Electronics Contracts in London

Electronics
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in London. 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 298 259 341
Rank change year-on-year -39 +82 +30
Contract jobs citing Electronics 55 133 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.44% 0.75% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.65% 1.18% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 71 88
10th Percentile £235 £363 £425
25th Percentile £269 £419 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £553 £738 £623
90th Percentile £629 £925 £694
England median daily rate £545 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -0.91% +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 16
10th Percentile - £31.35 £35.63
25th Percentile £78.75 £37.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -4.35% +57.53%
75th Percentile £86.25 £69.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - £72.80 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +7.48%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,474 11,265 17,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.53% 63.18% 63.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,727 8,041 12,396
10th Percentile £340 £336 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 245 221
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.61
25th Percentile £22.72 £18.25 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -12.33%
75th Percentile £51.81 £43.75 £58.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £65.02 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the London 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
South London - 6 - - 5
West London +12 2 £249 -11.07% 10
Central London +2 2 £252 -32.80% 12
North London - 2 £270 -
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) InVision
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) Azure
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.64%) Yammer
4 1 (1.82%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.82%) Figma
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Firewall
2 2 (3.64%) BGP
2 2 (3.64%) DHCP
2 2 (3.64%) DNS
2 2 (3.64%) EIGRP
2 2 (3.64%) Internet
2 2 (3.64%) LAN
2 2 (3.64%) NAS
2 2 (3.64%) Network Security
2 2 (3.64%) OSPF
2 2 (3.64%) SAN
2 2 (3.64%) VoIP
2 2 (3.64%) VPN
2 2 (3.64%) WAN
2 2 (3.64%) Wireless
3 1 (1.82%) 5G
3 1 (1.82%) MQTT
3 1 (1.82%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.64%) Power BI
3 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.82%) Spark SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Gradle
1 11 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 11 (20.00%) JUnit
1 11 (20.00%) Liquibase
1 11 (20.00%) Mockito
2 6 (10.91%) GitLab
3 2 (3.64%) JIRA
4 1 (1.82%) Axure RP
General
1 50 (90.91%) Finance
2 49 (89.09%) Manufacturing
2 49 (89.09%) Marketing
2 49 (89.09%) Public Sector
2 49 (89.09%) Telecoms
3 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Military
7 1 (1.82%) Advertising
7 1 (1.82%) Automotive
7 1 (1.82%) French Language
7 1 (1.82%) German Language
7 1 (1.82%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (18.18%) Developer
2 7 (12.73%) Senior
3 6 (10.91%) Java Developer
3 6 (10.91%) React Developer
3 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 6 (10.91%) Software Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (5.45%) Relationships Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Senior Relationships Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Splunk Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Supplier Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Windows Infrastructure Specialist
7 2 (3.64%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.82%) React
2 11 (20.00%) Kafka
2 11 (20.00%) OpenAPI
2 11 (20.00%) Spring
2 11 (20.00%) Spring Boot
2 11 (20.00%) Swagger
3 2 (3.64%) .NET
3 2 (3.64%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.64%) Web Services
4 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.82%) CSS
4 1 (1.82%) HTML
4 1 (1.82%) PySpark
4 1 (1.82%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.27%) Social Media
3 3 (5.45%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.45%) NHS
3 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.64%) FPGA
4 2 (3.64%) Shadow IT
4 2 (3.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.64%) Verilog
4 2 (3.64%) VHDL
5 1 (1.82%) CCTV
5 1 (1.82%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.82%) IoT
5 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.82%) PACS
5 1 (1.82%) PMI
5 1 (1.82%) SCADA
5 1 (1.82%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.55%) Windows
2 6 (10.91%) Linux
3 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.64%) Unix
4 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (90.91%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (89.09%) Digital Marketing
2 49 (89.09%) Programme Management
3 18 (32.73%) Agile
4 15 (27.27%) DevOps
5 14 (25.45%) CI/CD
6 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (23.64%) TDD
7 12 (21.82%) Containerisation
7 12 (21.82%) Software Engineering
8 11 (20.00%) Microservices
8 11 (20.00%) Migration
9 7 (12.73%) Project Management
10 6 (10.91%) Build Automation
10 6 (10.91%) Clean Code
10 6 (10.91%) Event-Driven
10 6 (10.91%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 5 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
11 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.91%) SQL
2 11 (20.00%) Java
2 11 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.27%) Python
5 3 (5.45%) C#
6 2 (3.64%) Bash
6 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.64%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (1.82%) C++
7 1 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.82%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (32.73%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.27%) Degree
2 15 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.64%) ACCA
5 2 (3.64%) CCNA
5 2 (3.64%) CIMA
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.64%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.64%) PhD
6 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.82%) CEH
6 1 (1.82%) CISSP
6 1 (1.82%) CSPO
6 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.64%) DICOM
2 2 (3.64%) HL7
2 2 (3.64%) QA
3 1 (1.82%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Docker
2 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.64%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 50 (90.91%) SAP
2 12 (21.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.27%) Cisco
4 3 (5.45%) EMC
4 3 (5.45%) Splunk
4 3 (5.45%) VMware
5 2 (3.64%) Apple
5 2 (3.64%) Dell
5 2 (3.64%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (3.64%) Mitel
5 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 2 (3.64%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.64%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.64%) Unisys
5 2 (3.64%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.82%) Cvent
6 1 (1.82%) Databricks
6 1 (1.82%) Siemens
6 1 (1.82%) Tenable