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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 65 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 -26 +23
Contract jobs citing Electronics 59 30 60
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.67% 2.36% 3.87%
As % of the General category 5.27% 4.05% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £153 £52 £289
25th Percentile £274 £73 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £133 £456
Median % change year-on-year +277.36% -70.96% -5.19%
75th Percentile £544 £212 £519
90th Percentile £555 £233 £575
England median daily rate £388 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -26.89% +0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 38
10th Percentile £32.50 £28.18 £51.25
25th Percentile £33.00 £41.09 £54.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -7.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.25 £64.81
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £54.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -37.04% -5.84% -11.77%

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 1,120 741 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 50.63% 58.35% 56.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 300 286
10th Percentile £190 £186 £223
25th Percentile £325 £350 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £552
90th Percentile £650 £688 £648
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 202 314
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.06 £16.51 £15.62
Median hourly rate £25.85 £31.64 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -18.32% -17.00% +115.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £53.29
90th Percentile £78.88 £79.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +33.38%

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
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 28 August 2026.

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +8 27 - - 39
Norfolk - 10 - - 26
Bedfordshire -3 8 - - 39
Cambridgeshire +9 7 £500 +233.33% 103
Essex -15 6 £72 +67.44% 32
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 4 (6.78%) OrCAD
2 3 (5.08%) Windchill
3 2 (3.39%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.08%) Azure
1 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Ethernet
2 3 (5.08%) RS-232
2 3 (5.08%) RS-485
3 2 (3.39%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.69%) Firewall
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) LabVIEW
1 3 (5.08%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (5.08%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.69%) Git
General
1 16 (27.12%) Manufacturing
2 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.78%) Law
5 3 (5.08%) Military
6 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Aviation
7 1 (1.69%) Finance
7 1 (1.69%) Games
7 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Test Engineer
2 12 (20.34%) Electronics Engineer
3 11 (18.64%) Software Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Senior
6 6 (10.17%) Lead
7 4 (6.78%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Test Technician
8 3 (5.08%) Developer
8 3 (5.08%) Electrical Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Embedded Developer
8 3 (5.08%) Embedded Software Developer
8 3 (5.08%) Firmware Developer
8 3 (5.08%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.39%) Designer
9 2 (3.39%) Electronics Technician
9 2 (3.39%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) JSON
1 1 (1.69%) YAML
1 1 (1.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) FPGA
2 7 (11.86%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (8.47%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (6.78%) PCIe
5 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.39%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.69%) Acoustics
7 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.69%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.69%) SCADA
7 1 (1.69%) Verilog
7 1 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) Software Engineering
2 9 (15.25%) DevOps
2 9 (15.25%) Schematic Capture
3 7 (11.86%) Agile
3 7 (11.86%) Computer Science
3 7 (11.86%) Software Testing
4 6 (10.17%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (8.47%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.47%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (8.47%) Test Automation
6 4 (6.78%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (6.78%) Validation
7 3 (5.08%) Collaborative Engineering
7 3 (5.08%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (5.08%) FMEA
7 3 (5.08%) Integration Testing
7 3 (5.08%) Migration
7 3 (5.08%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) C++
2 12 (20.34%) C
3 6 (10.17%) MATLAB
4 5 (8.47%) Python
5 2 (3.39%) C#
6 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.69%) SQL
6 1 (1.69%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (1.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 13 (22.03%) Degree
2 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
2 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) HNC
3 5 (8.47%) HND
4 4 (6.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) CISM
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) DO-254
2 3 (5.08%) Def Stans
2 3 (5.08%) IEC 61508
2 3 (5.08%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) ISA99
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (20.34%) Firmware
2 3 (5.08%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) EMC
2 5 (8.47%) Xilinx
3 4 (6.78%) Altera
3 4 (6.78%) Intel
4 3 (5.08%) Cadence
5 1 (1.69%) Actel
5 1 (1.69%) Microsemi
5 1 (1.69%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.69%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) Siemens