Electronics Contracts in England

Electronics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 174 248
Rank change year-on-year -123 +74 +89
Contract jobs citing Electronics 196 526 485
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.78% 1.40% 1.03%
As % of the General category 1.21% 2.46% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 208 317
10th Percentile £205 £205 £205
25th Percentile £378 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% +0.29% -
75th Percentile £700 £725 £638
90th Percentile - £825 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +0.66% +0.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 156 55
10th Percentile £18.20 £42.50 £31.25
25th Percentile £28.45 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.04 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% - +3.60%
75th Percentile £81.88 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% - +9.52%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,145 21,416 27,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.29% 57.20% 59.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,401 13,688 19,526
10th Percentile £282 £288 £315
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 775 1,825 924
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.88 £13.90
25th Percentile £16.53 £15.62 £17.25
Median hourly rate £27.94 £32.29 £28.07
Median % change year-on-year -13.47% +15.03% +20.01%
75th Percentile £53.00 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +24.87%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in England

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in England

Electronics
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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 -29 54 £650 +54.76% 351
London -16 50 £513 -21.15% 251
South West +14 41 £565 -9.60% 139
East of England -41 22 £97 -75.10% 272
North of England +16 13 £530 +17.78% 164
North West +11 13 £530 +39.93% 78
West Midlands -10 4 £450 -8.16% 71
Midlands -13 4 £450 -8.16% 129
Electronics
UK

Electronics
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.57%) Confluence
2 6 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Simulink
2 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.02%) CANalyzer
4 2 (1.02%) LightWave 3D
4 2 (1.02%) Stateflow
4 2 (1.02%) Windchill
5 1 (0.51%) InVision
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.51%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.80%) Azure
2 15 (7.65%) AWS
3 12 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (4.59%) GCP
5 8 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.04%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.02%) Slack
7 2 (1.02%) Yammer
8 1 (0.51%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.51%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.51%) Figma
8 1 (0.51%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.10%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.55%) Firewall
3 3 (1.53%) DNS
3 3 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.02%) DHCP
4 2 (1.02%) Wireless
5 1 (0.51%) 5G
5 1 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.51%) Junos
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) MQTT
5 1 (0.51%) PSTN
5 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.51%) VoIP
5 1 (0.51%) VPN
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.22%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (10.71%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.53%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.53%) Power BI
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.51%) Metadata
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (11.22%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.71%) Gradle
2 21 (10.71%) JUnit
2 21 (10.71%) Liquibase
2 21 (10.71%) Mockito
3 12 (6.12%) GitLab
4 8 (4.08%) Git
5 6 (3.06%) JIRA
6 4 (2.04%) Selenium
7 3 (1.53%) CANoe
8 2 (1.02%) Clang
8 2 (1.02%) GCC
8 2 (1.02%) Mercurial
8 2 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (1.02%) Subversion
9 1 (0.51%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
General
1 152 (77.55%) Manufacturing
2 147 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 146 (74.49%) Finance
3 146 (74.49%) Marketing
4 145 (73.98%) Public Sector
5 48 (24.49%) Social Skills
6 10 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.59%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.06%) Automotive
8 6 (3.06%) Games
9 5 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.04%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Advertising
13 1 (0.51%) Avionics
13 1 (0.51%) Law
13 1 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (14.80%) Developer
2 28 (14.29%) Architect
3 21 (10.71%) Active Directory Architect
4 18 (9.18%) Senior
5 17 (8.67%) Support Engineer
6 13 (6.63%) Azure Developer
6 13 (6.63%) C# Developer
6 13 (6.63%) Lead
7 12 (6.12%) Software Engineer
8 11 (5.61%) Hardware Engineer
8 11 (5.61%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.61%) React Developer
8 11 (5.61%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 10 (5.10%) Java Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Java Software Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Test Engineer
10 9 (4.59%) Consultant
11 8 (4.08%) Electronics Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.22%) OpenAPI
1 22 (11.22%) React
1 22 (11.22%) Swagger
2 21 (10.71%) Kafka
2 21 (10.71%) Spring
2 21 (10.71%) Spring Boot
3 16 (8.16%) .NET
4 8 (4.08%) .NET Core
4 8 (4.08%) CSS
4 8 (4.08%) HTML
5 2 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.02%) Node.js
5 2 (1.02%) REST
5 2 (1.02%) Web Services
6 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.51%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.63%) FPGA
2 12 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.10%) Verilog
5 9 (4.59%) NHS
6 8 (4.08%) Algorithms
6 8 (4.08%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.57%) PCIe
8 4 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.04%) LIMS
8 4 (2.04%) VHDL
9 3 (1.53%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.53%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.53%) Social Media
9 3 (1.53%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.02%) Acoustics
10 2 (1.02%) Blog
10 2 (1.02%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (21.94%) Windows
2 11 (5.61%) Linux
3 8 (4.08%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.02%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.02%) Unix
4 2 (1.02%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.02%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (75.51%) Business Intelligence
2 145 (73.98%) Digital Marketing
2 145 (73.98%) Programme Management
3 63 (32.14%) Agile
4 38 (19.39%) CI/CD
5 36 (18.37%) DevOps
5 36 (18.37%) Software Engineering
5 36 (18.37%) TDD
6 32 (16.33%) Test Automation
7 30 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (13.78%) Migration
9 23 (11.73%) Computer Science
9 23 (11.73%) Containerisation
10 22 (11.22%) Continuous Integration
11 21 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
11 21 (10.71%) Microservices
12 17 (8.67%) Validation
13 15 (7.65%) Continuous Delivery
14 13 (6.63%) Artificial Intelligence
14 13 (6.63%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.90%) PowerShell
2 34 (17.35%) SQL
3 23 (11.73%) Java
4 21 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 17 (8.67%) Python
6 16 (8.16%) C#
7 12 (6.12%) MATLAB
8 10 (5.10%) JavaScript
9 9 (4.59%) C++
9 9 (4.59%) SystemVerilog
10 7 (3.57%) Bash
11 6 (3.06%) Tcl
12 5 (2.55%) C
13 2 (1.02%) Go
13 2 (1.02%) PHP
13 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.51%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.51%) JCL
14 1 (0.51%) Natural
14 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (50.51%) Security Cleared
2 66 (33.67%) SC Cleared
3 41 (20.92%) Degree
4 37 (18.88%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.61%) HNC
5 11 (5.61%) HND
6 9 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.57%) CISSP
7 7 (3.57%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.06%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (2.55%) CLAS
10 4 (2.04%) PhD
11 3 (1.53%) ACCA
11 3 (1.53%) CIMA
11 3 (1.53%) Dell Certification
12 2 (1.02%) CCNP
12 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.02%) OCP
12 2 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.57%) DO-254
1 7 (3.57%) JSP 440
2 6 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.06%) RMADS
3 5 (2.55%) NIST
4 4 (2.04%) QA
5 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.02%) ARP4754
5 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.51%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (13.78%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.27%) Docker
3 9 (4.59%) Firmware
4 3 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.02%) vSphere
5 2 (1.02%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (6.12%) Terraform
2 4 (2.04%) Ansible
3 3 (1.53%) Data Guard
3 3 (1.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (1.53%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (1.53%) Puppet
4 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.02%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.02%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 147 (75.00%) SAP
2 27 (13.78%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.59%) Google
4 7 (3.57%) Xilinx
5 6 (3.06%) Actel
5 6 (3.06%) Altera
5 6 (3.06%) Intel
5 6 (3.06%) Microsemi
6 5 (2.55%) Dell
6 5 (2.55%) EMC
6 5 (2.55%) HP
6 5 (2.55%) Splunk
6 5 (2.55%) VMware
7 4 (2.04%) Cisco
7 4 (2.04%) Citrix
7 4 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.53%) Adobe
8 3 (1.53%) Apple
8 3 (1.53%) Oracle
8 3 (1.53%) ServiceNow