Electronics Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Electronics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 68 82
Rank change year-on-year +12 +14 +39
Contract jobs citing Electronics 9 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.46% 0.57% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.95% 0.80% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £103
25th Percentile - £138 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £140 £281
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% -50.18% -42.36%
75th Percentile - £143 £409
90th Percentile - - £479
Scotland median daily rate £115 £413 £275
% change year-on-year -72.12% +50.00% -43.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £27.75 £41.75
25th Percentile - £35.63 £51.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £49.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.06% -18.33% -
75th Percentile - £62.13 £61.75
90th Percentile - £69.85 £62.20
Scotland median hourly rate £70.00 £23.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +204.35% -61.67% -

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 461 498 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.72% 70.64% 75.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 249 455
10th Percentile £192 £179 £166
25th Percentile £400 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £620 £617
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £479
% change year-on-year - -6.05% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.18 £13.28
25th Percentile - £18.82 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +5.73% +21.01%
75th Percentile £31.50 - £56.85
90th Percentile £66.75 £26.70 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £19.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.05% +0.46% +10.73%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Electronics job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Electronics

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (55.56%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
1 5 (55.56%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) RF Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) FPGA
1 5 (55.56%) PCIe
1 5 (55.56%) VHDL
2 2 (22.22%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) FPGA Design
1 5 (55.56%) UVM
2 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Feasibility Study
2 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
2 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 4 (44.44%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) MATLAB
1 5 (55.56%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Altera
1 5 (55.56%) Xilinx
2 4 (44.44%) Microsemi
2 4 (44.44%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) Actel
3 2 (22.22%) Intel
4 1 (11.11%) Siemens