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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 140 189
Rank change year-on-year +107 +49 -2
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 2,547 1,505 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.47% 2.02% 1.93%
As % of the General category 9.55% 3.60% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 895 1,054 482
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,500 £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 £61,250 £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 26,671 41,817 39,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.73% 56.08% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,889 26,883 18,174
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,100 £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 30 May 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 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 +78 936 £70,000 +47.37% 612
East of England +40 490 £55,000 - 397
North of England +119 417 £47,683 -4.63% 420
Yorkshire +143 305 £40,101 -19.80% 185
Midlands +90 287 £47,500 -5.00% 331
East Midlands +98 248 £40,101 -15.58% 117
South West +84 191 £40,101 -10.89% 261
Scotland +152 127 £43,750 -16.67% 126
North West -19 103 £47,683 +0.39% 181
Wales +64 100 £70,600 +41.20% 72
West Midlands -24 38 £58,250 +1.30% 196
North East +44 8 £55,000 -1.79% 55
Northern Ireland +13 3 - - 25
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 12 (0.47%) Kinematics
2 3 (0.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.079%) Confluence
3 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.079%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.039%) Apache
4 1 (0.039%) Mendix
Applications
1 170 (6.67%) Simulink
2 54 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.16%) GNU Octave
5 3 (0.12%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.079%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 139 (5.46%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.039%) BASE24
2 1 (0.039%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.039%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.039%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (1.06%) AWS
2 24 (0.94%) SaaS
3 16 (0.63%) Azure
4 9 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.27%) Serverless
6 6 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (0.24%) Amazon S3
6 6 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.16%) GCP
7 4 (0.16%) GitHub
8 3 (0.12%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.079%) Amazon ECR
9 2 (0.079%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.079%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (0.079%) OCI
9 2 (0.079%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.079%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.079%) Slack
10 1 (0.039%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 748 (29.37%) Bluetooth
2 746 (29.29%) 5G
3 742 (29.13%) Wireless
4 740 (29.05%) Wi-Fi
5 735 (28.86%) LTE
6 724 (28.43%) GSM
7 721 (28.31%) UMTS
8 18 (0.71%) Modbus
9 17 (0.67%) Ethernet
10 16 (0.63%) WAN
11 15 (0.59%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.51%) Profibus
12 13 (0.51%) RS-485
13 10 (0.39%) RS-232
14 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.31%) VoIP
16 7 (0.27%) ZigBee
17 4 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
17 4 (0.16%) Firewall
17 4 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.27%) NoSQL
2 6 (0.24%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.20%) MySQL
3 5 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.12%) Big Data
4 3 (0.12%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.079%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.079%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.079%) GIS
5 2 (0.079%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.039%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.039%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.039%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.039%) Flink
6 1 (0.039%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.039%) Power BI
6 1 (0.039%) SQLite
6 1 (0.039%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 561 (22.03%) Rational DOORS
2 30 (1.18%) Git
3 25 (0.98%) JIRA
4 14 (0.55%) LabVIEW
5 10 (0.39%) Subversion
6 9 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.16%) GitLab
8 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.079%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.079%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.079%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.079%) webpack
10 1 (0.039%) Carbide.c++
10 1 (0.039%) CMake
10 1 (0.039%) GDB
10 1 (0.039%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.039%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.039%) Protractor
10 1 (0.039%) VersaTest
10 1 (0.039%) WiX
General
1 584 (22.93%) Social Skills
2 415 (16.29%) Manufacturing
3 308 (12.09%) Marketing
4 251 (9.85%) Presentation Skills
5 200 (7.85%) Aerospace
6 156 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (3.30%) Finance
8 65 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (2.32%) Telecoms
10 46 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 37 (1.45%) Military
12 34 (1.33%) Automotive
13 33 (1.30%) Aviation
14 18 (0.71%) Law
15 17 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (0.63%) Billing
16 16 (0.63%) Legal
17 11 (0.43%) Avionics
18 8 (0.31%) Advertising
18 8 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 819 (32.16%) Electronics Engineer
2 732 (28.74%) Test Engineer
3 725 (28.46%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 590 (23.16%) Systems Engineer
5 431 (16.92%) Principal Engineer
6 398 (15.63%) Senior
7 236 (9.27%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 187 (7.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 184 (7.22%) Software Assurance Engineer
10 148 (5.81%) Junior
11 140 (5.50%) Technical Manager
12 138 (5.42%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 136 (5.34%) Help Desk Manager
14 120 (4.71%) Lead
15 101 (3.97%) Products Support Manager
16 86 (3.38%) Software Engineer
17 80 (3.14%) Senior Electrical Engineer
18 76 (2.98%) Product Manager
19 74 (2.91%) Support Manager
20 67 (2.63%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.55%) .NET
2 13 (0.51%) Middleware
3 9 (0.35%) React
3 9 (0.35%) REST
4 7 (0.27%) Node.js
5 6 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.20%) HTML
7 4 (0.16%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.16%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.16%) CSS
7 4 (0.16%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.16%) pytest
7 4 (0.16%) Spring
7 4 (0.16%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.079%) Django
8 2 (0.079%) Electron
8 2 (0.079%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.079%) Lambda Expressions
8 2 (0.079%) Vue
8 2 (0.079%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 738 (28.98%) Driving Licence
2 499 (19.59%) Algorithms
3 68 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
5 43 (1.69%) IoT
6 29 (1.14%) SCADA
7 27 (1.06%) FPGA
8 26 (1.02%) Analogue Electronics
9 19 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 18 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 18 (0.71%) Robotics
11 16 (0.63%) VHDL
12 13 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (0.51%) Optoelectronics
13 12 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 12 (0.47%) NB-IoT
13 12 (0.47%) Self-Driving Car
14 10 (0.39%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.35%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.35%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.04%) Linux
2 41 (1.61%) Windows
3 15 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.55%) Android
5 12 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.20%) Unix
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.12%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.039%) Rocky
11 1 (0.039%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 911 (35.77%) Systems Engineering
2 889 (34.90%) Mentoring
3 804 (31.57%) Validation
4 752 (29.52%) Coaching
5 745 (29.25%) Customer Requirements
6 738 (28.98%) Verification and Validation
7 722 (28.35%) Test Strategy
8 520 (20.42%) Signal Processing
9 490 (19.24%) Physics
9 490 (19.24%) Technical Leadership
10 443 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
11 430 (16.88%) Mathematics
12 399 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 332 (13.03%) Software Engineering
14 315 (12.37%) Decision-Making
15 236 (9.27%) Test Planning
16 229 (8.99%) Software Assurance
17 197 (7.73%) Computer Science
18 193 (7.58%) Project Management
19 155 (6.09%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 232 (9.11%) MATLAB
2 119 (4.67%) R
3 98 (3.85%) C
4 95 (3.73%) C++
5 66 (2.59%) Python
6 49 (1.92%) C#
7 29 (1.14%) Java
8 17 (0.67%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.55%) Bash
10 14 (0.55%) SQL
11 11 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.31%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.24%) Ladder Logic
14 5 (0.20%) Ada
14 5 (0.20%) VB
15 3 (0.12%) Go
15 3 (0.12%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.12%) PHP
16 2 (0.079%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,504 (59.05%) Degree
2 1,031 (40.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 778 (30.55%) HND
4 105 (4.12%) Master's Degree
5 57 (2.24%) Security Cleared
6 26 (1.02%) SC Cleared
7 25 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
8 22 (0.86%) CEH
9 20 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.51%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (0.27%) PhD
13 4 (0.16%) HNC
14 3 (0.12%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.079%) CCA
15 2 (0.079%) CCNA
15 2 (0.079%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.039%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 462 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 23 (0.90%) DO-254
3 16 (0.63%) SLA
4 11 (0.43%) QA
5 10 (0.39%) PMO
6 8 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.24%) Def Stans
7 6 (0.24%) ISO 13485
7 6 (0.24%) NIST
8 5 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (0.20%) IEC 62304
8 5 (0.20%) ISO 26262
8 5 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.16%) GDPR
10 3 (0.12%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.12%) JTAG
11 2 (0.079%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.039%) COSHH
12 1 (0.039%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 76 (2.98%) Firmware
2 33 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.47%) vSphere
4 5 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (0.63%) Terraform
2 14 (0.55%) Ansible
3 11 (0.43%) Puppet
4 7 (0.27%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.20%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.16%) SCCM
7 2 (0.079%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.039%) Kibana
8 1 (0.039%) Marathon
Vendors
1 550 (21.59%) IBM
2 74 (2.91%) Microsoft
3 66 (2.59%) EMC
4 46 (1.81%) SAP
5 41 (1.61%) Siemens
6 21 (0.82%) Oracle
7 18 (0.71%) Rockwell
8 14 (0.55%) Dell
9 12 (0.47%) Citrix
9 12 (0.47%) VMware
10 11 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
10 11 (0.43%) Mentor Graphics
11 10 (0.39%) Intel
11 10 (0.39%) YouTube
12 9 (0.35%) Cisco
13 8 (0.31%) Google
14 7 (0.27%) Xilinx
15 4 (0.16%) Agilent
15 4 (0.16%) Fortinet
16 3 (0.12%) Wonderware