PCB Engineer Jobs

Printed Circuit Board Engineer (PCB Engineer)
UK

The median Printed Circuit Board Engineer (PCB Engineer) salary in the UK is £58,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 901 933 -
Rank change year-on-year +32 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a PCB Engineer 6 14 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.016% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile £38,125 £44,250 -
25th Percentile £50,313 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 -
90th Percentile £64,375 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year +11.90% - -

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

PCB Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PCB Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PCB Engineer in the UK

PCB Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCB Engineer.

Salary trend for PCB Engineer in the UK

PCB Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCB Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PCB Engineer in the UK

PCB Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCB Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -39 6 £58,750 +11.90% 18
England +28 5 £57,500 +9.52% 18
South East -9 3 £57,500 - 8
Work from Home - 2 £60,000 - 1
North East - 1 £60,000 -
North of England - 1 £60,000 -
South West - 1 £30,000 - 4
Scotland - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, PCB 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 PCB Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Siemens
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Business One
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) F5
3 1 (16.67%) FPGA
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (16.67%) Legal

PCB 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Business One
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Acoustics
1 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CAD
1 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
1 1 (16.67%) Physics
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Siemens
2 1 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (16.67%) F5
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP