Electronics Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Electronic Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Electronic Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 439 500
Rank change year-on-year +58 +61 -83
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 10 22 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.091% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.097% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £375
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -8.33% -20.00% +200.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 6
10th Percentile £35.00 - £37.91
25th Percentile £36.88 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £42.39 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% - -
75th Percentile £50.23 £47.50 £48.44
90th Percentile £58.75 - £48.75
UK median hourly rate £42.39 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -5.81% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,262 22,750 29,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.10% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,825 15,940 20,711
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 1,193 1,496
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.67 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Electronics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London

Electronics Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South West - 4 - - 39
East of England +12 2 - - 70
South East -6 2 £550 - 93
Scotland - 2 - - 18
Electronics Engineer
UK

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Electronics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
3 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (20.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) ASIC
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Yield Management
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Physics
5 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) C
5 1 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (10.00%) Firmware
5 1 (10.00%) Validation

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) ASIC
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Yield Management
2 1 (10.00%) CAD
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (10.00%) Physics
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
2 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware