Electronics Jobs in the South West

Electronics
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 160 92
Rank change year-on-year +27 -68 +5
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 187 107 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.89% 1.62% 3.77%
As % of the General category 3.62% 2.57% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 132 86 243
10th Percentile £27,500 £38,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,278 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All General Skills
South West

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,162 4,169 5,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.23% 63.16% 61.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,488 2,304 3,107
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,000 £37,171
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,743 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.39% +4.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £60,135 £67,070 £64,106
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,850
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics in the South West

Electronics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Somerset +31 39 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Wiltshire -5 39 £35,500 -17.92% 29
Devon +16 37 £45,000 -5.26% 23
Bristol -13 28 £47,500 -17.39% 42
Gloucestershire -11 19 £37,500 -44.44% 42
Dorset -14 17 £40,000 -27.27% 8
Cornwall - 7 £80,000 - 3
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (2.67%) Confluence
2 4 (2.14%) Moodle
2 4 (2.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.28%) GNU Octave
2 5 (2.67%) OrCAD
2 5 (2.67%) SOLIDWORKS
3 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.14%) Windchill
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.07%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.88%) AWS
2 7 (3.74%) Azure
3 4 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.14%) OneDrive
4 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.16%) 5G
1 19 (10.16%) SD-WAN
1 19 (10.16%) WAN
2 16 (8.56%) Ethernet
3 12 (6.42%) RS-232
4 8 (4.28%) Bluetooth
4 8 (4.28%) OFDM
5 4 (2.14%) PBX
5 4 (2.14%) VoIP
5 4 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.14%) Wireless
5 4 (2.14%) ZigBee
6 3 (1.60%) RS-485
7 1 (0.53%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (3.74%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (5.88%) Git
1 11 (5.88%) Subversion
2 9 (4.81%) Visual Studio
3 7 (3.74%) Eclipse
3 7 (3.74%) JIRA
4 5 (2.67%) LabVIEW
5 2 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.07%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 52 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (21.93%) Manufacturing
4 40 (21.39%) Finance
5 30 (16.04%) Telecoms
6 26 (13.90%) Military
7 22 (11.76%) Aerospace
8 21 (11.23%) Marketing
9 14 (7.49%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (7.49%) Public Sector
10 13 (6.95%) Automotive
11 11 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (3.74%) Aviation
13 6 (3.21%) Retail
14 4 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.53%) Legal
17 1 (0.53%) Local Government
17 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 29 (15.51%) Hardware Engineer
2 25 (13.37%) Software Engineer
3 21 (11.23%) Developer
3 21 (11.23%) Electronics Engineer
4 19 (10.16%) Embedded Engineer
4 19 (10.16%) Lead
5 14 (7.49%) Project Leader
6 12 (6.42%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (5.88%) Senior
7 11 (5.88%) Software Developer
7 11 (5.88%) Software Project Leader
7 11 (5.88%) Technical Leader
7 11 (5.88%) Technical Project Leader
8 10 (5.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Support Assistant
9 9 (4.81%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.28%) DSP Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Electronics Technician
10 8 (4.28%) Graduate
10 8 (4.28%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.88%) .NET
2 8 (4.28%) HTML
3 7 (3.74%) Qt
4 4 (2.14%) DAO
4 4 (2.14%) Flash
5 2 (1.07%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.72%) FPGA
2 26 (13.90%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (10.70%) VHDL
4 16 (8.56%) Algorithms
5 15 (8.02%) Analogue Electronics
6 12 (6.42%) Robotics
7 11 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (4.28%) GNSS
8 8 (4.28%) MicroBlaze
9 5 (2.67%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.14%) IoT
10 4 (2.14%) PCIe
10 4 (2.14%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.60%) CPLD
11 3 (1.60%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.60%) Verilog
12 2 (1.07%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.07%) Chip and PIN
13 1 (0.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (21.93%) Windows
2 36 (19.25%) Linux
3 12 (6.42%) Apple iOS
4 8 (4.28%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.55%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (24.06%) Software Engineering
3 36 (19.25%) Computer Science
4 32 (17.11%) Test Automation
5 27 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (14.44%) Validation
6 26 (13.90%) B2B
7 24 (12.83%) Mentoring
7 24 (12.83%) Project Management
8 23 (12.30%) Signal Processing
9 21 (11.23%) Customer Requirements
10 20 (10.70%) FPGA Design
11 19 (10.16%) Creative Thinking
11 19 (10.16%) Defect Tracking
11 19 (10.16%) Requirements Analysis
11 19 (10.16%) Test Assurance
12 16 (8.56%) Line Management
12 16 (8.56%) Product Management
13 15 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (8.02%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.32%) C++
2 37 (19.79%) C
3 23 (12.30%) MATLAB
4 17 (9.09%) Java
5 13 (6.95%) C#
6 10 (5.35%) Python
7 8 (4.28%) Embedded C
7 8 (4.28%) Perl
7 8 (4.28%) Tcl
7 8 (4.28%) VB
8 7 (3.74%) Bash
8 7 (3.74%) PHP
8 7 (3.74%) SQL
9 4 (2.14%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.60%) Ada
Qualifications
1 54 (28.88%) Degree
2 21 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.88%) HND
3 11 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.74%) HNC
5 6 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.14%) CCNA
6 4 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.60%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.42%) PMO
2 7 (3.74%) JTAG
3 6 (3.21%) QA
4 3 (1.60%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.60%) DO-178B
System Software
1 42 (22.46%) Firmware
2 9 (4.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.14%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.07%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (7.49%) SAP
2 13 (6.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.95%) Xilinx
3 11 (5.88%) Xamarin
4 8 (4.28%) Altera
4 8 (4.28%) Green Hills
4 8 (4.28%) HP
4 8 (4.28%) Motorola
4 8 (4.28%) VMware
5 4 (2.14%) Cisco
5 4 (2.14%) Intel
5 4 (2.14%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (2.14%) Siemens
5 4 (2.14%) Symantec
6 2 (1.07%) EMC
6 2 (1.07%) Thales
7 1 (0.53%) F5