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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 58 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 -33 +29
Contract jobs citing Electronics 41 22 117
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.83% 2.30% 6.09%
As % of the General category 3.78% 3.74% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 11
10th Percentile £319 £97 £168
25th Percentile £425 £191 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +57.69% -13.33% -24.05%
75th Percentile £606 £516 £481
90th Percentile £625 £594 £575
England median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 68
10th Percentile £23.16 £28.41 £53.70
25th Percentile £39.50 £38.98 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75.94 £85.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £51.79 £57.50
% change year-on-year -13.11% -9.93% -

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 1,084 589 1,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 48.31% 61.61% 59.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 314 415
10th Percentile £191 £200 £216
25th Percentile £325 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £675 £652
England median daily rate £515 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 114 447
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.58 £14.52
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £20.09 £31.64 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -36.50% -17.00% +92.43%
75th Percentile £51.53 £65.56 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.81 £27.76 £30.44
% change year-on-year +10.99% -8.79% -4.89%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -4 21 £600 +6.67% 20
Essex -7 8 £72 +67.44% 3
Cambridgeshire +7 7 £500 +53.85% 28
Bedfordshire -15 4 - - 9
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 3 (7.32%) Simulink
2 1 (2.44%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Ethernet
2 3 (7.32%) Modbus
2 3 (7.32%) RS-232
2 3 (7.32%) RS-422
2 3 (7.32%) RS-485
3 2 (4.88%) Bluetooth
3 2 (4.88%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (4.88%) SpaceWire
3 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.44%) Firewall
4 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (14.63%) Git
3 5 (12.20%) JIRA
3 5 (12.20%) PVCS
4 2 (4.88%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (31.71%) Manufacturing
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.76%) Aerospace
4 4 (9.76%) Marketing
4 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Avionics
5 2 (4.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Software Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) C Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Senior
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Test Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Migration Technician
7 3 (7.32%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Flash
1 1 (2.44%) JSON
1 1 (2.44%) YAML
1 1 (2.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) FPGA
2 3 (7.32%) Analogue Electronics
3 2 (4.88%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.88%) ASIC
3 2 (4.88%) CAN bus
3 2 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (4.88%) PCIe
3 2 (4.88%) Verilog
3 2 (4.88%) VHDL
4 1 (2.44%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) SCADA
4 1 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Software Engineering
2 9 (21.95%) Workflow
3 8 (19.51%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (19.51%) Test Automation
3 8 (19.51%) Unit Testing
4 5 (12.20%) Code Coverage
4 5 (12.20%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (12.20%) Software Testing
4 5 (12.20%) Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Agile
5 4 (9.76%) AI
5 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.76%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (9.76%) Migration
5 4 (9.76%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.32%) Computer Science
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (7.32%) Physics
6 3 (7.32%) TDD
6 3 (7.32%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) C
2 12 (29.27%) C++
3 8 (19.51%) Python
4 6 (14.63%) MATLAB
5 5 (12.20%) C#
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C
5 5 (12.20%) Embedded C++
6 3 (7.32%) Ada
7 2 (4.88%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (4.88%) Tcl
8 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) SC Cleared
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) HNC
4 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) HND
5 1 (2.44%) CISM
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) DO-254
1 2 (4.88%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (2.44%) ISA99
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Firmware
2 5 (12.20%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) ANSYS
1 5 (12.20%) IBM
1 5 (12.20%) SAP
1 5 (12.20%) VMware
2 4 (9.76%) EMC
2 4 (9.76%) Xilinx
3 3 (7.32%) Cadence
4 2 (4.88%) Actel
4 2 (4.88%) Altera
4 2 (4.88%) Intel
4 2 (4.88%) Microsemi
5 1 (2.44%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.44%) Siemens