Electronics Contracts in Kent

Electronics
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies advertised in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -20
Contract jobs citing Electronics 21 22 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 10.24% 10.14% 0.36%
As % of the General category 26.25% 18.97% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 -
South East median daily rate £205 £205 £325
% change year-on-year - -36.92% -43.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £40.54 -
25th Percentile £75.29 £50.78 £33.33
Median hourly rate £80.86 £57.12 £35.55
Median % change year-on-year +41.57% +60.68% -22.90%
75th Percentile £86.43 £60.01 £37.76
90th Percentile - £64.05 -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +27.44% -2.70% +2.78%

All General Skills
Kent

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 80 116 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 39.02% 53.46% 50.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 77 118
10th Percentile - £169 £211
25th Percentile £205 £205 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £330 £506
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -34.81% +51.12%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £598
90th Percentile £675 £788 £656
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 11
10th Percentile £11.25 £37.48 £17.56
25th Percentile £11.40 £42.32 £28.00
Median hourly rate £17.75 £56.24 £35.55
Median % change year-on-year -68.44% +58.21% -8.67%
75th Percentile £66.74 £57.12 £42.63
90th Percentile £72.65 £61.35 £46.09
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Kent

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Kent

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Kent

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Kent region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Rochester 0 2 - - 7
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) LAN
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
1 2 (9.52%) WAN
1 2 (9.52%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (85.71%) Finance
1 18 (85.71%) Manufacturing
1 18 (85.71%) Marketing
1 18 (85.71%) Public Sector
1 18 (85.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Desktop Engineer
1 16 (76.19%) Desktop Support
1 16 (76.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 16 (76.19%) Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Principal Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (85.71%) NHS
2 2 (9.52%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
1 16 (76.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 18 (85.71%) Digital Marketing
1 18 (85.71%) Programme Management
2 2 (9.52%) High Availability
3 1 (4.76%) Coaching
3 1 (4.76%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) HND
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.76%) Mentor Graphics