Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £39,448 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.6% on last year
£4,158 a month About £3,287 a month after tax 24 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 £35,428 in 2021 to £49,900 in 2026 (+41%); 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 | £24,128 | £28,262 | £35,428 | £46,725 | x |
| 2022 | £26,168 | £30,316 | £37,691 | £47,038 | x |
| 2023 | £28,431 | £33,479 | £42,440 | £53,473 | x |
| 2024 | £29,231 | £36,080 | £46,173 | £57,974 | x |
| 2025 | £31,234 | £37,905 | £48,148 | £59,514 | x |
| 2026 | x | £39,176 | £49,900 | £66,558 | 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 £49,900 a year and half earn more. That is 22% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £39,176 and £66,558.
Ranked by median, it is number 68 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,287 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,164 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £37,793 | £3,149 |
| 25th (P25) | £39,176 | £3,265 |
| 30th | £41,714 | £3,476 |
| 40th | £44,001 | £3,667 |
| Median (50th) | £49,900 | £4,158 |
| 60th | £56,351 | £4,696 |
| 70th | £61,454 | £5,121 |
| 75th (P75) | £66,558 | £5,547 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £49,240 | £54,641 | 22 |
| Women | x | £53,900 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £39,448 | £3,287 |
| Scotland | £37,974 | £3,164 |
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 £50,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 49 job titles to SOC 5249 Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assistant technician
- Broadcast engineer
- Broadcasting engineer
- Cable inspector
- Communication engineer
- Communications engineer
- Craftsman
- Diagnostician
- Electrical linesman
- Electrical mains engineer
- Electronic engineer
- Electronic instrument mechanic
- Electronic mechanic
- Electronic wireman
- Electronics engineer
- Engineer
- Field engineer
- Installation technician
- Installer
- Instrument linesman
- Interlocking fitter
- Lineman
- Linesman
- Linesman-erector
- Mains engineer
- Maintenance engineer
- Overhead linesman
- Power lineman
- Power linesman
- Power signal lineman
- Radar engineer
- Radar fitter
- Radar mechanic
- Radar technician
- Railway linesman
- Railway signal fitter
- Relay adjuster
- Signal and telecommunications installer
- Signal engineer
- Signal installer
- Signal linesman
- Signal technician
- Signalling technician
- Telegraph fitter
- Test board operator
- Traffic light engineer
- Traffic signal engineer
- X-ray engineer
- X-ray equipment installer
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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.