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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 123 132
Rank change year-on-year +27 +9 +88
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 41 49 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.72% 1.34% 0.75%
As % of the General category 2.77% 2.28% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 36 7 15
10th Percentile - £50,500 £38,400
25th Percentile £31,000 £58,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,125 £83,750 £68,000
North West median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% - -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 common skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,480 2,153 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 61.98% 58.86% 60.68%
Number of salaries quoted 886 840 1,141
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.02% +7.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £84,056
North West median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% +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 7 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 6 months to 7 November 2025. 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 - -
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 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.44%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) GCP
2 2 (4.88%) Serverless
2 2 (4.88%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) MongoDB
1 3 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (7.32%) Tableau
2 2 (4.88%) Big Data
2 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.44%) Power BI
3 1 (2.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Xcode
2 2 (4.88%) Android Studio
2 2 (4.88%) GitLab
2 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) Gatling
3 1 (2.44%) JMeter
3 1 (2.44%) LoadRunner
General
1 17 (41.46%) Manufacturing
2 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Avionics
4 8 (19.51%) Telecoms
5 7 (17.07%) Finance
5 7 (17.07%) Marketing
5 7 (17.07%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.44%) Agriculture
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Games
7 1 (2.44%) Legal
7 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Technical Support
2 10 (24.39%) Electronics Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Support Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Technical Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Technical Support Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Embedded Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Developer
6 5 (12.20%) Support Specialist
6 5 (12.20%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (12.20%) Technical Support Specialist
7 4 (9.76%) Lead
7 4 (9.76%) Lead Developer
8 3 (7.32%) iOS Developer
8 3 (7.32%) Lead iOS Developer
8 3 (7.32%) Test Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Android Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Java Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Java Software Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Python Software Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) FastAPI
1 3 (7.32%) iOS SDK
1 3 (7.32%) Node.js
1 3 (7.32%) Spring
1 3 (7.32%) Spring Boot
1 3 (7.32%) SwiftUI
1 3 (7.32%) UIKit
2 2 (4.88%) Android SDK
3 1 (2.44%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.44%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (17.07%) Customer Service
3 7 (17.07%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (17.07%) Embedded Software Development
3 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (17.07%) Programme Management
4 6 (14.63%) Agile
4 6 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (12.20%) Product Management
5 5 (12.20%) User Experience
6 4 (9.76%) Containerisation
6 4 (9.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (9.76%) Software Engineering
7 3 (7.32%) Business Strategy
7 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (7.32%) CRM
7 3 (7.32%) Data Science
7 3 (7.32%) DevSecOps
7 3 (7.32%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) C
1 7 (17.07%) C++
1 7 (17.07%) Embedded C
1 7 (17.07%) Embedded C++
1 7 (17.07%) Java
2 6 (14.63%) Python
3 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.32%) Swift
3 3 (7.32%) TypeScript
4 2 (4.88%) Kotlin
4 2 (4.88%) SQL
5 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (17.07%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) EMC
1 7 (17.07%) SAP
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) Siemens