Senior Electrical Engineer Jobs in the North West

Senior Electrical Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior Electrical Engineer salary in the North West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 281 -
Rank change year-on-year +131 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Electrical Engineer 167 12 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.08% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 100 12 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 7,355 9,331 7,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.60% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,051 7,169 4,106
10th Percentile £26,943 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Senior Electrical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Electrical Engineer in the North West

Senior Electrical Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Electrical Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Electrical Engineer in the North West

Senior Electrical Engineer
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 Senior Electrical Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Cumbria - 156 £40,000 - 1
Lancashire - 11 - -
Senior Electrical Engineer
England

Senior Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Senior Electrical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Senior Electrical Engineer in the job title.

1 167 (100.00%) Degree
1 167 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 100 (59.88%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 100 (59.88%) Experiential Learning
2 100 (59.88%) LabVIEW
2 100 (59.88%) Workflow Management
2 100 (59.88%) Resource Management
2 100 (59.88%) ISO 9001
2 100 (59.88%) HNC
2 100 (59.88%) HND
2 100 (59.88%) Workflow
3 47 (28.14%) Mathematics
4 32 (19.16%) Systems Engineering
4 32 (19.16%) Coaching
4 32 (19.16%) Chartered Engineer
5 31 (18.56%) SCADA
5 31 (18.56%) Numerate Degree
6 24 (14.37%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (14.37%) Acceptance Criteria
7 16 (9.58%) Verification and Validation
7 16 (9.58%) IEC 61508
7 16 (9.58%) DO-254
7 16 (9.58%) ARP4754
7 16 (9.58%) Requirements Management
7 16 (9.58%) Physics
7 16 (9.58%) QA
7 16 (9.58%) Validation
7 16 (9.58%) VoIP
7 16 (9.58%) Siemens
7 16 (9.58%) Configuration Management

Senior Electrical Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.58%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 100 (59.88%) LabVIEW
General
1 24 (14.37%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (2.40%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.56%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (59.88%) Experiential Learning
1 100 (59.88%) Resource Management
1 100 (59.88%) Workflow
1 100 (59.88%) Workflow Management
2 47 (28.14%) Mathematics
3 32 (19.16%) Coaching
3 32 (19.16%) Systems Engineering
4 24 (14.37%) Acceptance Criteria
5 16 (9.58%) Configuration Management
5 16 (9.58%) Physics
5 16 (9.58%) Requirements Management
5 16 (9.58%) Validation
5 16 (9.58%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (2.40%) Decision-Making
6 4 (2.40%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 167 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 167 (100.00%) Degree
2 100 (59.88%) HNC
2 100 (59.88%) HND
3 32 (19.16%) Chartered Engineer
4 31 (18.56%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (2.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (59.88%) ISO 9001
1 100 (59.88%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (9.58%) ARP4754
2 16 (9.58%) DO-254
2 16 (9.58%) IEC 61508
2 16 (9.58%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (9.58%) Siemens