Electronics Contracts in the South East

Electronics
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 72 124
Rank change year-on-year -22 +52 +52
Contract jobs citing Electronics 57 143 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.92% 2.52% 1.64%
As % of the General category 3.15% 5.08% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 49 58
10th Percentile £203 £200 £200
25th Percentile £519 £205 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £205
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +131.71% -45.33%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £438
90th Percentile - £725 £533
England median daily rate £548 £530 £545
% change year-on-year +3.30% -2.75% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 53 21
10th Percentile £15.08 £42.50 £41.25
25th Percentile £16.25 £46.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £18.31 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.08% +27.44% -
75th Percentile £56.32 £61.30 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.07 - £57.76
England median hourly rate £61.50 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.96% - +2.68%

All General Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,809 2,814 3,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.87% 49.50% 58.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,529 2,215
10th Percentile £211 £210 £231
25th Percentile £375 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £625
90th Percentile £660 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 348 159
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.23 £18.32 £24.75
Median hourly rate £20.72 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.97% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £57.81 £61.30 £63.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.24 £74.20
England median hourly rate £28.18 £30.83 £31.76
% change year-on-year -8.58% -2.94% +47.72%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the South East

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Thames Valley +35 33 £650 +22.35% 175
Berkshire +26 30 £650 +40.54% 77
Hampshire -17 7 £625 -7.41% 72
Surrey 0 6 £351 -33.29% 53
Kent -9 5 £205 - 39
Buckinghamshire +14 2 - - 54
East Sussex - 2 - - 15
Oxfordshire - 1 £500 - 48
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.51%) LightWave 3D
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.51%) Azure
1 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.75%) AWS
2 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.75%) Lucidchart
2 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (1.75%) DHCP
1 1 (1.75%) DNS
1 1 (1.75%) iSCSI
1 1 (1.75%) Junos
1 1 (1.75%) LAN
1 1 (1.75%) SAN
1 1 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
1 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Git
1 4 (7.02%) Selenium
General
1 46 (80.70%) Marketing
2 44 (77.19%) Finance
2 44 (77.19%) Manufacturing
2 44 (77.19%) Public Sector
2 44 (77.19%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.02%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Avionics
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (43.86%) Architect
2 21 (36.84%) Active Directory Architect
3 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 6 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Call Centre Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Coordinator
8 2 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Telecoms Manager
9 1 (1.75%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 1 (1.75%) Embedded Engineer
9 1 (1.75%) Insight Consultant
9 1 (1.75%) Trainee Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) NHS
2 3 (5.26%) FPGA
2 3 (5.26%) LIMS
3 1 (1.75%) CMDB
3 1 (1.75%) Device Driver
3 1 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.75%) Verilog
3 1 (1.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 32 (56.14%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (80.70%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (77.19%) Digital Marketing
2 44 (77.19%) Programme Management
3 22 (38.60%) Agile
3 22 (38.60%) Test Automation
4 21 (36.84%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.02%) CI/CD
6 4 (7.02%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (7.02%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.26%) Configuration Management
7 3 (5.26%) Information Management
7 3 (5.26%) Mathematics
7 3 (5.26%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (5.26%) Physics
7 3 (5.26%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (5.26%) Risk Management
7 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (3.51%) Cost Control
Programming Languages
1 25 (43.86%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 4 (7.02%) Bash
4 1 (1.75%) C
4 1 (1.75%) C++
4 1 (1.75%) SQL
4 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (59.65%) Security Cleared
2 26 (45.61%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) Dell Certification
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.75%) MBA
5 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.75%) PMP
5 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) JSP 440
2 2 (3.51%) ARP4754
3 1 (1.75%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 21 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Ansible
1 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (78.95%) SAP
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco
4 1 (1.75%) Citrix
4 1 (1.75%) Dell
4 1 (1.75%) EMC
4 1 (1.75%) F5
4 1 (1.75%) HP
4 1 (1.75%) Juniper
4 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.75%) Xilinx