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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 61 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 9 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.44% 1.35% -
As % of the General category 1.87% 1.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £438 £575 -
% change year-on-year -23.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 0
10th Percentile - £35.00 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £60.13 -
Median hourly rate £41.50 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.40% - -
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £67.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £41.50 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year -31.40% - -

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 482 610 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.12% 74.85% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 348 688
10th Percentile £199 £183 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £627 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 7
10th Percentile £19.77 £16.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +64.63% -46.85%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £31.34
90th Percentile £52.90 £67.23 £51.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Edinburgh

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Edinburgh

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Edinburgh

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Edinburgh

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) SDH
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) ADSL
3 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) PSTN
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Field Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) RF Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 3 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (33.33%) FPGA
2 2 (22.22%) iPhone
2 2 (22.22%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Verilog
2 2 (22.22%) VHDL
3 1 (11.11%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Process Management
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) FPGA Design
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 1 (11.11%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) HNC
4 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) DO-254
1 1 (11.11%) QA
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Nokia
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsemi
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Xilinx
3 1 (11.11%) Altera
3 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
3 1 (11.11%) Intel