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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 120 161
Rank change year-on-year -4 +41 +19
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 30 24 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.77% 1.08% 0.74%
As % of the General category 1.45% 1.50% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 21 18 28
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,125 £32,525
25th Percentile £45,750 £54,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £67,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +31.07% -1.90%
75th Percentile £50,000 £83,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £82,500 - £56,250
North West median annual salary £46,500 £59,400 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.72% +25.05% -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 2,068 1,604 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 52.84% 71.99% 56.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 851 1,928
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,747
Median % change year-on-year - +8.38% -7.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £80,349
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 11 March 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 11 March 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 - - 4
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 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) OpenVPN
1 2 (6.67%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
1 2 (6.67%) GitLab
1 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 14 (46.67%) Manufacturing
2 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Telecoms
3 7 (23.33%) Marketing
3 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Police
6 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Agriculture
6 1 (3.33%) Avionics
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Games
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
6 1 (3.33%) Military
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Test Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Data Science Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (3.33%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.33%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.33%) scikit-learn
2 1 (3.33%) Spring
2 1 (3.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.33%) IoT
4 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (23.33%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (23.33%) Programme Management
3 6 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) CRM
5 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.67%) Energy Management
6 2 (6.67%) Feasibility Study
6 2 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (6.67%) Use Case
6 2 (6.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) C
2 6 (20.00%) C++
2 6 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 6 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.33%) C#
4 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) HND
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) QA
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (20.00%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) SAP
2 6 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) Siemens