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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 323 192
Rank change year-on-year -192 -131 +87
Contract jobs citing Electronics 145 235 534
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.72% 1.25%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.14% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 106 226
10th Percentile £254 £158 £240
25th Percentile £343 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £544
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -2.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £544 £697 £738
90th Percentile £625 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -32.61% +6.88% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 36 155
10th Percentile £16.89 £24.45 £35.00
25th Percentile £28.23 £33.20 £51.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +8.98% -0.26%
75th Percentile £67.50 £78.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £59.29 £57.35
% change year-on-year -36.75% +3.38% -0.26%

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 28,879 20,600 24,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.81% 63.03% 57.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,287 12,940 15,286
10th Percentile £313 £281 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £490
% change year-on-year +5.93% -3.67% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,012 1,046 1,883
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £12.99
25th Percentile £18.38 £16.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.22 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +19.42% -17.27% +7.71%
75th Percentile £61.50 £53.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £71.88 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £23.10 £32.12
% change year-on-year +40.69% -28.07% +23.52%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -170 141 £450 -15.09% 391
UK excluding London -135 124 £388 -32.61% 368
East of England +1 47 £513 +345.65% 89
South East -103 27 £350 -46.15% 129
London -98 19 £500 -2.44% 52
South West -59 16 £525 -12.50% 38
North of England -73 16 - - 62
Midlands -41 15 £343 +24.55% 39
West Midlands -58 14 £320 +16.36% 19
North West -52 13 - - 37
Work from Home -97 10 £513 -20.42% 126
Yorkshire - 3 - - 15
Scotland -31 2 - - 16
Wales -17 1 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £365 - 20

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 (1.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Acrobat
1 4 (2.76%) Photoshop
1 4 (2.76%) Simulink
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.69%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.07%) AWS
1 3 (2.07%) Azure
2 2 (1.38%) GCP
2 2 (1.38%) GitHub
2 2 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.45%) LTE
3 4 (2.76%) 4G
3 4 (2.76%) 5G
3 4 (2.76%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.76%) RS-232
3 4 (2.76%) RS-485
4 3 (2.07%) Modbus
4 3 (2.07%) RS-422
4 3 (2.07%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.38%) 2G
5 2 (1.38%) 3G
5 2 (1.38%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.38%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.38%) Firewall
5 2 (1.38%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.38%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.69%) HTTP
6 1 (0.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.38%) Tableau
3 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.69%) Looker
3 1 (0.69%) MySQL
3 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (4.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.38%) Git
2 2 (1.38%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (19.31%) Manufacturing
1 28 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.03%) Aerospace
3 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.21%) Marketing
5 8 (5.52%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.45%) Law
7 4 (2.76%) Avionics
7 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Retail
8 3 (2.07%) Finance
8 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.38%) Advertising
9 2 (1.38%) Games
10 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (18.62%) Test Engineer
2 26 (17.93%) Electronics Engineer
3 23 (15.86%) Test Technician
4 20 (13.79%) Systems Engineer
5 18 (12.41%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 14 (9.66%) Senior
6 14 (9.66%) Software Engineer
7 9 (6.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.14%) Embedded Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Architect
10 5 (3.45%) Lead
11 4 (2.76%) Campaign Specialist
11 4 (2.76%) Consultant
11 4 (2.76%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) Marketing Manager
11 4 (2.76%) Product Manager
11 4 (2.76%) Product Marketing Manager
11 4 (2.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (1.38%) Yocto
2 1 (0.69%) GStreamer
2 1 (0.69%) JSON
2 1 (0.69%) PyQt
2 1 (0.69%) RESTful
2 1 (0.69%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.59%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (6.21%) FPGA
3 5 (3.45%) IoT
4 4 (2.76%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.76%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.76%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.07%) Smart Home
5 3 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.38%) ASIC
6 2 (1.38%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.38%) CAN bus
6 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.38%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.38%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.38%) PCIe
6 2 (1.38%) Smart City
6 2 (1.38%) Verilog
6 2 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.76%) Linux
2 3 (2.07%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (2.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.17%) Software Engineering
2 18 (12.41%) Agile
3 16 (11.03%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (9.66%) Validation
5 13 (8.97%) Test Automation
6 12 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (7.59%) DevOps
8 10 (6.90%) Project Management
8 10 (6.90%) Software Testing
8 10 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (6.21%) Computer Science
9 9 (6.21%) System Testing
10 8 (5.52%) AI
10 8 (5.52%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (5.52%) SDLC
11 7 (4.83%) Decision-Making
12 6 (4.14%) Customer Requirements
12 6 (4.14%) Prototyping
12 6 (4.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.24%) C
2 23 (15.86%) C++
3 16 (11.03%) Python
4 13 (8.97%) MATLAB
5 5 (3.45%) C#
5 5 (3.45%) SQL
6 3 (2.07%) Java
7 2 (1.38%) Ada
7 2 (1.38%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.38%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.38%) Tcl
8 1 (0.69%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.69%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Degree
2 18 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.72%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.76%) HNC
5 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.07%) HND
5 3 (2.07%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.07%) PMP
6 2 (1.38%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.69%) CISM
7 1 (0.69%) CISSP
7 1 (0.69%) PhD
7 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.38%) DO-254
2 2 (1.38%) MIL-STD-1553
2 2 (1.38%) PMO
2 2 (1.38%) QA
3 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.69%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.69%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.69%) ISA99
3 1 (0.69%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.69%) MISRA
3 1 (0.69%) NCSC
3 1 (0.69%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) RMADS
3 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.97%) Firmware
2 5 (3.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (6.21%) EMC
2 8 (5.52%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.76%) Adobe
3 4 (2.76%) Huawei
4 3 (2.07%) Cadence
4 3 (2.07%) Xilinx
5 2 (1.38%) Actel
5 2 (1.38%) Altera
5 2 (1.38%) Ericsson
5 2 (1.38%) Intel
5 2 (1.38%) Microsemi
5 2 (1.38%) Nokia
5 2 (1.38%) Samsung
5 2 (1.38%) SAP
6 1 (0.69%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.69%) Siemens