Electronics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Electronics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 118 152
Rank change year-on-year -68 +34 +46
Contract jobs citing Electronics 228 309 309
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.26% 2.06% 1.57%
As % of the General category 2.16% 3.47% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 170 179
10th Percentile £113 £275 £205
25th Percentile £155 £425 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% - +6.17%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £695
UK median daily rate £450 £523 £538
% change year-on-year -13.88% -2.79% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 28 77
10th Percentile £18.04 £22.50 £35.75
25th Percentile £22.78 £34.19 £55.00
Median hourly rate £48.81 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.66% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 -
90th Percentile £76.02 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -7.69% +23.81%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,539 8,913 11,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 58.04% 59.44% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,446 5,047 6,946
10th Percentile £204 £209 £213
25th Percentile £363 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,167 561 897
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% -11.67% +41.01%
75th Percentile £44.78 £55.65 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.75
% change year-on-year -14.27% -16.03% +31.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Electronics

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 +7 60 £115 -75.79% 127
South West -39 57 £563 +2.27% 63
South East -69 45 £353 -43.60% 135
Midlands -44 23 £158 -64.92% 63
North of England -51 23 £175 -51.72% 75
East Midlands -6 16 £158 -10.00% 22
North West -25 14 £175 -55.97% 36
Wales +12 9 £160 - 9
Scotland -2 8 £68 -84.57% 34
West Midlands -48 7 £425 -8.11% 38
North East -11 6 £175 -50.00% 11
Northern Ireland -6 3 £115 - 4
Yorkshire -39 3 £565 +2.73% 28
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) Apache
2 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.44%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.39%) Simulink
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.39%) Azure
3 8 (3.51%) AWS
4 6 (2.63%) GCP
5 3 (1.32%) GitHub
5 3 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.88%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (0.88%) Contentsquare
6 2 (0.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.44%) Google Gemini
7 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.02%) Wireless
2 10 (4.39%) Ethernet
3 9 (3.95%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (3.51%) Skype
5 4 (1.75%) Unified Communications
5 4 (1.75%) VPN
6 3 (1.32%) BGP
6 3 (1.32%) Firewall
6 3 (1.32%) Junos
6 3 (1.32%) OSPF
7 2 (0.88%) LAN
8 1 (0.44%) DHCP
8 1 (0.44%) DNS
8 1 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.44%) VLAN
8 1 (0.44%) VoIP
8 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (1.32%) MySQL
1 3 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.88%) Power BI
2 2 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.46%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.07%) Git
2 7 (3.07%) JIRA
3 6 (2.63%) PVCS
4 4 (1.75%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.32%) JUnit
5 3 (1.32%) Storybook
6 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.44%) CANoe
6 1 (0.44%) GitLab
6 1 (0.44%) GoCD
6 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 151 (66.23%) Manufacturing
2 142 (62.28%) Finance
2 142 (62.28%) Telecoms
3 141 (61.84%) Marketing
3 141 (61.84%) Public Sector
4 72 (31.58%) Social Skills
5 26 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.95%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.51%) Law
9 6 (2.63%) Games
10 2 (0.88%) Digital Health
10 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.88%) Military
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Legal
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (16.67%) IT Support
2 34 (14.91%) Desktop Support
3 29 (12.72%) Software Engineer
4 24 (10.53%) Embedded Engineer
4 24 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 21 (9.21%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 21 (9.21%) 2nd Line Support
5 21 (9.21%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 20 (8.77%) Migration Engineer
7 19 (8.33%) IT Engineer
8 16 (7.02%) Windows Engineer
9 15 (6.58%) Support Technician
10 14 (6.14%) Consultant
11 13 (5.70%) Analyst
11 13 (5.70%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.82%) Installation Technician
13 10 (4.39%) Firmware Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) Lead
14 9 (3.95%) Design Engineer
14 9 (3.95%) Migration Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.39%) Flash
2 4 (1.75%) React
3 3 (1.32%) CSS
3 3 (1.32%) HTML
3 3 (1.32%) RESTful
3 3 (1.32%) Spring
3 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.32%) Vitest
4 2 (0.88%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) ADO
5 1 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.44%) FHIR
5 1 (0.44%) LangChain
5 1 (0.44%) NumPy
5 1 (0.44%) ODBC
5 1 (0.44%) Pandas
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) XML
5 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.72%) FPGA
2 22 (9.65%) VHDL
3 16 (7.02%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.82%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (4.39%) NHS
5 10 (4.39%) PCIe
6 9 (3.95%) Verilog
7 8 (3.51%) Mobile App
8 7 (3.07%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (3.07%) CMDB
9 6 (2.63%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.88%) ASIC
10 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.88%) FMCG
10 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.44%) LIMS
11 1 (0.44%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.44%) Replication
11 1 (0.44%) STB
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.28%) Android
2 25 (10.96%) Mac OS
3 18 (7.89%) Windows
4 16 (7.02%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.32%) Linux
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (62.72%) Business Intelligence
2 140 (61.40%) Digital Marketing
2 140 (61.40%) Programme Management
3 48 (21.05%) Workflow
4 42 (18.42%) Migration
5 35 (15.35%) Logistics
6 30 (13.16%) Software Engineering
6 30 (13.16%) Workflow Management
7 29 (12.72%) Service Delivery
8 23 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (10.09%) Validation
9 21 (9.21%) ITIL
10 18 (7.89%) AI
10 18 (7.89%) Computer Science
11 17 (7.46%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (6.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (5.70%) Software Licensing
15 12 (5.26%) Service Management
16 11 (4.82%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.72%) C
2 21 (9.21%) C++
3 15 (6.58%) Python
4 11 (4.82%) MATLAB
5 10 (4.39%) SystemVerilog
6 7 (3.07%) Ada
6 7 (3.07%) Java
7 6 (2.63%) Embedded C
7 6 (2.63%) Embedded C++
7 6 (2.63%) SQL
7 6 (2.63%) Tcl
8 4 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.32%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.44%) C#
11 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (54.39%) Security Cleared
2 112 (49.12%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.53%) Degree
4 16 (7.02%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (3.07%) CESG Certified Professional
6 7 (3.07%) CISSP
7 6 (2.63%) HNC
7 6 (2.63%) HND
8 5 (2.19%) CISM
8 5 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.32%) JNCIA
9 3 (1.32%) JNCIP
9 3 (1.32%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.88%) CLAS
10 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.88%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (0.88%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.39%) Def Stans
1 10 (4.39%) DO-254
2 9 (3.95%) DO-178B
2 9 (3.95%) MISRA
3 8 (3.51%) NCSC
4 7 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.07%) RMADS
5 5 (2.19%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.19%) QA
6 3 (1.32%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.88%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.88%) NIST
8 1 (0.44%) DICOM
8 1 (0.44%) HL7
8 1 (0.44%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (11.84%) Firmware
2 15 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.44%) Docker
5 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Ansible
1 1 (0.44%) FreeIPA
1 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.44%) SCCM
1 1 (0.44%) SCOM
1 1 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (0.44%) vRealize
Vendors
1 146 (64.04%) SAP
2 31 (13.60%) Cisco
3 26 (11.40%) Microsoft
4 17 (7.46%) Apple
5 16 (7.02%) Dell
5 16 (7.02%) HP
6 15 (6.58%) Xilinx
7 10 (4.39%) Altera
8 9 (3.95%) Microsemi
9 8 (3.51%) IBM
9 8 (3.51%) VMware
10 7 (3.07%) Actel
10 7 (3.07%) Intel
11 6 (2.63%) ANSYS
11 6 (2.63%) Remedy
12 5 (2.19%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.32%) Juniper
13 3 (1.32%) Oracle
14 2 (0.88%) Adobe
14 2 (0.88%) Computacenter