Electronics Design Engineer Job Trends

Electronic Design Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Design Engineer salary in the UK is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 695 597 834
Rank change year-on-year -98 +237 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Design Engineer 18 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.086% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.096% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 18 17 41
10th Percentile £50,250 £39,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +21.05% -32.14%
75th Percentile £59,000 £70,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +21.05% -32.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 77,009 36,647 87,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 89.57% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 49,567 23,302 65,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Electronics Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Electronics Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Electronics Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Electronics Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Electronics Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Design Engineer over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Electronics Design Engineer in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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
England -77 18 £55,500 -3.48% 5
UK excluding London -106 17 £56,000 -2.61% 5
North of England -58 11 £56,000 +17.89%
Work from Home -12 8 £55,000 -21.43% 1
North West -26 6 £57,500 +21.05%
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 -
South East -27 4 £56,500 +61.43% 4
West Midlands -15 2 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Midlands -50 2 £45,000 -18.18% 1
London - 1 £55,000 -

Electronics Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Electronics Design Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Electronics Design Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) C
2 12 (66.67%) Firmware
3 11 (61.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (55.56%) Embedded C
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) C++
5 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (27.78%) Digital Signal Processing
5 5 (27.78%) Embedded C++
5 5 (27.78%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (27.78%) Schematic Capture
5 5 (27.78%) Signal Processing
6 3 (16.67%) Coaching
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
6 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) GDPR
6 3 (16.67%) Linux
6 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) Motorola
6 3 (16.67%) Pascal
6 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 3 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
6 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Validation
7 1 (5.56%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (5.56%) EMC
7 1 (5.56%) Wireless

Electronics Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 15 (83.33%) Electronics
2 9 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (27.78%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (16.67%) Arduino
3 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (16.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (11.11%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (5.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Agile
1 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (27.78%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (27.78%) Schematic Capture
1 5 (27.78%) Signal Processing
2 3 (16.67%) Coaching
2 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 3 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (5.56%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C
2 10 (55.56%) Embedded C
3 5 (27.78%) C++
3 5 (27.78%) Embedded C++
4 3 (16.67%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Firmware
2 11 (61.11%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Motorola
2 1 (5.56%) EMC