Electron Contracts

GitHub Electron (formerly Atom Shell)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Electron skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electron over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 696 829
Rank change year-on-year +130 +133 -181
Contract jobs citing Electron 13 4 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.007% 0.035%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% 0.029% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 15
10th Percentile £299 £311 £441
25th Percentile £449 £320 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £350 £610
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% -42.58% -9.70%
75th Percentile £775 £384 £700
90th Percentile - £401 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £280 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Electron is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,938 13,979 24,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 23.31% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,209 10,212 17,679
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £764 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 243
10th Percentile £20.82 £30.30 £21.20
25th Percentile £39.94 £46.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.70 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +29.08% +8.89%

Electron
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Electron as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electron in the UK

Electron
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electron.

Daily rate trend for Electron in the UK

Electron
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electron over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electron in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electron within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +120 10 £457 +30.57% 3
London +115 8 £464 +32.43%
Work from Home +120 3 £750 +114.29% 1
UK excluding London - 2 £280 - 3
South West - 2 £280 - 2

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) git-flow
1 1 (7.69%) Mocha
General
1 5 (38.46%) Front Office
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 10 (76.92%) React Developer
3 6 (46.15%) Full Stack Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Android Developer
4 4 (30.77%) C# Developer
4 4 (30.77%) C# WPF Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack C# Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Software Developer
4 4 (30.77%) WPF Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Developer
5 1 (7.69%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (7.69%) UI Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Web Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) React
2 5 (38.46%) React Native
3 4 (30.77%) WPF
4 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
4 2 (15.38%) AWS Amplify
5 1 (7.69%) Chai
5 1 (7.69%) D3.js
5 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
5 1 (7.69%) gRPC
5 1 (7.69%) Highcharts JS
5 1 (7.69%) Jest
5 1 (7.69%) Node.js
5 1 (7.69%) OpenFin
5 1 (7.69%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Full Stack Development
2 5 (38.46%) Design Patterns
2 5 (38.46%) Progressive Web App
3 4 (30.77%) Android Development
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Electronic Trading
3 4 (30.77%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 4 (30.77%) User Experience
4 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (23.08%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Front End Development
6 1 (7.69%) OO
6 1 (7.69%) OOD
6 1 (7.69%) TDD
6 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Kotlin
2 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 7 (53.85%) TypeScript
3 6 (46.15%) C#
3 6 (46.15%) Java
3 6 (46.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Developer
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Finsemble