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 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 569 682
Rank change year-on-year +367 +113 +283
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 906 348 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 0.35% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 0.37% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 92 240 83
10th Percentile £46,375 £33,400 £33,400
25th Percentile £47,683 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -23.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -23.08% +30.00%

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 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
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 £71,000 £80,000
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 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 17 May 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 17 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
England +344 885 £50,055 +0.11% 151
UK excluding London +307 885 £50,055 +0.11% 162
East of England +170 324 £50,000 -9.09% 29
South East +122 260 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Midlands +183 197 £47,500 -29.63% 18
East Midlands +130 196 £47,500 -5.00% 8
North of England +49 57 £50,055 +5.38% 35
North West +11 53 £50,055 +5.38% 23
South West +128 40 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Work from Home +90 34 £55,000 - 53
Scotland +98 6 £47,500 +11.76% 5
London +114 5 - - 10
Yorkshire +57 4 - - 7
Wales +40 3 £55,000 +134.04% 15
West Midlands +37 1 - - 10
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 859 (94.81%) Degree
2 846 (93.38%) Electronics
3 811 (89.51%) HND
4 775 (85.54%) Validation
5 737 (81.35%) Customer Requirements
6 735 (81.13%) Verification and Validation
7 734 (81.02%) 5G
8 733 (80.91%) Wireless
8 733 (80.91%) GSM
8 733 (80.91%) Bluetooth
8 733 (80.91%) Mentoring
9 731 (80.68%) Wi-Fi
10 730 (80.57%) UMTS
10 730 (80.57%) Coaching
10 730 (80.57%) Driving Licence
10 730 (80.57%) Test Strategy
10 730 (80.57%) LTE
11 77 (8.50%) Schematic Capture
12 59 (6.51%) EMC
13 53 (5.85%) Manufacturing
14 43 (4.75%) Firmware
15 39 (4.30%) Project Planning
15 39 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 37 (4.08%) Systems Engineering
16 37 (4.08%) Requirements Management
16 37 (4.08%) HNC
17 36 (3.97%) Data Analysis
18 35 (3.86%) Rational DOORS
18 35 (3.86%) Requirements Gathering
18 35 (3.86%) 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 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) GNU Octave
2 3 (0.33%) Simulink
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
1 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 734 (81.02%) 5G
2 733 (80.91%) Bluetooth
2 733 (80.91%) GSM
2 733 (80.91%) Wireless
3 731 (80.68%) Wi-Fi
4 730 (80.57%) LTE
4 730 (80.57%) UMTS
5 4 (0.44%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.44%) RS-485
5 4 (0.44%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.44%) WAN
6 3 (0.33%) GPRS
6 3 (0.33%) MQTT
7 2 (0.22%) RFID
7 2 (0.22%) RS-232
8 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 35 (3.86%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (1.10%) JIRA
3 8 (0.88%) Git
4 4 (0.44%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.44%) Subversion
5 1 (0.11%) Carbide.c++
General
1 846 (93.38%) Electronics
2 53 (5.85%) Manufacturing
3 39 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (2.54%) Social Skills
5 12 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (1.32%) Telecoms
6 8 (0.88%) Aerospace
6 8 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (0.77%) Aviation
8 2 (0.22%) Marketing
9 1 (0.11%) Finance
9 1 (0.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.44%) pytest
2 1 (0.11%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 730 (80.57%) Driving Licence
2 20 (2.21%) FPGA
3 17 (1.88%) Optoelectronics
4 14 (1.55%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (1.10%) Algorithms
7 9 (0.99%) VHDL
8 7 (0.77%) CPLD
9 6 (0.66%) IoT
10 5 (0.55%) Verilog
11 4 (0.44%) Life Science
11 4 (0.44%) Self-Driving Car
12 3 (0.33%) Fibre Optics
13 1 (0.11%) CAN bus
13 1 (0.11%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.11%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.11%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.77%) Windows
2 4 (0.44%) Unix
3 2 (0.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.11%) Android
4 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (85.54%) Validation
2 737 (81.35%) Customer Requirements
3 735 (81.13%) Verification and Validation
4 733 (80.91%) Mentoring
5 730 (80.57%) Coaching
5 730 (80.57%) Test Strategy
6 77 (8.50%) Schematic Capture
7 39 (4.30%) Project Planning
8 37 (4.08%) Requirements Management
8 37 (4.08%) Systems Engineering
9 36 (3.97%) Data Analysis
10 35 (3.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 35 (3.86%) Requirements Gathering
11 33 (3.64%) Prototyping
12 31 (3.42%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (1.88%) Requirements Analysis
13 17 (1.88%) Stress Analysis
14 11 (1.21%) Software Engineering
15 10 (1.10%) Issue Tracking
15 10 (1.10%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 27 (2.98%) C
2 16 (1.77%) C++
3 11 (1.21%) MATLAB
4 7 (0.77%) Embedded C
4 7 (0.77%) Python
5 4 (0.44%) C#
5 4 (0.44%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.11%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 859 (94.81%) Degree
2 811 (89.51%) HND
3 37 (4.08%) HNC
4 9 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
1 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 43 (4.75%) Firmware
2 25 (2.76%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 59 (6.51%) EMC
2 4 (0.44%) Agilent
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.22%) SAP