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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 133 164
Rank change year-on-year +89 +31 -74
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 192 185 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.41% 1.89% 1.61%
As % of the General category 8.35% 3.60% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 58 131 86
10th Percentile £27,350 £27,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £42,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £65,000 £69,375
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

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 2,300 5,133 4,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.84% 52.40% 63.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 3,475 2,300
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +2.79%
75th Percentile £63,908 £60,174 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Bristol +94 73 £55,000 +15.79% 63
Devon +13 31 £46,000 +2.22% 15
Gloucestershire +80 28 £33,000 -12.00% 51
Dorset +45 22 £40,101 +0.25% 13
Somerset -3 22 £40,101 -31.74% 15
Wiltshire +22 14 £35,000 -1.41% 12
Cornwall +3 1 - - 4
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 1 (0.52%) Apache
Applications
1 23 (11.98%) Simulink
2 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (10.42%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.52%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.29%) AWS
2 9 (4.69%) Azure
3 6 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.08%) GitHub
5 3 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.52%) GCP
7 1 (0.52%) OCI
7 1 (0.52%) Serverless
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.85%) 5G
2 15 (7.81%) SD-WAN
2 15 (7.81%) WAN
3 8 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (3.13%) LTE
4 6 (3.13%) Wireless
5 5 (2.60%) Bluetooth
5 5 (2.60%) GSM
5 5 (2.60%) UMTS
6 4 (2.08%) Firewall
7 3 (1.56%) VoIP
8 2 (1.04%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.04%) RFID
9 1 (0.52%) 802.11
9 1 (0.52%) ATM
9 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.52%) VPN
9 1 (0.52%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.60%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.52%) Big Data
4 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.52%) MySQL
4 1 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 21 (10.94%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (4.17%) Git
3 4 (2.08%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) CMake
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) JUnit
4 1 (0.52%) Subversion
4 1 (0.52%) VersaTest
4 1 (0.52%) WiX
General
1 47 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (17.71%) Aerospace
4 33 (17.19%) Manufacturing
5 20 (10.42%) Finance
6 18 (9.38%) Marketing
7 16 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 16 (8.33%) Telecoms
8 12 (6.25%) Automotive
8 12 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.56%) Avionics
11 1 (0.52%) Billing
11 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 40 (20.83%) Senior
2 29 (15.10%) Electronics Engineer
2 29 (15.10%) Principal Engineer
2 29 (15.10%) Software Engineer
3 27 (14.06%) Software Assurance Engineer
4 25 (13.02%) Systems Engineer
5 21 (10.94%) Junior
6 20 (10.42%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 17 (8.85%) Lead
8 16 (8.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Design Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Senior Design Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 12 (6.25%) Senior Electrical Engineer
11 9 (4.69%) Electronics Test Engineer
11 9 (4.69%) Test Engineer
12 8 (4.17%) Project Leader
12 8 (4.17%) Software Project Leader
12 8 (4.17%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.08%) .NET
1 4 (2.08%) .NET Core
1 4 (2.08%) .NET Framework
1 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET
1 4 (2.08%) Entity Framework
1 4 (2.08%) Node.js
1 4 (2.08%) pytest
1 4 (2.08%) REST
2 2 (1.04%) HTML
2 2 (1.04%) React
2 2 (1.04%) Spring
2 2 (1.04%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.52%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.52%) CSS
3 1 (0.52%) CSS3
3 1 (0.52%) Hibernate
3 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (6.25%) Self-Driving Car
3 11 (5.73%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.73%) Optoelectronics
4 8 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 8 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.08%) IoT
7 3 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.56%) FMCG
7 3 (1.56%) FPGA
7 3 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.56%) VHDL
7 3 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.04%) GNSS
8 2 (1.04%) MicroBlaze
8 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.04%) Satnav
8 2 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.94%) Windows
2 8 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.65%) Linux
4 5 (2.60%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (51.04%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (48.96%) Systems Engineering
3 92 (47.92%) Software Engineering
4 85 (44.27%) Decision-Making
5 72 (37.50%) Software Assurance
6 40 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 32 (16.67%) Project Management
8 25 (13.02%) Physics
9 24 (12.50%) Programme Management
10 23 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (10.94%) Mathematics
11 21 (10.94%) Requirements Analysis
12 20 (10.42%) Agile
12 20 (10.42%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 20 (10.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 20 (10.42%) PLM
12 20 (10.42%) SysML
12 20 (10.42%) Test Automation
12 20 (10.42%) UML
13 19 (9.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.10%) MATLAB
2 14 (7.29%) Java
3 13 (6.77%) C++
3 13 (6.77%) Python
4 8 (4.17%) C#
5 6 (3.13%) C
5 6 (3.13%) SQL
6 4 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.56%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.04%) Bash
8 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.04%) Perl
8 2 (1.04%) Tcl
8 2 (1.04%) VB
9 1 (0.52%) COBOL
9 1 (0.52%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.52%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (54.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 71 (36.98%) Degree
3 16 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.81%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.69%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.69%) HND
6 4 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.04%) CCNA
8 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.52%) CCNP
9 1 (0.52%) CISSP
9 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.52%) GCSC
9 1 (0.52%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) PMO
2 4 (2.08%) QA
3 2 (1.04%) GDPR
3 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.04%) NIST
3 2 (1.04%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (7.29%) Firmware
2 13 (6.77%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.56%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.04%) Docker
5 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.56%) SCCM
2 3 (1.56%) Terraform
3 2 (1.04%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 20 (10.42%) IBM
2 16 (8.33%) SAP
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.08%) Cisco
4 4 (2.08%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.56%) Aruba
5 3 (1.56%) EMC
5 3 (1.56%) Okta
5 3 (1.56%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.56%) YouTube
6 2 (1.04%) Altera
6 2 (1.04%) Green Hills
6 2 (1.04%) HP
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.52%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.52%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Xero