Electrical Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Electrical Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Electrical Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £44,605 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 696 717
Rank change year-on-year +296 +21 +128
Permanent jobs requiring an Electrical Engineer 179 75 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.10% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.11% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 19 66 0
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,605 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - -
75th Percentile £47,303 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £51,400 £65,000 -
UK median annual salary £44,605 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.88% -18.18% +1.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Electrical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Electrical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electrical Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electrical Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electrical Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electrical Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +155 77 £44,605 -31.38% 35
East of England +86 48 - - 9
Midlands +111 42 - - 13
East Midlands +80 40 - - 6
Scotland +122 5 £32,000 -46.67% 10
North of England +25 4 £50,000 +33.33% 19
North West -9 4 £50,000 -16.67% 13
Wales +48 3 - - 3
West Midlands +48 2 - - 7
South West +100 1 £50,000 +11.11% 18
Electrical Engineer
UK

Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Electrical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Electrical Engineer in the job title.

1 149 (83.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 142 (79.33%) Microsoft Office
2 142 (79.33%) Microsoft
2 142 (79.33%) Manufacturing
2 142 (79.33%) Degree
3 140 (78.21%) Safety Engineering
4 20 (11.17%) Mentoring
4 20 (11.17%) Coaching
4 20 (11.17%) HND
5 13 (7.26%) Data Centre
6 11 (6.15%) HNC
7 10 (5.59%) Project Management
8 9 (5.03%) Project Delivery
8 9 (5.03%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (5.03%) Finance
8 9 (5.03%) Supply Chain Management
9 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (3.35%) SaaS
10 6 (3.35%) Social Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Presales
11 4 (2.23%) Customer Requirements
12 3 (1.68%) Preventative Maintenance
13 2 (1.12%) Python
13 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
13 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Data Acquisition
14 1 (0.56%) GDPR
14 1 (0.56%) TestOps
14 1 (0.56%) Decarbonisation
14 1 (0.56%) SpaceWire

Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 142 (79.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) SpaceWire
General
1 149 (83.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 142 (79.33%) Manufacturing
3 9 (5.03%) Finance
4 6 (3.35%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.56%) Legal
6 1 (0.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.26%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Linux
1 1 (0.56%) Unix
1 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (78.21%) Safety Engineering
2 20 (11.17%) Coaching
2 20 (11.17%) Mentoring
3 10 (5.59%) Project Management
4 9 (5.03%) GAP Analysis
4 9 (5.03%) Project Delivery
4 9 (5.03%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (2.23%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (2.23%) Presales
6 3 (1.68%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (0.56%) Business Development
7 1 (0.56%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (0.56%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (0.56%) Data Acquisition
7 1 (0.56%) Decarbonisation
7 1 (0.56%) Functional Testing
7 1 (0.56%) Line Management
7 1 (0.56%) System Testing
7 1 (0.56%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (0.56%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.12%) Python
2 1 (0.56%) Bash
2 1 (0.56%) C
2 1 (0.56%) Java
2 1 (0.56%) Tcl
2 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (79.33%) Degree
2 20 (11.17%) HND
3 11 (6.15%) HNC
4 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 142 (79.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.56%) EMC