Electronics Contract Job Trends in Essex

Electronics
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 19 37
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 4.24% 1.59% 0.44%
As % of the General category 7.58% 2.99% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £43 £40 £800
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -95.00% -
East of England median daily rate £133 £456 £400
% change year-on-year -70.96% +14.06% -31.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £36.44 - -
25th Percentile £38.98 £67.75 -
Median hourly rate £43.20 £70.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.72% - -
75th Percentile £59.10 £73.25 -
90th Percentile £68.64 - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +13.04%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 66 67 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 55.93% 53.17% 59.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 89
10th Percentile £153 £180 £186
25th Percentile £196 £272 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £319 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -34.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £493 £447 £575
90th Percentile £624 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 13
10th Percentile £13.20 £17.59 £20.50
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £22.09
Median hourly rate £29.75 £23.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.35% -54.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £64.43 £42.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.85 £79.50
East of England median hourly rate £20.00 £16.46 £17.72
% change year-on-year +21.51% -7.11% -10.55%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Electronics job vacancy trend in Essex

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Essex over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Essex

Electronics
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 within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 October 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 +5 4 £43 +7.50%
Basildon -2 1 - - 2
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) IBM