Senior Electrical Engineer
UK
The median Senior Electrical Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 394 | 885 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +491 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Electrical Engineer | 361 | 22 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.64% | 0.022% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.71% | 0.023% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 94 | 13 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £60,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £60,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -33.33% | - | - |
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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
Senior Electrical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Electrical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Electrical Engineer.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Electrical Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Electrical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +446 | 350 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 18 |
| England | +415 | 307 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 32 |
| North of England | +194 | 175 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 2 |
| North West | +118 | 157 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 1 |
| South East | +144 | 57 | - | - | 8 |
| Scotland | - | 36 | - | - | |
| South West | +131 | 29 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 5 |
| East of England | - | 24 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 20 | - | - | 3 |
| Midlands | - | 20 | - | - | 4 |
| Yorkshire | - | 18 | - | - | |
| Wales | - | 9 | - | - |
Senior Electrical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Senior Electrical 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 Senior Electrical Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Electrical 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: