Electronics Jobs in the West Midlands

Electronics
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 156 127 150
Rank change year-on-year -29 +23 -28
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 40 128 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.90% 1.77% 2.04%
As % of the General category 1.63% 3.05% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 88 9
10th Percentile £34,550 £32,195 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +27.78% -1.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,250 £71,250 £56,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,458 4,203 5,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.05% 58.05% 76.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 3,025 2,262
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,995 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,950 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,063
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.59% +0.11%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire -58 8 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Wolverhampton - 6 - - 1
Solihull - 6 £75,000 - 3
Birmingham +22 5 - - 10
Walsall - 5 - - 1
Shropshire +19 3 £55,000 -24.14% 3
Worcestershire +12 3 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Staffordshire +20 2 £50,000 -6.98% 17
Coventry -2 2 £62,875 +0.60% 5
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Simulink
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Ethernet
1 3 (7.50%) Modbus
1 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (5.00%) Bluetooth
2 2 (5.00%) Profibus
3 1 (2.50%) 5G
3 1 (2.50%) FlexRay
3 1 (2.50%) LAN
3 1 (2.50%) LTE
3 1 (2.50%) PBX
3 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.50%) VoIP
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 28 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 23 (57.50%) Law
4 22 (55.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (20.00%) Automotive
6 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (7.50%) Finance
8 2 (5.00%) Agriculture
8 2 (5.00%) Avionics
9 1 (2.50%) Advertising
9 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.50%) Marketing
9 1 (2.50%) Military
9 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Lead
2 21 (52.50%) Technical Leader
3 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Control Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Graduate
4 2 (5.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Senior
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Developer
5 1 (2.50%) Head of Projects
5 1 (2.50%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Technical Test Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Test Leader
5 1 (2.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (57.50%) SCADA
2 21 (52.50%) IoT
3 20 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (50.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 5 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (10.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.50%) ASIC
6 1 (2.50%) CAN bus
6 1 (2.50%) FPGA
6 1 (2.50%) Infotainment
6 1 (2.50%) NB-IoT
6 1 (2.50%) VHDL
6 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.50%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Android
2 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Mechatronics
2 26 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (50.00%) Data Collection
4 9 (22.50%) Agile
4 9 (22.50%) Validation
5 6 (15.00%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.00%) Requirements Management
7 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (7.50%) Asset Management
8 3 (7.50%) Project Management
8 3 (7.50%) Software Engineering
9 2 (5.00%) Computer Science
9 2 (5.00%) Penetration Testing
9 2 (5.00%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) C
2 3 (7.50%) MATLAB
3 2 (5.00%) C#
3 2 (5.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (5.00%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (5.00%) Python
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) C++
4 1 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMP
3 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 4 (10.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (2.50%) DO-254
2 1 (2.50%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Puppet
2 1 (2.50%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Siemens
2 22 (55.00%) Rockwell
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.00%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) Nexthink
5 1 (2.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.50%) VMware
5 1 (2.50%) Xilinx