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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 26 59
Rank change year-on-year -36 +33 +54
Contract jobs citing Electronics 18 115 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.88% 6.07% 3.30%
As % of the General category 2.95% 9.93% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 5
10th Percentile £151 £187 £265
25th Percentile £313 £300 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -18.92% +740.91%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £538
90th Percentile £598 £558 £575
England median daily rate £540 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 66 33
10th Percentile £28.32 £54.75 -
25th Percentile £34.75 £60.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% +2.68%
75th Percentile £82.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £66.25 -
England median hourly rate £49.10 £58.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -16.07% +1.74% +7.48%

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 610 1,158 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.74% 61.08% 60.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 427 656
10th Percentile £201 £244 £202
25th Percentile £350 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.40%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £685 £664 £736
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 457 258
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.21 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.20
90th Percentile £76.88 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.27 £32.40
% change year-on-year -9.14% -6.59% +50.70%

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 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -32 6 £563 +50.00% 55
Bedfordshire - 5 - - 55
Essex +12 4 £43 - 56
Cambridgeshire +1 3 £325 -9.72% 132
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 2 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) Skype for Business
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Simulink
2 2 (11.11%) CANalyzer
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) OrCAD
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.56%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Ethernet
2 2 (11.11%) IMAP
2 2 (11.11%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) Skype
2 2 (11.11%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) CANoe
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
2 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 3 (16.67%) Games
5 2 (11.11%) Automotive
6 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
1 6 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Hardware Test Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) C++ Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer in Test
3 2 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Linux Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Python Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 3 (16.67%) FPGA
1 3 (16.67%) PCIe
1 3 (16.67%) Verilog
2 2 (11.11%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (33.33%) Validation
2 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
4 3 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 3 (16.67%) Physics
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 3 (16.67%) UVM
5 2 (11.11%) API Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Data Management
5 2 (11.11%) Functional Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Office Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Schematic Capture
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) MATLAB
1 5 (27.78%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) C++
2 3 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (16.67%) Tcl
3 2 (11.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) HNC
3 3 (16.67%) HND
4 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) DO-254
2 2 (11.11%) DO-160
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) EMC
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Actel
2 3 (16.67%) Altera
2 3 (16.67%) Intel
2 3 (16.67%) Microsemi
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Xilinx
3 2 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (11.11%) NetApp
3 2 (11.11%) VMware