Electronics Engineer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Electronic Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Electronic Engineer daily rate in Southampton is £718, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - -
75th Percentile £726 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 131 120 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.91% 98.36% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 80 111
10th Percentile £163 £212 £205
25th Percentile £333 £322 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £401 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.38% -23.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £629
90th Percentile £660 £626 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £539 £540
% change year-on-year -1.67% -0.19% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 9
10th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
25th Percentile £25.00 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.03%
75th Percentile £71.88 - £40.00
90th Percentile £74.83 - £63.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -28.57% -41.12% +36.64%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Electronics Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Electronics Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Electronics Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electronics Engineer job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Electronics Engineer job vacancies in Southampton

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Electronics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) WPF

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared