Electronics Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Electronics
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 64 29
Rank change year-on-year +15 -35 +49
Contract jobs citing Electronics 58 25 101
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.46% 2.26% 5.64%
As % of the General category 5.89% 3.75% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 17
10th Percentile £60 £254 £120
25th Percentile £61 £313 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 £480 £375
Median % change year-on-year -87.19% +28.00% -36.01%
75th Percentile £62 £531 £388
90th Percentile £63 £571 £440
England median daily rate £475 £525 £570
% change year-on-year -9.52% -7.89% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 8 52
10th Percentile £20.50 £57.75 £60.00
25th Percentile £23.13 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75.31 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.08 £83.45
England median hourly rate £50.75 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.42% -4.00% +19.05%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 985 667 1,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 58.70% 60.42% 61.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 308 532
10th Percentile £185 £254 £213
25th Percentile £295 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +4.38% -4.20%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £561
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £500 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -5.21% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 109 321
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.00
25th Percentile £15.79 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.50 £24.66 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.98% +33.30% -7.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.66
% change year-on-year -21.00% +9.21% +3.70%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the East of England

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 25 January 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
Hertfordshire -3 28 - - 37
Bedfordshire - 12 £62 - 7
Cambridgeshire 0 9 - - 31
Essex +1 4 - - 19
Suffolk - 3 - - 3
Norfolk -24 2 - - 5
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (10.34%) Simulink
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.72%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 18 (31.03%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (15.52%) Git
3 8 (13.79%) JIRA
3 8 (13.79%) PVCS
General
1 18 (31.03%) Manufacturing
1 18 (31.03%) Marketing
2 17 (29.31%) Finance
2 17 (29.31%) Public Sector
2 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.31%) Telecoms
3 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Aerospace
5 6 (10.34%) Games
6 4 (6.90%) Law
6 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Digital Health
7 2 (3.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Software Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Ada Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Ada Software Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Firmware Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Hardware Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) IT Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Migration Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 20 (34.48%) FPGA
2 14 (24.14%) VHDL
3 8 (13.79%) Verilog
4 6 (10.34%) Algorithms
4 6 (10.34%) PCIe
5 2 (3.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (3.45%) ASIC
6 1 (1.72%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Workflow
2 18 (31.03%) Software Engineering
3 17 (29.31%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (29.31%) Digital Marketing
3 17 (29.31%) Programme Management
4 11 (18.97%) AI
4 11 (18.97%) Logistics
4 11 (18.97%) Migration
4 11 (18.97%) Validation
5 8 (13.79%) Code Coverage
5 8 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 8 (13.79%) Physics
5 8 (13.79%) Requirements Analysis
5 8 (13.79%) Unit Testing
5 8 (13.79%) Workflow Management
6 7 (12.07%) Signal Processing
6 7 (12.07%) SysML
6 7 (12.07%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (12.07%) Test Scripting
6 7 (12.07%) UML
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) C
2 16 (27.59%) C++
3 9 (15.52%) Python
4 7 (12.07%) Ada
4 7 (12.07%) Embedded C
4 7 (12.07%) Embedded C++
5 6 (10.34%) MATLAB
5 6 (10.34%) SystemVerilog
5 6 (10.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) SC Cleared
1 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) HNC
3 6 (10.34%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (17.24%) Firmware
2 8 (13.79%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) SAP
2 11 (18.97%) Xilinx
3 10 (17.24%) IBM
4 8 (13.79%) ANSYS
4 8 (13.79%) VMware
5 6 (10.34%) Actel
5 6 (10.34%) Altera
5 6 (10.34%) Intel
5 6 (10.34%) Microsemi
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.72%) Cadence
7 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow