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 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +40
Contract jobs citing Electronics 45 41 65
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.21% 3.01% 3.47%
As % of the General category 5.34% 5.55% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 9
10th Percentile £52 £248 £120
25th Percentile £73 £306 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £438 £463
Median % change year-on-year -69.71% -5.41% -21.08%
75th Percentile £212 £501 £536
90th Percentile £233 £531 £600
England median daily rate £450 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -14.29% -1.18% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 40
10th Percentile £18.46 - £60.00
25th Percentile £41.09 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £84.36
England median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.69% +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 842 739 1,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 60.14% 54.30% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 286 577
10th Percentile £170 £247 £200
25th Percentile £350 £319 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -7.10% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 164 290
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.03 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.38 £18.64 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% +5.21% -10.55%
75th Percentile £62.56 £55.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.66% +9.17% +16.69%

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 26 October 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 26 October 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 26 October 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
Hertfordshire -5 20 - - 82
Bedfordshire - 13 £215 - 12
Essex +4 5 £43 +7.50% 20
Cambridgeshire -15 3 £150 -69.07% 60
Norfolk -15 2 - - 5
Suffolk - 2 £115 - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.44%) Confluence
1 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Simulink
2 2 (4.44%) Stateflow
3 1 (2.22%) CANalyzer
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.44%) CANoe
2 2 (4.44%) Git
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 9 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 8 (17.78%) Finance
3 8 (17.78%) Marketing
3 8 (17.78%) Public Sector
4 7 (15.56%) Aerospace
4 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (13.33%) Games
6 5 (11.11%) Law
7 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.44%) Automotive
8 2 (4.44%) Digital Health
8 2 (4.44%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Design Engineer
1 8 (17.78%) Digital Design Engineer
2 6 (13.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Verification Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Ada Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Ada Software Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) RF Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) FPGA
2 11 (24.44%) VHDL
3 8 (17.78%) Verilog
4 7 (15.56%) Algorithms
4 7 (15.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 7 (15.56%) PCIe
5 3 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (4.44%) ASIC
6 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.22%) Acoustics
7 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.22%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Validation
2 13 (28.89%) AI
3 12 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 10 (22.22%) Signal Processing
5 9 (20.00%) Physics
5 9 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 8 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (17.78%) Cryptography
6 8 (17.78%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (17.78%) Programme Management
7 7 (15.56%) Sensor Fusion
8 6 (13.33%) Machine Learning
8 6 (13.33%) UVM
9 5 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
10 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
10 4 (8.89%) SysML
10 4 (8.89%) Test Scripting
10 4 (8.89%) UML
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) C++
1 12 (26.67%) Python
2 9 (20.00%) C
2 9 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (13.33%) SystemVerilog
3 6 (13.33%) Tcl
4 4 (8.89%) Ada
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 11 (24.44%) Degree
3 8 (17.78%) HNC
3 8 (17.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) DO-254
System Software
1 13 (28.89%) Firmware
2 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) SAP
2 6 (13.33%) Actel
2 6 (13.33%) Altera
2 6 (13.33%) Intel
2 6 (13.33%) Microsemi
2 6 (13.33%) Xilinx
3 4 (8.89%) EMC
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.44%) IBM
6 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow