Electronics Contracts in Scotland

Electronics
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Scotland. 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 102 112 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 14 17 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.77% -
As % of the General category 1.20% 1.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £369 £381 -
25th Percentile £378 £516 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% - -
75th Percentile £484 £588 -
90th Percentile £486 - -
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 0
10th Percentile - £35.00 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £60.13 -
Median hourly rate £41.50 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.40% - -
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £67.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £59.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.84% +3.48% +9.52%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +3 9 £425 - 29
Fife - 3 - -
Glasgow 0 1 £450 -21.74% 8
Highlands - 1 - -
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) LAN
1 3 (21.43%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) SDH
3 1 (7.14%) 4G
3 1 (7.14%) ADSL
3 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.14%) MPLS
3 1 (7.14%) PSTN
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) LabVIEW
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Manufacturing
1 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Marketing
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Development Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Test Development Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Java RMI
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 3 (21.43%) Analogue Electronics
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (21.43%) FPGA
3 2 (14.29%) iPhone
3 2 (14.29%) SCADA
3 2 (14.29%) Verilog
3 2 (14.29%) VHDL
4 1 (7.14%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
3 4 (28.57%) Schematic Capture
3 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Process Management
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (14.29%) FPGA Design
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
6 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
6 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (7.14%) C
3 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (14.29%) HNC
5 1 (7.14%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) DO-254
1 1 (7.14%) QA
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) Mentor Graphics
2 3 (21.43%) Nokia
3 2 (14.29%) Microsemi
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Xilinx
4 1 (7.14%) Altera
4 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (7.14%) Intel