Electronics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Electronics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 128 183
Rank change year-on-year +95 +55 -2
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 2,621 1,620 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.61% 2.04% 1.94%
As % of the General category 9.75% 3.72% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 939 1,118 470
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,000 £38,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £50,000 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% +2.70% +2.50%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,938 £62,971
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% - -4.76%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,877 43,565 37,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.74% 54.84% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,137 27,493 17,986
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 +74 987 £70,600 +48.63% 449
East of England +39 492 £55,000 - 298
North of England +130 453 £47,683 -4.63% 258
Yorkshire +145 344 £40,101 -19.80% 133
Midlands +77 284 £47,500 -5.00% 154
East Midlands +104 246 £40,101 -13.30% 49
South West +75 184 £40,101 -10.89% 198
Scotland +129 116 £40,101 -27.09% 99
Wales +55 106 £70,600 +41.20% 40
North West -13 101 £47,683 +0.39% 98
West Midlands -19 37 £55,000 -4.35% 101
North East +44 7 £55,000 -5.17% 29
Northern Ireland +15 3 - - 12
Electronics
UK

Electronics
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (0.50%) Kinematics
2 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.076%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.076%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.038%) Apache
4 1 (0.038%) Confluence
4 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 168 (6.41%) Simulink
2 53 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.11%) GNU Octave
5 3 (0.11%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.076%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.038%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 139 (5.30%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.038%) BASE24
2 1 (0.038%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.038%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.038%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (1.07%) AWS
2 25 (0.95%) SaaS
3 18 (0.69%) Azure
4 9 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.27%) Serverless
6 6 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (0.19%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (0.19%) Amazon S3
7 5 (0.19%) GCP
8 4 (0.15%) GitHub
9 3 (0.11%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.076%) Amazon Ads
10 2 (0.076%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (0.076%) Facebook Ads
10 2 (0.076%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.076%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.076%) OCI
10 2 (0.076%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.076%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.076%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 746 (28.46%) Bluetooth
2 745 (28.42%) 5G
3 742 (28.31%) Wireless
4 740 (28.23%) Wi-Fi
5 736 (28.08%) LTE
6 722 (27.55%) GSM
7 721 (27.51%) UMTS
8 22 (0.84%) Modbus
9 20 (0.76%) Ethernet
10 16 (0.61%) WAN
11 15 (0.57%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.53%) Profibus
13 12 (0.46%) RS-485
14 9 (0.34%) RS-232
15 8 (0.31%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.31%) VoIP
16 6 (0.23%) ZigBee
17 5 (0.19%) MQTT
18 4 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
18 4 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.27%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.15%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.15%) MySQL
4 3 (0.11%) Big Data
4 3 (0.11%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.076%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.076%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.076%) GIS
5 2 (0.076%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.038%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.038%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.038%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.038%) Flink
6 1 (0.038%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.038%) Power BI
6 1 (0.038%) SQLite
6 1 (0.038%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 604 (23.04%) Rational DOORS
2 30 (1.14%) Git
3 22 (0.84%) JIRA
4 13 (0.50%) LabVIEW
5 10 (0.38%) Subversion
6 8 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.19%) GitLab
8 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.076%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.076%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.076%) webpack
10 1 (0.038%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.038%) Carbide.c++
10 1 (0.038%) CMake
10 1 (0.038%) GDB
10 1 (0.038%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.038%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.038%) Protractor
10 1 (0.038%) VersaTest
10 1 (0.038%) WiX
General
1 622 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 454 (17.32%) Manufacturing
3 351 (13.39%) Marketing
4 250 (9.54%) Presentation Skills
5 204 (7.78%) Aerospace
6 154 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 91 (3.47%) Finance
8 63 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (2.40%) Telecoms
9 49 (1.87%) Public Sector
10 41 (1.56%) Automotive
11 36 (1.37%) Military
12 32 (1.22%) Aviation
13 18 (0.69%) Billing
14 17 (0.65%) Legal
15 16 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.53%) Law
17 12 (0.46%) Avionics
18 9 (0.34%) Advertising
19 8 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 822 (31.36%) Electronics Engineer
2 733 (27.97%) Test Engineer
3 725 (27.66%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 637 (24.30%) Systems Engineer
5 417 (15.91%) Senior
6 405 (15.45%) Principal Engineer
7 254 (9.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 212 (8.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 147 (5.61%) Junior
10 140 (5.34%) Software Assurance Engineer
10 140 (5.34%) Technical Manager
11 138 (5.27%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 136 (5.19%) Help Desk Manager
13 135 (5.15%) Lead
14 101 (3.85%) Products Support Manager
15 80 (3.05%) Senior Electrical Engineer
16 76 (2.90%) Product Manager
17 74 (2.82%) Support Manager
18 73 (2.79%) Software Engineer
19 65 (2.48%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.53%) .NET
2 13 (0.50%) Middleware
3 10 (0.38%) REST
4 8 (0.31%) React
5 7 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 7 (0.27%) Node.js
6 5 (0.19%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.19%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.19%) Entity Framework
6 5 (0.19%) HTML
7 4 (0.15%) CSS
7 4 (0.15%) pytest
7 4 (0.15%) Spring
7 4 (0.15%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.076%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.076%) Android SDK
8 2 (0.076%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.076%) Electron
8 2 (0.076%) Vue
8 2 (0.076%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 740 (28.23%) Driving Licence
2 558 (21.29%) Algorithms
3 69 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
5 39 (1.49%) IoT
6 28 (1.07%) SCADA
7 27 (1.03%) Analogue Electronics
8 24 (0.92%) FPGA
9 20 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 19 (0.72%) Robotics
11 18 (0.69%) VHDL
12 16 (0.61%) Management Information System
13 13 (0.50%) Optoelectronics
14 12 (0.46%) NB-IoT
14 12 (0.46%) Self-Driving Car
15 10 (0.38%) Cloud Native
15 10 (0.38%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.34%) Data Centre
16 9 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 52 (1.98%) Linux
2 40 (1.53%) Windows
3 15 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.50%) Android
5 12 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.19%) Unix
9 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.038%) Debian
11 1 (0.038%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.038%) Rocky
11 1 (0.038%) VMS
11 1 (0.038%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 914 (34.87%) Systems Engineering
2 877 (33.46%) Mentoring
3 805 (30.71%) Validation
4 752 (28.69%) Coaching
5 744 (28.39%) Customer Requirements
6 738 (28.16%) Verification and Validation
7 722 (27.55%) Test Strategy
8 591 (22.55%) Signal Processing
9 549 (20.95%) Technical Leadership
10 499 (19.04%) Physics
11 441 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
12 428 (16.33%) Mathematics
13 399 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 276 (10.53%) Software Engineering
15 265 (10.11%) Decision-Making
16 254 (9.69%) Test Planning
17 197 (7.52%) Computer Science
18 194 (7.40%) Project Management
19 176 (6.71%) Software Assurance
20 153 (5.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 242 (9.23%) MATLAB
2 105 (4.01%) R
3 95 (3.62%) C
4 94 (3.59%) C++
5 65 (2.48%) Python
6 50 (1.91%) C#
7 26 (0.99%) Java
8 16 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.57%) Bash
9 15 (0.57%) PowerShell
9 15 (0.57%) SQL
10 10 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.34%) Embedded C
12 8 (0.31%) Ladder Logic
13 5 (0.19%) Ada
14 4 (0.15%) VB
15 3 (0.11%) Go
15 3 (0.11%) PHP
16 2 (0.076%) Pascal
16 2 (0.076%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,553 (59.25%) Degree
2 1,049 (40.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 779 (29.72%) HND
4 105 (4.01%) Master's Degree
5 65 (2.48%) Security Cleared
6 29 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 25 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
8 22 (0.84%) CEH
9 21 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (0.53%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.23%) PhD
13 5 (0.19%) HNC
14 3 (0.11%) CCNA
14 3 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.11%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.076%) CCA
15 2 (0.076%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 521 (19.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 23 (0.88%) DO-254
3 17 (0.65%) SLA
4 10 (0.38%) PMO
4 10 (0.38%) QA
5 8 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.23%) Def Stans
6 6 (0.23%) GDPR
6 6 (0.23%) NIST
7 5 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
7 5 (0.19%) ISO 13485
7 5 (0.19%) ISO 26262
7 5 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.15%) IEC 62304
8 4 (0.15%) JTAG
9 3 (0.11%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.076%) COSHH
10 2 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.076%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.038%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 77 (2.94%) Firmware
2 32 (1.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.46%) vSphere
4 5 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (0.15%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (0.61%) Terraform
2 14 (0.53%) Ansible
3 11 (0.42%) Puppet
4 6 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.038%) Kibana
7 1 (0.038%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.038%) Marathon
Vendors
1 594 (22.66%) IBM
2 88 (3.36%) SAP
3 74 (2.82%) Microsoft
4 62 (2.37%) EMC
5 38 (1.45%) Siemens
6 22 (0.84%) Oracle
7 16 (0.61%) Rockwell
8 15 (0.57%) Dell
9 13 (0.50%) Allen-Bradley
9 13 (0.50%) YouTube
10 12 (0.46%) Citrix
10 12 (0.46%) VMware
11 11 (0.42%) Mentor Graphics
12 10 (0.38%) Google
13 9 (0.34%) Cisco
13 9 (0.34%) Intel
14 6 (0.23%) Xilinx
15 4 (0.15%) Agilent
15 4 (0.15%) Fortinet
16 3 (0.11%) Wonderware