Electronics Contracts in the Midlands

Electronics
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 107 107 148
Rank change year-on-year 0 +41 +25
Contract jobs citing Electronics 4 26 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.94% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.34% 1.72% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £195 £495
25th Percentile £173 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £240 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% -60.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £178 £555 £638
90th Percentile - £693 £692
England median daily rate £545 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -0.91% +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 2
10th Percentile - £12.75 £27.90
25th Percentile £35.75 £15.56 £30.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £41.25 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £37.25 £48.75 £48.25
90th Percentile - £55.75 £52.30
England median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +7.48%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the Midlands

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +3 3 - - 79
East Midlands -1 1 £175 -50.70% 62
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Hardware Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) HND
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Nexthink
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow