Electronics Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Electronics
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 68 102
Rank change year-on-year +19 +34 +10
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 10 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.54% 1.43% 0.41%
As % of the General category 3.69% 2.34% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £43,875 - £29,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £37,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -23.08% -32.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £52,750 -
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 271 384 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.82% 60.95% 52.92%
Number of salaries quoted 185 126 308
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,536 £37,125 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,875
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Electronics
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Gloucestershire

Electronics
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 5 £55,000 - 3
Filton +5 3 - - 1
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DHCP
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Big Data
2 2 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (50.00%) Marketing
3 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (30.00%) Avionics
4 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) Flask
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
1 2 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (30.00%) AI
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Data Science
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Statistics
4 3 (30.00%) Validation
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) C
3 3 (30.00%) Google Apps Script
3 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
3 3 (30.00%) Tcl
4 2 (20.00%) Bash
4 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) Google
3 2 (20.00%) EMC
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) VMware