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 advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 148 119
Rank change year-on-year +19 -29 +60
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 126 122 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.69% 1.95% 2.66%
As % of the General category 2.94% 2.56% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 83 14 75
10th Percentile £31,520 £28,125 £35,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,625 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £57,000
90th Percentile £71,250 - £75,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,290 4,770 4,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.51% 76.25% 62.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,194 2,892
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +0.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 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
Warwickshire +17 48 £65,000 +62.50% 29
Birmingham -1 14 £52,500 - 30
Worcestershire -5 13 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Staffordshire - 6 £53,750 - 10
Herefordshire - 5 £61,500 - 2
Shropshire - 3 £72,500 - 7
Coventry +28 2 £62,500 +19.05% 26
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 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (14.29%) Simulink
2 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.14%) GitHub
2 5 (3.97%) Azure
3 3 (2.38%) AWS
3 3 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.59%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.79%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.32%) Bluetooth
2 12 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (7.94%) Wireless
4 7 (5.56%) J1939
5 6 (4.76%) Ethernet
6 5 (3.97%) RS-232
6 5 (3.97%) RS-485
6 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.97%) ZigBee
7 4 (3.17%) FlexRay
8 2 (1.59%) Firewall
8 2 (1.59%) LAN
8 2 (1.59%) PBX
8 2 (1.59%) WAN
9 1 (0.79%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) MySQL
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.94%) JIRA
2 3 (2.38%) Git
3 2 (1.59%) CANoe
3 2 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.79%) LabVIEW
General
1 45 (35.71%) Automotive
2 27 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.05%) Finance
4 21 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 15 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.14%) Marketing
7 8 (6.35%) Telecoms
8 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.97%) Aeronautics
9 5 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.97%) Aviation
10 4 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.38%) Games
11 3 (2.38%) Police
11 3 (2.38%) Welsh Language
12 2 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 24 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 20 (15.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 20 (15.87%) Senior
4 17 (13.49%) Hardware Engineer
5 15 (11.90%) Electronics Engineer
5 15 (11.90%) Principal Engineer
5 15 (11.90%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 13 (10.32%) Junior
7 12 (9.52%) Graduate
7 12 (9.52%) Lead
8 10 (7.94%) Development Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Graduate Development Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Junior Electronics Engineer
9 7 (5.56%) Test Engineer
10 6 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.97%) Firmware Engineer
11 5 (3.97%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) .NET
1 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (2.38%) WPF
2 2 (1.59%) Blazor
2 2 (1.59%) HTML
2 2 (1.59%) Ionic Framework
2 2 (1.59%) React
3 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.79%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.73%) IoT
2 6 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.76%) Smart Home
3 5 (3.97%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.17%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.17%) Device Driver
4 4 (3.17%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.17%) Infotainment
4 4 (3.17%) NHS
4 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.17%) Social Media
5 3 (2.38%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.59%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.59%) State Machine
7 1 (0.79%) Genomics
7 1 (0.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.32%) Linux
2 12 (9.52%) Windows
3 4 (3.17%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.17%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.63%) Software Engineering
2 19 (15.08%) Agile
2 19 (15.08%) Validation
3 13 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (8.73%) Computer Science
4 11 (8.73%) Line Management
4 11 (8.73%) Mentoring
4 11 (8.73%) Schematic Capture
5 10 (7.94%) Project Planning
6 9 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
6 9 (7.14%) Test Automation
7 8 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (6.35%) Project Management
8 7 (5.56%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 7 (5.56%) Project Delivery
8 7 (5.56%) Software Testing
8 7 (5.56%) Workflow
9 6 (4.76%) Data Analysis
9 6 (4.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.78%) C
2 20 (15.87%) Embedded C
3 18 (14.29%) MATLAB
4 17 (13.49%) C++
5 11 (8.73%) Python
6 6 (4.76%) Embedded C++
7 5 (3.97%) SQL
8 4 (3.17%) C#
9 3 (2.38%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.79%) R
11 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (42.06%) Degree
2 5 (3.97%) CISSP
2 5 (3.97%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.17%) CISM
3 4 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.59%) CEH
5 2 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.59%) CISA
5 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.59%) CRISC
5 2 (1.59%) GIAC
5 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.90%) AUTOSAR
2 12 (9.52%) ISO 26262
3 10 (7.94%) MISRA
4 8 (6.35%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (3.17%) MISRA C
6 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.38%) JTAG
7 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.59%) QA
8 1 (0.79%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 34 (26.98%) Firmware
2 24 (19.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.59%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (13.49%) EMC
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.97%) SAP
4 4 (3.17%) Facebook
5 3 (2.38%) Lauterbach
6 2 (1.59%) QNX
6 2 (1.59%) VMware
6 2 (1.59%) Xamarin