Electronics Engineer Contracts in England

Electronic Engineer
UK > England

The median Electronic Engineer daily rate in England is £287, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 535 592
Rank change year-on-year +53 +57 +166
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 3 7 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.019% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.020% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 36
10th Percentile £94 - £525
25th Percentile £164 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £287 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -47.91% -8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £415 £575 £700
90th Percentile £489 - -
UK median daily rate £287 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -47.91% -8.33% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 18
10th Percentile - £39.37 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £42.16 £42.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £44.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £26.75 £58.75 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £44.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -0.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Electronics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in England

Electronics Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics Engineer in England

Electronics Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics Engineer in England

Electronics Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics Engineer in England

Electronics Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +45 1 £525 -4.55% 55
East of England +29 1 - - 41
London - 1 £48 - 12
Electronics Engineer
UK

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Electronics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (33.33%) Xilinx
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (33.33%) Post-Production
3 1 (33.33%) FMEA
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) FMEA
1 1 (33.33%) Post-Production
1 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Xilinx