Electronics Jobs Overview

Welcome to the Electronics Weekly focus on jobs in the electronics industry.

In the following, we bring together resources from Electronics Weekly to provide more detailed reference information about working in the electronics industry - the type of positions available and the opportunities to further a career.

We also present features covering careers in electronics, the results of the latest Electronics Weekly Salary Survey, the electronics courses available, and how to sign up for job email alerts. Finally, we present a full hyperlinked listing of all the agencies recruiting for the electronics industry.

To start with we will consider three main job categories: Electronics Technician, Electronics Engineer, and Electronics design engineer but we will be adding more job categories such as Test Engineers, Software Designers and Product Managers.

• Electronics Engineer
• Electronics Technician
• Electrical Design Engineer

Electronics Weekly Salary Survey 2007

The Electronics Weekly salary survey was carried out by EW in association with John Prodger Recruitment, part of the Jonathan Lee Group. In March of this year 1,361 respondents completed a questionnaire in order to quantify salary and benefits within the electronics industry. The survey results were analysed by an independent research company. The results of the survey can be used as a guide to see where in the UK the higest paid electronics jobs are, for example, if you want to earn the maximum amount of money working in the electronics industry then be an executive manager, working in the components sector, based in London...

Read the latest Electronics Weekly Salary Survey.

Career Features for Electronics Jobs

Cambridge gateway to world of design
For electronic engineers and specialists wanting to work anywhere in the world, Cambridge is a good potential route to Heathrow.

Careers&nb sp;in the South West & Wales: Home to innovative CMOS chip design
Bristol and its environs have become synonymous as an area for leading edge CMOS chip design.

Careers in the South West & Wales: A Welcome in the Valleys for Electronics Engineers
If a depressingly wet UK summer makes the idea of working overseas an even more attractive proposition, then look no further than Wiltshire's Dialog Semiconductor.

Spotlight on Scotland: Second life for skills
Savvy job-hunters know Facebook and MySpace have job hire employer pages, and that Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft recently joined TMP ad-recruitment in a Second Life virtual job fair.

Scottish engineering sector still flourishing
Scottish Enterprise raised a few eyebrows last February when it decided to sell its stake in the Alba Centre.

Electronics Courses

Are you thinking about a career in electronics? Or perhaps you are already working in the electronics industry and are looking to expand your skills. There are hundreds of electronics courses available in the UK and Electronics Weekly has bought together a list of courses relating to electronics engineering or electronics jobs generally, see:

www.electronicsweekly.com/courses

Agencies Recruiting for Electronics Jobs

Many UK Recruitment agencies place jobs on Electronics Weekly, view the full list of agencies recruiting for the electronics industry

Electronics Weekly Job Email Alerts

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