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 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 126 139
Rank change year-on-year +28 +13 +61
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 37 27 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.19% 1.03% 0.69%
As % of the General category 2.06% 1.48% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29 14 21
10th Percentile £31,000 £48,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £63,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £67,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +31.07% +0.49%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 - £65,000
North West median annual salary £46,500 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +2.63% -5.00%

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 general skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,798 1,825 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 57.76% 69.79% 55.47%
Number of salaries quoted 943 770 1,394
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,925 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,777
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £87,625 £83,756
North West median annual salary £48,445 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.84% +4.00% -4.76%

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 6 months to 26 January 2026.

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 6 months to 26 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
Oldham - 1 - - 3
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 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.70%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) OpenVPN
1 2 (5.41%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Xcode
2 2 (5.41%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) GitLab
2 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) Gatling
3 1 (2.70%) JMeter
3 1 (2.70%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (37.84%) Manufacturing
2 9 (24.32%) Telecoms
3 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 8 (21.62%) Marketing
3 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
4 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Avionics
6 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Police
8 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.70%) Agriculture
8 1 (2.70%) Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Games
8 1 (2.70%) Legal
8 1 (2.70%) Military
8 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Electronics Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Support Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Test Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) iOS Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.11%) Lead Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Lead iOS Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) iOS SDK
1 3 (8.11%) Node.js
1 3 (8.11%) SwiftUI
1 3 (8.11%) UIKit
2 1 (2.70%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.70%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.70%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.70%) Spring
2 1 (2.70%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
4 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Digital Marketing
1 8 (21.62%) Embedded Software Development
1 8 (21.62%) Programme Management
2 7 (18.92%) Agile
2 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
4 4 (10.81%) User Experience
5 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (8.11%) CRM
5 3 (8.11%) iOS Development
5 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
5 3 (8.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (5.41%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.41%) ITSM
6 2 (5.41%) Kanban
6 2 (5.41%) Scrum
6 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) C
2 8 (21.62%) C++
2 8 (21.62%) Embedded C
2 8 (21.62%) Embedded C++
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.11%) Swift
3 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) C#
5 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (21.62%) Firmware
2 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) EMC
1 8 (21.62%) SAP
2 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) Siemens