Electronics Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 26 62
Rank change year-on-year -40 +36 +35
Contract jobs citing Electronics 23 112 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.11% 5.82% 3.12%
As % of the General category 3.57% 9.90% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 6
10th Percentile £54 £168 £292
25th Percentile £70 £272 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £97 £388 £481
Median % change year-on-year -75.10% -19.48% -17.88%
75th Percentile £123 £484 £588
90th Percentile £139 £575 £700
England median daily rate £530 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -2.57% +3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 65 26
10th Percentile £28.08 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £36.86 £60.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +6.38% +4.91%
75th Percentile £86.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.96% - +9.52%

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 645 1,131 1,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.23% 58.78% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 403 650
10th Percentile £195 £225 £212
25th Percentile £318 £335 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £564 £638
90th Percentile £655 £650 £738
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 437 265
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +108.82% +17.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.32 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.99% +28.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the East of England

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the East of England

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 - 12 - - 65
Essex +13 4 £43 - 64
Hertfordshire -31 4 - - 104
Cambridgeshire -5 3 £150 -58.33% 183
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 3 (13.04%) Confluence
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Simulink
2 2 (8.70%) CANalyzer
2 2 (8.70%) Stateflow
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) CANoe
2 2 (8.70%) Git
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Games
3 3 (13.04%) Aerospace
3 3 (13.04%) Automotive
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Test Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Hardware Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) FPGA Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Hardware Test Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Radio Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) RF Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Validation Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Verification Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Development Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Embedded Developer
7 1 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) FPGA
2 7 (30.43%) Algorithms
2 7 (30.43%) PCIe
3 6 (26.09%) Verilog
4 3 (13.04%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (4.35%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Computer Science
2 8 (34.78%) Cryptography
2 8 (34.78%) Validation
3 7 (30.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (30.43%) Physics
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (26.09%) Machine Learning
4 6 (26.09%) UVM
5 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
6 4 (17.39%) Data Management
7 3 (13.04%) PDM
7 3 (13.04%) Performance Analysis
7 3 (13.04%) Verification and Validation
8 2 (8.70%) Agile
8 2 (8.70%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 2 (8.70%) Security Management
8 2 (8.70%) Signal Processing
9 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
9 1 (4.35%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) MATLAB
2 6 (26.09%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (26.09%) Tcl
3 4 (17.39%) C++
3 4 (17.39%) Python
4 1 (4.35%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
1 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) HNC
2 8 (34.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Actel
1 6 (26.09%) Altera
1 6 (26.09%) Intel
1 6 (26.09%) Microsemi
1 6 (26.09%) Xilinx
2 4 (17.39%) EMC
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft