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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 42 58
Rank change year-on-year -17 +16 +24
Contract jobs citing Electronics 32 57 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.47% 3.73% 3.19%
As % of the General category 4.16% 6.60% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 3
10th Percentile £52 £248 £451
25th Percentile £73 £281 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -69.71% -12.50% -14.68%
75th Percentile £212 £494 £675
90th Percentile £233 £575 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 38
10th Percentile £25.87 £51.25 £58.88
25th Percentile £43.20 £53.00 -
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% +16.07%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.63 -
90th Percentile £83.20 £65.00 £84.36
England median hourly rate £54.00 £57.35 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.84% -11.77% +44.44%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 769 864 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.29% 56.47% 57.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 286 553
10th Percentile £185 £189 £208
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £558 £613
90th Percentile £688 £641 £742
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 281 278
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.41 £38.12 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.72% +115.12% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics 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
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the East of England

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Bedfordshire - 14 £215 - 19
Hertfordshire -16 8 - - 60
Essex +1 5 £43 +7.50% 47
Cambridgeshire -19 3 £150 -71.43% 42
Suffolk - 2 £115 - 10
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Simulink
2 2 (6.25%) Stateflow
3 1 (3.13%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) CANoe
1 2 (6.25%) Git
1 2 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Games
3 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
4 4 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 4 (12.50%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Law
6 2 (6.25%) Automotive
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Electronics Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Design Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Digital Design Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Test Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Radio Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) RF Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Validation Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) FPGA
2 8 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 8 (25.00%) PCIe
3 7 (21.88%) Verilog
4 6 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (15.63%) VHDL
6 3 (9.38%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
8 1 (3.13%) Acoustics
8 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
3 9 (28.13%) Cryptography
3 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Validation
4 8 (25.00%) Physics
5 7 (21.88%) Machine Learning
5 7 (21.88%) UVM
6 6 (18.75%) Signal Processing
7 5 (15.63%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (15.63%) Sensor Fusion
7 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
8 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.38%) Data Management
9 3 (9.38%) Performance Analysis
9 3 (9.38%) Test Automation
10 2 (6.25%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 2 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) MATLAB
2 8 (25.00%) C++
2 8 (25.00%) Python
3 7 (21.88%) SystemVerilog
3 7 (21.88%) Tcl
4 5 (15.63%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) SC Cleared
1 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) Degree
3 9 (28.13%) HNC
3 9 (28.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) DO-254
System Software
1 12 (37.50%) Firmware
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Actel
1 7 (21.88%) Altera
1 7 (21.88%) Intel
1 7 (21.88%) Microsemi
1 7 (21.88%) Xilinx
2 4 (12.50%) EMC
2 4 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft