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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 195 218
Rank change year-on-year -119 +23 +135
Contract jobs citing Electronics 304 478 527
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.31% 1.14%
As % of the General category 1.36% 2.20% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 241 323
10th Percentile £154 £248 £205
25th Percentile £164 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -4.65% +2.38%
75th Percentile £581 £656 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -24.53% -1.40% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 40 79
10th Percentile £18.76 £22.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £22.05 £36.81 £51.75
Median hourly rate £54.00 £59.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% -9.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.25 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 22,315 21,727 27,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.77% 59.38% 59.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,958 12,818 18,329
10th Percentile £272 £293 £281
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,459 818 1,120
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.89 £17.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £29.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.93% -9.38% +28.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £58.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.25 £71.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £27.06 £29.83
% change year-on-year -18.19% -9.26% +32.56%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -120 273 £450 -12.20% 430
UK excluding London -88 216 £400 -24.53% 425
London -48 69 £475 +7.95% 36
Work from Home -23 67 £550 - 164
South West -35 55 £600 +11.11% 67
East of England +3 53 £115 -74.79% 122
South East -66 43 £355 -43.20% 137
North of England -37 24 £175 -51.72% 52
Midlands -38 19 £158 -65.44% 55
North West -19 15 £175 -65.00% 23
East Midlands -3 12 £158 -10.00% 15
Scotland 0 11 £65 -84.24% 24
Wales +2 8 £160 -70.91% 6
West Midlands -34 7 £275 -40.54% 40
North East -11 6 £175 -50.00% 11
Northern Ireland -6 3 £115 -37.84%
Yorkshire -31 3 £565 +2.73% 18

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 11 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.63%) Confluence
3 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.66%) Apache
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 41 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.61%) Simulink
4 7 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) SAP APO
2 2 (0.66%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 41 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (8.22%) Azure
3 18 (5.92%) AWS
4 14 (4.61%) GCP
5 5 (1.64%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.64%) Slack
6 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.99%) GitHub
6 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.66%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.66%) Asana
7 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.66%) Contentsquare
7 2 (0.66%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (0.66%) Miro
7 2 (0.66%) SaaS
7 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.57%) Wireless
2 13 (4.28%) Ethernet
3 8 (2.63%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (2.30%) Skype
5 6 (1.97%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (1.64%) LAN
7 4 (1.32%) Unified Communications
7 4 (1.32%) VoIP
7 4 (1.32%) VPN
8 3 (0.99%) PSTN
9 2 (0.66%) BGP
9 2 (0.66%) DNS
9 2 (0.66%) Firewall
9 2 (0.66%) Junos
9 2 (0.66%) OSPF
9 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.66%) VLAN
9 2 (0.66%) WAN
10 1 (0.33%) Internet
10 1 (0.33%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.99%) MySQL
2 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (0.66%) Power BI
3 2 (0.66%) Tableau
4 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.62%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (3.29%) JIRA
3 7 (2.30%) Git
4 4 (1.32%) Clang
4 4 (1.32%) GCC
4 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.99%) JUnit
5 3 (0.99%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.99%) PVCS
5 3 (0.99%) Storybook
6 2 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.66%) CANoe
6 2 (0.66%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.66%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.66%) Mercurial
6 2 (0.66%) Subversion
7 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.33%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 221 (72.70%) Manufacturing
2 207 (68.09%) Marketing
3 206 (67.76%) Finance
4 205 (67.43%) Public Sector
4 205 (67.43%) Telecoms
5 107 (35.20%) Social Skills
6 39 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.28%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.96%) Law
9 8 (2.63%) Games
10 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 6 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.64%) Military
12 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.99%) Digital Health
13 3 (0.99%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.66%) Brand Awareness
14 2 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 45 (14.80%) IT Support
2 40 (13.16%) Desktop Support
3 28 (9.21%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 28 (9.21%) 2nd Line Support
3 28 (9.21%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 25 (8.22%) Consultant
5 23 (7.57%) Lead
6 17 (5.59%) IT Engineer
6 17 (5.59%) Migration Engineer
6 17 (5.59%) Software Engineer
7 16 (5.26%) Analyst
8 15 (4.93%) Architect
8 15 (4.93%) Support Engineer
9 13 (4.28%) Embedded Engineer
9 13 (4.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 13 (4.28%) Windows Engineer
10 11 (3.62%) Installation Technician
10 11 (3.62%) Senior
11 10 (3.29%) Firmware Engineer
11 10 (3.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.29%) Flash
2 8 (2.63%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.97%) REST
4 4 (1.32%) .NET
4 4 (1.32%) React
5 3 (0.99%) CSS
5 3 (0.99%) HTML
5 3 (0.99%) RESTful
5 3 (0.99%) Spring
5 3 (0.99%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.99%) Vitest
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) iOS SDK
6 2 (0.66%) LDAP
6 2 (0.66%) Node.js
6 2 (0.66%) NumPy
6 2 (0.66%) Pandas
6 2 (0.66%) PySpark
6 2 (0.66%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.87%) FPGA
2 25 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.58%) VHDL
4 13 (4.28%) PCIe
5 12 (3.95%) Verilog
6 11 (3.62%) NHS
7 10 (3.29%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.29%) Analogue Electronics
7 10 (3.29%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (2.96%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.63%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.30%) CMDB
11 5 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.99%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.51%) Android
2 31 (10.20%) Mac OS
3 27 (8.88%) Windows
4 14 (4.61%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.62%) Linux
6 3 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.99%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.66%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (68.42%) Business Intelligence
2 206 (67.76%) Digital Marketing
3 204 (67.11%) Programme Management
4 43 (14.14%) Migration
5 41 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (11.84%) Workflow
7 35 (11.51%) Logistics
8 31 (10.20%) Agile
8 31 (10.20%) Workflow Management
9 30 (9.87%) Service Delivery
10 28 (9.21%) AI
10 28 (9.21%) Validation
11 24 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (7.24%) Computer Science
13 22 (7.24%) Software Engineering
14 21 (6.91%) ITIL
15 20 (6.58%) CI/CD
16 17 (5.59%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.88%) C
2 25 (8.22%) Python
3 23 (7.57%) C++
4 17 (5.59%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.26%) MATLAB
6 13 (4.28%) SystemVerilog
7 11 (3.62%) Java
8 10 (3.29%) SQL
9 8 (2.63%) Tcl
10 7 (2.30%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.64%) C#
12 4 (1.32%) Ada
12 4 (1.32%) Bash
12 4 (1.32%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.99%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.99%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.99%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.66%) Go
14 2 (0.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 162 (53.29%) Security Cleared
2 148 (48.68%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.82%) Degree
4 26 (8.55%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.62%) CISSP
5 11 (3.62%) HNC
5 11 (3.62%) HND
6 8 (2.63%) CESG Certified Professional
6 8 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.97%) CISM
8 5 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.99%) CCNP
9 3 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.99%) CLAS
9 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.66%) CCNA
10 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.28%) DO-254
2 12 (3.95%) GDPR
3 11 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.29%) Def Stans
5 9 (2.96%) QA
6 8 (2.63%) NCSC
6 8 (2.63%) RMADS
7 6 (1.97%) DO-178B
7 6 (1.97%) JSP 440
7 6 (1.97%) MISRA
7 6 (1.97%) PERC
8 5 (1.64%) PMO
9 4 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.32%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.32%) NIST
10 3 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.99%) ECSS
10 3 (0.99%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.66%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 27 (8.88%) Firmware
2 19 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.64%) Docker
3 5 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.32%) Terraform
2 3 (0.99%) Ansible
2 3 (0.99%) Data Guard
2 3 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (0.99%) vRealize
3 2 (0.66%) Puppet
3 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.33%) FreeIPA
4 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.33%) SCCM
4 1 (0.33%) SCOM
4 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 210 (69.08%) SAP
2 42 (13.82%) Cisco
3 40 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 27 (8.88%) Apple
5 23 (7.57%) Dell
5 23 (7.57%) HP
6 14 (4.61%) Xilinx
7 12 (3.95%) Altera
8 11 (3.62%) Microsemi
9 9 (2.96%) Actel
9 9 (2.96%) Intel
9 9 (2.96%) VMware
10 7 (2.30%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.97%) Adobe
11 6 (1.97%) Oracle
11 6 (1.97%) Remedy
11 6 (1.97%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.64%) IBM
13 4 (1.32%) Tealium
14 3 (0.99%) Computacenter