Electronics Job Trends in Surrey

Electronics
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 71 81
Rank change year-on-year -26 +10 -41
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 21 29 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.96% 2.59% 2.61%
As % of the General category 2.00% 3.99% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 51
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,188 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% -9.91%
75th Percentile £85,938 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 - £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -9.52%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,051 727 1,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 48.17% 64.85% 65.84%
Number of salaries quoted 728 407 876
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £39,938 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -8.57%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Surrey

Electronics
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Electronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Electronics

Electronics
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Surrey over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics in Surrey

Electronics
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Egham - 7 £100,000 - 2
Guildford -24 6 £51,250 +36.67% 5
Redhill +3 4 £30,000 -57.14% 7
Chertsey - 2 £80,000 -
Godalming - 1 £45,000 -
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) LTE
1 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
1 4 (19.05%) VSAT
2 2 (9.52%) Asterisk PBX
2 2 (9.52%) Bluetooth
2 2 (9.52%) Ethernet
2 2 (9.52%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 2 (9.52%) GSM
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 2 (9.52%) RS-232
2 2 (9.52%) RS-485
2 2 (9.52%) VoIP
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (9.52%) Wireless
2 2 (9.52%) ZigBee
3 1 (4.76%) HTTP
3 1 (4.76%) MQTT
3 1 (4.76%) NFC
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Wearables
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Android Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Android Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Graduate
2 4 (19.05%) Graphics Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Graphics Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Commissioning Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Communications Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Hardware Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) DirectX
1 4 (19.05%) Middleware
1 4 (19.05%) OpenGL
1 4 (19.05%) OpenGL ES
1 4 (19.05%) Vulkan
2 2 (9.52%) Flash
3 1 (4.76%) GStreamer
3 1 (4.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Acoustics
2 2 (9.52%) Handset
2 2 (9.52%) IoT
2 2 (9.52%) PCIe
3 1 (4.76%) Robotics
3 1 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Android
3 3 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Computer Science
2 8 (38.10%) Mathematics
3 6 (28.57%) Validation
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 5 (23.81%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
6 3 (14.29%) High Availability
6 3 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Engineering
7 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Design for Manufacturing
7 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (9.52%) Schematic Capture
7 2 (9.52%) Signal Processing
7 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
7 2 (9.52%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
2 2 (9.52%) Perl
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (19.05%) HNC
4 4 (19.05%) HND
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) JTAG
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Firmware
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
3 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) NVIDIA