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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 68 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 13 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.03% 0.61% -
As % of the General category 2.67% 0.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% - -
Scotland median daily rate £141 £438 -
% change year-on-year -67.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £61.50 £54.75 -
25th Percentile £63.75 £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £71.25 £70.63 -
90th Percentile £73.50 £73.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £10.42
% change year-on-year +13.64% +427.83% -

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 486 579 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 76.06% 70.27% 75.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 298 511
10th Percentile £263 £157 £205
25th Percentile £413 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.76%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £619 £600
Scotland median daily rate £471 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 5
10th Percentile £17.08 £12.85 £14.08
25th Percentile - £13.98 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.20 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +2.71% -5.87%
75th Percentile £52.90 £23.92 £41.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £55.75 £48.62
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £17.46 £24.59
% change year-on-year +10.14% -29.00% +26.92%

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
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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 September 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Ethernet
2 2 (15.38%) SDH
3 1 (7.69%) 4G
3 1 (7.69%) ADSL
3 1 (7.69%) MPLS
3 1 (7.69%) PSTN
3 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 10 (76.92%) Telecoms
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 7 (53.85%) Marketing
2 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) RF Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
1 3 (23.08%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (23.08%) FPGA
2 2 (15.38%) PCIe
2 2 (15.38%) SCADA
2 2 (15.38%) VHDL
3 1 (7.69%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (53.85%) Feasibility Study
1 7 (53.85%) Programme Management
1 7 (53.85%) Prototyping
1 7 (53.85%) Schematic Capture
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Process Management
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) FPGA Design
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) UVM
5 1 (7.69%) Budgeting
5 1 (7.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
1 2 (15.38%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (7.69%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) HNC
5 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) City & Guilds
5 1 (7.69%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) DO-254
2 1 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Nokia
3 2 (15.38%) Altera
3 2 (15.38%) Microsemi
3 2 (15.38%) Xilinx
4 1 (7.69%) Actel
4 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
4 1 (7.69%) Intel