Electronics Jobs in the Thames Valley

Electronics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 98 136
Rank change year-on-year +66 +38 -77
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 255 162 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.55% 2.41% 2.01%
As % of the General category 9.86% 4.56% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 19 65 65
10th Percentile £30,700 £31,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +11.94% -2.63%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £50,803
90th Percentile £73,000 £67,500 £62,971
South East median annual salary £62,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +30.53% -9.52% +5.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,586 3,549 3,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 76.60% 52.77% 64.58%
Number of salaries quoted 751 2,223 1,730
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £34,000 £35,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £75,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Buckinghamshire +36 184 £60,000 +43.71% 51
Oxfordshire +44 61 £70,000 +28.44% 41
Berkshire +23 10 £45,000 -18.18% 44
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (2.35%) Confluence
2 3 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
1 6 (2.35%) Amazon ECR
1 6 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
1 6 (2.35%) Amazon S3
1 6 (2.35%) AWS
1 6 (2.35%) Slack
1 6 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.39%) Azure
3 1 (0.39%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 212 (83.14%) 5G
1 212 (83.14%) Bluetooth
1 212 (83.14%) LTE
1 212 (83.14%) Wi-Fi
2 203 (79.61%) GSM
2 203 (79.61%) UMTS
2 203 (79.61%) Wireless
3 4 (1.57%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.39%) DVB
4 1 (0.39%) Modbus
4 1 (0.39%) Profibus
4 1 (0.39%) RS-232
4 1 (0.39%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.75%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.39%) Big Data
3 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.31%) Git
2 10 (3.92%) JIRA
3 6 (2.35%) GitLab
4 4 (1.57%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (9.80%) Manufacturing
2 18 (7.06%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.10%) Aerospace
4 9 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.14%) Finance
5 8 (3.14%) Marketing
5 8 (3.14%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.14%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.57%) Aviation
7 2 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Advertising
8 1 (0.39%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.39%) Games
8 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 209 (81.96%) Electronics Engineer
2 204 (80.00%) Test Engineer
3 203 (79.61%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 18 (7.06%) Senior
5 11 (4.31%) Software Engineer
6 9 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (3.53%) Lead
6 9 (3.53%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (2.75%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (2.35%) Developer
9 5 (1.96%) Design Engineer
9 5 (1.96%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 5 (1.96%) Software Developer
10 4 (1.57%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (1.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 2 (0.78%) Communications Engineer
12 2 (0.78%) Hardware Engineer
12 2 (0.78%) Incident Engineer
12 2 (0.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 2 (0.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.35%) Django
1 6 (2.35%) Flask
1 6 (2.35%) Lambda Expressions
1 6 (2.35%) React
2 1 (0.39%) .NET
2 1 (0.39%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.39%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.39%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 205 (80.39%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.31%) Molecular Biology
3 10 (3.92%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.53%) IoT
4 9 (3.53%) NB-IoT
5 7 (2.75%) FPGA
6 5 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.57%) CPLD
7 4 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.78%) VHDL
9 1 (0.39%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.39%) CUDA
9 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.39%) Photovoltaics
9 1 (0.39%) Robotics
9 1 (0.39%) SCADA
9 1 (0.39%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.06%) Linux
2 11 (4.31%) Windows
3 9 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.96%) Debian
5 1 (0.39%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (83.53%) Mentoring
2 209 (81.96%) Validation
3 208 (81.57%) Customer Requirements
4 207 (81.18%) Verification and Validation
5 203 (79.61%) Coaching
5 203 (79.61%) Test Strategy
6 14 (5.49%) OO
6 14 (5.49%) OOD
7 11 (4.31%) Biology
7 11 (4.31%) Commercialisation
7 11 (4.31%) Disruptive Innovation
7 11 (4.31%) Informatics
7 11 (4.31%) Software Engineering
8 10 (3.92%) Asset Management
9 9 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (3.53%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (3.53%) Project Planning
9 9 (3.53%) Software Testing
9 9 (3.53%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (3.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.20%) Python
2 19 (7.45%) C++
3 14 (5.49%) C
4 9 (3.53%) Bash
4 9 (3.53%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.35%) C#
5 6 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.39%) Java
6 1 (0.39%) MicroPython
6 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 234 (91.76%) Degree
2 203 (79.61%) HND
3 9 (3.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.96%) PhD
6 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (3.53%) vSphere
2 2 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (3.53%) Ansible
1 9 (3.53%) Puppet
1 9 (3.53%) Terraform
2 6 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.35%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 12 (4.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.53%) VMware
3 8 (3.14%) SAP
4 6 (2.35%) Sawtooth Software
5 4 (1.57%) Agilent
6 3 (1.18%) EMC
7 1 (0.39%) Altera
7 1 (0.39%) Cadence
7 1 (0.39%) Freescale
7 1 (0.39%) IBM