Optoelectronics Job Trends in Macclesfield

Optoelectronics
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Optoelectronics in permanent job vacancies in Macclesfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Optoelectronics over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Optoelectronics 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Macclesfield 1.85% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Generic Skills
Macclesfield

Optoelectronics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Macclesfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Macclesfield 14.81% 16.67% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £59,750 - -
25th Percentile £63,125 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £31,000
75th Percentile £75,625 - £33,000
90th Percentile £78,250 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -9.52%

Optoelectronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DSP Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware