Electronics Contracts in Manchester

Electronics
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 89 97
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 +27
Contract jobs citing Electronics 12 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.31% 0.21% 0.73%
As % of the General category 2.22% 0.42% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £515 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £595
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -15.97% +5.78%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £688
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £530 £379 £595
% change year-on-year +39.93% -36.34% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £37.78 - -
25th Percentile £42.31 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.25 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% - -
75th Percentile £57.81 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £62.13 - -
North West median hourly rate £58.58 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -2.37% - -

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 541 719 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 59.06% 49.62% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 455 631
10th Percentile £276 £300 £288
25th Percentile £375 £389 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £697 £654 £675
North West median daily rate £464 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -1.45% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 59 31
10th Percentile - £12.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.50 £16.74
Median hourly rate £14.40 £25.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.97% +29.49% -2.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £39.38 £26.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £58.50 £38.75
North West median hourly rate £29.54 £22.00 £24.08
% change year-on-year +34.25% -8.62% -1.73%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Manchester

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Manchester

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Manchester

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Manchester

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
Bolton - 2 - - 6
Electronics
North West

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (83.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Gradle
1 10 (83.33%) Jenkins
1 10 (83.33%) JUnit
1 10 (83.33%) Liquibase
1 10 (83.33%) Mockito
2 5 (41.67%) GitLab
General
1 12 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 10 (83.33%) Marketing
2 10 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 10 (83.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
1 5 (41.67%) Java Developer
1 5 (41.67%) Java Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Java Software Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) React Developer
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared Java Developer
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (83.33%) Kafka
1 10 (83.33%) OpenAPI
1 10 (83.33%) React
1 10 (83.33%) Spring
1 10 (83.33%) Spring Boot
1 10 (83.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) CI/CD
1 10 (83.33%) Containerisation
1 10 (83.33%) DevOps
1 10 (83.33%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (83.33%) Microservices
1 10 (83.33%) Migration
1 10 (83.33%) Programme Management
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineering
1 10 (83.33%) TDD
2 5 (41.67%) Build Automation
2 5 (41.67%) Clean Code
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (41.67%) Event-Driven
2 5 (41.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
1 10 (83.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) HNC
3 1 (8.33%) HND
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) SAP