Electronics Job Trends in Manchester

Electronics
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 3 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 104 93
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 +53
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 19 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.49% 0.68% 0.29%
As % of the General category 2.27% 0.97% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 3
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £35,450
25th Percentile £45,750 £48,438 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £65,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +31.31% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,563 £83,750 £59,875
90th Percentile £82,500 - £64,750
North West median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.11% +46.15% -33.33%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 838 1,139 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 65.52% 70.14% 57.58%
Number of salaries quoted 451 469 427
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,304
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,500 £83,872
North West median annual salary £47,592 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.82% -4.76% +0.96%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Manchester

Electronics
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Manchester over the 3 months to 29 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Manchester

Electronics
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oldham - 1 - -
Electronics
North West

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) AWS
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) OpenVPN
1 2 (4.55%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.55%) Tableau
3 1 (2.27%) Big Data
3 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.27%) Power BI
3 1 (2.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Xcode
2 2 (4.55%) Git
2 2 (4.55%) GitLab
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.27%) Android Studio
3 1 (2.27%) Gatling
3 1 (2.27%) JMeter
3 1 (2.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 16 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Avionics
4 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 7 (15.91%) Finance
5 7 (15.91%) Marketing
5 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.27%) Agriculture
7 1 (2.27%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.27%) Games
7 1 (2.27%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Police
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Electronics Engineer
2 14 (31.82%) Technical Support
3 10 (22.73%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (22.73%) Support Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Technical Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Developer
5 5 (11.36%) Support Specialist
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (11.36%) Technical Support Specialist
6 4 (9.09%) Lead
6 4 (9.09%) Lead Developer
7 3 (6.82%) iOS Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Lead iOS Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Electronics Test Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) iOS SDK
1 3 (6.82%) Node.js
1 3 (6.82%) SwiftUI
1 3 (6.82%) UIKit
2 1 (2.27%) Android SDK
2 1 (2.27%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.27%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.27%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.27%) Spring
2 1 (2.27%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
2 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.55%) Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (22.73%) Embedded Software Development
3 8 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.91%) Agile
4 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
4 7 (15.91%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (15.91%) Programme Management
5 6 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (11.36%) Product Management
7 4 (9.09%) User Experience
8 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (6.82%) CRM
8 3 (6.82%) iOS Development
8 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 2 (4.55%) Data Science
9 2 (4.55%) Decision-Making
9 2 (4.55%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 2 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) C
2 10 (22.73%) C++
2 10 (22.73%) Embedded C
2 10 (22.73%) Embedded C++
3 3 (6.82%) Java
3 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.82%) Python
3 3 (6.82%) Swift
3 3 (6.82%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (22.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (22.73%) Firmware
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) EMC
2 7 (15.91%) SAP
3 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.27%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Siemens