Electronics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Electronics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 61 114 137
Rank change year-on-year +53 +23 +12
Contract jobs citing Electronics 41 31 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.71% 1.15% 0.48%
As % of the General category 4.26% 2.09% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 7 9
10th Percentile £560 £195 £360
25th Percentile £600 £204 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% +8.82% +13.33%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £469
90th Percentile - £825 £555
South East median daily rate £625 £205 £205
% change year-on-year +204.88% - -45.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £18.12 - £42.25
25th Percentile £23.85 £42.50 £43.75
Median hourly rate £34.65 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £46.70 £47.50 £51.25
90th Percentile £53.18 £60.25 £52.75
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year -52.05% +27.44% -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 963 1,485 1,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.73% 55.29% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 787 1,231
10th Percentile £265 £205 £303
25th Percentile £409 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £601
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 137 41
10th Percentile - £17.86 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.61 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.38 £48.40 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +49.85% +84.57%
75th Percentile £61.37 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.71 £75.24 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the Thames Valley

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +42 38 £650 +40.54% 47
Oxfordshire - 2 £563 - 39
Buckinghamshire +13 1 - - 59
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.88%) LightWave 3D
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.88%) Azure AKS
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.88%) PaaS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.44%) Junos
2 1 (2.44%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
1 4 (9.76%) Selenium
2 3 (7.32%) SpecFlow
3 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 37 (90.24%) Marketing
2 36 (87.80%) Finance
2 36 (87.80%) Manufacturing
2 36 (87.80%) Public Sector
2 36 (87.80%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Automotive
4 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Architect
2 21 (51.22%) Active Directory Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Automation Tester
6 2 (4.88%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.88%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Automation Tester
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Tester
6 2 (4.88%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Tester
7 1 (2.44%) Data Technician
7 1 (2.44%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) Gherkin
1 3 (7.32%) PySpark
2 2 (4.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.44%) CMDB
1 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (60.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (90.24%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (87.80%) Digital Marketing
2 36 (87.80%) Programme Management
3 24 (58.54%) Agile
3 24 (58.54%) Test Automation
4 21 (51.22%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
5 6 (14.63%) DevOps
6 4 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (7.32%) Analytics
7 3 (7.32%) Data-Driven Testing
7 3 (7.32%) Mathematics
7 3 (7.32%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (7.32%) Physics
7 3 (7.32%) Process Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (4.88%) Project Management
8 2 (4.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (60.98%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.20%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) Bash
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 2 (4.88%) Bicep
5 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 23 (56.10%) DV Cleared
3 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) MBA
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
4 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) NFS
2 2 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.88%) vRealize
1 2 (4.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (90.24%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Databricks
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Citrix
4 1 (2.44%) Dell
4 1 (2.44%) F5
4 1 (2.44%) HP
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) Juniper
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce