Electronics Job Trends 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 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 66 135
Rank change year-on-year -49 +69 +12
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 97 99 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.27% 3.69% 1.90%
As % of the General category 3.05% 5.31% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 53 38 117
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £26,150
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +19.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £55,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% +5.00%

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 general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,181 1,864 4,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.54% 69.55% 54.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 1,083 3,392
10th Percentile £27,050 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,058 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +7.49% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Electronics job vacancy trend in the South West

Electronics
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 2026. 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 -9 35 £65,000 +9.43% 17
Devon -29 27 £40,500 -11.96% 5
Gloucestershire -22 15 £38,000 +5.56% 8
Somerset -20 9 £34,000 -39.56% 3
Wiltshire -13 7 £58,750 +23.68% 8
Dorset -16 4 £35,000 -33.33% 1
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.12%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (4.12%) Fusion 360
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.25%) GitHub
2 5 (5.15%) AWS
3 1 (1.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.25%) 5G
1 8 (8.25%) SD-WAN
1 8 (8.25%) WAN
2 7 (7.22%) Bluetooth
2 7 (7.22%) Wireless
3 4 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.09%) DHCP
4 3 (3.09%) DNS
4 3 (3.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.06%) LAN
6 1 (1.03%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.03%) Modbus
6 1 (1.03%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (18.56%) Git
2 8 (8.25%) LabVIEW
3 6 (6.19%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.12%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.06%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.03%) GitLab
6 1 (1.03%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.03%) JIRA
6 1 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (44.33%) Manufacturing
2 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 20 (20.62%) Telecoms
4 19 (19.59%) Finance
5 18 (18.56%) Marketing
5 18 (18.56%) Public Sector
6 14 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (8.25%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (6.19%) Aerospace
9 4 (4.12%) Automotive
9 4 (4.12%) Environmental Health
9 4 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.09%) Aviation
10 3 (3.09%) Avionics
11 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Military
12 1 (1.03%) Digital Health
12 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (23.71%) Lead
2 14 (14.43%) Test Engineer
3 13 (13.40%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (12.37%) Electronics Engineer
4 12 (12.37%) Graduate
4 12 (12.37%) Support Engineer
5 11 (11.34%) Software Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Consultant
6 8 (8.25%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Graduate Support Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Product Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Product Test Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) RF Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Security Consultant
6 8 (8.25%) Systems Support
6 8 (8.25%) Systems Support Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Verification Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Embedded Engineer
8 4 (4.12%) FMEA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) pytest
1 8 (8.25%) SAP CAF
2 6 (6.19%) HTML
3 2 (2.06%) Bootstrap
3 2 (2.06%) CSS
3 2 (2.06%) Flask
3 2 (2.06%) RESTful
4 1 (1.03%) DirectX
4 1 (1.03%) Flash
4 1 (1.03%) OpenGL
4 1 (1.03%) Vue
4 1 (1.03%) Vulkan
4 1 (1.03%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.59%) FPGA
2 14 (14.43%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.25%) Self-Driving Car
4 7 (7.22%) Algorithms
4 7 (7.22%) IoT
5 5 (5.15%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (5.15%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (4.12%) Life Science
6 4 (4.12%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.09%) Smart Home
8 2 (2.06%) Learning Management System
9 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.49%) Linux
1 16 (16.49%) Windows
2 8 (8.25%) Unix
3 1 (1.03%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.03%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (25.77%) Test Automation
2 25 (25.77%) Validation
3 19 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (18.56%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (18.56%) Digital Marketing
4 18 (18.56%) Programme Management
5 16 (16.49%) Physics
6 12 (12.37%) Collaborative Culture
6 12 (12.37%) Risk Management
6 12 (12.37%) Software Engineering
6 12 (12.37%) Systems Engineering
6 12 (12.37%) Verification and Validation
7 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
8 8 (8.25%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (8.25%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (8.25%) System Testing
8 8 (8.25%) Test Assurance
8 8 (8.25%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.53%) Python
2 11 (11.34%) C++
3 8 (8.25%) MATLAB
4 6 (6.19%) C
5 5 (5.15%) C#
6 2 (2.06%) Bash
6 2 (2.06%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.06%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.03%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.03%) SQL
7 1 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (32.99%) Degree
2 20 (20.62%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.37%) HND
4 10 (10.31%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.25%) CISM
5 8 (8.25%) CISSP
5 8 (8.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 7 (7.22%) DV Cleared
7 6 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (4.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (2.06%) HNC
9 2 (2.06%) HPE ATP
9 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) GRC
1 8 (8.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (8.25%) NIST
2 6 (6.19%) ISO 9001
3 4 (4.12%) ISO 13485
3 4 (4.12%) QA
4 3 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (1.03%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (10.31%) Firmware
2 5 (5.15%) Docker
2 5 (5.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.19%) Ansible
2 4 (4.12%) Terraform
3 3 (3.09%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.03%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.03%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) SAP
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.12%) Adobe
3 4 (4.12%) IBM
4 1 (1.03%) Cisco
4 1 (1.03%) Dell
4 1 (1.03%) Google
4 1 (1.03%) HP
4 1 (1.03%) Juniper
4 1 (1.03%) Motorola
4 1 (1.03%) Palantir
4 1 (1.03%) TOWER Software
4 1 (1.03%) Veeam
4 1 (1.03%) VMware