Electronics Engineer Jobs

Electronic Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the UK is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 567 685
Rank change year-on-year +290 +118 +226
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 546 341 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 0.35% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.37% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 85 233 86
10th Percentile £45,250 £33,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £63,543
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -21.31% +21.03%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £62,086
% change year-on-year +0.11% -19.47% +24.17%

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 +246 531 £50,055 +0.11% 120
England +284 525 £50,055 +0.11% 112
East of England +152 185 £50,000 -4.76% 26
South East +85 148 £60,000 +9.09% 35
Midlands +133 108 £47,500 -29.63% 13
East Midlands +128 107 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North of England +76 42 £50,055 +5.38% 17
North West +32 40 £50,055 +5.38% 5
Work from Home +145 36 £62,500 +13.64% 39
South West +130 36 £75,000 +50.00% 20
Scotland +110 6 £47,500 +11.76% 5
Wales +41 5 £55,000 +134.04% 6
London +104 3 - - 3
Yorkshire +64 2 - - 10
West Midlands +32 1 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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.

1 507 (92.86%) Degree
2 497 (91.03%) Electronics
3 456 (83.52%) Validation
4 452 (82.78%) HND
5 427 (78.21%) Customer Requirements
6 426 (78.02%) Verification and Validation
7 424 (77.66%) 5G
8 423 (77.47%) Wireless
8 423 (77.47%) GSM
8 423 (77.47%) Bluetooth
8 423 (77.47%) Mentoring
9 421 (77.11%) Wi-Fi
10 420 (76.92%) UMTS
10 420 (76.92%) Coaching
10 420 (76.92%) Driving Licence
10 420 (76.92%) Test Strategy
10 420 (76.92%) LTE
11 47 (8.61%) Firmware
12 43 (7.88%) Schematic Capture
13 39 (7.14%) Prototyping
14 30 (5.49%) C
15 29 (5.31%) Problem-Solving
16 28 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware
17 27 (4.95%) Systems Engineering
17 27 (4.95%) HNC
17 27 (4.95%) Requirements Management
18 26 (4.76%) Data Analysis
19 25 (4.58%) Rational DOORS
19 25 (4.58%) Requirements Gathering
19 25 (4.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering

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 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.73%) Simulink
3 3 (0.55%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) Maple
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) SAP QM
1 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.73%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 424 (77.66%) 5G
2 423 (77.47%) Bluetooth
2 423 (77.47%) GSM
2 423 (77.47%) Wireless
3 421 (77.11%) Wi-Fi
4 420 (76.92%) LTE
4 420 (76.92%) UMTS
5 5 (0.92%) RS-485
6 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.73%) WAN
7 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.55%) GPRS
7 3 (0.55%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 25 (4.58%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (1.83%) JIRA
3 8 (1.47%) Git
4 4 (0.73%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.73%) Subversion
5 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 497 (91.03%) Electronics
2 24 (4.40%) Social Skills
3 14 (2.56%) Manufacturing
4 12 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (2.20%) Telecoms
5 9 (1.65%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.28%) Aviation
8 2 (0.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.18%) Automotive
9 1 (0.18%) Finance
9 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.73%) pytest
2 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 420 (76.92%) Driving Licence
2 22 (4.03%) Optoelectronics
3 20 (3.66%) FPGA
4 14 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.01%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.01%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (1.65%) VHDL
7 7 (1.28%) CPLD
8 6 (1.10%) IoT
8 6 (1.10%) Verilog
9 5 (0.92%) Life Science
10 4 (0.73%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.37%) CAN bus
13 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.18%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.18%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Windows
2 4 (0.73%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (83.52%) Validation
2 427 (78.21%) Customer Requirements
3 426 (78.02%) Verification and Validation
4 423 (77.47%) Mentoring
5 420 (76.92%) Coaching
5 420 (76.92%) Test Strategy
6 43 (7.88%) Schematic Capture
7 39 (7.14%) Prototyping
8 29 (5.31%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (4.95%) Requirements Management
9 27 (4.95%) Systems Engineering
10 26 (4.76%) Data Analysis
11 25 (4.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 25 (4.58%) Requirements Gathering
12 22 (4.03%) Requirements Analysis
12 22 (4.03%) Stress Analysis
13 11 (2.01%) Software Engineering
14 10 (1.83%) Issue Tracking
14 10 (1.83%) Situational Awareness
15 9 (1.65%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.49%) C
2 19 (3.48%) C++
3 13 (2.38%) MATLAB
4 7 (1.28%) Embedded C
4 7 (1.28%) Python
5 4 (0.73%) C#
5 4 (0.73%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.18%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 507 (92.86%) Degree
2 452 (82.78%) HND
3 27 (4.95%) HNC
4 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
4 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.55%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.18%) ISO 9000
1 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 47 (8.61%) Firmware
2 28 (5.13%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 17 (3.11%) EMC
2 4 (0.73%) Agilent
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.37%) SAP
4 1 (0.18%) Lotus