Electronics Contracts in Northern Ireland

Electronics
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 30 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 2 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.26% 4.70% -
As % of the General category 1.54% 9.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £31.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 £31.88 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £59.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.84% +3.48% +9.52%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 130 75 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 81.76% 50.34% 60.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 36 62
10th Percentile £153 £193 £174
25th Percentile £273 £278 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £418 £413
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +1.21% -
75th Percentile £528 £545 £497
90th Percentile £625 £650 £579
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 9
10th Percentile £15.61 - £13.88
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.66 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.38% -5.42% +11.59%
75th Percentile £48.48 £22.50 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £23.54 £18.16
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Northern Ireland

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Northern Ireland

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Northern Ireland

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -15 2 - - 9
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow