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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 18 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 5 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 4.00% 3.73% 0.43%
As % of the General category 7.46% 6.49% 0.78%
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 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -69.71% -12.50% -14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £36.44 - -
25th Percentile £38.98 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £43.20 £59.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.39% - -
75th Percentile £59.10 £66.50 -
90th Percentile £68.64 £70.55 -
East of England median hourly rate £61.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% +16.07%

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 67 77 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.60% 57.46% 55.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 43 87
10th Percentile £161 £181 £241
25th Percentile £225 £300 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £511 £494 £578
90th Percentile £637 £595 £604
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 6
10th Percentile - £18.79 £31.67
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.88 £47.19
Median hourly rate £22.50 £50.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.45% -27.86% +127.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.25 £79.38
90th Percentile £74.30 £66.95 £84.72
East of England median hourly rate £26.41 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -30.72% +115.12% -10.55%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +6 4 £43 +7.50%
Basildon -1 1 - - 10
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
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:

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