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 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 71 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 13 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.11% 0.60% -
As % of the General category 2.78% 0.85% -
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 £413 -
% change year-on-year -65.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £10.42
% change year-on-year +18.18% +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 467 589 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 75.81% 70.88% 74.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 305 474
10th Percentile £227 £159 £198
25th Percentile £413 £307 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £538
90th Percentile £598 £612 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 5
10th Percentile £17.08 £12.61 £14.08
25th Percentile - £13.60 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.65 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +5.25% -5.87%
75th Percentile £37.90 £24.18 £41.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £56.25 £48.62
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £16.71 £19.18
% change year-on-year +6.94% -12.88% +1.89%

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 3 (23.08%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Ethernet
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
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
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%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) 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%) FPGA 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 FPGA 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
1 3 (23.08%) PCIe
1 3 (23.08%) VHDL
2 2 (15.38%) SCADA
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 3 (23.08%) FPGA Design
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Process Management
2 3 (23.08%) UVM
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
1 3 (23.08%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (23.08%) 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 3 (23.08%) DO-254
2 1 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Altera
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Nokia
2 3 (23.08%) Xilinx
3 2 (15.38%) Microsemi
4 1 (7.69%) Actel
4 1 (7.69%) Intel
4 1 (7.69%) Siemens