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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 14 30
Rank change year-on-year -41 +16 +31
Contract jobs citing Electronics 15 60 53
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.80% 8.51% 5.38%
As % of the General category 3.26% 13.95% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 30 43
10th Percentile £455 £401 £431
25th Percentile £463 £463 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -11.76% +29.35%
75th Percentile £538 £673 £630
90th Percentile £560 £776 £673
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 3
10th Percentile £55.25 £59.95 £61.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.50 -
90th Percentile - £66.00 -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +56.25% -

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 460 430 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 55.29% 60.99% 53.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 225 341
10th Percentile £263 £209 £250
25th Percentile £400 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £650
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £510 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 53 66
10th Percentile £14.92 £27.21 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £58.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 - £80.00
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -63.08% +15.26% -10.48%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 December 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
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) GCP
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 5 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (13.33%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Administrator
2 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 1 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Developer
2 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) HR Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V Administrator
2 1 (6.67%) Lead
2 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (6.67%) NumPy
1 1 (6.67%) Pandas
1 1 (6.67%) PySpark
1 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
1 9 (60.00%) Validation
2 8 (53.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) ETL
5 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Service Management
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) C++
2 1 (6.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (6.67%) Embedded C++
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) Def Stans
1 9 (60.00%) DO-178B
1 9 (60.00%) MISRA
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) NetApp