Electronics Design Engineer Jobs

Electronic Design Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Design Engineer salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 861 898
Rank change year-on-year +193 +37 +280
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Design Engineer 32 51 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.052% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.055% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 16 51 40
10th Percentile £43,750 £32,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £33,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -32.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £73,125 £52,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -32.14% +40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,015 93,487 94,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,518 67,038 59,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Electronics Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Electronics Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Design Engineer in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Electronics Design Engineer.

Salary trend for Electronics Design Engineer in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Design Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics Design Engineer in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Top 12 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 7 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
UK excluding London +178 30 £55,000 +15.79% 26
England +149 26 £56,250 +18.42% 22
Work from Home +146 21 £75,000 +57.89% 11
South West +138 20 £75,000 +36.36% 7
Scotland +124 3 £47,500 -
South East +87 2 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Midlands +55 2 £52,500 +10.53% 2
East Midlands +47 2 £52,500 +10.53% 1
North of England +39 1 £55,000 +15.79% 3
East of England +38 1 - - 7
North West -9 1 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Wales - 1 £70,000 - 4

Electronics Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Electronics Design 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 featuring Electronics Design Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (90.63%) Firmware
2 28 (87.50%) Electronics
3 25 (78.13%) Schematic Capture
4 24 (75.00%) Prototyping
5 23 (71.88%) Embedded Firmware
5 23 (71.88%) Degree
6 20 (62.50%) Optoelectronics
6 20 (62.50%) Stress Analysis
6 20 (62.50%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (15.63%) EMC
8 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
8 5 (15.63%) C
9 4 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (9.38%) IoT
10 3 (9.38%) MQTT
10 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.38%) C++
10 3 (9.38%) Validation
10 3 (9.38%) FPGA
11 2 (6.25%) Marketing
11 2 (6.25%) Embedded C
11 2 (6.25%) Embedded C++
11 2 (6.25%) Architectural Design
11 2 (6.25%) FPGA Design
12 1 (3.13%) Feasibility Study
12 1 (3.13%) Regulatory Compliance
12 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
12 1 (3.13%) Non-Blocking Code

Electronics Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) MQTT
2 1 (3.13%) RFID
2 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
General
1 28 (87.50%) Electronics
2 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (62.50%) Optoelectronics
2 6 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (9.38%) FPGA
4 3 (9.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (78.13%) Schematic Capture
2 24 (75.00%) Prototyping
3 20 (62.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 20 (62.50%) Stress Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Validation
5 2 (6.25%) Architectural Design
5 2 (6.25%) FPGA Design
6 1 (3.13%) Clean Code
6 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.13%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.13%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (3.13%) Non-Blocking Code
6 1 (3.13%) PLM
6 1 (3.13%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.13%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (3.13%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.13%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.13%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) C
2 3 (9.38%) C++
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded C
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded C++
4 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (71.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) ISO 13485
1 1 (3.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (90.63%) Firmware
2 23 (71.88%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) EMC
2 1 (3.13%) SAP