Electronics Job Trends in the North East

Electronics
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 71 56
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 +26
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 22 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 2.14% 1.94% 2.28%
As % of the General category 4.02% 2.83% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 17
10th Percentile - £41,275 -
25th Percentile £28,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +62.64%
75th Percentile £60,750 £63,313 £61,250
90th Percentile - £64,000 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 547 635 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 53.11% 68.28% 58.23%
Number of salaries quoted 343 239 373
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +5.26% -3.23%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,302 £60,741
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,500 £72,250
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the North East

Electronics
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the North East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the North East

Electronics
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Tyne and Wear +17 14 £56,500 +56.94% 9
Durham - 7 £28,000 - 5
Northumberland -2 1 £45,000 -19.64%
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Software Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Electronics Technician
2 6 (27.27%) Test Technician
3 4 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) C# Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Electronics Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
1 4 (18.18%) Apache Cordova
1 4 (18.18%) CSS
1 4 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Android
1 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 7 (31.82%) Software Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) DevOps
4 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (18.18%) Mobile Application Development
4 4 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 4 (18.18%) User Experience
4 4 (18.18%) UX Design
5 1 (4.55%) Benchmarking
5 1 (4.55%) Mathematics
5 1 (4.55%) Performance Testing
5 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.55%) Task-Oriented
5 1 (4.55%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) C
1 7 (31.82%) C++
2 4 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 4 (18.18%) XAML
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) HNC
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (31.82%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft