Electronics Design Engineer Jobs

Electronic Design Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Design Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 843 901
Rank change year-on-year +204 +58 +271
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Design Engineer 72 52 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.052% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.055% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 36
10th Percentile - £32,500 £40,625
25th Percentile £43,750 £33,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -32.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £61,250 £51,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.16% -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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics Design Engineer in the UK

Electronics Design Engineer
Top 11 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 16 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 +207 70 £53,750 +13.16% 25
England +173 67 £55,000 +15.79% 19
South East +114 26 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Work from Home +118 20 £61,250 +28.95% 9
South West +125 19 £75,000 +36.36% 5
Midlands +77 17 £47,500 +8.57% 2
East Midlands +45 17 £47,500 +8.57% 1
East of England +45 5 £70,000 +169.23% 5
Scotland +108 3 £47,500 -7.32% 2
North of England +31 3 £55,000 +15.79% 2
North West -12 3 £55,000 +15.79% 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 66 (91.67%) Electronics
2 61 (84.72%) Schematic Capture
3 60 (83.33%) Degree
4 46 (63.89%) EMC
5 44 (61.11%) Manufacturing
6 39 (54.17%) HND
6 39 (54.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (54.17%) Project Planning
7 29 (40.28%) Firmware
8 22 (30.56%) Embedded Firmware
9 21 (29.17%) Prototyping
10 17 (23.61%) Optoelectronics
10 17 (23.61%) Requirements Analysis
10 17 (23.61%) Stress Analysis
11 8 (11.11%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (6.94%) C
13 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
14 3 (4.17%) C++
14 3 (4.17%) Validation
14 3 (4.17%) FPGA
14 3 (4.17%) IoT
14 3 (4.17%) MQTT
14 3 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 3 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
15 2 (2.78%) FPGA Design
15 2 (2.78%) Architectural Design
15 2 (2.78%) Marketing
15 2 (2.78%) RFID
15 2 (2.78%) Embedded C

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 (4.17%) MQTT
2 2 (2.78%) RFID
3 1 (1.39%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
General
1 66 (91.67%) Electronics
2 44 (61.11%) Manufacturing
3 39 (54.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.78%) Marketing
5 1 (1.39%) Finance
5 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.39%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) Optoelectronics
2 8 (11.11%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.17%) FPGA
4 3 (4.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Android
1 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (84.72%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (54.17%) Project Planning
3 21 (29.17%) Prototyping
4 17 (23.61%) Requirements Analysis
4 17 (23.61%) Stress Analysis
5 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (4.17%) Validation
7 2 (2.78%) Architectural Design
7 2 (2.78%) FPGA Design
8 1 (1.39%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (1.39%) Feasibility Study
8 1 (1.39%) Non-Blocking Code
8 1 (1.39%) PLM
8 1 (1.39%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.39%) Project Management
8 1 (1.39%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (1.39%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.39%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.94%) C
2 3 (4.17%) C++
3 2 (2.78%) Embedded C
3 2 (2.78%) Embedded C++
4 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (83.33%) Degree
2 39 (54.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) ISO 13485
1 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (40.28%) Firmware
2 22 (30.56%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 46 (63.89%) EMC
2 1 (1.39%) SAP