Electronics Jobs in the North West

Electronics
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 172 214
Rank change year-on-year -19 +42 +62
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 103 127 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.32% 1.23% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.88% 2.33% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49 93 65
10th Percentile £37,574 £23,750 £22,350
25th Percentile - £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £56,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,750 £59,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,490 5,440 5,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.35% 52.58% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,982 2,369
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the North West

Electronics
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the North West

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the North West

Electronics
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Lancashire -56 48 £47,683 +0.39% 17
Manchester +22 25 £67,500 +31.07% 80
Cumbria - 25 £59,400 - 12
Cheshire -7 5 - - 49
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Simulink
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.88%) AWS
2 3 (2.91%) Serverless
3 2 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (1.94%) Azure
4 1 (0.97%) Azure API Management
4 1 (0.97%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (0.97%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (0.97%) Azure Table
4 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.97%) GCP
4 1 (0.97%) Kong
4 1 (0.97%) OCI
4 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.97%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.71%) Wireless
2 5 (4.85%) Bluetooth
3 4 (3.88%) 5G
3 4 (3.88%) GSM
3 4 (3.88%) LTE
3 4 (3.88%) UMTS
3 4 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.97%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.97%) Big Data
2 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.97%) MySQL
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (7.77%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.80%) Git
2 7 (6.80%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.94%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.97%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.97%) GitLab
4 1 (0.97%) JIRA
4 1 (0.97%) LabVIEW
General
1 43 (41.75%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.36%) Aviation
3 14 (13.59%) Aerospace
4 11 (10.68%) Telecoms
5 10 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.71%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.83%) Marketing
7 5 (4.85%) Finance
8 4 (3.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.88%) Retail
9 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (33.98%) Senior
2 22 (21.36%) Radar Engineer
3 10 (9.71%) Principal Engineer
4 9 (8.74%) Software Assurance Engineer
5 8 (7.77%) Software Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Electronics Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Junior
6 7 (6.80%) Junior Systems Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Lead
7 6 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Account Executive
8 5 (4.85%) Sales Account Executive
8 5 (4.85%) Sales Executive
8 5 (4.85%) Software Team Leader
8 5 (4.85%) Team Leader
8 5 (4.85%) Telesales Executive
8 5 (4.85%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) Android SDK
1 2 (1.94%) FastAPI
1 2 (1.94%) Node.js
1 2 (1.94%) Spring
1 2 (1.94%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.97%) REST
2 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.80%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.83%) Device Driver
3 3 (2.91%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.91%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (0.97%) Digital Signage
4 1 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.97%) FPGA
4 1 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.80%) Android
2 6 (5.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (60.19%) Systems Engineering
2 39 (37.86%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (32.04%) Physics
4 32 (31.07%) Mathematics
5 30 (29.13%) Validation
6 24 (23.30%) Change Management
6 24 (23.30%) Chemistry
6 24 (23.30%) Monte Carlo Method
7 22 (21.36%) Safety Engineering
8 18 (17.48%) Software Engineering
9 13 (12.62%) Decision-Making
10 9 (8.74%) Computer Science
10 9 (8.74%) PLM
10 9 (8.74%) Project Management
10 9 (8.74%) Software Assurance
11 8 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (6.80%) Android Development
12 7 (6.80%) Coaching
12 7 (6.80%) High Availability
12 7 (6.80%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) Python
2 7 (6.80%) C
2 7 (6.80%) C++
2 7 (6.80%) MATLAB
3 6 (5.83%) Java
4 3 (2.91%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.94%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.97%) C#
6 1 (0.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (67.96%) Degree
2 66 (64.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (24.27%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (21.36%) CEH
5 11 (10.68%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.83%) HND
7 4 (3.88%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (21.36%) DO-254
2 5 (4.85%) IEC 62304
2 5 (4.85%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (22.33%) Firmware
2 1 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.94%) Terraform
2 1 (0.97%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (6.80%) IBM
2 5 (4.85%) Dell
3 4 (3.88%) SAP
4 3 (2.91%) Oracle
5 2 (1.94%) EMC
5 2 (1.94%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.97%) Intel