Senior Electrical Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Electrical Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Electrical Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 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 327 749 -
Rank change year-on-year +422 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Electrical Engineer 273 16 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.022% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.023% -
Number of salaries quoted 77 13 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +4.35% +9.00%

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% -

Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Electrical Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Electrical Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Electrical 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
North of England +169 150 £40,000 -33.33% 3
North West +104 138 £40,000 -33.33% 1
South East +129 42 - - 10
Scotland - 24 - -
South West +136 19 £50,000 +11.11% 5
East of England - 18 - -
East Midlands - 14 - - 1
Midlands - 14 - - 2
Yorkshire - 12 - - 1
Wales - 6 - -
Senior Electrical Engineer
UK

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

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

1 272 (99.63%) Degree
2 252 (92.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 80 (29.30%) Master's Degree
3 80 (29.30%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (29.30%) Mathematics
3 80 (29.30%) Electronics
3 80 (29.30%) Decision-Making
3 80 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (27.84%) Experiential Learning
4 76 (27.84%) Workflow
4 76 (27.84%) ISO 9001
4 76 (27.84%) Workflow Management
4 76 (27.84%) HNC
4 76 (27.84%) HND
4 76 (27.84%) LabVIEW
4 76 (27.84%) Resource Management
4 76 (27.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 64 (23.44%) Numerate Degree
5 64 (23.44%) SCADA
6 52 (19.05%) Coaching
7 32 (11.72%) Chartered Engineer
7 32 (11.72%) Systems Engineering
8 24 (8.79%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (8.79%) Acceptance Criteria
9 21 (7.69%) Manufacturing
10 20 (7.33%) Microsoft
10 20 (7.33%) Mentoring
10 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
10 20 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (7.33%) Safety Engineering

Senior 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 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.86%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 76 (27.84%) LabVIEW
General
1 80 (29.30%) Analytical Skills
1 80 (29.30%) Electronics
2 24 (8.79%) Documentation Skills
3 21 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 20 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 64 (23.44%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (29.30%) Decision-Making
1 80 (29.30%) Mathematics
1 80 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (27.84%) Experiential Learning
2 76 (27.84%) Resource Management
2 76 (27.84%) Workflow
2 76 (27.84%) Workflow Management
3 52 (19.05%) Coaching
4 32 (11.72%) Systems Engineering
5 24 (8.79%) Acceptance Criteria
6 20 (7.33%) Mentoring
6 20 (7.33%) Safety Engineering
7 16 (5.86%) Configuration Management
7 16 (5.86%) Physics
7 16 (5.86%) Requirements Management
7 16 (5.86%) Validation
7 16 (5.86%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 272 (99.63%) Degree
2 252 (92.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 80 (29.30%) Master's Degree
4 76 (27.84%) HNC
4 76 (27.84%) HND
5 64 (23.44%) Numerate Degree
6 32 (11.72%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (27.84%) ISO 9001
1 76 (27.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 16 (5.86%) ARP4754
2 16 (5.86%) DO-254
2 16 (5.86%) IEC 61508
2 16 (5.86%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (7.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.86%) Siemens