Electronics Contract Job Trends 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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 103 132
Rank change year-on-year -2 +29 +33
Contract jobs citing Electronics 8 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.52% 0.77% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.79% 1.15% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile - £363 £102
25th Percentile - £370 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £438 £275
Median % change year-on-year -85.14% +59.09% -42.11%
75th Percentile £91 £516 £406
90th Percentile £107 £556 £478
UK median daily rate £450 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -13.88% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile - £18.59 £41.75
25th Percentile - £21.11 £51.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +226.09% -61.67% -
75th Percentile - £36.38 £61.75
90th Percentile - £59.55 £62.20
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -7.69% +30.00%

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 1,009 1,135 1,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 65.69% 67.40% 67.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 680 992
10th Percentile £200 £190 £200
25th Percentile £359 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £602 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 30 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.60 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.72 £18.77 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.55 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +16.57% +14.20%
75th Percentile £26.00 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £56.25 £35.30 £62.40
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.41
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.15% +29.64%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Scotland

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Electronics

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 14 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
Edinburgh +11 7 £65 -84.71% 12
Dundee - 1 £115 -
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (62.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) RF Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Installation Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA
1 5 (62.50%) PCIe
1 5 (62.50%) VHDL
2 2 (25.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA Design
1 5 (62.50%) UVM
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) MATLAB
1 5 (62.50%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Altera
1 5 (62.50%) Xilinx
2 4 (50.00%) Microsemi
3 3 (37.50%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) Actel
4 2 (25.00%) Intel
5 1 (12.50%) Siemens