Salary survey

Electronic Design salaries

What electronic design engineers actually earn (ONS) against what employers are budgeting to hire one now (Verso), kept as two separate, labelled figures.

25th pct: £55,000
Median: £65,000
75th pct: £70,000
ONS actual median: £51,973

Verso's briefed median is £13,027 above the ONS actual-earnings median (+25.1%).

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ONS actual earnings by region

ASHE Table 15, median gross annual earnings by region (most recent available)
Region	Median
United Kingdom (national)	£51,973
North East	Insufficient data
North West	Insufficient data
Yorkshire and The Humber	Insufficient data
East Midlands	Insufficient data
West Midlands	Insufficient data
South West	£46,312
East	£58,657
London	£52,268
South East	£48,108
Wales	Insufficient data
Scotland	Insufficient data

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Sponsorship implications

The Home Office going rate to sponsor a electronic design engineer via the Skilled Worker route is £52,000 (£36,400 for an eligible new entrant). This is a statutory floor derived from the same ONS ASHE distribution shown above, not an independent measurement, which is why it sits close to the ONS median rather than being its own third figure. A budget below it cannot sponsor this role at all, regardless of what the wider market pays.

Verso's briefed median for this discipline is £13,000 above the going rate (+25%).

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