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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 23 35
Rank change year-on-year -38 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing Electronics 20 35 46
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.80% 6.73% 4.44%
As % of the General category 3.85% 12.15% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 37
10th Percentile £481 £331 £388
25th Percentile £513 £355 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £608
90th Percentile £556 £684 £633
South West median daily rate £625 £540 £600
% change year-on-year +15.74% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £61.25 - £62.14
25th Percentile £65.75 £62.00 £65.34
Median hourly rate £66.50 £64.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -4.83% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £66.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £69.75 - -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £64.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +50.00%

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 520 288 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 46.85% 55.38% 52.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 167 316
10th Percentile £274 £200 £231
25th Percentile £413 £318 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £559 £573 £638
90th Percentile £639 £683 £700
South West median daily rate £503 £525 £526
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.24% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 28 110
10th Percentile £15.61 £31.00 £36.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £55.22 £43.75
Median hourly rate £57.35 £64.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% +17.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £76.11 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £34.00 £63.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -46.25% +58.13% -34.96%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Apache
1 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) 2G
1 2 (10.00%) 3G
1 2 (10.00%) 4G
1 2 (10.00%) 5G
1 2 (10.00%) LTE
1 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
General
1 12 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (30.00%) Marketing
3 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Coordinator
2 3 (15.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Administrator
3 1 (5.00%) Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (5.00%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) HR Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V Administrator
3 1 (5.00%) Lead
3 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.00%) Systems Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) NumPy
1 1 (5.00%) Pandas
1 1 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 10 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (45.00%) Validation
3 8 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
4 6 (30.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.00%) Change Management
6 2 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
7 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.00%) Code Quality
7 1 (5.00%) Data Development
7 1 (5.00%) Data Ingestion
7 1 (5.00%) ETL
7 1 (5.00%) Project Management
7 1 (5.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (5.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 10 (50.00%) DO-178B
1 10 (50.00%) MISRA
2 3 (15.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (15.00%) NCSC
2 3 (15.00%) RMADS
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Huawei
3 1 (5.00%) EMC
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) NetApp