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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 138 199
Rank change year-on-year -24 +61 +99
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Electronics 134 140 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.77% 1.56% 0.82%
As % of the General category 2.92% 3.03% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 94 73 42
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,400 £22,275
25th Percentile - £35,250 £24,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - -
75th Percentile £47,683 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% +10.00% -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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,594 4,613 3,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 60.76% 51.54% 65.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 2,672 2,076
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,625
25th Percentile £36,125 £36,250 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire -60 50 £47,683 +15.45% 18
Manchester +13 34 £32,000 -41.82% 55
Cumbria -11 33 £46,000 - 3
Cheshire -15 17 - - 18
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 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.24%) AWS
1 3 (2.24%) Serverless
2 2 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (1.49%) Azure
2 2 (1.49%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.75%) Azure API Management
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Table
3 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.75%) GCP
3 1 (0.75%) OCI
3 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.99%) 5G
1 4 (2.99%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.99%) GSM
1 4 (2.99%) LTE
1 4 (2.99%) UMTS
1 4 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.99%) Wireless
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) Big Data
1 2 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.49%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.49%) Tableau
2 1 (0.75%) MySQL
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 15 (11.19%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.49%) Android Studio
2 2 (1.49%) Xcode
3 1 (0.75%) Gatling
3 1 (0.75%) Git
3 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.75%) JMeter
3 1 (0.75%) LoadRunner
General
1 51 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 37 (27.61%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (16.42%) Aviation
4 15 (11.19%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.97%) Avionics
6 6 (4.48%) Marketing
7 5 (3.73%) Finance
8 4 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.99%) Retail
8 4 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.49%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (29.10%) Senior
2 36 (26.87%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 22 (16.42%) Radar Engineer
4 17 (12.69%) Account Executive
4 17 (12.69%) Sales Account Executive
4 17 (12.69%) Sales Executive
4 17 (12.69%) Telesales Executive
5 15 (11.19%) Principal Engineer
5 15 (11.19%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (9.70%) Technical Support
7 12 (8.96%) Electronics Engineer
8 11 (8.21%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Technical Support Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Embedded Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.73%) Technical Specialist
10 5 (3.73%) Technical Support Specialist
10 5 (3.73%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) Android SDK
1 2 (1.49%) FastAPI
1 2 (1.49%) iOS SDK
1 2 (1.49%) Node.js
1 2 (1.49%) Spring
1 2 (1.49%) Spring Boot
1 2 (1.49%) SwiftUI
1 2 (1.49%) UIKit
2 1 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.45%) Algorithms
2 12 (8.96%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.24%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.24%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.75%) FPGA
4 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.49%) Android
2 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (48.51%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (29.85%) Systems Engineering
3 39 (29.10%) Decision-Making
4 22 (16.42%) Safety Engineering
5 17 (12.69%) Telesales
6 15 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
7 14 (10.45%) Signal Processing
8 11 (8.21%) Test Planning
9 9 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.22%) Coaching
10 7 (5.22%) Software Engineering
10 7 (5.22%) Validation
11 6 (4.48%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (3.73%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (3.73%) Customer Service
12 5 (3.73%) Embedded Software Development
12 5 (3.73%) Mentoring
12 5 (3.73%) Product Management
12 5 (3.73%) Root Cause Analysis
13 4 (2.99%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.48%) C
1 6 (4.48%) C++
1 6 (4.48%) Java
2 5 (3.73%) Embedded C
2 5 (3.73%) Embedded C++
2 5 (3.73%) Python
3 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.49%) Kotlin
3 2 (1.49%) SQL
3 2 (1.49%) Swift
3 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 82 (61.19%) Degree
2 76 (56.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (26.87%) Master's Degree
4 22 (16.42%) CEH
5 6 (4.48%) HND
6 5 (3.73%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.42%) DO-254
2 14 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
3 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 28 (20.90%) Firmware
2 6 (4.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Ansible
1 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (12.69%) Dell
2 15 (11.19%) IBM
3 7 (5.22%) EMC
3 7 (5.22%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.99%) SAP
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle