Electronics Contracts in Scotland

Electronics
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Electronics 17 0 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.77% - 0.74%
As % of the General category 1.19% - 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 18
10th Percentile £381 - -
25th Percentile £516 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £663
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.62%
75th Percentile £588 - £697
90th Percentile - - £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £35.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.13 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £70.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +3.48% +9.52% +19.32%

All General Skills
Scotland

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,432 1,884 2,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.88% 65.90% 71.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,387 1,831
10th Percentile £181 £234 £215
25th Percentile £362 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 28 40
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £12.91
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £16.84
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.88 £25.91
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -23.27% -3.15%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £47.97
90th Percentile £69.00 £66.84 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +62.79% -4.44%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 11 - - 22
Glasgow - 4 £575 - 13
Perthshire - 1 £500 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £275 -
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) GPRS
2 1 (5.88%) LTE
2 1 (5.88%) SDH
2 1 (5.88%) VSAT
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
2 5 (29.41%) Marketing
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Digital Hardware Engineer
1 5 (29.41%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Principal Hardware Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Product Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Lead Electronics Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead Test Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Product Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Product Test Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Device Driver
1 4 (23.53%) IoT
1 4 (23.53%) PCIe
1 4 (23.53%) Verilog
1 4 (23.53%) VHDL
2 2 (11.76%) ASIC
3 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (29.41%) Programme Management
3 4 (23.53%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (23.53%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (23.53%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Epics
3 4 (23.53%) Memory Management
3 4 (23.53%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (23.53%) Product Management
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Service Design
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (23.53%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C
1 4 (23.53%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Avamar
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Atlassian
2 4 (23.53%) Intel
3 1 (5.88%) Mentor Graphics