Electronics Engineer Jobs in the South East

Electronic Engineer
England > South East

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 230 239
Rank change year-on-year +122 +9 +98
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 259 177 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.68% 1.05% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 1.12% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 89 44
10th Percentile - £32,500 £40,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -23.08% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,398 15,863 12,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.96% 94.01% 90.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,556 11,342 8,189
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Electronics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in the South East

Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Electronics Engineer in the South East

Electronics Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the South East

Electronics Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +118 232 £60,000 +0.84% 15
Buckinghamshire +42 192 £60,000 +37.93% 3
Oxfordshire +64 40 - - 7
East Sussex +29 10 £55,000 -8.33% 3
West Sussex +38 9 - -
Surrey +50 6 £70,000 +29.63% 7
Kent +28 1 - - 2
Hampshire +25 1 - - 10
Electronics Engineer
England

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Electronics 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 South East region featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 259 (100.00%) Electronics
2 242 (93.44%) Degree
3 241 (93.05%) HND
4 221 (85.33%) Validation
4 221 (85.33%) Customer Requirements
4 221 (85.33%) Verification and Validation
5 220 (84.94%) Wireless
5 220 (84.94%) Bluetooth
6 218 (84.17%) Mentoring
7 217 (83.78%) Coaching
7 217 (83.78%) Test Strategy
7 217 (83.78%) LTE
7 217 (83.78%) 5G
7 217 (83.78%) Driving Licence
7 217 (83.78%) GSM
7 217 (83.78%) UMTS
7 217 (83.78%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (13.13%) Schematic Capture
9 31 (11.97%) Manufacturing
10 25 (9.65%) EMC
11 24 (9.27%) Project Planning
11 24 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (4.25%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (3.86%) Issue Tracking
13 10 (3.86%) JIRA
14 8 (3.09%) Firmware
14 8 (3.09%) C
15 7 (2.70%) VHDL
15 7 (2.70%) Design for Test
16 6 (2.32%) Product Requirements

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 220 (84.94%) Bluetooth
1 220 (84.94%) Wireless
2 217 (83.78%) 5G
2 217 (83.78%) GSM
2 217 (83.78%) LTE
2 217 (83.78%) UMTS
2 217 (83.78%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.77%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.77%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 10 (3.86%) JIRA
2 4 (1.54%) Git
2 4 (1.54%) Subversion
3 1 (0.39%) Carbide.c++
General
1 259 (100.00%) Electronics
2 31 (11.97%) Manufacturing
3 24 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (2.32%) Social Skills
5 5 (1.93%) Aviation
6 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 217 (83.78%) Driving Licence
2 7 (2.70%) VHDL
3 6 (2.32%) FPGA
4 5 (1.93%) CPLD
4 5 (1.93%) IoT
5 3 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.77%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.39%) Robotics
7 1 (0.39%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (85.33%) Customer Requirements
1 221 (85.33%) Validation
1 221 (85.33%) Verification and Validation
2 218 (84.17%) Mentoring
3 217 (83.78%) Coaching
3 217 (83.78%) Test Strategy
4 34 (13.13%) Schematic Capture
5 24 (9.27%) Project Planning
6 11 (4.25%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (3.86%) Issue Tracking
8 7 (2.70%) Design for Test
9 6 (2.32%) Product Requirements
10 5 (1.93%) Prototyping
11 4 (1.54%) OO
11 4 (1.54%) OOD
11 4 (1.54%) Project Delivery
11 4 (1.54%) SDLC
11 4 (1.54%) Software Architecture
11 4 (1.54%) Systems Thinking
11 4 (1.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.09%) C
2 5 (1.93%) C++
3 4 (1.54%) C#
3 4 (1.54%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 242 (93.44%) Degree
2 241 (93.05%) HND
System Software
1 8 (3.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 25 (9.65%) EMC
2 4 (1.54%) Agilent