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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 323 184
Rank change year-on-year -187 -139 +98
Contract jobs citing Electronics 145 224 561
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.73% 1.30%
As % of the General category 0.52% 1.15% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 94 220
10th Percentile £252 £170 £205
25th Percentile £328 £356 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -1.44% +2.43%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £725
90th Percentile £625 - £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £575 £527
% change year-on-year -32.61% +9.21% +0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 35 170
10th Percentile £16.20 £23.97 £37.25
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 £72.50 £78.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +4.35% -

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 27,992 19,445 24,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.46% 63.23% 57.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,814 12,226 15,403
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.34% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 1,924 958 1,974
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.46 £12.79
25th Percentile £18.23 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.39 £31.61
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -13.34% +4.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.25 £53.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.53 £23.00 £30.37
% change year-on-year +37.08% -24.27% +20.88%

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 1 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 1 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 16 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 1 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 -167 140 £450 -15.09% 405
UK excluding London -133 119 £388 -32.61% 382
East of England +1 46 £513 +431.09% 93
South East -93 24 £350 -46.15% 142
London -96 23 £500 -2.44% 48
South West -54 17 £525 -7.89% 35
North of England -72 16 £70 -86.79% 66
Midlands -50 13 £343 +19.13% 44
Work from Home -84 13 £500 -22.36% 110
North West -40 12 - - 31
West Midlands -45 12 £320 +11.30% 19
Yorkshire - 3 - - 20
Scotland -22 2 - - 14
Wales -15 1 - - 5
East Midlands - 1 £365 - 25
North East - 1 £70 - 15

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 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.76%) Acrobat
2 4 (2.76%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.76%) Simulink
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
5 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
2 2 (1.38%) Azure
2 2 (1.38%) GCP
3 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) Ethernet
1 6 (4.14%) LTE
2 4 (2.76%) 4G
2 4 (2.76%) 5G
2 4 (2.76%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (2.07%) Firewall
3 3 (2.07%) Modbus
3 3 (2.07%) RS-232
3 3 (2.07%) RS-422
3 3 (2.07%) RS-485
3 3 (2.07%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.38%) 2G
4 2 (1.38%) 3G
4 2 (1.38%) 3GPP
4 2 (1.38%) Bluetooth
4 2 (1.38%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.38%) SpaceWire
4 2 (1.38%) TETRA
4 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.69%) Network Security
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 8 (5.52%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.38%) Git
3 2 (1.38%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.69%) PVCS
General
1 30 (20.69%) Manufacturing
2 28 (19.31%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.34%) Aerospace
4 13 (8.97%) Marketing
4 13 (8.97%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.83%) Finance
7 5 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.76%) Avionics
8 4 (2.76%) Law
8 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Retail
9 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Advertising
10 2 (1.38%) Games
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Electronics Engineer
2 26 (17.93%) Test Engineer
3 21 (14.48%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (13.79%) Test Technician
5 18 (12.41%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) Senior
7 13 (8.97%) Software Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) Embedded Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.14%) Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Architect
11 5 (3.45%) Lead
12 4 (2.76%) Consultant
12 4 (2.76%) Coordinator
12 4 (2.76%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
12 4 (2.76%) Marketing Manager
12 4 (2.76%) Product Manager
12 4 (2.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (1.38%) Yocto
2 1 (0.69%) Flash
2 1 (0.69%) GStreamer
2 1 (0.69%) JSON
2 1 (0.69%) RESTful
2 1 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.90%) FPGA
2 9 (6.21%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (2.76%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.76%) IoT
3 4 (2.76%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (2.07%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.07%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.38%) ASIC
5 2 (1.38%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.38%) CAN bus
5 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.38%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.38%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (1.38%) PCIe
5 2 (1.38%) Smart City
5 2 (1.38%) Verilog
5 2 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.07%) Linux
1 3 (2.07%) Windows
2 2 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.79%) Software Engineering
2 17 (11.72%) Agile
3 15 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (9.66%) Validation
5 13 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (7.59%) Test Automation
8 10 (6.90%) Project Management
9 9 (6.21%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.52%) DevOps
10 8 (5.52%) Programme Management
10 8 (5.52%) SDLC
10 8 (5.52%) Software Testing
10 8 (5.52%) System Testing
11 7 (4.83%) AI
11 7 (4.83%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (4.83%) Decision-Making
12 6 (4.14%) Project Delivery
12 6 (4.14%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.17%) C
2 20 (13.79%) C++
3 15 (10.34%) Python
4 12 (8.28%) 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 27 (18.62%) Degree
2 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.72%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.07%) HNC
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%) HND
7 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.69%) CISM
7 1 (0.69%) CISSP
7 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
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 4 (2.76%) PMO
2 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (1.38%) DO-254
3 2 (1.38%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.38%) MIL-STD-1553
3 2 (1.38%) NCSC
3 2 (1.38%) QA
3 2 (1.38%) RMADS
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.69%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.69%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.69%) ISA99
4 1 (0.69%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.69%) MISRA
4 1 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (6.90%) Firmware
2 2 (1.38%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.21%) EMC
3 6 (4.14%) SAP
4 4 (2.76%) Adobe
4 4 (2.76%) Huawei
5 3 (2.07%) Cadence
5 3 (2.07%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.38%) Actel
6 2 (1.38%) Altera
6 2 (1.38%) Cisco
6 2 (1.38%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.38%) Intel
6 2 (1.38%) Microsemi
6 2 (1.38%) Nokia
6 2 (1.38%) Samsung
7 1 (0.69%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.69%) IBM
7 1 (0.69%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.69%) Siemens
7 1 (0.69%) VMware