Electronics Contracts in Hertfordshire

Electronics
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 7 29
Rank change year-on-year -29 +22 +32
Contract jobs citing Electronics 9 98 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.80% 11.75% 5.92%
As % of the General category 4.59% 18.88% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 0
10th Percentile £526 £263 -
25th Percentile £528 £331 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £603 £388 -
90th Percentile £609 £450 -
East of England median daily rate £438 £375 £463
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.92% +740.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 55 30
10th Percentile - £60.00 -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +2.68%
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £67.50 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £60.75 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -6.54% +13.04% +2.68%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 196 519 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 61.06% 62.23% 55.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 144 229
10th Percentile £343 £200 £228
25th Percentile £425 £330 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £406 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -22.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £807
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 241 94
10th Percentile £17.53 - £41.80
25th Percentile £40.06 £38.12 £53.56
Median hourly rate £61.00 £46.56 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -22.41% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Hertfordshire

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Hertfordshire

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Hertfordshire

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Hertfordshire

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -15 6 £550 - 32
Letchworth - 2 - -
Hitchin - 1 £575 -
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) IMAP
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
1 2 (22.22%) Skype
1 2 (22.22%) SMTP
2 1 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Exchange Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Messaging Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior VMware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Compliance Management
1 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
1 4 (44.44%) Earned Value Management
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) DO-160
1 2 (22.22%) DO-254
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) NetApp
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
1 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) EMC