Electronics Contracts in Reading

Electronics
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 88 81
Rank change year-on-year +53 -7 +14
Contract jobs citing Electronics 27 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.95% 0.60% 0.48%
As % of the General category 7.78% 0.98% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 1 4
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile £600 £456 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £463 £444
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% +4.23% +30.51%
75th Percentile £700 £469 £533
90th Percentile - - £648
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £463 £425
% change year-on-year +40.54% +8.82% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £14.30 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -68.22% - -

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 347 711 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 63.55% 60.46% 60.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 331 367
10th Percentile £350 £213 £361
25th Percentile £450 £402 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £655
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 49 8
10th Percentile £44.88 £16.90 £37.05
25th Percentile £48.44 £51.25 £58.60
Median hourly rate £56.25 £61.06 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -5.59% +115.58%
75th Percentile £63.44 £72.33 £67.16
90th Percentile £66.63 £87.53 £71.20
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £58.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.72% +29.98% +109.21%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Reading

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Reading

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Reading

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (3.70%) Junos
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Git
1 4 (14.81%) Selenium
General
1 27 (100.00%) Finance
1 27 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 27 (100.00%) Marketing
1 27 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 27 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Architect
2 21 (77.78%) Active Directory Architect
3 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Juniper Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 25 (92.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 27 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 27 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 22 (81.48%) Agile
2 22 (81.48%) Test Automation
3 21 (77.78%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
4 4 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (7.41%) DevOps
5 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.70%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.70%) Load Balancing
6 1 (3.70%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (3.70%) Prototyping
6 1 (3.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (18.52%) Python
3 4 (14.81%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) DV Cleared
1 23 (85.19%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 21 (77.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco
2 1 (3.70%) Citrix
2 1 (3.70%) F5
2 1 (3.70%) Juniper