Electronics Jobs in the South West

Electronics
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 164 76
Rank change year-on-year +56 -88 +26
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 186 96 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.12% 1.54% 4.30%
As % of the General category 4.31% 2.54% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 122 76 256
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,250 £76,875 £69,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,320 3,779 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.12% 60.73% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 2,330 3,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,238
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,462 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,801
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.78% +0.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Wiltshire +8 43 £35,250 -18.50% 13
Devon +33 41 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Somerset +36 39 £65,000 +44.44% 12
Bristol -7 23 £50,000 -13.04% 27
Gloucestershire +19 20 £37,500 -11.76% 29
Dorset -22 12 £40,000 -46.67% 14
Cornwall - 7 £80,000 -
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (2.15%) Confluence
1 4 (2.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.84%) GNU Octave
2 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.15%) OrCAD
3 4 (2.15%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.08%) Simulink
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.76%) AWS
2 5 (2.69%) Azure
3 4 (2.15%) GitHub
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.37%) 5G
1 23 (12.37%) SD-WAN
1 23 (12.37%) WAN
2 9 (4.84%) OFDM
3 8 (4.30%) Ethernet
3 8 (4.30%) RS-232
4 4 (2.15%) Bluetooth
4 4 (2.15%) PBX
4 4 (2.15%) VoIP
4 4 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.61%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.54%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.61%) SQLite
2 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.53%) Git
2 8 (4.30%) LabVIEW
2 8 (4.30%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (2.69%) Eclipse
3 5 (2.69%) JIRA
3 5 (2.69%) Subversion
4 3 (1.61%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.08%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (1.08%) Rational Team Concert
6 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.54%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 51 (27.42%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (24.73%) Manufacturing
4 29 (15.59%) Finance
5 25 (13.44%) Aerospace
5 25 (13.44%) Telecoms
6 19 (10.22%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (9.14%) Military
8 15 (8.06%) Automotive
8 15 (8.06%) Marketing
9 13 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (6.99%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.76%) Aviation
11 4 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.08%) Legal
12 2 (1.08%) Retail
13 1 (0.54%) Local Government
13 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (15.05%) Hardware Engineer
2 27 (14.52%) Software Engineer
3 20 (10.75%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (8.06%) Developer
4 15 (8.06%) Electronics Engineer
4 15 (8.06%) Lead
4 15 (8.06%) Technical Support
5 14 (7.53%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.45%) Project Leader
7 11 (5.91%) Technical Leader
7 11 (5.91%) Technical Project Leader
7 11 (5.91%) Test Engineer
8 10 (5.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (5.38%) Support Assistant
9 9 (4.84%) DSP Engineer
9 9 (4.84%) Senior
9 9 (4.84%) Software Project Leader
10 8 (4.30%) Electronics Technician
10 8 (4.30%) FPGA Developer
11 7 (3.76%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) .NET
2 4 (2.15%) HTML
2 4 (2.15%) pytest
3 2 (1.08%) XML
4 1 (0.54%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.54%) Qt
4 1 (0.54%) REST
4 1 (0.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.98%) FPGA
2 25 (13.44%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (9.68%) VHDL
4 17 (9.14%) Robotics
5 13 (6.99%) Algorithms
6 9 (4.84%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (4.30%) GNSS
7 8 (4.30%) MicroBlaze
8 7 (3.76%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (3.76%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.69%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.61%) IoT
11 2 (1.08%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.54%) ASIC
12 1 (0.54%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.54%) NHS
12 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (20.97%) Windows
2 30 (16.13%) Linux
3 8 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.76%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.69%) Android
5 5 (2.69%) Unix
6 4 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (22.58%) Software Engineering
3 32 (17.20%) Computer Science
4 30 (16.13%) B2B
5 28 (15.05%) Test Automation
6 23 (12.37%) Test Assurance
7 22 (11.83%) Validation
8 21 (11.29%) Mentoring
8 21 (11.29%) Signal Processing
9 19 (10.22%) Creative Thinking
9 19 (10.22%) Defect Tracking
9 19 (10.22%) Project Management
9 19 (10.22%) Requirements Analysis
10 18 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
11 17 (9.14%) Physics
11 17 (9.14%) Product Management
12 16 (8.60%) FPGA Design
12 16 (8.60%) Systems Engineering
13 15 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (6.99%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.35%) C++
2 28 (15.05%) MATLAB
3 27 (14.52%) C
4 11 (5.91%) Java
5 10 (5.38%) Python
6 8 (4.30%) Perl
6 8 (4.30%) Tcl
6 8 (4.30%) VB
7 7 (3.76%) SQL
8 5 (2.69%) C#
9 4 (2.15%) Embedded C
9 4 (2.15%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.61%) Bash
10 3 (1.61%) PHP
11 2 (1.08%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.54%) Ada
12 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (28.49%) Degree
2 19 (10.22%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.45%) HND
5 6 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.15%) CCNA
6 4 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.61%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.54%) HNC
9 1 (0.54%) ISEB
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.45%) PMO
2 7 (3.76%) QA
3 3 (1.61%) JTAG
4 1 (0.54%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.54%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 38 (20.43%) Firmware
2 9 (4.84%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (6.99%) SAP
2 9 (4.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.84%) Xilinx
3 8 (4.30%) Altera
3 8 (4.30%) Green Hills
3 8 (4.30%) HP
3 8 (4.30%) Motorola
3 8 (4.30%) VMware
4 5 (2.69%) Xamarin
5 4 (2.15%) Cisco
5 4 (2.15%) Symantec
6 2 (1.08%) Thales
7 1 (0.54%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.54%) F5
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle
7 1 (0.54%) Sage