Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 28 June 2022 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Electronics
England > South East
6 months to
28 Jun 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 117 192 266
Rank change year-on-year +75 +74 -84
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 646 256 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.89% 1.65% 0.81%
As % of the General category 4.67% 3.25% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 220 218 93
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

All General Skills
South East
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 13,845 7,888 6,674
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.94% 50.98% 47.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,680 4,960 5,133
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,850 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.70% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the South East over the 6 months to 28 June 2022.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 June 2022. 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 +74 359 £50,000 +5.26% 43
Oxfordshire +34 140 £47,500 +5.56% 16
Buckinghamshire +50 125 £55,000 +15.79% 7
Berkshire +21 94 £57,500 -13.53% 20
Kent -14 70 £52,500 +31.25% 11
Hampshire -9 68 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Surrey -65 58 £60,000 +33.33% 18
East Sussex +27 42 £60,000 +46.34% 12
West Sussex +17 32 £47,500 +18.75% 10
Home Counties -2 3 £100,000 -
Electronics
England

For the 6 months to 28 June 2022, IT jobs citing Electronics also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Electronics.

1 340 (52.63%) Degree
2 308 (47.68%) C
3 296 (45.82%) Software Engineering
4 274 (42.41%) C++
5 256 (39.63%) Software Testing
6 229 (35.45%) Linux
7 213 (32.97%) Social Skills
8 172 (26.63%) Signal Processing
9 152 (23.53%) Unit Testing
10 149 (23.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 143 (22.14%) Computer Science
12 142 (21.98%) TCP/IP
13 141 (21.83%) Python
14 137 (21.21%) Agile
14 137 (21.21%) Project Planning
14 137 (21.21%) Digital Signal Processing
15 136 (21.05%) Functional Testing
15 136 (21.05%) Protocol Buffers
15 136 (21.05%) HTTP
16 130 (20.12%) Manufacturing
17 129 (19.97%) Finance
18 114 (17.65%) Firmware
19 98 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
20 90 (13.93%) Algorithms
21 83 (12.85%) MATLAB
22 82 (12.69%) Embedded Systems
23 81 (12.54%) Microsoft
24 74 (11.46%) Validation
25 73 (11.30%) Telecoms
26 70 (10.84%) Test Automation

Electronics
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (5.11%) Confluence
2 3 (0.46%) CMS
3 2 (0.31%) MS Exchange
3 2 (0.31%) MTS
3 2 (0.31%) WildFly
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.15%) Appian
4 1 (0.15%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.15%) nginx
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 67 (10.37%) Simulink
2 15 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.86%) Stateflow
5 11 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
7 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (1.39%) Sketch
8 7 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (1.08%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.93%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
10 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.15%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.15%) Marvel
11 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.15%) Solid Edge
11 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (2.94%) Magento
2 5 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 39 (6.04%) Azure
2 24 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.48%) SaaS
4 13 (2.01%) GitHub
5 9 (1.39%) Figma
5 9 (1.39%) IaaS
6 8 (1.24%) AWS
7 7 (1.08%) npm
8 5 (0.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.62%) Serverless
10 3 (0.46%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.31%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Active Directory
11 2 (0.31%) GCP
11 2 (0.31%) Google Play
11 2 (0.31%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 142 (21.98%) TCP/IP
2 136 (21.05%) HTTP
3 25 (3.87%) Wireless
4 24 (3.72%) J1939
5 19 (2.94%) Modbus
6 18 (2.79%) Bluetooth
7 16 (2.48%) 4G
7 16 (2.48%) 5G
8 15 (2.32%) RS-232
9 14 (2.17%) Broadband
9 14 (2.17%) IPv4
9 14 (2.17%) IPv6
9 14 (2.17%) Radio Access Network
10 13 (2.01%) Software-Defined Radio
11 11 (1.70%) WAN
12 10 (1.55%) LAN
13 9 (1.39%) Internet
13 9 (1.39%) Unified Communications
14 7 (1.08%) RS-485
15 6 (0.93%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.63%) Hadoop
2 15 (2.32%) NoSQL
3 6 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.46%) Big Data
4 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.31%) MySQL
5 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.31%) Spotfire
5 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.31%) Tableau
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.15%) DataStage
6 1 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.15%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.15%) Power BI
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 52 (8.05%) Git (software)
2 51 (7.89%) JIRA
3 44 (6.81%) Visual Studio
4 30 (4.64%) Bitbucket
5 18 (2.79%) GCC
5 18 (2.79%) Jenkins
6 14 (2.17%) LabVIEW
7 13 (2.01%) ClearCase
8 12 (1.86%) Plastic SCM
9 11 (1.70%) CMake
9 11 (1.70%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.55%) Subversion
11 8 (1.24%) Snakemake
12 7 (1.08%) PostCSS
12 7 (1.08%) webpack
13 4 (0.62%) GitLab
14 1 (0.15%) Mercurial
14 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
14 1 (0.15%) Rational Rhapsody
14 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 213 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 149 (23.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 130 (20.12%) Manufacturing
4 129 (19.97%) Finance
5 73 (11.30%) Telecoms
6 62 (9.60%) Marketing
7 53 (8.20%) Automotive
8 49 (7.59%) Public Sector
9 32 (4.95%) Military
10 31 (4.80%) Aerospace
11 27 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
12 22 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.94%) Wearables
14 17 (2.63%) Retail
15 15 (2.32%) Avionics
15 15 (2.32%) Law
16 14 (2.17%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
19 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (37.93%) Software Engineer
2 232 (35.91%) Embedded Engineer
3 199 (30.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 138 (21.36%) Electronics Engineer
5 63 (9.75%) Systems Engineer
6 43 (6.66%) Graduate
7 41 (6.35%) Developer
8 38 (5.88%) MATLAB Engineer
8 38 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 30 (4.64%) Design Engineer
10 29 (4.49%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 28 (4.33%) Firmware Engineer
12 24 (3.72%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 19 (2.94%) Tester
14 18 (2.79%) Automation Tester
14 18 (2.79%) C Software Engineer
14 18 (2.79%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 18 (2.79%) C++ Software Engineer
15 17 (2.63%) Senior Developer
16 15 (2.32%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (21.05%) Protocol Buffers
2 28 (4.33%) WPF
3 27 (4.18%) COM
4 24 (3.72%) CSS
4 24 (3.72%) HTML
5 22 (3.41%) REST
6 14 (2.17%) Ajax
6 14 (2.17%) jQuery
7 11 (1.70%) MFC
8 10 (1.55%) React
8 10 (1.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 9 (1.39%) .NET
9 9 (1.39%) Node.js
9 9 (1.39%) Pandas
10 8 (1.24%) Matplotlib
10 8 (1.24%) NumPy
11 7 (1.08%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.08%) Ext JS
11 7 (1.08%) SVG
11 7 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (13.93%) Algorithms
2 82 (12.69%) Embedded Systems
3 69 (10.68%) User Experience
4 57 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (7.43%) Virtual Team
6 42 (6.50%) IoT
7 33 (5.11%) FPGA
8 28 (4.33%) Analogue Electronics
9 26 (4.02%) ARM Cortex
9 26 (4.02%) VHDL
10 18 (2.79%) Life Science
10 18 (2.79%) Verilog
11 15 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
12 13 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
12 13 (2.01%) Wiki
13 12 (1.86%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.86%) NHS
14 11 (1.70%) Arduino
15 8 (1.24%) Optoelectronics
15 8 (1.24%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 229 (35.45%) Linux
2 53 (8.20%) Windows
3 29 (4.49%) FreeRTOS
4 27 (4.18%) VMS
5 16 (2.48%) Unix
6 12 (1.86%) ThreadX
7 11 (1.70%) Android
8 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.31%) Debian
10 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (45.82%) Software Engineering
2 256 (39.63%) Software Testing
3 172 (26.63%) Signal Processing
4 152 (23.53%) Unit Testing
5 143 (22.14%) Computer Science
6 137 (21.21%) Agile
6 137 (21.21%) Digital Signal Processing
6 137 (21.21%) Project Planning
7 136 (21.05%) Functional Testing
8 98 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (11.46%) Validation
10 70 (10.84%) Test Automation
11 59 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (7.59%) Physics
13 48 (7.43%) OO
14 46 (7.12%) Customer Requirements
15 43 (6.66%) Biology
15 43 (6.66%) Informatics
16 42 (6.50%) Disruptive Innovation
16 42 (6.50%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 308 (47.68%) C
2 274 (42.41%) C++
3 141 (21.83%) Python
4 83 (12.85%) MATLAB
5 69 (10.68%) C#
6 59 (9.13%) Embedded C
7 39 (6.04%) SQL
8 33 (5.11%) Embedded C++
9 29 (4.49%) Java
10 23 (3.56%) JavaScript
11 16 (2.48%) Shell Script
12 15 (2.32%) Go
13 13 (2.01%) Bash
14 12 (1.86%) Perl
15 11 (1.70%) Assembly Language
16 9 (1.39%) R
17 8 (1.24%) Julia
17 8 (1.24%) TypeScript
18 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 340 (52.63%) Degree
2 27 (4.18%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.72%) HNC
4 22 (3.41%) HND
5 17 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.32%) Chartered Engineer
8 14 (2.17%) PhD
8 14 (2.17%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.46%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.31%) ISEB
11 1 (0.15%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CCNA
11 1 (0.15%) CISA
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CISM
11 1 (0.15%) CISSP
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.72%) ISO 26262
2 23 (3.56%) QA
3 13 (2.01%) ISO 9001
4 12 (1.86%) Automotive SPICE
4 12 (1.86%) AUTOSAR
4 12 (1.86%) MISRA
5 8 (1.24%) NIST
5 8 (1.24%) SLA
6 6 (0.93%) GDPR
7 5 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.62%) ISO 13485
9 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.46%) PMO
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 114 (17.65%) Firmware
2 22 (3.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Ansible
2 2 (0.31%) Nagios
2 2 (0.31%) Puppet
2 2 (0.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.15%) Control-M
3 1 (0.15%) Opscode Chef
3 1 (0.15%) Podman
3 1 (0.15%) SCCM
3 1 (0.15%) XenMobile
3 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.57%) SAP
3 30 (4.64%) EMC
4 27 (4.18%) ANSYS
4 27 (4.18%) Bloomberg
5 25 (3.87%) Salesforce.com
6 18 (2.79%) IBM
6 18 (2.79%) Siemens
7 15 (2.32%) QinetiQ
8 13 (2.01%) Xilinx
9 12 (1.86%) Lauterbach
9 12 (1.86%) QNX
10 8 (1.24%) Adobe
11 7 (1.08%) Oracle
12 5 (0.77%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.77%) ForgeRock
12 5 (0.77%) Workday
13 3 (0.46%) Google
13 3 (0.46%) Qubit
13 3 (0.46%) VMware