Electronic Engineer
UK

The median Electronic Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 697 928
Rank change year-on-year +136 +231 -179
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 349 303 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 241 84 136
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £63,543 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.31% +27.09% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK

Electronics Engineer
Top 15 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 8 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
UK excluding London +27 346 £50,000 -21.31% 294
England +106 319 £50,000 -23.08% 289
South East +22 177 £55,000 -21.43% 105
Work from Home +107 74 £55,000 -15.38% 78
North of England +85 51 £47,500 -13.64% 33
North West +41 42 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Midlands -8 35 £67,500 +92.86% 40
East of England -3 31 £55,000 -15.38% 64
Scotland -38 26 £42,500 -29.17% 18
South West -18 22 £50,000 +11.11% 45
West Midlands +1 20 £80,000 +156.00% 25
East Midlands -14 15 £50,000 +25.00% 15
Yorkshire - 9 £50,000 - 12
Wales +11 4 £23,500 -57.27% 8
London +123 3 £50,000 -23.08% 20

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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.

1 312 (89.40%) Electronics
2 157 (44.99%) Manufacturing
3 149 (42.69%) Degree
4 147 (42.12%) Firmware
5 132 (37.82%) EMC
6 110 (31.52%) Schematic Capture
7 96 (27.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 83 (23.78%) Project Planning
9 82 (23.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 68 (19.48%) C
11 55 (15.76%) Software Engineering
12 53 (15.19%) C++
13 45 (12.89%) FPGA
14 42 (12.03%) Social Skills
15 38 (10.89%) Marketing
16 34 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
17 31 (8.88%) LabVIEW
17 31 (8.88%) Wireless
18 30 (8.60%) Analogue Electronics
19 28 (8.02%) Finance
20 27 (7.74%) IoT
21 26 (7.45%) SAP
22 25 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
22 25 (7.16%) Telecoms
22 25 (7.16%) Digital Marketing
22 25 (7.16%) Programme Management
22 25 (7.16%) Public Sector
23 23 (6.59%) Python
23 23 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
23 23 (6.59%) Embedded Systems

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 7 (2.01%) GNU Octave
1 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.72%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.57%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.57%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.86%) Azure
1 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.88%) Wireless
2 21 (6.02%) Bluetooth
3 11 (3.15%) Internet
4 10 (2.87%) OFDM
5 8 (2.29%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.43%) 3G
7 5 (1.43%) GPRS
7 5 (1.43%) Modbus
7 5 (1.43%) RS-485
8 4 (1.15%) 4G
8 4 (1.15%) RS-232
9 3 (0.86%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.57%) LTE
10 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.29%) RFID
Development Applications
1 31 (8.88%) LabVIEW
2 8 (2.29%) Subversion
3 6 (1.72%) Git
4 5 (1.43%) JIRA
4 5 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.15%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 312 (89.40%) Electronics
2 157 (44.99%) Manufacturing
3 82 (23.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (12.03%) Social Skills
5 38 (10.89%) Marketing
6 28 (8.02%) Finance
7 25 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 25 (7.16%) Telecoms
8 23 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (3.72%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.72%) Automotive
10 11 (3.15%) Games
11 10 (2.87%) Legal
12 5 (1.43%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.43%) Military
12 5 (1.43%) Retail
13 4 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Avionics
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.15%) Flash
2 2 (0.57%) Qt
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) MFC
3 1 (0.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.89%) FPGA
2 30 (8.60%) Analogue Electronics
3 27 (7.74%) IoT
4 23 (6.59%) Embedded Systems
5 18 (5.16%) Algorithms
6 16 (4.58%) VHDL
7 9 (2.58%) Acoustics
7 9 (2.58%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.72%) Verilog
9 5 (1.43%) NB-IoT
10 4 (1.15%) EPoS
11 3 (0.86%) CPLD
11 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.57%) CAN bus
12 2 (0.57%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
13 1 (0.29%) Device Driver
13 1 (0.29%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.44%) Linux
2 4 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (31.52%) Schematic Capture
2 83 (23.78%) Project Planning
3 55 (15.76%) Software Engineering
4 34 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (7.16%) Digital Marketing
5 25 (7.16%) Programme Management
6 20 (5.73%) Validation
7 16 (4.58%) Design for Manufacturing
7 16 (4.58%) Prototyping
8 15 (4.30%) Analytical Thinking
8 15 (4.30%) Computer Science
8 15 (4.30%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (4.30%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.30%) Knowledge Transfer
8 15 (4.30%) Signal Processing
8 15 (4.30%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (3.72%) FPGA Design
10 12 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (3.15%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (19.48%) C
2 53 (15.19%) C++
3 23 (6.59%) Python
4 22 (6.30%) Embedded C
5 21 (6.02%) C#
6 8 (2.29%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.72%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.57%) Bash
8 2 (0.57%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.29%) SQL
9 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 149 (42.69%) Degree
2 13 (3.72%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.58%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.43%) HND
5 4 (1.15%) HNC
6 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.15%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.15%) JTAG
2 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 147 (42.12%) Firmware
2 96 (27.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 132 (37.82%) EMC
2 26 (7.45%) SAP
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.57%) Epicor
4 2 (0.57%) Sage
4 2 (0.57%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.29%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.29%) CA
5 1 (0.29%) F5
5 1 (0.29%) NCR