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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 117 165
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 +26
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 28 25 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.67% 1.22% 0.78%
As % of the General category 1.29% 1.68% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20 20 30
10th Percentile £39,575 £32,000 £34,175
25th Percentile £45,563 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £67,500 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -28.52% +33.00% -3.33%
75th Percentile £51,875 £83,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,500 - £56,250
North West median annual salary £48,250 £55,950 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.76% +17.79% -2.56%

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 2,178 1,488 2,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 52.03% 72.44% 55.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 856 1,981
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,875 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%

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 25 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Manchester

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 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) OpenVPN
1 2 (7.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
1 2 (7.14%) GitLab
1 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (46.43%) Manufacturing
2 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 7 (25.00%) Marketing
3 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Police
6 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.57%) Agriculture
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Avionics
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Military
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Electronics Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Data Science Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Machine Learning Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) Node.js
2 1 (3.57%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.57%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.57%) scikit-learn
2 1 (3.57%) Spring
2 1 (3.57%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Embedded Software Development
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (10.71%) CRM
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
4 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
4 3 (10.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (7.14%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (7.14%) ITSM
5 2 (7.14%) Kanban
5 2 (7.14%) Scrum
5 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) C
2 5 (17.86%) C++
2 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
2 5 (17.86%) Embedded C++
3 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.71%) Python
3 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (17.86%) Firmware
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 5 (17.86%) EMC
3 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle