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 £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 384 422
Rank change year-on-year +49 +38 +65
Contract jobs requiring an Electronics Engineer 7 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.035% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.037% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £116 - -
25th Percentile £225 £525 £65
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £550 £220
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +150.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £478 £575 £445
90th Percentile £514 - £459
UK median daily rate £230 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -58.14% -8.33% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile £27.95 £37.87 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £42.16 £42.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £41.73 £58.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £42.61 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £44.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.25% -0.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,683 18,741 21,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.50% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,462 11,456 15,029
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 812 2,282 1,102
10th Percentile £13.87 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.72 £18.04
Median hourly rate £26.42 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.96% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 23 May 2025.

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 23 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
East of England +33 5 £43 - 25
South East +50 1 £525 -4.55% 46
Scotland +7 1 £413 - 5
Electronics Engineer
UK

Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, 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 6 (85.71%) Electronics
1 6 (85.71%) EMC
2 5 (71.43%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Design for Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
5 1 (14.29%) FMEA
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (14.29%) IoT
5 1 (14.29%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (14.29%) Post-Production
5 1 (14.29%) Xilinx
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Military
5 1 (14.29%) Cadence
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing

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:

General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (14.29%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Design for Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) FMEA
3 1 (14.29%) Post-Production
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) Cadence
2 1 (14.29%) Xilinx