Electronics Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Electronics
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 120 155
Rank change year-on-year +1 +35 +42
Contract jobs citing Electronics 2 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.43% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.15% 0.64% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £241 -
25th Percentile £270 £286 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.93% - -
75th Percentile £278 £424 -
90th Percentile - £446 -
Central London median daily rate £274 £375 -
% change year-on-year -26.93% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -86.31% - -
75th Percentile £20.60 £148.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
% change year-on-year -86.31% - -

All General Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,319 1,417 1,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.86% 68.16% 63.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 882 883 1,348
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £689 £723
90th Percentile £765 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +42.11% -54.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £38.00
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £63.46
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +42.11% -53.66%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the City of London

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Electronics

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Economics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Task-Oriented
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce