Electronics Jobs 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 147 159
Rank change year-on-year +61 +12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 200 196 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.88% 1.68% 1.93%
As % of the General category 5.13% 2.96% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 37 138 29
10th Percentile £37,544 £33,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +31.25% -12.57%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £71,075 £57,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
East Midlands +94 159 £40,101 -19.80% 62
West Midlands -32 40 £58,250 +1.30% 81
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.50%) Mendix
1 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (9.00%) Simulink
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Maple
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (7.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.50%) AWS
1 1 (0.50%) Azure
1 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 111 (55.50%) Wi-Fi
2 108 (54.00%) 5G
3 107 (53.50%) Bluetooth
3 107 (53.50%) LTE
4 105 (52.50%) Wireless
5 104 (52.00%) GSM
5 104 (52.00%) UMTS
6 4 (2.00%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.50%) Modbus
7 3 (1.50%) Profibus
7 3 (1.50%) VPN
8 2 (1.00%) 4G
8 2 (1.00%) DNS
9 1 (0.50%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.50%) LAN
9 1 (0.50%) PBX
9 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.50%) VoIP
9 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (7.00%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.50%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 52 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (16.00%) Manufacturing
3 23 (11.50%) Law
4 21 (10.50%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.50%) Automotive
6 8 (4.00%) Finance
7 6 (3.00%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.50%) Marketing
8 5 (2.50%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.50%) Agriculture
10 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.00%) Avionics
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
12 1 (0.50%) Military
12 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (53.50%) Electronics Engineer
2 104 (52.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 104 (52.00%) Test Engineer
3 29 (14.50%) Lead
4 21 (10.50%) Technical Leader
5 19 (9.50%) Principal Engineer
6 18 (9.00%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 18 (9.00%) Systems Engineer
7 17 (8.50%) Senior
8 14 (7.00%) Junior
8 14 (7.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Senior Electrical Engineer
10 4 (2.00%) Graduate
11 3 (1.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (1.50%) Reliability Engineer
11 3 (1.50%) Senior Reliability Engineer
11 3 (1.50%) Software Engineer
12 2 (1.00%) Engineering Manager
12 2 (1.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 2 (1.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) JSON
1 1 (0.50%) REST
1 1 (0.50%) SOAP
1 1 (0.50%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 104 (52.00%) Driving Licence
2 27 (13.50%) IoT
3 23 (11.50%) SCADA
4 20 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (10.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 8 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.00%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.00%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.00%) CCTV
7 2 (1.00%) NB-IoT
7 2 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.50%) ASIC
8 1 (0.50%) FPGA
8 1 (0.50%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.50%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.50%) Social Media
8 1 (0.50%) VHDL
8 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.50%) Linux
1 3 (1.50%) Windows
2 2 (1.00%) VMS
2 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.50%) Android
3 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (59.00%) Validation
2 107 (53.50%) Mentoring
3 106 (53.00%) Customer Requirements
3 106 (53.00%) Verification and Validation
4 104 (52.00%) Coaching
4 104 (52.00%) Test Strategy
5 56 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (19.00%) Systems Engineering
7 29 (14.50%) Mechatronics
8 26 (13.00%) Decision-Making
9 22 (11.00%) Software Engineering
10 20 (10.00%) Data Collection
11 19 (9.50%) Project Management
12 18 (9.00%) Computer Science
12 18 (9.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 18 (9.00%) Software Assurance
13 17 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (7.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 15 (7.50%) Physics
14 15 (7.50%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.00%) MATLAB
2 6 (3.00%) C
3 3 (1.50%) Python
4 2 (1.00%) Bash
4 2 (1.00%) C#
4 2 (1.00%) Embedded C
4 2 (1.00%) Java
4 2 (1.00%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (1.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.00%) SQL
5 1 (0.50%) C++
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 142 (71.00%) Degree
2 105 (52.50%) HND
3 40 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (5.50%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) HNC
6 1 (0.50%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.50%) PMP
6 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 4 (2.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.50%) DO-254
2 1 (0.50%) JTAG
2 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.50%) Firmware
2 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.00%) vSphere
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.00%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.00%) Ansible
2 2 (1.00%) Puppet
2 2 (1.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.50%) Marathon
3 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (12.00%) Siemens
2 22 (11.00%) Rockwell
3 14 (7.00%) IBM
4 7 (3.50%) Microsoft
5 5 (2.50%) SAP
6 3 (1.50%) Allen-Bradley
6 3 (1.50%) Minitab
7 2 (1.00%) NVIDIA
7 2 (1.00%) VMware
8 1 (0.50%) Cisco
8 1 (0.50%) Citrix
8 1 (0.50%) EMC
8 1 (0.50%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.50%) Lotus
8 1 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.50%) Xilinx