PCB Engineer Jobs in England

Printed Circuit Board Engineer (PCB Engineer)
UK > England

The median Printed Circuit Board Engineer (PCB Engineer) salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 837 908
Rank change year-on-year +198 +71 -
Permanent jobs requiring a PCB Engineer 44 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.091% 0.006% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.006% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £41,650 £36,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £43,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £55,313 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,625 £64,750 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.15% +11.90% -

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £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% -

PCB Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PCB Engineer in England

PCB Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for PCB Engineer in England

PCB Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCB Engineer in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PCB Engineer in England

PCB 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 PCB Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +115 28 £47,500 -17.39% 17
East Midlands - 13 - -
Midlands - 13 - - 2
East of England - 4 £41,500 - 5
North of England +42 2 - - 12
North West - 2 - - 2
PCB Engineer
UK

PCB Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, PCB 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 PCB Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (95.45%) EMC
1 42 (95.45%) Manufacturing
2 40 (90.91%) Electronics
2 40 (90.91%) Degree
3 39 (88.64%) HND
3 39 (88.64%) Schematic Capture
3 39 (88.64%) Project Planning
3 39 (88.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Python
5 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.27%) HNC
5 1 (2.27%) Validation
5 1 (2.27%) Cadence
5 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (2.27%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.27%) OrCAD

PCB 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 1 (2.27%) OrCAD
General
1 42 (95.45%) Manufacturing
2 40 (90.91%) Electronics
3 39 (88.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (88.64%) Project Planning
1 39 (88.64%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (2.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (2.27%) Test Automation
2 1 (2.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
1 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (90.91%) Degree
2 39 (88.64%) HND
3 1 (2.27%) HNC
3 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 42 (95.45%) EMC
2 1 (2.27%) Cadence