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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 339 195
Rank change year-on-year -99 -144 +72
Contract jobs citing Electronics 248 225 480
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.68% 1.26%
As % of the General category 0.81% 1.08% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 109 199
10th Percentile £300 £121 £232
25th Percentile £354 £198 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £525 £575 £688
90th Percentile £538 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £525 £526
% change year-on-year -26.19% -0.10% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 45 80
10th Percentile £13.20 £16.25 £35.04
25th Percentile £17.44 £26.85 £51.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £54.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% -5.84% -11.77%
75th Percentile £53.75 £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.50 £83.75 £65.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.16 £54.00 £57.43
% change year-on-year -42.31% -5.96% -11.65%

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 30,682 20,903 22,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.89% 63.41% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,960 12,968 13,178
10th Percentile £313 £275 £282
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,582 1,209 1,060
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.21
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -28.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £54.48 £47.12 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £21.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.66% -39.14% +29.63%

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 September 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 24 September 2026.

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 September 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 -87 237 £400 -23.81% 1,993
UK excluding London -41 226 £388 -26.19% 1,771
East of England +8 76 £299 +125.28% 414
South East -20 71 £425 +30.77% 500
South West -58 28 - - 171
Midlands -31 21 £333 +20.91% 215
North of England -62 21 - - 249
London -115 20 £500 -2.44% 298
Work from Home -102 18 £525 - 537
North West -51 15 - - 127
West Midlands -39 11 £400 +45.45% 127
East Midlands - 10 £300 - 88
Scotland -36 7 £538 +280.53% 176
Yorkshire -34 3 - - 59
North East - 3 - - 64
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 34
Wales -12 1 - - 46

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:

Applications
1 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.61%) Acrobat
3 4 (1.61%) OrCAD
3 4 (1.61%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.21%) Simulink
4 3 (1.21%) Windchill
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) Pro/ENGINEER
6 1 (0.40%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.21%) Azure
1 3 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (0.81%) GCP
2 2 (0.81%) GitHub
2 2 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
2 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.40%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.63%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.61%) RS-232
3 3 (1.21%) RS-485
3 3 (1.21%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.81%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) Wireless
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) PBX
5 1 (0.40%) RS-422
5 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.40%) VLAN
5 1 (0.40%) VoIP
5 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.81%) Power BI
2 2 (0.81%) Tableau
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.40%) Looker
3 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.63%) LabVIEW
2 6 (2.42%) JIRA
2 6 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.81%) Git
General
1 77 (31.05%) Manufacturing
2 48 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 41 (16.53%) Aerospace
4 9 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.23%) Marketing
5 8 (3.23%) Retail
6 7 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.42%) Law
8 5 (2.02%) Military
9 4 (1.61%) Automotive
9 4 (1.61%) Aviation
9 4 (1.61%) Finance
9 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Avionics
10 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (18.15%) Test Engineer
2 37 (14.92%) Test Technician
3 23 (9.27%) Electronics Engineer
4 17 (6.85%) Senior
5 15 (6.05%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 12 (4.84%) Lead
6 12 (4.84%) Software Engineer
7 11 (4.44%) Design Engineer
8 10 (4.03%) Electronics Technician
8 10 (4.03%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Electrical Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) PCB Engineer
12 5 (2.02%) Hardware Engineer
12 5 (2.02%) QA Engineer
12 5 (2.02%) Quality Engineer
12 5 (2.02%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.40%) Flash
1 1 (0.40%) JSON
1 1 (0.40%) PyQt
1 1 (0.40%) Streamlit
1 1 (0.40%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (0.40%) YAML
1 1 (0.40%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.85%) Analogue Electronics
2 14 (5.65%) FPGA
3 10 (4.03%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.02%) PCIe
5 5 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (1.61%) Robotics
7 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.21%) IoT
7 3 (1.21%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.81%) ASIC
8 2 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.40%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.42%) Linux
2 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
1 27 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
3 16 (6.45%) Software Engineering
4 15 (6.05%) Schematic Capture
5 13 (5.24%) Computer Science
5 13 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (5.24%) Systems Engineering
5 13 (5.24%) Validation
6 12 (4.84%) Agile
7 11 (4.44%) Test Automation
8 9 (3.63%) DevOps
8 9 (3.63%) ERP
8 9 (3.63%) Project Management
8 9 (3.63%) Software Testing
9 8 (3.23%) Decision-Making
9 8 (3.23%) Logistics
9 8 (3.23%) Prototyping
10 7 (2.82%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (2.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.87%) C++
2 18 (7.26%) C
3 12 (4.84%) Assembly Language
3 12 (4.84%) Python
4 8 (3.23%) MATLAB
5 5 (2.02%) SQL
6 3 (1.21%) Java
7 2 (0.81%) C#
7 2 (0.81%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) Ada
8 1 (0.40%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 31 (12.50%) Degree
2 27 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.82%) HNC
5 6 (2.42%) HND
6 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.21%) PMP
9 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.40%) CCNA
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CISM
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.40%) PhD
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.44%) QA
2 10 (4.03%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.02%) DO-254
4 4 (1.61%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.61%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.21%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 13485
6 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) COSHH
7 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) DO-160
7 1 (0.40%) ISA99
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.66%) Firmware
2 6 (2.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.21%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (5.65%) EMC
2 11 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.42%) Xilinx
4 5 (2.02%) Altera
4 5 (2.02%) Intel
5 4 (1.61%) Adobe
5 4 (1.61%) Apple
6 2 (0.81%) Cadence
6 2 (0.81%) Cisco
6 2 (0.81%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.40%) Actel
7 1 (0.40%) Avaya
7 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.40%) Facebook
7 1 (0.40%) Google
7 1 (0.40%) Instagram
7 1 (0.40%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.40%) Siemens
7 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.40%) Splunk