Electronics Jobs

Electronics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 191 254
Rank change year-on-year +136 +63 +50
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 2,206 1,536 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.23% 1.56% 1.45%
As % of the General category 6.27% 2.61% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 817 1,098 760
10th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £38,204
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £50,000 £48,687
% change year-on-year +22.00% +2.70% +2.50%

All General Skills
UK

Electronics falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,192 58,854 71,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.47% 59.84% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 39,596 38,382
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics 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 +104 1,981 £61,000 +22.00% 890
England +119 1,844 £62,000 +18.10% 974
South East +66 645 £62,000 +30.53% 282
North of England +154 408 £47,683 -4.63% 134
Work from Home +111 330 £70,600 +34.48% 384
East of England +39 327 £55,000 - 200
Yorkshire +142 298 £40,101 -19.80% 50
Midlands +54 200 £47,500 -9.52% 112
South West +107 195 £40,101 -10.89% 101
East Midlands +92 159 £40,101 -19.80% 47
Scotland +161 127 £45,000 - 51
North West +24 98 £47,683 +0.39% 65
Wales +58 78 £62,000 +24.00% 38
London +78 57 £72,500 +20.83% 161
West Midlands -29 40 £58,250 +1.30% 65
North East +53 11 £55,000 -4.35% 20
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 8

Electronics
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (0.36%) Kinematics
2 6 (0.27%) Confluence
2 6 (0.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.091%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.045%) Apache
4 1 (0.045%) Mendix
Applications
1 181 (8.20%) Simulink
2 53 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.18%) GNU Octave
5 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.091%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.091%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.091%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.045%) Maple
7 1 (0.045%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.045%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.045%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 146 (6.62%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.045%) BASE24
2 1 (0.045%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.045%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 55 (2.49%) AWS
2 39 (1.77%) Azure
3 19 (0.86%) SaaS
4 12 (0.54%) Serverless
5 10 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (0.45%) Amazon S3
5 10 (0.45%) GCP
6 9 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (0.36%) Slack
8 7 (0.32%) GitHub
8 7 (0.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.27%) Amazon ECR
9 6 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.14%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.14%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.091%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (0.091%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.091%) ChatGPT
11 2 (0.091%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 453 (20.53%) Bluetooth
2 450 (20.40%) 5G
3 449 (20.35%) Wireless
4 444 (20.13%) Wi-Fi
5 436 (19.76%) LTE
6 427 (19.36%) GSM
7 420 (19.04%) UMTS
8 16 (0.73%) WAN
9 15 (0.68%) Modbus
9 15 (0.68%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.63%) Ethernet
10 14 (0.63%) RS-485
10 14 (0.63%) TCP/IP
11 11 (0.50%) Profibus
12 10 (0.45%) RS-232
13 9 (0.41%) Firewall
13 9 (0.41%) HTTP
14 8 (0.36%) 3G
14 8 (0.36%) VoIP
14 8 (0.36%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.68%) NoSQL
2 11 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.41%) MySQL
4 8 (0.36%) Amazon QuickSight
5 7 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.32%) RDBMS
5 7 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.32%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.18%) Metadata
6 4 (0.18%) SQLite
7 2 (0.091%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.045%) Big Data
8 1 (0.045%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.045%) Flink
8 1 (0.045%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.045%) GIS
8 1 (0.045%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 432 (19.58%) Rational DOORS
2 40 (1.81%) JIRA
3 36 (1.63%) Git
4 13 (0.59%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.50%) Subversion
6 10 (0.45%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.32%) GitLab
8 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.14%) GDB
10 2 (0.091%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.045%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.045%) Carbide.c++
11 1 (0.045%) CMake
11 1 (0.045%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.045%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.045%) Maven
11 1 (0.045%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.045%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.045%) VersaTest
11 1 (0.045%) WiX
General
1 714 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 457 (20.72%) Manufacturing
3 403 (18.27%) Marketing
4 280 (12.69%) Presentation Skills
5 225 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 216 (9.79%) Aerospace
7 119 (5.39%) Finance
8 110 (4.99%) Telecoms
9 97 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 36 (1.63%) Military
11 35 (1.59%) Aviation
12 34 (1.54%) Automotive
13 32 (1.45%) Advertising
14 25 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.09%) Law
16 22 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.54%) Avionics
18 10 (0.45%) Legal
19 5 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
20 4 (0.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 497 (22.53%) Electronics Engineer
2 464 (21.03%) Systems Engineer
3 429 (19.45%) Test Engineer
4 424 (19.22%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 416 (18.86%) Senior
6 348 (15.78%) Principal Engineer
7 194 (8.79%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 161 (7.30%) Junior
9 147 (6.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 145 (6.57%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 144 (6.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 141 (6.39%) Technical Manager
13 136 (6.17%) Help Desk Manager
14 109 (4.94%) Software Engineer
15 101 (4.58%) Products Support Manager
16 99 (4.49%) Lead
17 88 (3.99%) Support Manager
18 84 (3.81%) Senior Electrical Engineer
19 81 (3.67%) Product Manager
20 52 (2.36%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (0.95%) .NET
2 16 (0.73%) REST
3 13 (0.59%) Flask
4 12 (0.54%) JSON
5 11 (0.50%) React
6 10 (0.45%) HTML
7 9 (0.41%) Middleware
7 9 (0.41%) Node.js
8 7 (0.32%) FastAPI
9 6 (0.27%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.27%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.27%) Django
9 6 (0.27%) Lambda Expressions
9 6 (0.27%) pytest
10 5 (0.23%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.23%) CSS
11 4 (0.18%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.18%) Entity Framework
11 4 (0.18%) WPF
11 4 (0.18%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 435 (19.72%) Driving Licence
2 317 (14.37%) Algorithms
3 107 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (2.81%) Embedded Systems
5 59 (2.67%) IoT
6 42 (1.90%) FPGA
6 42 (1.90%) SCADA
7 34 (1.54%) Analogue Electronics
8 26 (1.18%) VHDL
9 24 (1.09%) Optoelectronics
10 21 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (0.95%) PMI
11 20 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 20 (0.91%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 20 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
11 20 (0.91%) Robotics
12 19 (0.86%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.73%) Social Media
14 15 (0.68%) Product Ownership
15 14 (0.63%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 66 (2.99%) Linux
2 53 (2.40%) Windows
3 14 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.59%) Android
5 12 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.23%) Debian
7 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.23%) Unix
8 4 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.091%) VMS
11 1 (0.045%) CentOS
11 1 (0.045%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.045%) Rocky
11 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.045%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 745 (33.77%) Systems Engineering
2 586 (26.56%) Mentoring
3 552 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
4 506 (22.94%) Validation
5 468 (21.21%) Physics
6 450 (20.40%) Coaching
6 450 (20.40%) Customer Requirements
7 449 (20.35%) Mathematics
8 447 (20.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 437 (19.81%) Verification and Validation
10 424 (19.22%) Test Strategy
11 370 (16.77%) Software Engineering
12 332 (15.05%) Decision-Making
13 308 (13.96%) Signal Processing
14 304 (13.78%) Technical Leadership
15 239 (10.83%) Software Assurance
16 225 (10.20%) Project Management
17 223 (10.11%) Computer Science
18 162 (7.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
18 162 (7.34%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 215 (9.75%) MATLAB
2 146 (6.62%) C
3 127 (5.76%) R
4 120 (5.44%) C++
5 99 (4.49%) Python
6 58 (2.63%) C#
7 32 (1.45%) Java
8 22 (1.00%) SQL
9 19 (0.86%) JavaScript
10 18 (0.82%) Embedded C
11 15 (0.68%) PowerShell
12 12 (0.54%) Bash
13 11 (0.50%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.41%) VB
15 8 (0.36%) Embedded C++
15 8 (0.36%) Perl
15 8 (0.36%) Tcl
16 4 (0.18%) Ada
16 4 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,189 (53.90%) Degree
2 831 (37.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 437 (19.81%) HND
4 115 (5.21%) Master's Degree
5 80 (3.63%) Security Cleared
6 44 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
7 33 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.22%) SC Cleared
9 26 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.00%) CEH
11 14 (0.63%) PMP
12 13 (0.59%) CISSP
13 11 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (0.36%) HNC
15 7 (0.32%) PhD
16 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
17 2 (0.091%) CCA
18 1 (0.045%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (12.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 32 (1.45%) QA
3 23 (1.04%) DO-254
4 18 (0.82%) SLA
5 14 (0.63%) NIST
6 13 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.50%) PMO
8 10 (0.45%) GDPR
9 9 (0.41%) Def Stans
9 9 (0.41%) IEC 62304
9 9 (0.41%) ISO 13485
10 6 (0.27%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.23%) Automotive SPICE
11 5 (0.23%) ISO 26262
11 5 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.23%) JTAG
12 4 (0.18%) MISRA
13 3 (0.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 108 (4.90%) Firmware
2 53 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.50%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.50%) vSphere
4 7 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (1.00%) Terraform
2 18 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.59%) Ansible
4 11 (0.50%) Puppet
5 6 (0.27%) Kustomize
6 5 (0.23%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.18%) SCCM
8 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.045%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.045%) Marathon
Vendors
1 418 (18.95%) IBM
2 97 (4.40%) SAP
3 88 (3.99%) Microsoft
4 43 (1.95%) Siemens
5 37 (1.68%) EMC
6 30 (1.36%) Google
6 30 (1.36%) NetApp
7 26 (1.18%) Citrix
8 22 (1.00%) Rockwell
8 22 (1.00%) YouTube
9 21 (0.95%) Intel
10 17 (0.77%) Pure Storage
11 13 (0.59%) Dell
12 12 (0.54%) VMware
13 10 (0.45%) Altera
13 10 (0.45%) Xilinx
14 9 (0.41%) Mentor Graphics
15 8 (0.36%) Cisco
15 8 (0.36%) Green Hills
16 6 (0.27%) Allen-Bradley