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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 41 79
Rank change year-on-year -50 +38 +14
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 25 22 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.06% 4.02% 1.16%
As % of the General category 3.02% 7.12% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 8
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £28,075 £29,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -26.25% +60.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 -
90th Percentile £64,000 - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +20.00%

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 827 309 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 35.18% 56.49% 50.80%
Number of salaries quoted 533 188 316
10th Percentile £29,550 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -1.19%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £75,000 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,001
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -36 5 £28,000 +1.82% 8
Gloucester - 4 £45,000 - 3
Tewkesbury -12 3 £35,000 +27.27% 6
Filton +4 1 £61,500 -
Cirencester -3 1 - - 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
1 1 (4.00%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Git
2 5 (20.00%) LabVIEW
3 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (4.00%) Eclipse
4 1 (4.00%) GoogleTest
4 1 (4.00%) JIRA
4 1 (4.00%) SonarQube
4 1 (4.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (24.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (24.00%) Automotive
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Development Engineer
1 5 (20.00%) Software Engineer
1 5 (20.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 5 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Graduate
2 4 (16.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Electronics Technician
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Diagnostic Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Development Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Quality Inspector
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) HTML
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (20.00%) FPGA
2 3 (12.00%) 3D Printing
2 3 (12.00%) Arduino
2 3 (12.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 3 (12.00%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) NHS
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (4.00%) Robotics
4 1 (4.00%) VHDL
4 1 (4.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (4.00%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) CAD
3 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (16.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.00%) OO
3 4 (16.00%) OOP
4 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.00%) Mechatronics
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.00%) Design for Test
5 2 (8.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) C++
2 8 (32.00%) Python
3 6 (24.00%) C
4 2 (8.00%) C#
4 2 (8.00%) SQL
4 2 (8.00%) VB
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded C
5 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) HNC
2 3 (12.00%) HND
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) EMC
2 2 (8.00%) Keysight
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) MathWorks
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft