Electronics Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Electronics
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 69 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing Electronics 11 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.82% 0.25% 0.91%
As % of the General category 1.69% 0.40% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £154 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £158 £175
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -10.00% -66.67%
75th Percentile £318 £161 £178
90th Percentile £351 - -
England median daily rate £371 £513 £527
% change year-on-year -27.56% -2.66% +0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.50 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £13.50
75th Percentile £30.25 - £36.50
90th Percentile £31.00 - £49.85
England median hourly rate £31.16 £50.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year -38.61% -11.74% -11.54%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 651 502 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.26% 61.52% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 349 263
10th Percentile £213 £213 £263
25th Percentile £358 £333 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £402 £449
Median % change year-on-year +18.16% -10.47% -10.20%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £672 £590 £618
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 36 30
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.49 £16.17 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.39 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +7.43% -27.60%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £49.59
90th Percentile £56.25 £25.83 £55.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.08 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.64% -33.13% +30.43%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the East Midlands

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 6 - - 11
Northamptonshire - 4 £300 - 11
Leicestershire - 1 - - 18
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (36.36%) Spreadsheet
General
1 8 (72.73%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Electronics Technician
1 3 (27.27%) Lecturer
1 3 (27.27%) Test Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Logistics
1 4 (36.36%) Telematics
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Apple
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft