Electronics engineer: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Electronics engineers (SOC 2124)
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £50,510 in 2021 to £52,751 in 2025 (+4%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +25% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £50,510 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £41,262 | £49,067 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £41,952 | £49,881 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £41,198 | £52,011 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £44,771 | £52,751 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £48,774 | x | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Electronics engineers in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Engineering Professionals (SOC 212) has a median of £52,130 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £66,278, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £45,669 | £3,806 |
| 25th (P25) | £48,774 | £4,065 |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | x | x |
| Median (50th) | x | x |
| 60th | x | x |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 41 job titles to SOC 2124 Electronics engineers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Area engineer
- Broadcast engineer
- Broadcasting engineer
- Chief inspector
- Circuit designer
- Combat systems engineer
- Communication engineer
- Communications consultant
- Communications engineer
- Computer hardware engineer
- Design engineer
- Designer
- Electronic design engineer
- Electronic engineer
- Electronics design engineer
- Electronics designer
- Electronics engineer
- Engineer
- Fibre optic engineer
- Hardware design engineer
- Microwave engineer
- Mission systems engineer
- Power transmission engineer
- Radar engineer
- Radio communication engineer
- Radio engineer
- Regional engineer
- Research assistant
- Research associate
- Research officer
- Researcher
- Rf optimisation engineer
- Scientific officer
- Staff engineer
- Systems engineer
- Telecom engineer
- Telecommunications designer
- Telecommunications engineer
- Telecoms engineer
- Television engineer
- Transmission controller
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.