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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 48 41
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Electronics 5 22 36
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.38% 3.18% 3.50%
As % of the General category 0.88% 5.49% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 28
10th Percentile - £325 -
25th Percentile - £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £370 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -22.11% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £443 £617
90th Percentile - £588 £740
South West median daily rate - £625 £625
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £65.21
25th Percentile £66.25 £72.50 £65.53
Median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +13.42% +1.73%
75th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £66.78
90th Percentile £77.75 - £67.14
South West median hourly rate £48.25 £28.55 £57.50
% change year-on-year +69.00% -50.35% -11.54%

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 general skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 571 401 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.65% 58.03% 51.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 206 282
10th Percentile £348 £213 £251
25th Percentile £431 £339 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -10.30% -4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £562 £606
90th Percentile £652 £647 £686
South West median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 52 135
10th Percentile £14.42 £6.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.13 £43.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £31.38 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.58% -51.73% +5.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £57.72 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.60 £67.35 £79.20
South West median hourly rate £41.71 £23.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +77.49% -50.53% -15.62%

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
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
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) 2G
1 2 (40.00%) 3G
1 2 (40.00%) 4G
1 2 (40.00%) 5G
1 2 (40.00%) LTE
1 2 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Huawei
2 1 (20.00%) EMC