Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Birmingham
BEng (Hon) · · Full-time · September 2026
Electrical Engineers
Electrical engineers undertake research and design, direct construction and manage the operation and maintenance of electrical equipment, power stations, building control systems and other electrical products and systems.
Wages
New workers start around ÂŁ32,245. Normal pay is ÂŁ57,984 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to ÂŁ89,689.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 48,495 vacancies for this type of job
3.79%
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Organises and establishes control systems to monitor the performance and safety of electrical assemblies and systems.
Ensures that manufacture, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and contractual arrangements.
Determines and specifies manufacturing methods of electrical systems.
Supervises, controls and monitors the operation of electrical generation, transmission and distribution systems.
Conceives and develops engineering designs from product ideas in electrical engineering.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
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