Electronics Jobs in Scotland

Electronics
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 228 160
Rank change year-on-year +167 -68 +48
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 131 61 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.45% 0.91% 1.38%
As % of the General category 6.89% 1.26% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 61 54 20
10th Percentile - £38,625 £42,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £59,250
90th Percentile £64,750 £78,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% - -4.76%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,901 4,848 3,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 64.62% 72.33% 75.26%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,543 1,681
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -12.17% +5.50%
75th Percentile £64,919 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,253 £82,548 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Scotland.

Salary trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Fife - 24 £40,101 - 2
East Ayrshire - 21 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 20 £40,101 -
Moray - 20 £40,101 -
Edinburgh +30 18 £47,500 -17.39% 28
Glasgow +168 12 £42,500 - 16
West Lothian +1 5 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Aberdeen +31 3 £57,500 -2.13% 5
Dundee +8 2 £50,000 - 10
Lanarkshire - 2 £45,000 - 6
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 29 (22.14%) Simulink
2 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (21.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.29%) AWS
2 2 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
2 2 (1.53%) Amazon SageMaker
2 2 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (1.53%) Azure
2 2 (1.53%) Serverless
3 1 (0.76%) AWS IoT
3 1 (0.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.63%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.29%) Bluetooth
2 3 (2.29%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.53%) RS-232
3 2 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.53%) Wireless
4 1 (0.76%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.76%) Modbus
4 1 (0.76%) MQTT
4 1 (0.76%) Multicast
4 1 (0.76%) RTP
4 1 (0.76%) RTSP
4 1 (0.76%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Flink
Development Applications
1 28 (21.37%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.82%) LabVIEW
3 4 (3.05%) JIRA
4 2 (1.53%) Git
5 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 48 (36.64%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.37%) Aerospace
3 18 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.58%) Finance
7 4 (3.05%) Advertising
7 4 (3.05%) Marketing
7 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.53%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Wearables
9 1 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (29.01%) Junior
2 37 (28.24%) Principal Engineer
2 37 (28.24%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 32 (24.43%) Systems Engineer
4 28 (21.37%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 24 (18.32%) Senior
6 22 (16.79%) Software Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Embedded Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Junior Embedded Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Junior Software Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Account Executive
9 6 (4.58%) Sales Account Executive
9 6 (4.58%) Sales Executive
9 6 (4.58%) Telesales Executive
10 5 (3.82%) Project Manager
11 4 (3.05%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (2.29%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.76%) CSS
2 1 (0.76%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) Node.js
2 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.76%) React
2 1 (0.76%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (3.82%) FPGA
3 4 (3.05%) IoT
4 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.29%) SCADA
5 2 (1.53%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.53%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.53%) GNSS
5 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.53%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.53%) PMI
5 2 (1.53%) VHDL
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.76%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.76%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.76%) MPEG
6 1 (0.76%) PCIe
6 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Linux
2 3 (2.29%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.53%) Windows
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Rocky
4 1 (0.76%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (49.62%) Software Engineering
1 65 (49.62%) Systems Engineering
2 64 (48.85%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (41.22%) Decision-Making
4 37 (28.24%) Software Assurance
5 33 (25.19%) Computer Science
5 33 (25.19%) Project Management
6 32 (24.43%) Physics
7 29 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (21.37%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 28 (21.37%) Mathematics
8 28 (21.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 28 (21.37%) PLM
8 28 (21.37%) SysML
8 28 (21.37%) UML
9 8 (6.11%) Agile
10 6 (4.58%) Telesales
11 5 (3.82%) PRINCE2
12 4 (3.05%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (3.05%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.90%) MATLAB
2 20 (15.27%) C
3 11 (8.40%) C++
4 5 (3.82%) C#
4 5 (3.82%) Python
5 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.53%) Embedded C
6 2 (1.53%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.53%) SQL
7 1 (0.76%) Bash
7 1 (0.76%) Java
7 1 (0.76%) PHP
7 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (61.83%) BPSS Clearance
2 61 (46.56%) Degree
3 19 (14.50%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.53%) CCA
4 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.53%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.53%) IEC 62304
1 2 (1.53%) MISRA
2 1 (0.76%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Firmware
2 2 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 28 (21.37%) IBM
2 6 (4.58%) Dell
3 4 (3.05%) EMC
3 4 (3.05%) SAP
4 3 (2.29%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (2.29%) Siemens
4 3 (2.29%) Wonderware
5 2 (1.53%) Mentor Graphics
5 2 (1.53%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.76%) Cadence
6 1 (0.76%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.76%) Red Hat