Electronics Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Electronics
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Stafford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 23.53% 16.67% 5.26%
As % of the General category 23.53% 25.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £302 - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile £318 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £310 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.50 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate - £36.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -43.85% -

All General Skills
Stafford

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 general skills in Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 17 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 100.00% 66.67% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £180 £51 £220
25th Percentile £240 £68 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £96 £300
Median % change year-on-year +235.08% -68.17% -57.14%
75th Percentile £413 £123 -
90th Percentile £464 £139 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £400 £200 £375
% change year-on-year +100.00% -46.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £29.68 £34.16
25th Percentile - £30.69 £34.51
Median hourly rate - £33.25 £35.72
Median % change year-on-year - -6.90% -
75th Percentile - £35.69 £37.55
90th Percentile - £36.63 £38.27
Staffordshire median hourly rate - £19.00 £15.90
% change year-on-year - +19.50% -42.18%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Stafford

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing Electronics

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Validation Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 4 (100.00%) V-Model
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft