Electronics Contract Job Trends in the North East

Electronics
England > North East

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 34 32
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 6 11 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.59% 3.55% 0.39%
As % of the General category 2.74% 6.21% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 £305 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - -
75th Percentile £180 £489 -
90th Percentile - £523 -
England median daily rate £475 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -7.77% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.56 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -32.41% -7.69% +44.44%

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 219 177 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 58.09% 57.10% 52.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 88 88
10th Percentile £205 £305 £177
25th Percentile £375 £361 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £452
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.98% -17.82%
75th Percentile £523 £588 £581
90th Percentile £575 £650 £720
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 11
10th Percentile £13.41 £13.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.15 £14.46 £16.63
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.41% +48.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £21.63 £26.13
90th Percentile - £44.21 £33.75
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.88% -6.31% +26.41%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Electronics job vacancy trend in the North East

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Electronics

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the North East region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Tyne and Wear -16 6 £175 -50.00% 9
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (83.33%) Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Android
1 5 (83.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (83.33%) Apple
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Dell
2 5 (83.33%) HP