Electronics Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Electronic Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 451 486
Rank change year-on-year +316 +35 +158
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 897 354 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.31% 0.48% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 0.51% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 90 244 87
10th Percentile £46,250 £32,800 £36,200
25th Percentile £48,869 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -19.47% +24.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,575 £70,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -23.08% +23.81%

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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -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% -

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics 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 Electronics Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
East of England +167 324 £55,000 - 29
South East +115 258 £60,000 +9.09% 47
Midlands +185 198 £47,500 -29.63% 14
East Midlands +146 197 £47,500 -5.00% 6
North of England +66 76 £50,055 +5.38% 32
North West +30 72 £50,055 +5.38% 17
South West +131 36 £53,750 +7.50% 27
Scotland +102 5 £67,500 +58.82% 11
Yorkshire +57 4 - - 10
Wales +45 2 £50,000 +112.77% 8
West Midlands +43 1 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
Electronics Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Electronics 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 Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 855 (95.32%) Degree
2 820 (91.42%) HND
3 819 (91.30%) Electronics
4 782 (87.18%) Validation
5 727 (81.05%) Customer Requirements
6 726 (80.94%) Verification and Validation
7 725 (80.82%) 5G
8 724 (80.71%) Wireless
8 724 (80.71%) Bluetooth
9 723 (80.60%) GSM
10 722 (80.49%) Wi-Fi
10 722 (80.49%) Mentoring
10 722 (80.49%) Driving Licence
11 721 (80.38%) Coaching
11 721 (80.38%) LTE
11 721 (80.38%) Test Strategy
11 721 (80.38%) UMTS
12 69 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
13 55 (6.13%) EMC
13 55 (6.13%) HNC
14 54 (6.02%) Data Analysis
14 54 (6.02%) Requirements Management
15 53 (5.91%) Rational DOORS
15 53 (5.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 53 (5.91%) Systems Engineering
15 53 (5.91%) Requirements Gathering
16 52 (5.80%) Manufacturing
17 39 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 39 (4.35%) Project Planning
18 32 (3.57%) Firmware

Electronics 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 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) Simulink
3 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
1 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 725 (80.82%) 5G
2 724 (80.71%) Bluetooth
2 724 (80.71%) Wireless
3 723 (80.60%) GSM
4 722 (80.49%) Wi-Fi
5 721 (80.38%) LTE
5 721 (80.38%) UMTS
6 4 (0.45%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.45%) WAN
7 3 (0.33%) MQTT
7 3 (0.33%) RS-232
8 2 (0.22%) GPRS
8 2 (0.22%) RFID
8 2 (0.22%) RS-485
9 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 53 (5.91%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (1.11%) JIRA
3 8 (0.89%) Git
4 4 (0.45%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.45%) Subversion
5 1 (0.11%) Carbide.c++
General
1 819 (91.30%) Electronics
2 52 (5.80%) Manufacturing
3 39 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (1.45%) Telecoms
5 12 (1.34%) Social Skills
6 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
6 8 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (0.67%) Aviation
8 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.22%) Marketing
10 1 (0.11%) Finance
10 1 (0.11%) Military
10 1 (0.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 722 (80.49%) Driving Licence
2 13 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (1.34%) FPGA
4 11 (1.23%) Optoelectronics
5 10 (1.11%) Analogue Electronics
5 10 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (1.00%) VHDL
7 6 (0.67%) Algorithms
7 6 (0.67%) CPLD
7 6 (0.67%) IoT
8 4 (0.45%) Self-Driving Car
9 2 (0.22%) Life Science
9 2 (0.22%) Verilog
10 1 (0.11%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.11%) CCTV
10 1 (0.11%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.11%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.11%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.45%) Unix
1 4 (0.45%) Windows
2 1 (0.11%) Android
2 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (87.18%) Validation
2 727 (81.05%) Customer Requirements
3 726 (80.94%) Verification and Validation
4 722 (80.49%) Mentoring
5 721 (80.38%) Coaching
5 721 (80.38%) Test Strategy
6 69 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
7 54 (6.02%) Data Analysis
7 54 (6.02%) Requirements Management
8 53 (5.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 53 (5.91%) Requirements Gathering
8 53 (5.91%) Systems Engineering
9 39 (4.35%) Project Planning
10 25 (2.79%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (2.45%) Prototyping
12 11 (1.23%) Requirements Analysis
12 11 (1.23%) Stress Analysis
13 10 (1.11%) Issue Tracking
13 10 (1.11%) Situational Awareness
14 8 (0.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (1.90%) C
2 9 (1.00%) C++
2 9 (1.00%) MATLAB
3 8 (0.89%) Python
4 4 (0.45%) C#
4 4 (0.45%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 855 (95.32%) Degree
2 820 (91.42%) HND
3 55 (6.13%) HNC
4 27 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.11%) COSHH
1 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.11%) GDPR
1 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 32 (3.57%) Firmware
2 19 (2.12%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 55 (6.13%) EMC
2 4 (0.45%) Agilent
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.22%) SAP