Electronics Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Electronics
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 24 31
Rank change year-on-year -32 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Electronics 15 61 50
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.91% 7.67% 4.81%
As % of the General category 3.18% 13.44% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 31 37
10th Percentile £275 £413 £456
25th Percentile £450 £419 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +37.14%
75th Percentile £500 £610 £630
90th Percentile £545 £775 £684
South West median daily rate £575 £535 £595
% change year-on-year +7.48% -10.08% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 3
10th Percentile £43.25 £59.95 £55.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.50 -
90th Percentile £73.40 £66.00 -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +56.25% +14.29%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 472 454 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 60.20% 57.11% 52.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 242 356
10th Percentile £249 £210 £275
25th Percentile £375 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £459 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -16.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £650
90th Percentile £688 £701 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 63 64
10th Percentile £6.00 £28.79 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £43.75 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £55.00 £54.33
% change year-on-year -56.36% +1.23% -9.45%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Electronics job vacancy trend in Bristol

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Apache
1 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
1 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
1 10 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 10 (66.67%) Marketing
1 10 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 10 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Law
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Developer
3 3 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead C# Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior C# Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.67%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (6.67%) NumPy
3 1 (6.67%) Pandas
3 1 (6.67%) PySpark
3 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.67%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 4 (26.67%) DevOps
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Validation
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) BDD
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) OO
3 3 (20.00%) OWASP
3 3 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Service-Level Objective
3 3 (20.00%) SOLID
3 3 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) C
2 4 (26.67%) C#
3 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.67%) C++
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded C
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded C++
4 1 (6.67%) Python
4 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Def Stans
1 4 (26.67%) DO-178B
1 4 (26.67%) MISRA
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Data Guard
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle