Optoelectronics Job Trends in the North West

Optoelectronics
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Optoelectronics in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Optoelectronics over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Optoelectronics 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.008% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.038% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -17.86% - -

All Generic Skills
North West

Optoelectronics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,599 2,418 2,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.76% 46.93% 29.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 861 1,090
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £66,204
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

Optoelectronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Optoelectronics job vacancy trend in the North West

Optoelectronics
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Optoelectronics

Optoelectronics
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 Optoelectronics within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Cheshire - 1 £60,000 -
Optoelectronics
England

Optoelectronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DSP Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware