Electronics Hardware Engineer Contracts in Essex

Electronics Hardware Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Electronics Hardware Engineer daily rate in Essex is £43, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Hardware Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 4.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £43 - -
East of England median daily rate £43 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £35.60 - -
25th Percentile £36.86 - -
Median hourly rate £40.35 - -
75th Percentile £42.46 - -
90th Percentile £42.91 - -
East of England median hourly rate £40.35 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 83 202 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.51% 94.84% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 101 135
10th Percentile £189 £250 £184
25th Percentile £315 £350 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.76% -3.54%
75th Percentile £485 £556 £553
90th Percentile £511 £600 £642
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 52 19
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.86 £19.90
25th Percentile £14.05 £16.55 £23.56
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +26.06% +81.79%
75th Percentile £46.60 £80.00 £67.25
90th Percentile £168.00 - £76.70
East of England median hourly rate £47.44 £43.00 £39.03
% change year-on-year +10.33% +10.19% +151.77%

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in Essex

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics Hardware Engineer in Essex

Electronics Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Hardware Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 9 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
Brentwood - 4 £43 - 3
Electronics Hardware Engineer
East of England

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Electronics Hardware 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 Essex region featuring Electronics Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

Electronics Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) EMC