Electronics Jobs in the South East

Electronics
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 84 97
Rank change year-on-year +72 +13 +25
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 979 547 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.16% 2.91% 3.19%
As % of the General category 14.84% 5.31% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 559 310 176
10th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £62,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +56.89% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile - £60,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £76,875
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,599 10,294 8,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.50% 54.72% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 6,310 4,208
10th Percentile £27,375 £25,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 16 June 2025.

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 16 June 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
Isle of Wight - 529 £70,600 - 37
Thames Valley +59 276 £38,000 -28.30% 302
Buckinghamshire +34 212 £39,054 -2.37% 98
Hampshire -19 59 £40,101 +0.25% 134
Kent +52 56 £55,000 +18.92% 74
Oxfordshire +38 51 £70,000 +32.08% 77
West Sussex +53 24 £37,500 -9.64% 40
Surrey +1 20 £70,000 +27.27% 75
Berkshire +2 13 £36,500 -43.85% 132
East Sussex +23 10 £55,000 +62.96% 27
Middlesex -12 5 - - 1
Electronics
England

Electronics
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 58 (5.92%) Simulink
2 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.31%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.20%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (3.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.20%) AWS
1 2 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.20%) SaaS
2 1 (0.10%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.10%) Amazon ECR
2 1 (0.10%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (0.10%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.10%) Azure
2 1 (0.10%) Dropbox
2 1 (0.10%) Slack
2 1 (0.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 230 (23.49%) Bluetooth
2 227 (23.19%) LTE
3 226 (23.08%) 5G
3 226 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
4 222 (22.68%) Wireless
5 217 (22.17%) GSM
5 217 (22.17%) UMTS
6 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.20%) MQTT
7 2 (0.20%) RS-485
7 2 (0.20%) VoIP
8 1 (0.10%) 3G
8 1 (0.10%) DVB
8 1 (0.10%) HTTP
8 1 (0.10%) Internet
8 1 (0.10%) Modbus
8 1 (0.10%) RS-232
8 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.10%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (0.20%) GIS
2 1 (0.10%) Big Data
2 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 423 (43.21%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (1.63%) JIRA
3 9 (0.92%) Git
4 7 (0.72%) Subversion
5 1 (0.10%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.10%) GitLab
5 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (8.58%) Social Skills
2 66 (6.74%) Aerospace
3 55 (5.62%) Manufacturing
4 36 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (2.96%) Military
6 27 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (2.25%) Finance
8 17 (1.74%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.43%) Marketing
10 12 (1.23%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.02%) Aviation
12 9 (0.92%) Automotive
13 8 (0.82%) Avionics
14 2 (0.20%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.20%) Local Government
15 1 (0.10%) Advertising
15 1 (0.10%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.10%) Games
15 1 (0.10%) Legal
15 1 (0.10%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 430 (43.92%) Systems Engineer
2 261 (26.66%) Electronics Engineer
3 248 (25.33%) Principal Engineer
4 231 (23.60%) Senior
5 220 (22.47%) Test Engineer
6 217 (22.17%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 212 (21.65%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 176 (17.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 72 (7.35%) Lead
10 35 (3.58%) Junior
10 35 (3.58%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 33 (3.37%) Design Engineer
11 33 (3.37%) Radar Engineer
12 30 (3.06%) Software Assurance Engineer
13 26 (2.66%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 25 (2.55%) PCB Design Engineer
14 25 (2.55%) PCB Engineer
15 24 (2.45%) Associate Engineer
16 20 (2.04%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 14 (1.43%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.31%) .NET
2 1 (0.10%) Django
2 1 (0.10%) Flask
2 1 (0.10%) HTML
2 1 (0.10%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (0.10%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.10%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.10%) React
2 1 (0.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 439 (44.84%) Algorithms
2 233 (23.80%) Driving Licence
3 15 (1.53%) IoT
4 14 (1.43%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (1.12%) FPGA
6 10 (1.02%) NB-IoT
6 10 (1.02%) VHDL
7 6 (0.61%) Life Science
7 6 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (0.51%) CPLD
8 5 (0.51%) SCADA
8 5 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.41%) Home Automation
9 4 (0.41%) Robotics
9 4 (0.41%) Smart Home
10 3 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.94%) Linux
2 14 (1.43%) Windows
3 12 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Android
6 1 (0.10%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (53.12%) Systems Engineering
2 498 (50.87%) Signal Processing
3 445 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
4 321 (32.79%) Mentoring
5 242 (24.72%) Coaching
6 241 (24.62%) Validation
7 229 (23.39%) Verification and Validation
8 227 (23.19%) Customer Requirements
9 217 (22.17%) Test Strategy
10 212 (21.65%) Test Planning
11 119 (12.16%) Physics
12 98 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
13 85 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 66 (6.74%) Architectural Design
15 61 (6.23%) Data Analysis
16 60 (6.13%) Mathematics
17 57 (5.82%) Decision-Making
18 50 (5.11%) Computer Science
19 48 (4.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
19 48 (4.90%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 122 (12.46%) MATLAB
2 84 (8.58%) R
3 30 (3.06%) C++
4 28 (2.86%) C
5 25 (2.55%) Python
6 15 (1.53%) C#
7 9 (0.92%) Bash
7 9 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.61%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.31%) Go
9 3 (0.31%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.20%) Ada
10 2 (0.20%) Pascal
10 2 (0.20%) VB
11 1 (0.10%) MicroPython
11 1 (0.10%) SQL
11 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 604 (61.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 436 (44.54%) Degree
3 250 (25.54%) HND
4 31 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.15%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.33%) SC Cleared
7 9 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.51%) PhD
10 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.20%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.20%) HNC
11 1 (0.10%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 435 (44.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (0.41%) Def Stans
2 4 (0.41%) GDPR
2 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.20%) COSHH
3 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.23%) Firmware
2 9 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (0.92%) vSphere
3 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.92%) Ansible
1 9 (0.92%) Puppet
1 9 (0.92%) Terraform
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 410 (41.88%) IBM
2 33 (3.37%) EMC
3 27 (2.76%) Microsoft
4 15 (1.53%) Siemens
5 12 (1.23%) SAP
6 9 (0.92%) VMware
7 7 (0.72%) Mentor Graphics
8 5 (0.51%) Google
9 4 (0.41%) Agilent
10 3 (0.31%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.20%) Cisco
11 2 (0.20%) Freescale
12 1 (0.10%) Altera
12 1 (0.10%) Cadence
12 1 (0.10%) Progress
12 1 (0.10%) Remedy
12 1 (0.10%) Sawtooth Software