190 (20.93%) Business Intelligence
3 187 (20.59%) Programme Management
4 169 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (10.02%) Software Engineering
6 83 (9.14%) Agile
7 82 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
8 81 (8.92%) Mentoring
8 81 (8.92%) Telesales
9 71 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (7.27%) AI
11 65 (7.16%) Physics
12 60 (6.61%) Customer Service
13 57 (6.28%) Project Management
14 56 (6.17%) B2B
15 53 (5.84%) Systems Engineering
16 52 (5.73%) Collaborative Culture
17 49 (5.40%) Validation
18 48 (5.29%) Decision-Making
19 47 (5.18%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 83 (9.14%) Python
2 82 (9.03%) C
3 74 (8.15%) C++
4 37 (4.07%) C#
5 36 (3.96%) Embedded C
6 33 (3.63%) MATLAB
7 26 (2.86%) SQL
8 16 (1.76%) Embedded C++
8 16 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.32%) JavaScript
10 11 (1.21%) Bash
11 10 (1.10%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.77%) Java
13 6 (0.66%) Rust
13 6 (0.66%) Tcl
14 4 (0.44%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.44%) XAML
15 3 (0.33%) Pascal
15 3 (0.33%) Swift
15 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 230 (25.33%) Degree
2 167 (18.39%) Security Cleared
3 105 (11.56%) SC Cleared
4 74 (8.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (6.94%) CISSP
6 56 (6.17%) DV Cleared
6 56 (6.17%) Master's Degree
7 29 (3.19%) CISM
7 29 (3.19%) HND
8 25 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 24 (2.64%) PhD
10 23 (2.53%) CEH
10 23 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 19 (2.09%) HNC
12 15 (1.65%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.65%) PMP
13 10 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.55%) CCNA
15 5 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (5.62%) NIST
3 47 (5.18%) QA
4 28 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 25 (2.75%) GRC
5 25 (2.75%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (1.76%) GDPR
8 12 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.21%) SLA
10 10 (1.10%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.77%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.77%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.55%) PMO
13 2 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
13 2 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 9000
13 2 (0.22%) JTAG
14 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 60 (6.61%) Firmware
2 36 (3.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 25 (2.75%) Docker
4 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.66%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) iptables
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.76%) Terraform
3 6 (0.66%) Ansible
3 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.55%) Autotask
4 5 (0.55%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.22%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 195 (21.48%) SAP
2 81 (8.92%) Dell
3 57 (6.28%) Microsoft
4 28 (3.08%) EMC
5 27 (2.97%) IBM
6 23 (2.53%) Google
7 18 (1.98%) YouTube
8 16 (1.76%) Cisco
9 14 (1.54%) Oracle
10 12 (1.32%) Sophos
11 9 (0.99%) Palantir
11 9 (0.99%) Siemens
12 8 (0.88%) Salesforce
12 8 (0.88%) VMware
13 7 (0.77%) Apple
14 6 (0.66%) Veeam
15 5 (0.55%) Datto
15 5 (0.55%) Freshdesk
16 4 (0.44%) HubSpot
17 3 (0.33%) Tealium