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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 132 137
Rank change year-on-year +44 +5 +89
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 46 39 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.91% 1.08% 0.72%
As % of the General category 3.05% 1.80% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 39 7 14
10th Percentile - £50,500 £36,925
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 £65,000 £83,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £77,000 - £65,975
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 1,510 2,162 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 62.71% 60.11% 60.37%
Number of salaries quoted 881 842 1,091
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,125 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -8.68% +4.29%

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 21 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 21 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 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) GCP
2 2 (4.35%) Serverless
3 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) OpenVPN
1 2 (4.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.35%) Tableau
4 1 (2.17%) Big Data
4 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) Power BI
4 1 (2.17%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Xcode
2 2 (4.35%) Android Studio
2 2 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) GitLab
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) Gatling
3 1 (2.17%) JMeter
3 1 (2.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 18 (39.13%) Manufacturing
2 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 9 (19.57%) Avionics
4 9 (19.57%) Finance
4 9 (19.57%) Marketing
4 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.17%) Games
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Military
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Police
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Electronics Engineer
1 14 (30.43%) Technical Support
2 10 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Embedded Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Technical Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Support Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Support Specialist
6 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) Lead Developer
7 3 (6.52%) iOS Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Lead iOS Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Android Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Java Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) Node.js
2 3 (6.52%) FastAPI
2 3 (6.52%) iOS SDK
2 3 (6.52%) Spring
2 3 (6.52%) Spring Boot
2 3 (6.52%) SwiftUI
2 3 (6.52%) UIKit
3 2 (4.35%) Android SDK
4 1 (2.17%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.17%) scikit-learn
4 1 (2.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.35%) Android
3 2 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (19.57%) Agile
3 9 (19.57%) Digital Marketing
3 9 (19.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 9 (19.57%) Programme Management
4 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (10.87%) Product Management
7 5 (10.87%) User Experience
8 4 (8.70%) Containerisation
8 4 (8.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 4 (8.70%) Software Engineering
9 3 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.52%) CRM
9 3 (6.52%) DevSecOps
9 3 (6.52%) iOS Development
9 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) C
2 9 (19.57%) C++
2 9 (19.57%) Embedded C
2 9 (19.57%) Embedded C++
3 6 (13.04%) Java
4 5 (10.87%) JavaScript
4 5 (10.87%) Python
4 5 (10.87%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.52%) Swift
6 2 (4.35%) Kotlin
7 1 (2.17%) C#
7 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (19.57%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (19.57%) Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) EMC
1 9 (19.57%) SAP
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.17%) Siemens