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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 127 178
Rank change year-on-year +94 +51 +4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 2,661 1,650 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.71% 2.04% 1.95%
As % of the General category 9.89% 3.75% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,127 472
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,000 £37,500
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 £60,750 £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 26,911 43,980 36,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.86% 54.50% 67.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 27,635 17,909
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,627
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 15 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 15 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 +74 974 £70,600 +56.89% 490
North of England +146 520 £47,683 -4.63% 256
East of England +38 491 £55,000 - 329
Yorkshire +154 411 £40,101 -19.80% 120
Midlands +80 285 £47,500 -5.00% 171
East Midlands +105 245 £40,101 -10.89% 56
South West +72 179 £40,101 -13.30% 209
Scotland +136 110 £40,101 -30.26% 94
Wales +52 103 £70,600 +41.20% 41
North West -16 101 £47,683 +0.39% 111
West Midlands -16 39 £55,000 -4.35% 107
North East +47 7 £55,000 -1.79% 27
Northern Ireland +7 3 - - 15
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 (0.49%) Kinematics
2 3 (0.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.075%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.038%) Apache
4 1 (0.038%) Confluence
4 1 (0.038%) Mendix
Applications
1 167 (6.28%) Simulink
2 109 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.11%) GNU Octave
5 3 (0.11%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.075%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.038%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 139 (5.22%) 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 (1.05%) AWS
2 25 (0.94%) SaaS
3 18 (0.68%) Azure
4 9 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.26%) 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 3 (0.11%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.11%) GitHub
9 2 (0.075%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (0.075%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.075%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (0.075%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.075%) OCI
9 2 (0.075%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.075%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.075%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.075%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 745 (28.00%) Bluetooth
2 744 (27.96%) 5G
3 742 (27.88%) Wireless
4 740 (27.81%) Wi-Fi
5 737 (27.70%) LTE
6 722 (27.13%) GSM
7 721 (27.10%) UMTS
8 22 (0.83%) Modbus
9 21 (0.79%) Ethernet
10 15 (0.56%) WAN
11 14 (0.53%) Profibus
11 14 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.41%) RS-485
13 8 (0.30%) RS-232
13 8 (0.30%) VoIP
14 7 (0.26%) TCP/IP
15 5 (0.19%) MQTT
15 5 (0.19%) ZigBee
16 4 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
16 4 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.26%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.15%) Big Data
3 4 (0.15%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.15%) MySQL
4 3 (0.11%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.075%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.075%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.075%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.075%) GIS
5 2 (0.075%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.075%) Tableau
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
Development Applications
1 589 (22.13%) Rational DOORS
2 28 (1.05%) Git
3 22 (0.83%) JIRA
4 12 (0.45%) LabVIEW
5 10 (0.38%) Subversion
6 7 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.19%) GitLab
8 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.075%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.075%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.075%) 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
1 694 (26.08%) Social Skills
2 528 (19.84%) Manufacturing
3 422 (15.86%) Marketing
4 249 (9.36%) Presentation Skills
5 205 (7.70%) Aerospace
6 151 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
7 95 (3.57%) Finance
8 65 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 62 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 43 (1.62%) Automotive
12 35 (1.32%) Military
13 32 (1.20%) Aviation
14 20 (0.75%) Billing
15 18 (0.68%) Legal
16 15 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.53%) Law
18 13 (0.49%) Avionics
19 9 (0.34%) Advertising
20 8 (0.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 820 (30.82%) Electronics Engineer
2 732 (27.51%) Test Engineer
3 724 (27.21%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 623 (23.41%) Systems Engineer
5 406 (15.26%) Senior
6 378 (14.21%) Principal Engineer
7 247 (9.28%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 204 (7.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 146 (5.49%) Junior
10 140 (5.26%) Technical Manager
11 138 (5.19%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 137 (5.15%) Lead
13 136 (5.11%) Help Desk Manager
14 120 (4.51%) Software Assurance Engineer
15 101 (3.80%) Products Support Manager
16 80 (3.01%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 76 (2.86%) Product Manager
18 74 (2.78%) Support Manager
19 66 (2.48%) Software Engineer
20 64 (2.41%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.53%) .NET
2 13 (0.49%) Middleware
3 10 (0.38%) REST
4 8 (0.30%) React
5 7 (0.26%) ASP.NET
5 7 (0.26%) 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%) Spring
7 4 (0.15%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.11%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.11%) pytest
9 2 (0.075%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.075%) Electron
9 2 (0.075%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.075%) Vue
9 2 (0.075%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 741 (27.85%) Driving Licence
2 544 (20.44%) Algorithms
3 68 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
5 39 (1.47%) IoT
6 29 (1.09%) SCADA
7 27 (1.01%) Analogue Electronics
8 23 (0.86%) FPGA
9 21 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
10 19 (0.71%) Robotics
11 17 (0.64%) VHDL
12 15 (0.56%) Management Information System
13 13 (0.49%) Optoelectronics
14 12 (0.45%) NB-IoT
15 11 (0.41%) Self-Driving Car
16 10 (0.38%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.38%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.34%) Data Centre
17 9 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.84%) Linux
2 38 (1.43%) Windows
3 15 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.49%) Android
5 12 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.15%) Unix
8 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.038%) Debian
10 1 (0.038%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.038%) Rocky
10 1 (0.038%) VMS
10 1 (0.038%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (32.92%) Systems Engineering
2 871 (32.73%) Mentoring
3 807 (30.33%) Validation
4 753 (28.30%) Coaching
5 744 (27.96%) Customer Requirements
6 738 (27.73%) Verification and Validation
7 722 (27.13%) Test Strategy
8 576 (21.65%) Signal Processing
9 535 (20.11%) Technical Leadership
10 497 (18.68%) Physics
11 440 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
12 427 (16.05%) Mathematics
13 402 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 249 (9.36%) Software Engineering
15 247 (9.28%) Test Planning
16 243 (9.13%) Decision-Making
17 197 (7.40%) Computer Science
18 195 (7.33%) Project Management
19 153 (5.75%) Line Management
19 153 (5.75%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 239 (8.98%) MATLAB
2 98 (3.68%) R
3 91 (3.42%) C
4 90 (3.38%) C++
5 64 (2.41%) Python
6 50 (1.88%) C#
7 27 (1.01%) Java
8 16 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 16 (0.60%) SQL
9 15 (0.56%) Bash
9 15 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 10 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.34%) Embedded C
11 9 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
12 5 (0.19%) Ada
13 3 (0.11%) Go
13 3 (0.11%) PHP
13 3 (0.11%) VB
14 2 (0.075%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.075%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,621 (60.92%) Degree
2 1,011 (37.99%) BPSS Clearance
3 779 (29.27%) HND
4 107 (4.02%) Master's Degree
5 68 (2.56%) Security Cleared
6 31 (1.16%) SC Cleared
7 25 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
8 22 (0.83%) CEH
9 21 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.26%) PhD
13 6 (0.23%) HNC
14 4 (0.15%) CCNA
14 4 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.11%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.11%) GCSC
15 3 (0.11%) JNCIA
15 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 507 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 23 (0.86%) DO-254
3 17 (0.64%) SLA
4 10 (0.38%) PMO
4 10 (0.38%) QA
5 8 (0.30%) 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 (0.075%) COSHH
10 2 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.075%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.038%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 74 (2.78%) Firmware
2 29 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.45%) vSphere
4 5 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (0.15%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (0.60%) Terraform
2 14 (0.53%) Ansible
3 11 (0.41%) 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
1 580 (21.80%) IBM
2 159 (5.98%) SAP
3 75 (2.82%) Microsoft
4 62 (2.33%) EMC
5 38 (1.43%) Siemens
6 23 (0.86%) Oracle
7 17 (0.64%) Rockwell
8 15 (0.56%) Dell
9 14 (0.53%) Allen-Bradley
10 13 (0.49%) YouTube
11 12 (0.45%) Citrix
11 12 (0.45%) VMware
12 11 (0.41%) Mentor Graphics
13 10 (0.38%) Google
14 9 (0.34%) Cisco
14 9 (0.34%) Intel
15 5 (0.19%) Xilinx
16 4 (0.15%) Agilent
16 4 (0.15%) Fortinet
17 3 (0.11%) Wonderware