Electronics Contracts

Electronics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 290 337
Rank change year-on-year +113 +47 -49
Contract jobs citing Electronics 608 556 717
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 0.94% 0.81%
As % of the General category 2.41% 1.60% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 340 547
10th Percentile £205 £205 £381
25th Percentile £363 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +2.14% -
75th Percentile £725 £638 £650
90th Percentile £803 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £527 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.29% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 81 54
10th Percentile £37.50 £41.25 £32.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +19.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +21.39%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,224 34,644 49,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.15% 58.47% 56.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,902 24,034 34,541
10th Percentile £275 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £439 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,950 1,062 1,438
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.47 £18.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.44 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% +52.01% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.35 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £29.00 £18.73
% change year-on-year -3.02% +54.87% -5.99%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
England +99 563 £563 +4.65% 1,265
UK excluding London +79 416 £527 +0.29% 1,203
Work from Home +41 158 £570 +8.57% 339
South East +45 139 £205 - 393
London +76 133 £638 +15.91% 115
East of England +40 119 £375 -18.92% 264
South West -6 82 £625 +4.17% 182
North of England +46 27 £516 +9.55% 152
Midlands +33 25 £240 -60.82% 188
Scotland - 17 £575 - 59
North West +22 14 £713 +48.44% 90
West Midlands +21 13 £240 -61.60% 120
East Midlands +29 12 £355 -27.18% 68
North East - 7 - - 16
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 6
Yorkshire +26 6 £450 +160.87% 47

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.15%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) MTS
6 1 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.33%) Simulink
6 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.49%) ENOVIA
2 3 (0.49%) SAP PLM
2 3 (0.49%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.16%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (8.88%) Azure
2 33 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (3.95%) AWS
4 19 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.96%) PaaS
6 17 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.14%) IaaS
8 12 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (0.82%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.66%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 4 (0.66%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.66%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.49%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.49%) GCP
12 3 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.39%) Ethernet
2 38 (6.25%) RS-485
3 37 (6.09%) Modbus
3 37 (6.09%) RS-422
4 16 (2.63%) Wireless
5 12 (1.97%) Firewall
6 11 (1.81%) VPN
7 9 (1.48%) FTP
7 9 (1.48%) HTTP
8 8 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.15%) 3G
9 7 (1.15%) 4G
9 7 (1.15%) Internet
10 6 (0.99%) DNS
10 6 (0.99%) LAN
10 6 (0.99%) WAN
11 5 (0.82%) J1939
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.49%) InfiniBand
13 3 (0.49%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.43%) Metadata
2 21 (3.45%) Data Vault
2 21 (3.45%) NoSQL
3 17 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.47%) Metadata Repository
5 10 (1.64%) Power BI
6 9 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.99%) Ingres
7 6 (0.99%) Pentaho
7 6 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.99%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (0.99%) QlikView
7 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.66%) GIS
8 4 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.49%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (3.78%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (2.14%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (1.81%) ERwin
3 11 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.64%) JIRA
5 8 (1.32%) Git
6 5 (0.82%) NUnit
7 4 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.49%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.49%) Postman
8 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.33%) JUnit
9 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) GoCD
10 1 (0.16%) MSI
10 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 363 (59.70%) Manufacturing
2 328 (53.95%) Marketing
3 323 (53.13%) Telecoms
4 320 (52.63%) Finance
4 320 (52.63%) Public Sector
5 147 (24.18%) Social Skills
6 45 (7.40%) Aerospace
7 29 (4.77%) Automotive
8 27 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (2.80%) Retail
10 13 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.15%) Publishing
13 5 (0.82%) German Language
14 4 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.66%) Legal
14 4 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 99 (16.28%) Architect
2 84 (13.82%) Software Engineer
3 43 (7.07%) Designer
4 42 (6.91%) Project Manager
5 41 (6.74%) Lead
6 39 (6.41%) Support Engineer
7 34 (5.59%) Data Architect
8 33 (5.43%) Digital Designer
8 33 (5.43%) FPGA Designer
8 33 (5.43%) VHDL Designer
9 32 (5.26%) Consultant
9 32 (5.26%) Test Architect
10 29 (4.77%) Embedded Engineer
11 28 (4.61%) C++ Software Engineer
11 28 (4.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 23 (3.78%) Senior
13 20 (3.29%) Desktop Engineer
13 20 (3.29%) Desktop Support
13 20 (3.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 20 (3.29%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.30%) .NET
2 7 (1.15%) AngularJS
3 6 (0.99%) CSS
3 6 (0.99%) LDAP
3 6 (0.99%) PyTorch
3 6 (0.99%) RESTful
4 5 (0.82%) GraphQL
4 5 (0.82%) http4s
4 5 (0.82%) Lambda Expressions
5 4 (0.66%) DirectX
5 4 (0.66%) Hugging Face
5 4 (0.66%) JWT
5 4 (0.66%) LangChain
5 4 (0.66%) OpenGL
5 4 (0.66%) OpenGL ES
5 4 (0.66%) REST
5 4 (0.66%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.66%) Vulkan
5 4 (0.66%) Web Services
5 4 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.21%) Analogue Electronics
2 45 (7.40%) NHS
3 41 (6.74%) FPGA
4 40 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (6.09%) VHDL
6 33 (5.43%) CPLD
7 21 (3.45%) Reference Data
8 20 (3.29%) Robotics
9 19 (3.13%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.47%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.81%) Wiki
13 8 (1.32%) LIMS
14 7 (1.15%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.15%) Device Driver
15 6 (0.99%) Replication
16 5 (0.82%) CAN bus
16 5 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
16 5 (0.82%) IoT
16 5 (0.82%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.21%) Windows
2 34 (5.59%) Linux
3 23 (3.78%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.15%) Android
5 6 (0.99%) Windows 7
5 6 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.82%) Unix
7 4 (0.66%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (52.30%) Programme Management
2 317 (52.14%) Business Intelligence
2 317 (52.14%) Digital Marketing
3 110 (18.09%) Software Engineering
4 103 (16.94%) Agile
5 85 (13.98%) Project Management
6 64 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (10.20%) DevOps
9 52 (8.55%) Software Testing
10 49 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (7.89%) Customer Requirements
12 44 (7.24%) TDD
13 41 (6.74%) Continuous Integration
13 41 (6.74%) Unit Testing
14 39 (6.41%) Schematic Capture
15 37 (6.09%) Pair Programming
16 36 (5.92%) Computer Science
17 35 (5.76%) Test Strategy
18 34 (5.59%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 74 (12.17%) C
2 54 (8.88%) C#
3 50 (8.22%) C++
4 28 (4.61%) Python
4 28 (4.61%) SQL
5 20 (3.29%) PowerShell
6 18 (2.96%) Embedded C
7 16 (2.63%) Java
8 11 (1.81%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.64%) Ada
10 8 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.15%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.82%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.82%) Scala
13 3 (0.49%) Bash
13 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.33%) GLSL
14 2 (0.33%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 173 (28.45%) Security Cleared
2 132 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 98 (16.12%) Degree
4 45 (7.40%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.99%) CISSP
8 5 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (0.82%) HND
8 5 (0.82%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.82%) PMP
9 4 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.66%) CLAS
9 4 (0.66%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.49%) APMG
10 3 (0.49%) CCNP
10 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.80%) GDPR
2 14 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.14%) PMO
3 13 (2.14%) QA
4 9 (1.48%) AUTOSAR
5 8 (1.32%) HL7
6 7 (1.15%) Def Stans
6 7 (1.15%) MISRA
6 7 (1.15%) SLA
7 6 (0.99%) NIST
8 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.82%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.82%) RMADS
9 4 (0.66%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.66%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.49%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 22 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.30%) Firmware
3 8 (1.32%) NFS
3 8 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.82%) Docker
5 4 (0.66%) HDFS
6 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (2.96%) Terraform
2 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.82%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.66%) CA Service Virtualization
4 4 (0.66%) Puppet
4 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.49%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (0.49%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.33%) Ansible
6 2 (0.33%) Nessus
6 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.16%) Avamar
7 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 324 (53.29%) SAP
2 70 (11.51%) Microsoft
3 41 (6.74%) EMC
4 21 (3.45%) Sparx
5 13 (2.14%) IBM
6 11 (1.81%) Dell
7 8 (1.32%) Google
7 8 (1.32%) Oracle
7 8 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.15%) Cisco
8 7 (1.15%) Isilon
8 7 (1.15%) Mentor Graphics
9 6 (0.99%) Informatica
10 5 (0.82%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.82%) VMware
10 5 (0.82%) Xilinx
11 4 (0.66%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.66%) Computacenter
11 4 (0.66%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.66%) Roku