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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 198 242
Rank change year-on-year -122 +44 +126
Contract jobs citing Electronics 288 455 490
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.82% 1.24% 1.05%
As % of the General category 1.31% 2.11% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 221 303
10th Percentile £154 £248 £205
25th Percentile £159 £403 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £638
90th Percentile £685 £738 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -23.88% +0.10% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 40 73
10th Percentile £17.48 £23.86 £35.00
25th Percentile £22.96 £47.50 £51.42
Median hourly rate £43.20 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £69.38 £66.00 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -39.17% -7.69% +44.44%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,000 21,592 27,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.93% 58.79% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,766 12,736 18,599
10th Percentile £270 £286 £290
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £644 £660
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 816 1,100
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.83 £16.74
Median hourly rate £24.61 £29.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £43.92 £55.35 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £71.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -1.36% +23.37%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 17 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 7 November 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
England -113 255 £463 -9.76% 806
UK excluding London -90 208 £400 -23.88% 755
South West -32 62 £600 +12.15% 97
Work from Home -23 61 £538 +2.38% 332
London -43 59 £450 +14.07% 170
East of England -7 44 £150 -67.12% 180
South East -62 36 £355 -45.38% 303
North of England -27 23 £175 -51.72% 87
Midlands -36 19 £158 -68.50% 66
North West -23 14 £175 -65.00% 35
Scotland +8 13 £141 -64.13% 44
East Midlands -10 12 £158 -10.00% 36
Wales +5 7 £160 -70.91% 18
West Midlands -53 7 £275 -45.00% 30
North East -8 6 £175 -50.00% 17
Northern Ireland -4 4 £115 -37.84% 3
Yorkshire - 3 £565 - 35

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 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.69%) Apache
3 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.82%) Simulink
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) SAP APO
2 3 (1.04%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.35%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (8.68%) Azure
3 15 (5.21%) AWS
4 10 (3.47%) GCP
5 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.74%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.39%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.39%) Slack
8 3 (1.04%) GitHub
8 3 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.69%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.69%) Contentsquare
9 2 (0.69%) SaaS
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.35%) Miro
10 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.99%) Wireless
2 10 (3.47%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (1.74%) LAN
4 5 (1.74%) Skype
4 5 (1.74%) VoIP
5 4 (1.39%) Cisco IPT
5 4 (1.39%) PSTN
5 4 (1.39%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.04%) VPN
7 2 (0.69%) DNS
7 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.69%) VLAN
7 2 (0.69%) WAN
8 1 (0.35%) BGP
8 1 (0.35%) DHCP
8 1 (0.35%) Firewall
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) NGN
8 1 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.39%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.04%) MySQL
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.04%) Power BI
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (0.69%) Tableau
4 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.08%) JIRA
3 4 (1.39%) Clang
3 4 (1.39%) GCC
3 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.04%) Git
4 3 (1.04%) JUnit
4 3 (1.04%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.04%) Storybook
5 2 (0.69%) CANoe
5 2 (0.69%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.69%) Subversion
6 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.35%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) GoCD
6 1 (0.35%) Postman
6 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 220 (76.39%) Manufacturing
2 207 (71.88%) Finance
3 206 (71.53%) Public Sector
3 206 (71.53%) Telecoms
4 205 (71.18%) Marketing
5 99 (34.38%) Social Skills
6 37 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.17%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.78%) Law
9 7 (2.43%) Games
10 6 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.74%) Military
11 5 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.04%) Digital Health
13 3 (1.04%) Health Technology
13 3 (1.04%) Legal
14 2 (0.69%) Automotive
14 2 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (16.32%) IT Support
2 42 (14.58%) Desktop Support
3 32 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 32 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 28 (9.72%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 23 (7.99%) Consultant
6 21 (7.29%) Lead
7 16 (5.56%) Support Engineer
8 15 (5.21%) Analyst
9 13 (4.51%) Developer
9 13 (4.51%) IT Engineer
10 12 (4.17%) Architect
10 12 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
10 12 (4.17%) Senior
11 11 (3.82%) Installation Technician
12 10 (3.47%) Security Consultant
12 10 (3.47%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.13%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.13%) Embedded Engineer
13 9 (3.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.47%) Flash
2 8 (2.78%) SailPoint
3 7 (2.43%) .NET
4 6 (2.08%) REST
5 5 (1.74%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.39%) React
7 3 (1.04%) CSS
7 3 (1.04%) HTML
7 3 (1.04%) RESTful
7 3 (1.04%) Spring
7 3 (1.04%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.04%) Vitest
8 2 (0.69%) LDAP
8 2 (0.69%) Node.js
8 2 (0.69%) NumPy
8 2 (0.69%) Pandas
8 2 (0.69%) PySpark
8 2 (0.69%) XML
9 1 (0.35%) ODBC
9 1 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.68%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.33%) FPGA
3 16 (5.56%) VHDL
4 10 (3.47%) Analogue Electronics
4 10 (3.47%) PCIe
4 10 (3.47%) Verilog
5 9 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (3.13%) NHS
5 9 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.43%) CMDB
7 6 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.69%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.42%) Android
2 29 (10.07%) Mac OS
3 25 (8.68%) Windows
4 13 (4.51%) Linux
5 9 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.69%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (72.57%) Business Intelligence
2 205 (71.18%) Digital Marketing
2 205 (71.18%) Programme Management
3 44 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (14.24%) Migration
5 31 (10.76%) Agile
6 30 (10.42%) Workflow
7 29 (10.07%) Service Delivery
7 29 (10.07%) Workflow Management
8 27 (9.38%) AI
8 27 (9.38%) Logistics
9 26 (9.03%) Validation
10 23 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (6.94%) Computer Science
12 19 (6.60%) ITIL
12 19 (6.60%) Mentoring
13 18 (6.25%) CI/CD
13 18 (6.25%) Risk Management
13 18 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (5.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.68%) Python
2 22 (7.64%) C
3 21 (7.29%) C++
3 21 (7.29%) PowerShell
4 13 (4.51%) MATLAB
4 13 (4.51%) SQL
5 11 (3.82%) Java
6 10 (3.47%) SystemVerilog
7 8 (2.78%) C#
8 7 (2.43%) Tcl
9 6 (2.08%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.39%) Ada
10 4 (1.39%) Bash
10 4 (1.39%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.04%) BeanShell
11 3 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.69%) Go
12 2 (0.69%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 162 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 148 (51.39%) SC Cleared
3 36 (12.50%) Degree
4 28 (9.72%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.17%) CISSP
6 11 (3.82%) HNC
6 11 (3.82%) HND
7 9 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
8 6 (2.08%) CISM
8 6 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.39%) CLAS
11 3 (1.04%) CCNP
11 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.04%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.69%) CCNA
12 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.69%) OCP
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.47%) DO-254
3 9 (3.13%) RMADS
4 8 (2.78%) Def Stans
4 8 (2.78%) GDPR
4 8 (2.78%) NCSC
4 8 (2.78%) QA
5 7 (2.43%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.74%) DO-178B
6 5 (1.74%) MISRA
6 5 (1.74%) NIST
7 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.39%) PMO
8 3 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.04%) ISO 26262
8 3 (1.04%) PERC
9 2 (0.69%) ARP4754
9 2 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.69%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (7.99%) Firmware
2 17 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.43%) Terraform
2 3 (1.04%) Ansible
2 3 (1.04%) Data Guard
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (1.04%) vRealize
3 2 (0.69%) Puppet
3 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.69%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.35%) FreeIPA
4 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.35%) SCOM
4 1 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 211 (73.26%) SAP
2 40 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 39 (13.54%) Cisco
4 27 (9.38%) Apple
5 23 (7.99%) Dell
5 23 (7.99%) HP
6 9 (3.13%) Altera
6 9 (3.13%) Xilinx
7 8 (2.78%) Microsemi
8 7 (2.43%) Actel
8 7 (2.43%) Intel
8 7 (2.43%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.08%) Oracle
9 6 (2.08%) Remedy
9 6 (2.08%) VMware
10 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.04%) Adobe
11 3 (1.04%) Computacenter
11 3 (1.04%) EMC
12 2 (0.69%) IBM