Electronics Engineer Jobs

Electronic Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 631 971
Rank change year-on-year +31 +340 -108
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 249 266 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.36% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 217 97 160
10th Percentile £33,650 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +11.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £75,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +16.67%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 -35 245 £50,000 -16.67% 141
England -8 218 £55,000 -10.99% 133
South East -26 100 £57,500 -7.39% 43
Work from Home +64 63 £50,000 -18.70% 32
North of England +39 42 £47,500 -5.00% 26
East of England -2 38 £60,000 -7.69% 16
North West +11 30 £47,500 -5.00% 17
Scotland -17 26 £42,500 -19.05% 4
Midlands -44 21 £80,000 +110.53% 20
West Midlands -29 16 £80,000 +122.22% 10
South West -6 15 £50,000 +11.11% 30
Yorkshire +69 12 £52,500 - 5
East Midlands -25 5 £40,000 - 8
London +66 2 £90,000 +38.46% 8
Wales +29 2 £23,500 -11.32% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 £45,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Electronics 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 206 (82.73%) Electronics
2 70 (28.11%) Manufacturing
3 59 (23.69%) Degree
4 56 (22.49%) C
4 56 (22.49%) C++
5 46 (18.47%) Firmware
6 44 (17.67%) Software Engineering
7 42 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (16.06%) EMC
9 37 (14.86%) Social Skills
10 33 (13.25%) LabVIEW
11 30 (12.05%) FPGA
11 30 (12.05%) Schematic Capture
12 28 (11.24%) Marketing
13 27 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
14 26 (10.44%) Embedded Systems
15 24 (9.64%) IoT
15 24 (9.64%) Analogue Electronics
15 24 (9.64%) Wireless
16 22 (8.84%) Python
17 21 (8.43%) Telecoms
18 20 (8.03%) SAP
19 19 (7.63%) C#
19 19 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
19 19 (7.63%) Finance
19 19 (7.63%) Programme Management
19 19 (7.63%) Digital Marketing
19 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
20 18 (7.23%) VHDL
21 17 (6.83%) Decision-Making

Electronics 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:

Applications
1 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.61%) GNU Octave
3 6 (2.41%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.80%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.64%) Wireless
2 12 (4.82%) Internet
2 12 (4.82%) OFDM
3 9 (3.61%) Ethernet
4 6 (2.41%) Bluetooth
4 6 (2.41%) RS-232
5 5 (2.01%) 3G
5 5 (2.01%) GPRS
5 5 (2.01%) Modbus
5 5 (2.01%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.61%) 4G
6 4 (1.61%) 5G
6 4 (1.61%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.61%) WAN
7 3 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.40%) LTE
8 1 (0.40%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 33 (13.25%) LabVIEW
2 7 (2.81%) Git
3 5 (2.01%) JIRA
4 4 (1.61%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.61%) Subversion
5 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
General
1 206 (82.73%) Electronics
2 70 (28.11%) Manufacturing
3 37 (14.86%) Social Skills
4 28 (11.24%) Marketing
5 27 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (8.43%) Telecoms
7 19 (7.63%) Finance
7 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.02%) Automotive
9 12 (4.82%) Games
10 11 (4.42%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.42%) Military
11 7 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.40%) Avionics
14 1 (0.40%) Legal
14 1 (0.40%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.61%) Flash
1 4 (1.61%) pytest
2 2 (0.80%) Qt
3 1 (0.40%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.05%) FPGA
2 26 (10.44%) Embedded Systems
3 24 (9.64%) Analogue Electronics
3 24 (9.64%) IoT
4 18 (7.23%) VHDL
5 15 (6.02%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.81%) Acoustics
8 6 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.01%) ARM Cortex
9 5 (2.01%) NB-IoT
10 4 (1.61%) CPLD
10 4 (1.61%) Verilog
11 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.80%) EPoS
11 2 (0.80%) GNSS
11 2 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.40%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.40%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.61%) Linux
2 5 (2.01%) Windows
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
4 2 (0.80%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.67%) Software Engineering
2 42 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (12.05%) Schematic Capture
4 19 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (7.63%) Digital Marketing
4 19 (7.63%) Programme Management
5 17 (6.83%) Decision-Making
6 16 (6.43%) Computer Science
6 16 (6.43%) Validation
7 15 (6.02%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.02%) Knowledge Transfer
8 13 (5.22%) Customer Requirements
9 12 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (4.82%) Signal Processing
10 11 (4.42%) Prototyping
10 11 (4.42%) Systems Engineering
11 10 (4.02%) CAD
11 10 (4.02%) Synthetic Environment
11 10 (4.02%) Verification and Validation
12 9 (3.61%) Design for Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.49%) C
1 56 (22.49%) C++
2 22 (8.84%) Python
3 19 (7.63%) C#
4 14 (5.62%) MATLAB
5 10 (4.02%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.61%) Assembly Language
7 3 (1.20%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 59 (23.69%) Degree
2 9 (3.61%) HND
3 8 (3.21%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.61%) HNC
5 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.61%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.61%) JTAG
1 4 (1.61%) QA
2 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (18.47%) Firmware
2 15 (6.02%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (16.06%) EMC
2 20 (8.03%) SAP
3 7 (2.81%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.80%) Epicor
4 2 (0.80%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.40%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.40%) CA
5 1 (0.40%) Cadence
5 1 (0.40%) F5
5 1 (0.40%) NCR
5 1 (0.40%) Sage