Electronics Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Electronics
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 49 57
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +46
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 15 29 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 2.14% 3.56% 1.42%
As % of the General category 4.44% 5.69% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile - £59,000 £56,000
25th Percentile £47,500 - £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £63,856
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -6.04% +92.47%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,625 £65,678
90th Percentile - £75,000 £68,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -8.33%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 general skills in Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 338 510 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 48.29% 62.65% 61.99%
Number of salaries quoted 240 207 325
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,664 £66,250 £66,778
90th Percentile £73,875 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +8.91% -8.18%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Electronics
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Oxfordshire

Electronics
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Abingdon - 7 £55,000 -
Bicester +2 2 £50,000 -21.57% 1
Oxford -11 2 £55,000 -29.03% 2
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (6.67%) RS-232
1 1 (6.67%) RS-485
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (73.33%) Automotive
2 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.67%) Aeronautics
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (13.33%) Robotics
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (6.67%) Acoustics
3 1 (6.67%) Arduino
3 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (6.67%) GNSS
3 1 (6.67%) Lidar
3 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Battery Management
3 1 (6.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (6.67%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (6.67%) Inertial Navigation
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL
3 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.67%) Mechatronics
3 1 (6.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (6.67%) Sensor Fusion
3 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) User Experience
3 1 (6.67%) UX Design
3 1 (6.67%) Validation
3 1 (6.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C
2 9 (60.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) MCSE
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) EMC
1 1 (6.67%) Google