Electronics Contract Job Trends

Electronics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 329 192
Rank change year-on-year -186 -137 +88
Contract jobs citing Electronics 142 231 559
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.73% 1.29%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.16% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 101 226
10th Percentile £254 £159 £212
25th Percentile £350 £355 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -1.44% +2.43%
75th Percentile £538 £688 £729
90th Percentile £625 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £565 £527
% change year-on-year -29.20% +7.31% +0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 35 165
10th Percentile £15.44 £23.97 £36.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £31.65 £47.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £63.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.13% +10.43% -
75th Percentile £71.88 £78.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £57.43
% change year-on-year -37.50% +4.48% -0.13%

All General Skills
UK

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 28,167 19,915 24,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.57% 63.13% 57.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,875 12,519 15,502
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.73% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,947 987 1,949
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.50 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.09 £16.39 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.22 £31.80
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -14.40% +4.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £52.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.06 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.95 £23.00 £30.91
% change year-on-year +38.91% -25.60% +19.12%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in the UK

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 July 2026. 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 -170 138 £450 -15.09% 483
UK excluding London -132 119 £400 -29.20% 432
East of England -7 46 £513 +345.65% 102
South East -85 25 £350 -46.15% 161
London -96 21 £500 -2.44% 67
South West -56 17 £525 -7.89% 45
North of England -72 15 - - 69
Midlands -49 13 £343 +24.55% 54
North West -41 12 - - 33
West Midlands -58 12 £320 +16.36% 28
Work from Home -94 10 £513 -6.82% 135
Yorkshire - 3 - - 19
Scotland -28 2 - - 14
Wales -19 1 - - 5
East Midlands - 1 £365 - 26

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (1.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Acrobat
2 4 (2.82%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.82%) Simulink
3 3 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.70%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.11%) AWS
2 2 (1.41%) Azure
2 2 (1.41%) GCP
3 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.23%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.52%) LTE
3 4 (2.82%) 4G
3 4 (2.82%) 5G
3 4 (2.82%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (2.11%) Modbus
4 3 (2.11%) RS-232
4 3 (2.11%) RS-422
4 3 (2.11%) RS-485
4 3 (2.11%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.41%) 2G
5 2 (1.41%) 3G
5 2 (1.41%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.41%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.41%) Firewall
5 2 (1.41%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.41%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.70%) Network Security
6 1 (0.70%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.41%) Tableau
3 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.70%) Looker
3 1 (0.70%) MySQL
3 1 (0.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (4.93%) JIRA
2 2 (1.41%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.70%) Git
General
1 29 (20.42%) Manufacturing
2 26 (18.31%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.56%) Aerospace
4 12 (8.45%) Marketing
5 11 (7.75%) Telecoms
6 9 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.23%) Finance
8 4 (2.82%) Avionics
8 4 (2.82%) Law
8 4 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.82%) Retail
9 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.41%) Advertising
10 2 (1.41%) Games
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (18.31%) Electronics Engineer
2 25 (17.61%) Test Engineer
3 21 (14.79%) Test Technician
4 20 (14.08%) Systems Engineer
5 17 (11.97%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 14 (9.86%) Senior
7 13 (9.15%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.23%) Embedded Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Architect
11 5 (3.52%) Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Lead
12 4 (2.82%) Consultant
12 4 (2.82%) Coordinator
12 4 (2.82%) Marketing Manager
12 4 (2.82%) Product Manager
12 4 (2.82%) Product Marketing Manager
12 4 (2.82%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (1.41%) Yocto
2 1 (0.70%) Flash
2 1 (0.70%) GStreamer
2 1 (0.70%) JSON
2 1 (0.70%) RESTful
2 1 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.04%) FPGA
2 9 (6.34%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (2.82%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.82%) IoT
3 4 (2.82%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (2.11%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.11%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.41%) ASIC
5 2 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.41%) CAN bus
5 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.41%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.41%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (1.41%) PCIe
5 2 (1.41%) Smart City
5 2 (1.41%) Verilog
5 2 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (1.41%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.11%) Linux
1 3 (2.11%) Windows
2 2 (1.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.08%) Software Engineering
2 18 (12.68%) Agile
3 15 (10.56%) Systems Engineering
4 13 (9.15%) Validation
5 12 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (8.45%) Test Automation
6 10 (7.04%) Project Management
7 9 (6.34%) DevOps
7 9 (6.34%) Software Testing
8 8 (5.63%) Computer Science
8 8 (5.63%) SDLC
8 8 (5.63%) System Testing
9 7 (4.93%) AI
9 7 (4.93%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (4.93%) Decision-Making
9 7 (4.93%) Programme Management
10 6 (4.23%) Project Delivery
10 6 (4.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) C
2 20 (14.08%) C++
3 15 (10.56%) Python
4 12 (8.45%) MATLAB
5 5 (3.52%) C#
5 5 (3.52%) SQL
6 3 (2.11%) Java
7 2 (1.41%) Ada
7 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.41%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.41%) Tcl
8 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (18.31%) Degree
2 18 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 16 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.11%) HNC
5 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.11%) PMP
6 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.41%) HND
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) CISM
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
7 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.82%) PMO
2 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (1.41%) DO-254
3 2 (1.41%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.41%) MIL-STD-1553
3 2 (1.41%) NCSC
3 2 (1.41%) QA
3 2 (1.41%) RMADS
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.70%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.70%) ISA99
4 1 (0.70%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) MISRA
4 1 (0.70%) NIST
4 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.04%) Firmware
2 2 (1.41%) Docker
2 2 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) EMC
3 5 (3.52%) SAP
4 4 (2.82%) Adobe
4 4 (2.82%) Huawei
5 3 (2.11%) Cadence
5 3 (2.11%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.41%) Actel
6 2 (1.41%) Altera
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco
6 2 (1.41%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.41%) Intel
6 2 (1.41%) Microsemi
6 2 (1.41%) Nokia
6 2 (1.41%) Samsung
7 1 (0.70%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.70%) Siemens