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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 685 963
Rank change year-on-year +127 +278 -192
Permanent jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 350 299 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.33% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 241 87 138
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,375 £40,853
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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 20 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 20 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 +38 348 £50,000 -21.31% 332
England +114 319 £50,000 -23.08% 325
South East +22 176 £55,000 -21.43% 121
Work from Home +121 74 £55,000 -15.38% 88
North of England +79 51 £47,500 -11.63% 29
North West +33 42 £47,500 -11.63% 15
Midlands -18 36 £67,500 +87.50% 51
East of England -10 31 £55,000 -15.38% 76
Scotland -40 27 £42,500 -29.17% 22
South West -13 23 £50,000 +16.19% 40
West Midlands +2 21 £80,000 +128.57% 35
East Midlands -18 15 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Yorkshire - 9 £50,000 - 13
Wales +10 4 £23,500 -57.27% 11
London +106 2 £65,000 - 29

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 311 (88.86%) Electronics
2 156 (44.57%) Manufacturing
3 148 (42.29%) Degree
4 143 (40.86%) Firmware
5 129 (36.86%) EMC
6 109 (31.14%) Schematic Capture
7 96 (27.43%) Embedded Firmware
8 83 (23.71%) Project Planning
8 83 (23.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 67 (19.14%) C
10 54 (15.43%) C++
10 54 (15.43%) Software Engineering
11 45 (12.86%) FPGA
12 43 (12.29%) Social Skills
13 37 (10.57%) Marketing
14 36 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (8.86%) LabVIEW
16 30 (8.57%) Wireless
16 30 (8.57%) Analogue Electronics
17 26 (7.43%) Finance
18 25 (7.14%) SAP
18 25 (7.14%) IoT
19 24 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
19 24 (6.86%) Public Sector
19 24 (6.86%) Programme Management
19 24 (6.86%) Digital Marketing
19 24 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
19 24 (6.86%) Telecoms
20 23 (6.57%) Python
21 22 (6.29%) 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 8 (2.29%) GNU Octave
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.43%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.57%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.57%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 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 30 (8.57%) Wireless
2 20 (5.71%) Bluetooth
3 11 (3.14%) Internet
3 11 (3.14%) OFDM
4 7 (2.00%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.43%) 3G
6 5 (1.43%) GPRS
6 5 (1.43%) Modbus
6 5 (1.43%) RS-232
6 5 (1.43%) RS-485
7 4 (1.14%) 4G
8 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.57%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.29%) LTE
10 1 (0.29%) RFID
Development Applications
1 31 (8.86%) LabVIEW
2 7 (2.00%) Subversion
3 5 (1.43%) Git
3 5 (1.43%) JIRA
3 5 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (1.14%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 311 (88.86%) Electronics
2 156 (44.57%) Manufacturing
3 83 (23.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (12.29%) Social Skills
5 37 (10.57%) Marketing
6 26 (7.43%) Finance
7 24 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (6.86%) Public Sector
7 24 (6.86%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.71%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.71%) Automotive
9 11 (3.14%) Games
10 10 (2.86%) Legal
11 6 (1.71%) Military
12 5 (1.43%) Japanese Language
12 5 (1.43%) Retail
13 4 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Avionics
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.14%) Flash
2 2 (0.57%) Qt
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) MFC
3 1 (0.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.86%) FPGA
2 30 (8.57%) Analogue Electronics
3 25 (7.14%) IoT
4 22 (6.29%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (5.43%) Algorithms
6 17 (4.86%) VHDL
7 9 (2.57%) Acoustics
7 9 (2.57%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.71%) Verilog
9 5 (1.43%) NB-IoT
10 4 (1.14%) EPoS
11 3 (0.86%) CPLD
11 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.57%) CAN bus
12 2 (0.57%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
13 1 (0.29%) Device Driver
13 1 (0.29%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.86%) Linux
2 3 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (31.14%) Schematic Capture
2 83 (23.71%) Project Planning
3 54 (15.43%) Software Engineering
4 36 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (6.86%) Digital Marketing
5 24 (6.86%) Programme Management
6 20 (5.71%) Validation
7 16 (4.57%) Prototyping
7 16 (4.57%) Signal Processing
8 15 (4.29%) Analytical Thinking
8 15 (4.29%) Computer Science
8 15 (4.29%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (4.29%) Decision-Making
8 15 (4.29%) Knowledge Transfer
8 15 (4.29%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (3.71%) Design for Manufacturing
9 13 (3.71%) FPGA Design
10 11 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (3.14%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (19.14%) C
2 54 (15.43%) C++
3 23 (6.57%) Python
4 21 (6.00%) C#
4 21 (6.00%) Embedded C
5 9 (2.57%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.71%) Assembly Language
7 2 (0.57%) Bash
7 2 (0.57%) Embedded C++
7 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.29%) SQL
8 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 148 (42.29%) Degree
2 13 (3.71%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.57%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.43%) HND
5 4 (1.14%) 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 (1.14%) IEC 61131
1 4 (1.14%) JTAG
2 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 143 (40.86%) Firmware
2 96 (27.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 129 (36.86%) EMC
2 25 (7.14%) SAP
3 6 (1.71%) 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