Electrical and electronics technicians: salary in the UK
About £30,610 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +7.6% on last year
£3,135 a month About £2,551 a month after tax 14 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
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 £34,306 in 2021 to £37,625 in 2026 (+10%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £26,822 | £34,306 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £27,174 | £34,272 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £30,185 | £37,527 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £30,853 | £38,836 | x | x |
| 2025 | £25,656 | £27,869 | £34,983 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £31,762 | £37,625 | 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.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £37,625 a year and half earn more. That is 8% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 176 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£44,008) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,551 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,547 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £29,833 | £2,486 |
| 25th (P25) | £31,762 | £2,647 |
| 30th | £34,206 | £2,851 |
| 40th | £35,367 | £2,947 |
| Median (50th) | £37,625 | £3,135 |
| 60th | £43,817 | £3,651 |
| 70th | £45,388 | £3,782 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £39,897 | £45,723 | 12 |
| Women | x | £31,966 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £30,610 | £2,551 |
| Scotland | £30,568 | £2,547 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £38,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 17 job titles to SOC 3112 Electrical and electronics technicians. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assistant cable testing engineer
- Assistant engineer
- Avionics technician
- Clinical engineering technician
- Craft technician
- Electrical maintenance technician
- Electrical technician
- Electronic technician
- Electronics assistant
- Electronics technician
- Executive engineer
- Flight simulator engineer
- Installation engineer
- Signals officer
- Technician
- Telecommunications specialist
- Telemetry technician
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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.