Optoelectronics Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Northamptonshire

Optoelectronics
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Optoelectronics in permanent job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Optoelectronics over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	52
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Optoelectronics	0	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire	-	-	0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	-	0.85%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£61,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£62,500
75^th Percentile	-	-	£63,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
East Midlands median annual salary	-	-	£62,500

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	88	158	117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire	22.06%	35.43%	27.46%
Number of salaries quoted	58	57	79
10^th Percentile	£25,600	£25,250	£25,600
25^th Percentile	£29,250	£41,250	£25,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	£55,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	-31.82%	+29.41%	-19.05%
75^th Percentile	£50,000	£67,500	£56,000
90^th Percentile	£75,125	£70,000	£63,750
East Midlands median annual salary	£37,500	£55,000	£49,990
% change year-on-year	-31.82%	+10.02%	-9.11%

Optoelectronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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