Electronics Contracts in London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Electronics England / London
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	266	331	375
Rank change year-on-year	+65	+44
Contract jobs citing Electronics	149	97	47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	0.73%	0.45%	0.20%
As % of the General category	1.59%	1.02%	0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	103	84	31
Median daily rate	£500	£431	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+15.94%	+15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£302	£300	£278
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£550	£475
UK excluding London median daily rate	£475	£388	£370
% change year-on-year	+22.58%	+4.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	3	1
Median hourly rate	£37.50	£42.50	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.76%	+6.25%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£40.00	£35.75	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+11.88%	-10.62%

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

General Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	9381	9553	10851
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	45.89%	44.07%	46.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	6740	7054	7825
Median daily rate	£525	£500	£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£350	£320	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£650	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	84	106	117
Median hourly rate	£22.25	£22.26	£22.83
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-0.03%	-2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.15	£10.03	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.03	£45.25	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£24.38	£22.67
% change year-on-year	+23.07%	+7.54%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London citing Electronics as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the General category.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Electronics in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Electronics in London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Electronics in London

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in London

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Electronics in London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram 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 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+4	9	£519	+15.27%	5
Croydon	-	2	£475	-	2
Greenwich	-	1	-	-
Electronics England

Electronics
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Electronics also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region with a requirement for Electronics.

1	206 (80.47%)	Telecoms
2	203 (79.30%)	Marketing
3	201 (78.52%)	Finance
4	200 (78.13%)	Manufacturing
4	200 (78.13%)	Business Intelligence
5	199 (77.73%)	SAP
5	199 (77.73%)	Digital Marketing
6	198 (77.34%)	SAP Oil and Gas
6	198 (77.34%)	Programme Management
7	127 (49.61%)	Agile Software Development
8	87 (33.98%)	Security Cleared
9	83 (32.42%)	SC Cleared
10	57 (22.27%)	TDD
11	52 (20.31%)	Java
12	43 (16.80%)	Scrum

13	39 (15.23%)	DevOps
14	35 (13.67%)	Python
14	35 (13.67%)	Git (software)
15	33 (12.89%)	Degree
15	33 (12.89%)	JSON
16	32 (12.50%)	SQL
17	31 (12.11%)	Linux
18	28 (10.94%)	Continuous Integration
19	26 (10.16%)	Middleware
20	25 (9.77%)	JavaScript
20	25 (9.77%)	BDD
20	25 (9.77%)	Microservices
21	24 (9.38%)	Amazon AWS
21	24 (9.38%)	E-Commerce
22	23 (8.98%)	Project Management

Electronics
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	12 (4.69%)	CMS
2	11 (4.30%)	Mule
2	11 (4.30%)	Oracle Service Bus
2	11 (4.30%)	Oracle SOA Suite
3	6 (2.34%)	Confluence
4	5 (1.95%)	Apache Spark
4	5 (1.95%)	Cloud Foundry
5	4 (1.56%)	Drupal
6	3 (1.17%)	Apache
6	3 (1.17%)	nginx
6	3 (1.17%)	SAS
7	2 (0.78%)	MS Exchange
7	2 (0.78%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.78%)	SharePoint
8	1 (0.39%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	1 (0.39%)	Apache Airflow
8	1 (0.39%)	Apache Solr
8	1 (0.39%)	Elasticsearch
8	1 (0.39%)	Tomcat
8	1 (0.39%)	WinCC

Applications
1	6 (2.34%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (1.95%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (1.56%)	Photoshop
4	2 (0.78%)	AutoCAD
4	2 (0.78%)	Microsoft Project
4	2 (0.78%)	SPSS
4	2 (0.78%)	Stata
5	1 (0.39%)	InVision
5	1 (0.39%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	1 (0.39%)	MS Visio
5	1 (0.39%)	OrCAD
5	1 (0.39%)	Simulink
5	1 (0.39%)	TargetLink

Business Applications
1	198 (77.34%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (2.34%)	NetSuite
3	2 (0.78%)	Maximo
4	1 (0.39%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	24 (9.38%)	Amazon AWS
2	15 (5.86%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (3.13%)	G Suite
4	5 (1.95%)	PaaS
5	4 (1.56%)	AdWords
5	4 (1.56%)	Office 365
6	3 (1.17%)	Datadog
6	3 (1.17%)	Google Analytics
7	2 (0.78%)	Cloud Computing
7	2 (0.78%)	GitHub
7	2 (0.78%)	IaaS
8	1 (0.39%)	Adobe Analytics
8	1 (0.39%)	Akamai
8	1 (0.39%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	1 (0.39%)	Basecamp
8	1 (0.39%)	Bluemix
8	1 (0.39%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	1 (0.39%)	IBM Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	9 (3.52%)	Firewall
1	9 (3.52%)	Internet
2	7 (2.73%)	Bluetooth
3	6 (2.34%)	SAN
4	5 (1.95%)	Broadband
4	5 (1.95%)	Ethernet
4	5 (1.95%)	SNMP
4	5 (1.95%)	TCP/IP
5	4 (1.56%)	DNS
5	4 (1.56%)	HTTP
5	4 (1.56%)	SMTP
5	4 (1.56%)	Wi-Fi
5	4 (1.56%)	Wireless
6	3 (1.17%)	LAN
6	3 (1.17%)	VPN
7	2 (0.78%)	DHCP
7	2 (0.78%)	FTP
7	2 (0.78%)	Kerberos
7	2 (0.78%)	SSL
7	2 (0.78%)	WLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	21 (8.20%)	PostgreSQL
2	18 (7.03%)	MongoDB
3	13 (5.08%)	MySQL
4	12 (4.69%)	Data Warehouse
4	12 (4.69%)	Relational Database
5	11 (4.30%)	Big Data
5	11 (4.30%)	NoSQL
5	11 (4.30%)	Power BI
6	10 (3.91%)	RDBMS
7	9 (3.52%)	Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7	9 (3.52%)	Azure SQL Database
8	8 (3.13%)	Hadoop
9	6 (2.34%)	SQL Server
9	6 (2.34%)	SQLite
10	5 (1.95%)	HBase
11	4 (1.56%)	BusinessObjects
11	4 (1.56%)	Oracle Database
12	3 (1.17%)	Apache Hive
12	3 (1.17%)	Qlik Sense
12	3 (1.17%)	Redis

Development Applications
1	35 (13.67%)	Git (software)
2	22 (8.59%)	Maven
3	16 (6.25%)	Jenkins
4	14 (5.47%)	JIRA
5	9 (3.52%)	Cucumber
6	7 (2.73%)	Jasmine
6	7 (2.73%)	Karma Test Runner
6	7 (2.73%)	Selenium
7	6 (2.34%)	Gradle
7	6 (2.34%)	Robolectric
8	4 (1.56%)	Eclipse
8	4 (1.56%)	Grunt
8	4 (1.56%)	IntelliJ
8	4 (1.56%)	XMLSpy
9	3 (1.17%)	SoapUI
9	3 (1.17%)	Subversion
10	2 (0.78%)	Artifactory
10	2 (0.78%)	Cobertura
10	2 (0.78%)	Hudson
10	2 (0.78%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	206 (80.47%)	Telecoms
2	203 (79.30%)	Marketing
3	201 (78.52%)	Finance
4	200 (78.13%)	Manufacturing
5	7 (2.73%)	Advertising
5	7 (2.73%)	Law
5	7 (2.73%)	Retail
6	5 (1.95%)	Banking
6	5 (1.95%)	Legal
7	2 (0.78%)	Aerospace
7	2 (0.78%)	Avionics
7	2 (0.78%)	Dutch Language
7	2 (0.78%)	French Language
7	2 (0.78%)	Games
7	2 (0.78%)	German Language
7	2 (0.78%)	Investment Banking
7	2 (0.78%)	Italian Language
7	2 (0.78%)	Military
7	2 (0.78%)	Polish Language
7	2 (0.78%)	Spanish Language

Job Titles
1	70 (27.34%)	Developer
2	22 (8.59%)	Analyst
3	21 (8.20%)	Senior Developer
4	17 (6.64%)	Business Analyst
5	16 (6.25%)	Consultant
6	14 (5.47%)	Java Developer
7	12 (4.69%)	Agile Developer
7	12 (4.69%)	DevOps Engineer
8	11 (4.30%)	SOA Developer
8	11 (4.30%)	Web Developer
9	10 (3.91%)	Android Developer
9	10 (3.91%)	Architect
9	10 (3.91%)	Senior Web Developer
10	8 (3.13%)	Delivery Manager
10	8 (3.13%)	Designer
10	8 (3.13%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10	8 (3.13%)	Project Manager
11	7 (2.73%)	Python Developer
11	7 (2.73%)	Senior Android Developer
11	7 (2.73%)	Technical Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (12.89%)	JSON
2	26 (10.16%)	Middleware
3	21 (8.20%)	Node.js
4	19 (7.42%)	XML
5	16 (6.25%)	Swagger
5	16 (6.25%)	WireMock
5	16 (6.25%)	XSLT
6	13 (5.08%)	REST
6	13 (5.08%)	RESTful
7	12 (4.69%)	Apache Camel
7	12 (4.69%)	SOAP
8	11 (4.30%)	CSS
8	11 (4.30%)	HTML
9	9 (3.52%)	AngularJS
9	9 (3.52%)	CSS3
9	9 (3.52%)	HTML5
9	9 (3.52%)	JSON Schema
10	8 (3.13%)	.NET
10	8 (3.13%)	RxJava
11	7 (2.73%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	16 (6.25%)	Greenfield Project
2	14 (5.47%)	User Experience
3	12 (4.69%)	Analytical Skills
4	11 (4.30%)	Computer Science
5	9 (3.52%)	Private Cloud
6	6 (2.34%)	Algorithms
6	6 (2.34%)	Data Centre
6	6 (2.34%)	Digital TV
6	6 (2.34%)	STB
6	6 (2.34%)	Video on Demand
6	6 (2.34%)	Virtual Team
7	5 (1.95%)	Data Structures
7	5 (1.95%)	Embedded Systems
8	4 (1.56%)	Digital Media
8	4 (1.56%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
8	4 (1.56%)	Public Cloud
9	3 (1.17%)	e-Learning
9	3 (1.17%)	NHS
9	3 (1.17%)	PMI
9	3 (1.17%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	31 (12.11%)	Linux
2	23 (8.98%)	Android
3	13 (5.08%)	Windows
4	9 (3.52%)	Apple iOS
4	9 (3.52%)	Unix
5	6 (2.34%)	AIX
5	6 (2.34%)	Solaris
6	4 (1.56%)	Embedded Linux
7	3 (1.17%)	Mac OS X
7	3 (1.17%)	Tizen
7	3 (1.17%)	Ubuntu
7	3 (1.17%)	Windows Server
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows 8
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Mobile
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Server 2003
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Server 2008
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows XP
9	1 (0.39%)	CentOS
9	1 (0.39%)	Windows 10
9	1 (0.39%)	Windows Phone

Processes & Methodologies
1	200 (78.13%)	Business Intelligence
2	199 (77.73%)	Digital Marketing
3	198 (77.34%)	Programme Management
4	127 (49.61%)	Agile Software Development
5	57 (22.27%)	TDD
6	43 (16.80%)	Scrum
7	39 (15.23%)	DevOps
8	28 (10.94%)	Continuous Integration
9	25 (9.77%)	BDD
9	25 (9.77%)	Microservices
10	24 (9.38%)	E-Commerce
11	23 (8.98%)	Project Management
12	22 (8.59%)	SOA
13	19 (7.42%)	Analytics
13	19 (7.42%)	Data Modelling
13	19 (7.42%)	Test Automation
14	17 (6.64%)	User Stories
14	17 (6.64%)	Web Development
15	16 (6.25%)	Stakeholder Management
16	14 (5.47%)	Data Analysis

Programming Languages
1	52 (20.31%)	Java
2	35 (13.67%)	Python
3	32 (12.50%)	SQL
4	25 (9.77%)	JavaScript
5	16 (6.25%)	C++
5	16 (6.25%)	XPath
6	12 (4.69%)	C
7	10 (3.91%)	Ruby
8	6 (2.34%)	R
9	5 (1.95%)	GLSL
9	5 (1.95%)	Go
10	4 (1.56%)	MATLAB
10	4 (1.56%)	PowerShell
11	3 (1.17%)	Bash Shell
11	3 (1.17%)	C#
11	3 (1.17%)	PHP
12	2 (0.78%)	Objective-C
12	2 (0.78%)	Shell Script
12	2 (0.78%)	TypeScript
13	1 (0.39%)	Kotlin

Qualifications
1	87 (33.98%)	Security Cleared
2	83 (32.42%)	SC Cleared
3	33 (12.89%)	Degree
4	11 (4.30%)	Master's Degree
5	3 (1.17%)	PMI Certification
6	2 (0.78%)	A+ Certification
6	2 (0.78%)	DV Cleared
6	2 (0.78%)	MCSE
6	2 (0.78%)	Microsoft Certification
7	1 (0.39%)	APMP
7	1 (0.39%)	BPSS Clearance
7	1 (0.39%)	CEH
7	1 (0.39%)	Chartered Engineer
7	1 (0.39%)	CISSP
7	1 (0.39%)	Computer Science Degree
7	1 (0.39%)	CREST Certified
7	1 (0.39%)	CTC Cleared
7	1 (0.39%)	GIAC
7	1 (0.39%)	MAPM
7	1 (0.39%)	MBA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	11 (4.30%)	QA
2	3 (1.17%)	PMO
3	2 (0.78%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
3	2 (0.78%)	ISO 9000
3	2 (0.78%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	2 (0.78%)	MISRA
3	2 (0.78%)	RMADS
3	2 (0.78%)	SLA
3	2 (0.78%)	WCAG
4	1 (0.39%)	Data Quality
4	1 (0.39%)	Government Security Classifications
4	1 (0.39%)	ISO 26262

System Software
1	20 (7.81%)	Docker
2	4 (1.56%)	Firmware
2	4 (1.56%)	VMware ESXi
3	3 (1.17%)	Active Directory
3	3 (1.17%)	Hyper-V
3	3 (1.17%)	XenServer
4	2 (0.78%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.78%)	XenDesktop
5	1 (0.39%)	Apache Flume
5	1 (0.39%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	1 (0.39%)	HDFS
5	1 (0.39%)	VMware Workstation
5	1 (0.39%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	19 (7.42%)	Puppet
2	17 (6.64%)	Kubernetes
3	14 (5.47%)	Ansible
4	12 (4.69%)	Opscode Chef
5	5 (1.95%)	Terraform
6	3 (1.17%)	Grafana
6	3 (1.17%)	Kibana
6	3 (1.17%)	logstash
6	3 (1.17%)	Salt
6	3 (1.17%)	SCCM
7	2 (0.78%)	Backup Exec
7	2 (0.78%)	Failover Clustering
7	2 (0.78%)	HAProxy
7	2 (0.78%)	NetBackup
7	2 (0.78%)	Norton AntiVirus
7	2 (0.78%)	Rancher
7	2 (0.78%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
8	1 (0.39%)	Oozie
8	1 (0.39%)	Prometheus
8	1 (0.39%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	199 (77.73%)	SAP
2	19 (7.42%)	Microsoft
2	19 (7.42%)	Oracle
3	14 (5.47%)	Google
4	11 (4.30%)	WSO2
5	8 (3.13%)	IBM
6	7 (2.73%)	ServiceNow
7	6 (2.34%)	Adobe
8	4 (1.56%)	VMware
9	3 (1.17%)	Cisco
9	3 (1.17%)	Greenplum
9	3 (1.17%)	Splunk
9	3 (1.17%)	Symantec
9	3 (1.17%)	Tableau
10	2 (0.78%)	AppDynamics
10	2 (0.78%)	EMC
10	2 (0.78%)	HP
10	2 (0.78%)	Meraki
10	2 (0.78%)	Veritas
11	1 (0.39%)	IFS