Electronics Engineer Jobs

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 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 580 659 991
Rank change year-on-year +79 +332 -218
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 361 296 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.31% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.34% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 249 93 139
10th Percentile £33,300 £37,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £41,051
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,086 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% +12.88% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,086 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.47% +24.17% +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 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%

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 1 June 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 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 +31 358 £50,000 -19.47% 309
England +69 328 £50,000 -23.08% 315
South East +6 180 £55,000 -20.00% 120
Work from Home +79 76 £55,000 -15.38% 78
North of England +75 52 £47,500 -7.32% 27
North West +27 41 £47,500 -7.32% 20
Midlands -22 38 £67,500 +87.50% 50
East of England -11 35 £60,000 -7.69% 63
Scotland -38 28 £42,500 -29.17% 20
West Midlands -24 23 £80,000 +128.57% 26
South West -20 21 £50,000 +11.11% 38
East Midlands -17 15 £50,000 +25.00% 24
Yorkshire - 11 £50,000 - 6
Wales +10 4 £23,500 -57.27% 5
London +107 2 £65,000 - 23

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 319 (88.37%) Electronics
2 160 (44.32%) Manufacturing
3 147 (40.72%) Degree
4 140 (38.78%) Firmware
5 128 (35.46%) EMC
6 109 (30.19%) Schematic Capture
7 97 (26.87%) Embedded Firmware
8 85 (23.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 83 (22.99%) Project Planning
10 67 (18.56%) C
11 56 (15.51%) Software Engineering
12 54 (14.96%) C++
13 43 (11.91%) FPGA
13 43 (11.91%) Social Skills
14 38 (10.53%) Marketing
15 36 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (8.59%) Analogue Electronics
16 31 (8.59%) Wireless
17 30 (8.31%) LabVIEW
18 27 (7.48%) Finance
18 27 (7.48%) IoT
19 26 (7.20%) SAP
20 25 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
20 25 (6.93%) Telecoms
20 25 (6.93%) Programme Management
20 25 (6.93%) Digital Marketing
20 25 (6.93%) Public Sector
21 24 (6.65%) Embedded Systems
22 23 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
23 22 (6.09%) Python

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 8 (2.22%) GNU Octave
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.39%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.55%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.83%) Azure
1 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.59%) Wireless
2 20 (5.54%) Bluetooth
3 12 (3.32%) Internet
4 11 (3.05%) OFDM
5 7 (1.94%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.66%) 3G
6 6 (1.66%) GPRS
6 6 (1.66%) Modbus
6 6 (1.66%) RS-232
6 6 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.39%) RS-485
8 4 (1.11%) 4G
8 4 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.55%) LTE
9 2 (0.55%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.28%) RFID
Development Applications
1 30 (8.31%) LabVIEW
2 7 (1.94%) Subversion
3 6 (1.66%) JIRA
4 5 (1.39%) Git
4 5 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.11%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 319 (88.37%) Electronics
2 160 (44.32%) Manufacturing
3 85 (23.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (11.91%) Social Skills
5 38 (10.53%) Marketing
6 27 (7.48%) Finance
7 25 (6.93%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.93%) Telecoms
8 23 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (3.60%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.60%) Automotive
10 12 (3.32%) Games
11 10 (2.77%) Legal
12 8 (2.22%) Military
13 5 (1.39%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.39%) Retail
14 4 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.28%) Avionics
15 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.11%) Flash
2 2 (0.55%) Qt
3 1 (0.28%) .NET
3 1 (0.28%) MFC
3 1 (0.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.91%) FPGA
2 31 (8.59%) Analogue Electronics
3 27 (7.48%) IoT
4 24 (6.65%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (5.26%) Algorithms
6 16 (4.43%) VHDL
7 9 (2.49%) Acoustics
7 9 (2.49%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (1.66%) NB-IoT
8 6 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.66%) Verilog
9 4 (1.11%) EPoS
9 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.83%) CPLD
10 3 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.55%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.28%) Arduino
12 1 (0.28%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.88%) Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.19%) Schematic Capture
2 83 (22.99%) Project Planning
3 56 (15.51%) Software Engineering
4 36 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (6.93%) Digital Marketing
5 25 (6.93%) Programme Management
6 21 (5.82%) Validation
7 16 (4.43%) Signal Processing
7 16 (4.43%) Verification and Validation
8 15 (4.16%) Analytical Thinking
8 15 (4.16%) Computer Science
8 15 (4.16%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (4.16%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.16%) Design for Manufacturing
8 15 (4.16%) Knowledge Transfer
8 15 (4.16%) Prototyping
9 13 (3.60%) FPGA Design
10 12 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (3.05%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.56%) C
2 54 (14.96%) C++
3 22 (6.09%) Python
4 21 (5.82%) C#
4 21 (5.82%) Embedded C
5 9 (2.49%) MATLAB
6 5 (1.39%) Assembly Language
7 2 (0.55%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.28%) SQL
8 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 147 (40.72%) Degree
2 11 (3.05%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.11%) HNC
4 4 (1.11%) HND
5 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.11%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.11%) JTAG
2 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.55%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 140 (38.78%) Firmware
2 97 (26.87%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 128 (35.46%) EMC
2 26 (7.20%) SAP
3 6 (1.66%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.55%) Epicor
4 2 (0.55%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.28%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.28%) CA
5 1 (0.28%) F5
5 1 (0.28%) NCR
5 1 (0.28%) Sage