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 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 121 149
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 +44
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 35 29 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.06% 1.14% 0.78%
As % of the General category 1.86% 1.63% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 27
10th Percentile £31,000 £47,500 £30,200
25th Percentile £43,500 £63,750 £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 £53,750 £83,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £78,750 - £59,750
North West median annual salary £46,500 £50,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -7.92% +4.12% -3.00%

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 1,877 1,774 1,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 56.59% 69.73% 55.43%
Number of salaries quoted 998 775 1,598
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,572 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,822 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,450 £52,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year -7.71% +10.39% -8.54%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 - - 5
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 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.86%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) OpenVPN
1 2 (5.71%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
1 2 (5.71%) GitLab
1 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.71%) Xcode
General
1 13 (37.14%) Manufacturing
2 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
3 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Marketing
3 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Avionics
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Police
7 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.86%) Agriculture
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Games
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Military
7 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Electronics Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) iOS Developer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Lead Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Lead iOS Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Node.js
2 2 (5.71%) iOS SDK
2 2 (5.71%) SwiftUI
2 2 (5.71%) UIKit
3 1 (2.86%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.86%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.86%) Spring
3 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.86%) IoT
4 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Embedded Software Development
2 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 6 (17.14%) Agile
3 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (8.57%) CRM
5 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
5 3 (8.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (8.57%) User Experience
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (5.71%) Lean Software Development
6 2 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (5.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 2 (5.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) C
2 8 (22.86%) C++
2 8 (22.86%) Embedded C
2 8 (22.86%) Embedded C++
3 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.57%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.71%) Python
4 2 (5.71%) Swift
5 1 (2.86%) C#
5 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) A+ Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) HND
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (22.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (22.86%) Firmware
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) EMC
2 7 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Siemens