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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 89 98
Rank change year-on-year +76 +9 +30
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 1,005 527 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.33% 2.87% 3.11%
As % of the General category 15.15% 5.19% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 575 302 178
10th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £62,000 £37,500 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.63% -9.52% -
75th Percentile - £61,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £76,625
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 6,632 10,159 8,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.14% 55.25% 62.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,848 6,238 4,254
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,438 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 9 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 9 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 - 551 £70,600 - 14
Thames Valley +66 275 £42,250 -20.28% 186
Buckinghamshire +32 210 £43,750 +9.38% 56
Hampshire -17 62 £40,101 +0.25% 74
Kent +45 59 £55,000 +15.79% 45
Oxfordshire +39 52 £70,000 +30.23% 52
West Sussex +52 24 £37,500 -9.64% 24
Surrey +6 20 £70,000 +27.27% 56
Berkshire +14 13 £39,500 -39.23% 82
East Sussex +22 10 £55,000 +62.96% 12
Middlesex -15 4 - - 2
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 (0.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.100%) Confluence
Applications
1 60 (5.97%) Simulink
2 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.30%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.20%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (3.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.20%) AWS
1 2 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.20%) SaaS
2 1 (0.100%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.100%) Amazon ECR
2 1 (0.100%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (0.100%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.100%) Azure
2 1 (0.100%) Dropbox
2 1 (0.100%) Slack
2 1 (0.100%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 230 (22.89%) Bluetooth
2 227 (22.59%) LTE
3 226 (22.49%) 5G
3 226 (22.49%) Wi-Fi
4 221 (21.99%) Wireless
5 217 (21.59%) GSM
5 217 (21.59%) UMTS
6 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.100%) 3G
8 1 (0.100%) DVB
8 1 (0.100%) GPRS
8 1 (0.100%) HTTP
8 1 (0.100%) Modbus
8 1 (0.100%) RS-232
8 1 (0.100%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.100%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (0.20%) GIS
1 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.100%) Big Data
2 1 (0.100%) MySQL
2 1 (0.100%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 449 (44.68%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (1.59%) JIRA
3 9 (0.90%) Git
4 7 (0.70%) Subversion
5 1 (0.100%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.100%) GitLab
5 1 (0.100%) Visual Studio
General
1 82 (8.16%) Social Skills
2 65 (6.47%) Aerospace
3 57 (5.67%) Manufacturing
4 36 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (2.99%) Military
6 27 (2.69%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (2.19%) Finance
8 16 (1.59%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.49%) Marketing
10 13 (1.29%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.00%) Aviation
12 8 (0.80%) Automotive
12 8 (0.80%) Avionics
13 2 (0.20%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.20%) Local Government
14 1 (0.100%) Advertising
14 1 (0.100%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.100%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.100%) Legal
14 1 (0.100%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 456 (45.37%) Systems Engineer
2 270 (26.87%) Principal Engineer
3 260 (25.87%) Electronics Engineer
4 245 (24.38%) Senior
5 224 (22.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 220 (21.89%) Test Engineer
7 217 (21.59%) Electronics Test Engineer
8 190 (18.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 65 (6.47%) Lead
10 40 (3.98%) Software Assurance Engineer
11 35 (3.48%) Junior
11 35 (3.48%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 33 (3.28%) Design Engineer
12 33 (3.28%) Radar Engineer
13 26 (2.59%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 25 (2.49%) PCB Design Engineer
14 25 (2.49%) PCB Engineer
15 24 (2.39%) Associate Engineer
16 20 (1.99%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 13 (1.29%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.30%) .NET
2 1 (0.100%) Django
2 1 (0.100%) Flask
2 1 (0.100%) HTML
2 1 (0.100%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (0.100%) Middleware
2 1 (0.100%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.100%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.100%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.100%) React
2 1 (0.100%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 464 (46.17%) Algorithms
2 231 (22.99%) Driving Licence
3 16 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 15 (1.49%) IoT
5 14 (1.39%) Analogue Electronics
6 11 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (1.09%) FPGA
7 10 (1.00%) NB-IoT
7 10 (1.00%) VHDL
8 6 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.50%) CPLD
9 5 (0.50%) Life Science
9 5 (0.50%) SCADA
9 5 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.40%) Robotics
11 3 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.30%) Home Automation
11 3 (0.30%) Smart Home
11 3 (0.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.99%) Linux
2 14 (1.39%) Windows
3 12 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.100%) Android
6 1 (0.100%) Debian
6 1 (0.100%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (55.32%) Systems Engineering
2 516 (51.34%) Signal Processing
3 469 (46.67%) Technical Leadership
4 332 (33.03%) Mentoring
5 243 (24.18%) Coaching
6 241 (23.98%) Validation
7 229 (22.79%) Verification and Validation
8 227 (22.59%) Customer Requirements
9 224 (22.29%) Test Planning
10 217 (21.59%) Test Strategy
11 115 (11.44%) Physics
12 98 (9.75%) Problem-Solving
13 97 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 67 (6.67%) Decision-Making
15 65 (6.47%) Architectural Design
16 62 (6.17%) Mathematics
17 56 (5.57%) Data Analysis
18 55 (5.47%) Software Engineering
19 50 (4.98%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
19 50 (4.98%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 118 (11.74%) MATLAB
2 96 (9.55%) R
3 30 (2.99%) C++
4 28 (2.79%) C
5 26 (2.59%) Python
6 15 (1.49%) C#
7 9 (0.90%) Bash
7 9 (0.90%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.60%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.30%) Go
9 3 (0.30%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.20%) Ada
10 2 (0.20%) Pascal
10 2 (0.20%) VB
11 1 (0.100%) Java
11 1 (0.100%) MicroPython
11 1 (0.100%) SQL
11 1 (0.100%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 634 (63.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 431 (42.89%) Degree
3 250 (24.88%) HND
4 31 (3.08%) Master's Degree
5 19 (1.89%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.29%) SC Cleared
7 9 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.50%) PhD
10 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.20%) HNC
11 1 (0.100%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.100%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 459 (45.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (0.40%) Def Stans
2 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.20%) NIST
5 1 (0.100%) COSHH
5 1 (0.100%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (1.19%) Firmware
2 9 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (0.90%) vSphere
3 1 (0.100%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.90%) Ansible
1 9 (0.90%) Puppet
1 9 (0.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.100%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.100%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 435 (43.28%) IBM
2 33 (3.28%) EMC
3 27 (2.69%) Microsoft
4 17 (1.69%) Siemens
5 13 (1.29%) SAP
6 9 (0.90%) VMware
7 7 (0.70%) Mentor Graphics
8 5 (0.50%) Google
9 4 (0.40%) Agilent
10 3 (0.30%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.20%) Cisco
11 2 (0.20%) Freescale
12 1 (0.100%) Altera
12 1 (0.100%) Cadence
12 1 (0.100%) Progress
12 1 (0.100%) Remedy
12 1 (0.100%) Sawtooth Software