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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 58 81
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 +14
Contract jobs citing Electronics 55 61 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.60% 3.24% 2.33%
As % of the General category 6.35% 5.57% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 24
10th Percentile £227 £219 £258
25th Percentile £272 £368 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £481 £586
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% -17.88% +27.39%
75th Percentile £480 £613 -
90th Percentile £508 £725 £613
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 39 28
10th Percentile £51.25 £59.25 £32.50
25th Percentile £52.13 - £45.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +16.07% +14.29%
75th Percentile £64.81 - £65.00
90th Percentile £65.83 £84.36 £70.75
England median hourly rate £57.43 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.65% +44.44% -2.39%

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 866 1,095 1,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 56.68% 58.21% 60.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 565 824
10th Percentile £190 £205 £200
25th Percentile £325 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £561 £607 £600
90th Percentile £647 £738 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 290 354
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.41 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £17.72 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +115.12% -10.55% +46.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £38.31 £29.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year +29.86% +19.19% +30.26%

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
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 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the East of England

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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

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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 20 September 2024.

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 20 September 2024. 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 -1 26 £288 -42.50% 25
Cambridgeshire +15 22 £500 +71.67% 33
Essex +21 5 £40 -95.00% 23
Norfolk - 2 £456 - 3
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:

Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.64%) RS-485
2 10 (18.18%) Modbus
2 10 (18.18%) RS-422
3 1 (1.82%) NAS
3 1 (1.82%) SAN
3 1 (1.82%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Git
2 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (34.55%) Manufacturing
2 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 13 (23.64%) Public Sector
4 12 (21.82%) Finance
4 12 (21.82%) Marketing
4 12 (21.82%) Telecoms
5 9 (16.36%) Wearables
6 3 (5.45%) Military
7 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 6 (10.91%) Architect
3 5 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 5 (9.09%) IC Design Engineer
3 5 (9.09%) Senior
3 5 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (9.09%) Test Architect
4 4 (7.27%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Development Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Digital Design Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Digital IC Design Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Digital IC Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Senior Development Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.45%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) .NET
1 1 (1.82%) NumPy
1 1 (1.82%) Qt
1 1 (1.82%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
1 10 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (14.55%) Augmented Reality
2 8 (14.55%) Smartphone
2 8 (14.55%) Virtual Reality
3 6 (10.91%) FPGA
3 6 (10.91%) Verilog
4 4 (7.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.64%) ASIC
6 2 (3.64%) VHDL
7 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (3.64%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) Software Engineering
2 15 (27.27%) Agile
3 12 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (21.82%) Customer Requirements
3 12 (21.82%) Digital Marketing
3 12 (21.82%) Programme Management
4 11 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (18.18%) DevOps
5 10 (18.18%) Electronic Design Automation
5 10 (18.18%) Pair Programming
5 10 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 10 (18.18%) TDD
5 10 (18.18%) Unit Testing
6 9 (16.36%) Project Management
7 8 (14.55%) IC Design
7 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (14.55%) Validation
8 7 (12.73%) Test Automation
9 6 (10.91%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) C#
2 12 (21.82%) C
2 12 (21.82%) C++
2 12 (21.82%) Python
3 6 (10.91%) Bash
3 6 (10.91%) SystemVerilog
4 5 (9.09%) Tcl
5 4 (7.27%) Rust
6 3 (5.45%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Degree
1 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.91%) PhD
3 4 (7.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) JTAG
2 2 (3.64%) QA
3 1 (1.82%) DO-254
3 1 (1.82%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Firmware
2 5 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) SAP
2 5 (9.09%) Siemens
3 4 (7.27%) Cadence
4 3 (5.45%) Keysight
4 3 (5.45%) Synopsys
5 1 (1.82%) Actel
5 1 (1.82%) Altera
5 1 (1.82%) EMC
5 1 (1.82%) Intel
5 1 (1.82%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 1 (1.82%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (1.82%) Microsemi
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.82%) VMware
5 1 (1.82%) Xilinx