Electronics Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Electronic Engineer
Essex > Basildon

The median Electronic Engineer daily rate in Basildon is £72, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 1.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
Essex median daily rate £72 £43 -
% change year-on-year +67.44% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Basildon with a recognized job title 69 25 55
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 100.00% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 13 15
10th Percentile £350 £327 £230
25th Percentile £381 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -12.45%
75th Percentile £590 £488 £592
90th Percentile £600 £488 £600
Essex median daily rate £450 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +12.50% -3.03% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 27
10th Percentile £15.69 £41.90 £29.10
25th Percentile £28.25 £50.00 £54.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £71.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% -5.33% +30.43%
75th Percentile £73.00 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.73 £37.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -52.73% -25.74% -12.17%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electronics Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Electronics Engineer job vacancy trend in Basildon

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Electronics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx
Electronics Engineer jobs