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 to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 687 923
Rank change year-on-year +105 +236 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 347 306 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.32% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 239 85 136
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,086 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.47% +24.17% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Top 15 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 6 May 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 +29 344 £50,000 -19.47% 311
England +125 316 £50,000 -23.08% 303
South East +22 177 £55,000 -21.43% 107
Work from Home +115 74 £55,000 -15.38% 80
North of England +98 50 £47,500 -13.64% 43
North West +53 42 £47,500 -13.64% 21
Midlands -1 34 £67,500 +92.86% 38
East of England +3 31 £55,000 -15.38% 65
Scotland -42 27 £42,500 -29.17% 21
South West -25 21 £50,000 +11.11% 47
West Midlands +14 20 £80,000 +156.00% 21
East Midlands -17 14 £50,000 +25.00% 17
Yorkshire - 8 £50,000 - 17
Wales +16 4 £23,500 -57.27% 8
London +125 3 £50,000 -23.08% 17

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 311 (89.63%) Electronics
2 158 (45.53%) Manufacturing
3 149 (42.94%) Degree
4 144 (41.50%) Firmware
5 130 (37.46%) EMC
6 109 (31.41%) Schematic Capture
7 94 (27.09%) Embedded Firmware
8 83 (23.92%) Project Planning
8 83 (23.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 66 (19.02%) C
10 56 (16.14%) Software Engineering
11 52 (14.99%) C++
12 44 (12.68%) FPGA
13 41 (11.82%) Social Skills
14 39 (11.24%) Marketing
15 33 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (8.93%) LabVIEW
16 31 (8.93%) Wireless
17 30 (8.65%) Analogue Electronics
18 29 (8.36%) Finance
19 27 (7.78%) SAP
19 27 (7.78%) IoT
20 26 (7.49%) Public Sector
20 26 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
20 26 (7.49%) Telecoms
20 26 (7.49%) Digital Marketing
20 26 (7.49%) Programme Management
21 24 (6.92%) Python
22 23 (6.63%) Embedded Systems
23 22 (6.34%) Analytical Skills

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 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.73%) GNU Octave
2 6 (1.73%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.58%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.58%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.86%) Azure
1 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.93%) Wireless
2 21 (6.05%) Bluetooth
3 11 (3.17%) Internet
4 9 (2.59%) OFDM
5 8 (2.31%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.44%) 3G
7 5 (1.44%) GPRS
7 5 (1.44%) Modbus
7 5 (1.44%) RS-485
8 4 (1.15%) 4G
8 4 (1.15%) RS-232
9 3 (0.86%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.58%) LTE
10 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.29%) RFID
Development Applications
1 31 (8.93%) LabVIEW
2 8 (2.31%) Subversion
3 6 (1.73%) Git
4 5 (1.44%) JIRA
4 5 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.15%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 311 (89.63%) Electronics
2 158 (45.53%) Manufacturing
3 83 (23.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (11.82%) Social Skills
5 39 (11.24%) Marketing
6 29 (8.36%) Finance
7 26 (7.49%) Public Sector
7 26 (7.49%) Telecoms
8 22 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (3.75%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.75%) Automotive
10 11 (3.17%) Games
11 10 (2.88%) Legal
12 5 (1.44%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.44%) Military
12 5 (1.44%) Retail
13 4 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Avionics
14 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.15%) Flash
2 2 (0.58%) Qt
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) MFC
3 1 (0.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.68%) FPGA
2 30 (8.65%) Analogue Electronics
3 27 (7.78%) IoT
4 23 (6.63%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (4.90%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.32%) VHDL
7 9 (2.59%) Acoustics
7 9 (2.59%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (2.02%) Verilog
9 6 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.44%) NB-IoT
11 4 (1.15%) EPoS
12 3 (0.86%) CPLD
12 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.58%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
14 1 (0.29%) Device Driver
14 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.48%) Linux
2 4 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (31.41%) Schematic Capture
2 83 (23.92%) Project Planning
3 56 (16.14%) Software Engineering
4 33 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (7.49%) Digital Marketing
5 26 (7.49%) Programme Management
6 20 (5.76%) Validation
7 16 (4.61%) Computer Science
7 16 (4.61%) Design for Manufacturing
7 16 (4.61%) Prototyping
8 15 (4.32%) Analytical Thinking
8 15 (4.32%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (4.32%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.32%) Knowledge Transfer
8 15 (4.32%) Verification and Validation
9 14 (4.03%) Signal Processing
10 13 (3.75%) FPGA Design
11 12 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (3.17%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (19.02%) C
2 52 (14.99%) C++
3 24 (6.92%) Python
4 22 (6.34%) C#
4 22 (6.34%) Embedded C
5 7 (2.02%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.73%) Assembly Language
7 2 (0.58%) Bash
7 2 (0.58%) Embedded C++
7 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.29%) SQL
8 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (42.94%) Degree
2 13 (3.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.44%) HND
5 4 (1.15%) HNC
6 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.15%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.15%) JTAG
2 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 144 (41.50%) Firmware
2 94 (27.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 130 (37.46%) EMC
2 27 (7.78%) SAP
3 6 (1.73%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.58%) Epicor
4 2 (0.58%) Sage
5 1 (0.29%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.29%) CA
5 1 (0.29%) F5
5 1 (0.29%) NCR
5 1 (0.29%) Sitecore