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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 81 146
Rank change year-on-year +11 +65 -28
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 119 132 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.35% 3.18% 1.59%
As % of the General category 5.08% 5.52% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 94 53 65
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £29,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £81,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £64,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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 2,342 2,392 2,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 46.27% 57.56% 52.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 1,117 1,836
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +37 64 £58,750 +6.82% 21
Wiltshire +13 25 £52,500 +23.53% 13
Gloucestershire +21 10 £53,750 +43.33% 13
Devon -30 9 £40,000 -12.09% 5
Dorset +5 8 £42,500 -14.57% 5
Somerset -24 3 £75,900 -3.62% 7
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 4 (3.36%) IIS
2 2 (1.68%) Tomcat
2 2 (1.68%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.68%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (0.84%) Apache
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.36%) Fusion 360
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.84%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.84%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.68%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.72%) Azure
2 6 (5.04%) GitHub
3 5 (4.20%) AWS
4 4 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.52%) GCP
5 3 (2.52%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.68%) OCI
7 1 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) Network Security
2 7 (5.88%) DHCP
2 7 (5.88%) DNS
3 6 (5.04%) 5G
3 6 (5.04%) SD-WAN
3 6 (5.04%) WAN
4 5 (4.20%) Firewall
4 5 (4.20%) VLAN
4 5 (4.20%) VPN
5 4 (3.36%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (3.36%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.36%) IPsec
5 4 (3.36%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (3.36%) VoIP
5 4 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.36%) Wireless
5 4 (3.36%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.52%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.84%) Modbus
7 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.52%) Big Data
3 2 (1.68%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Git
2 6 (5.04%) LabVIEW
3 5 (4.20%) JIRA
4 4 (3.36%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.84%) GitLab
General
1 67 (56.30%) Manufacturing
2 63 (52.94%) Telecoms
3 61 (51.26%) Finance
3 61 (51.26%) Marketing
3 61 (51.26%) Public Sector
4 55 (46.22%) Social Skills
5 22 (18.49%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.56%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.52%) Avionics
8 3 (2.52%) Retail
9 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 38 (31.93%) Consultant
1 38 (31.93%) Security Consultant
2 16 (13.45%) Test Engineer
3 15 (12.61%) Lead
4 12 (10.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (6.72%) Electronics Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Software Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Product Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Product Test Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Verification Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Developer
8 5 (4.20%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Products Support Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Support Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (3.36%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (3.36%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.36%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (21.85%) SAP CAF
2 6 (5.04%) pytest
3 5 (4.20%) Qt
4 2 (1.68%) Bootstrap
4 2 (1.68%) CSS
4 2 (1.68%) Flask
4 2 (1.68%) HTML
4 2 (1.68%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.68%) RESTful
4 2 (1.68%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.84%) NumPy
5 1 (0.84%) Pandas
5 1 (0.84%) PySpark
5 1 (0.84%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.84%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (10.08%) Algorithms
3 11 (9.24%) FPGA
4 9 (7.56%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (5.04%) Self-Driving Car
7 5 (4.20%) Arduino
7 5 (4.20%) Life Science
7 5 (4.20%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (3.36%) Clustering
8 4 (3.36%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.52%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.68%) Analogue Electronics
11 1 (0.84%) ASIC
11 1 (0.84%) CCTV
11 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.84%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.61%) Linux
2 14 (11.76%) Windows
3 8 (6.72%) Unix
4 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.84%) Debian
5 1 (0.84%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (51.26%) Business Intelligence
1 61 (51.26%) Digital Marketing
1 61 (51.26%) Programme Management
2 41 (34.45%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
4 30 (25.21%) Risk Management
5 26 (21.85%) ISMS
6 21 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 19 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (10.92%) Systems Engineering
9 13 (10.92%) Validation
10 11 (9.24%) Agile
11 10 (8.40%) Physics
11 10 (8.40%) Test Automation
11 10 (8.40%) Verification and Validation
12 9 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (6.72%) AI
13 8 (6.72%) Coaching
13 8 (6.72%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.33%) Python
2 13 (10.92%) C
3 9 (7.56%) C++
3 9 (7.56%) MATLAB
4 6 (5.04%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.36%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.36%) Rust
5 4 (3.36%) SQL
6 3 (2.52%) Bash
6 3 (2.52%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (2.52%) Tcl
7 2 (1.68%) Embedded C
7 2 (1.68%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.84%) Bicep
8 1 (0.84%) C#
8 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 46 (38.66%) SC Cleared
3 39 (32.77%) CISSP
4 31 (26.05%) Degree
5 27 (22.69%) CISM
6 26 (21.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 22 (18.49%) DV Cleared
8 12 (10.08%) CEH
8 12 (10.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (5.88%) Master's Degree
10 6 (5.04%) HND
11 4 (3.36%) ACMT
11 4 (3.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.84%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (32.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 39 (32.77%) NIST
2 26 (21.85%) GRC
3 12 (10.08%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.20%) ISO 13485
5 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (6.72%) Docker
2 5 (4.20%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.52%) Firmware
5 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.84%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.36%) Ansible
2 4 (3.36%) Autotask
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.36%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.68%) Terraform
4 1 (0.84%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 61 (51.26%) SAP
2 10 (8.40%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.04%) Cisco
3 6 (5.04%) Oracle
4 5 (4.20%) Veeam
4 5 (4.20%) VMware
5 4 (3.36%) Apple
5 4 (3.36%) Datto
5 4 (3.36%) EMC
5 4 (3.36%) IBM
5 4 (3.36%) Sophos
6 3 (2.52%) Google
7 2 (1.68%) IFS
8 1 (0.84%) Dell
8 1 (0.84%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.84%) HP
8 1 (0.84%) Juniper
8 1 (0.84%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.84%) Palantir
8 1 (0.84%) Xilinx