Electronics Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Electronics
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 83 107
Rank change year-on-year +6 +24 +11
Contract jobs citing Electronics 17 26 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.44% 1.52% 0.67%
As % of the General category 2.28% 2.88% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 7
10th Percentile £275 £237 £380
25th Percentile £600 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £415
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +53.61% -12.63%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £438
90th Percentile - £888 £450
South East median daily rate £600 £563 £255
% change year-on-year +6.67% +120.59% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
South East median hourly rate £14.15 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -75.33% +9.24% +16.67%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Electronics falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 744 904 1,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 62.94% 52.71% 60.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 425 627
10th Percentile £293 £269 £254
25th Percentile £405 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 63 39
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.15 £16.72
25th Percentile £15.39 £47.56 £22.88
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £56.06
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +9.88% +149.16%
75th Percentile £58.00 £73.60 £66.33
90th Percentile £87.33 £87.46 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +133.33%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Berkshire

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Electronics

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in Berkshire

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Electronics

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 2025. 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
Reading +12 11 £650 -10.34% 12
Wokingham - 5 - -
Slough - 1 £275 - 17
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) LightWave 3D
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Telecoms
2 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Manufacturing
2 11 (64.71%) Marketing
2 11 (64.71%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory Architect
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Trainee
2 3 (17.65%) Trainee Technician
3 2 (11.76%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) Digital Marketing
1 11 (64.71%) Programme Management
2 10 (58.82%) Agile
3 9 (52.94%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
4 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
4 5 (29.41%) Performance Metrics
4 5 (29.41%) Physics
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.88%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.88%) Change Control
7 1 (5.88%) Change Management
7 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (5.88%) Expense Management
7 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
7 1 (5.88%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Remedy