Electronics Job Trends in the Midlands

Electronics
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 57 157
Rank change year-on-year -81 +100 +18
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 128 255 185
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.96% 4.51% 1.46%
As % of the General category 2.17% 6.98% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 96 47 132
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65,938 £63,750 £61,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,909 3,652 6,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.11% 64.53% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,716 2,028 4,179
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.11% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -10.83%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Electronics job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Electronics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
West Midlands +27 82 £47,500 -13.64% 14
East Midlands -96 45 £45,000 -5.26% 20
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (0.78%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.56%) AWS
1 2 (1.56%) AWS IoT
1 2 (1.56%) Azure
1 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (1.56%) GCP
2 1 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.69%) Bluetooth
2 4 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (3.13%) Wireless
3 3 (2.34%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.56%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (1.56%) Modbus
4 2 (1.56%) MQTT
4 2 (1.56%) RFID
4 2 (1.56%) ZigBee
5 1 (0.78%) IPsec
5 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.78%) X.509
Development Applications
1 9 (7.03%) Git
2 2 (1.56%) GDB
2 2 (1.56%) GitLab
2 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.78%) Appium
3 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.78%) TestRail
General
1 16 (12.50%) Automotive
2 11 (8.59%) Manufacturing
3 10 (7.81%) Marketing
4 6 (4.69%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.91%) Social Skills
6 4 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (21.09%) Software Engineer
2 24 (18.75%) Senior
3 22 (17.19%) Electronics Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (10.16%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (10.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Business Development Manager
6 10 (7.81%) Business Manager
6 10 (7.81%) Development Manager
6 10 (7.81%) Marketing Manager
6 10 (7.81%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Technical Support
6 10 (7.81%) Technical Support Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Test Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) Support Technician
8 8 (6.25%) Business Systems Manager
8 8 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Field Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) XML
2 2 (1.56%) Yocto
3 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (3.13%) ARM Cortex
2 4 (3.13%) CAN bus
3 3 (2.34%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.34%) FPGA
3 3 (2.34%) SCADA
4 2 (1.56%) Device Driver
4 2 (1.56%) IoT
4 2 (1.56%) PCIe
4 2 (1.56%) Photography
4 2 (1.56%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.78%) PKI
5 1 (0.78%) Robotics
5 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.78%) Verilog
5 1 (0.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
2 6 (4.69%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.13%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Android
4 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.44%) Software Engineering
2 23 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (9.38%) Process Improvement
3 12 (9.38%) Software Testing
4 11 (8.59%) Validation
5 10 (7.81%) B2B
5 10 (7.81%) B2B Marketing
5 10 (7.81%) Business Development
5 10 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (7.03%) Collaborative Engineering
6 9 (7.03%) Test Automation
7 5 (3.91%) Code Quality
7 5 (3.91%) Computer Science
7 5 (3.91%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (3.91%) Logistics
7 5 (3.91%) Regression Testing
7 5 (3.91%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (3.91%) Test Strategy
8 4 (3.13%) Battery Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.94%) C
2 8 (6.25%) C++
2 8 (6.25%) Python
3 6 (4.69%) C#
4 5 (3.91%) Embedded C
5 3 (2.34%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.78%) Java
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) PHP
6 1 (0.78%) VB
6 1 (0.78%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (10.94%) Degree
2 9 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.78%) HNC
6 1 (0.78%) HND
6 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.56%) IEC 61508
1 2 (1.56%) JTAG
1 2 (1.56%) MISRA
1 2 (1.56%) MISRA C
2 1 (0.78%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 12 (9.38%) Firmware
2 9 (7.03%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (1.56%) Google