Electronics Contracts

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 172 281
Rank change year-on-year -126 +109 +55
Contract jobs citing Electronics 243 619 565
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.42% 0.95%
As % of the General category 1.32% 2.44% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 270 339
10th Percentile £205 £205 £205
25th Percentile £335 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £656 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £788 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +7.31% +0.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 172 85
10th Percentile £20.35 £37.50 £40.50
25th Percentile £23.31 £50.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £59.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +3.91% +9.52%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.13 £68.75 £65.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%

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 18,465 25,387 34,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.16% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,795 16,033 24,201
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,939 1,062
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £13.42
25th Percentile £17.85 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.13 £30.54
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.91% +65.08%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 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 -119 219 £543 -1.36% 974
UK excluding London -68 171 £565 +7.31% 890
South East -7 73 £625 +204.88% 282
London -37 58 £530 -15.20% 161
Work from Home -61 47 £600 +20.00% 384
South West +1 39 £565 -5.83% 101
North of England +22 22 £530 +17.78% 134
East of England -33 17 £438 +16.67% 200
Scotland +6 14 £438 -23.91% 51
North West +9 13 £530 -24.29% 65
North East +1 8 £419 - 20
Midlands +2 4 £175 -27.08% 112
West Midlands +5 3 - - 65
Northern Ireland -13 2 - - 8
Wales - 2 - - 38
Yorkshire +10 1 £550 +22.22% 50
East Midlands -1 1 £175 -50.70% 47

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.06%) Confluence
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.82%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.82%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.41%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.41%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.47%) Simulink
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.82%) LightWave 3D
5 2 (0.82%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.41%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.41%) InVision
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) LabWindows
1 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.58%) Azure
2 18 (7.41%) AWS
3 14 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.29%) GCP
6 5 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.23%) GitHub
7 3 (1.23%) Serverless
7 3 (1.23%) Yammer
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (0.82%) AWS CodeBuild
8 2 (0.82%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (0.82%) Kong
8 2 (0.82%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.35%) Firewall
1 13 (5.35%) VPN
2 11 (4.53%) LAN
3 10 (4.12%) WAN
3 10 (4.12%) Wireless
4 8 (3.29%) DNS
5 7 (2.88%) DHCP
5 7 (2.88%) SAN
6 6 (2.47%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.65%) Internet
7 4 (1.65%) NAS
7 4 (1.65%) Network Security
7 4 (1.65%) Skype
7 4 (1.65%) VoIP
8 3 (1.23%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.82%) BGP
9 2 (0.82%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.82%) OSPF
9 2 (0.82%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.05%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.64%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.65%) Power BI
4 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.82%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.82%) Tableau
6 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
6 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (12.35%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.64%) Gradle
2 21 (8.64%) JUnit
2 21 (8.64%) Liquibase
2 21 (8.64%) Mockito
3 17 (7.00%) GitLab
4 10 (4.12%) Git
5 9 (3.70%) JIRA
6 7 (2.88%) Selenium
7 5 (2.06%) LabVIEW
8 3 (1.23%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.82%) NUnit
9 2 (0.82%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.41%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.41%) CANoe
10 1 (0.41%) Maven
10 1 (0.41%) Postman
10 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 198 (81.48%) Manufacturing
2 197 (81.07%) Telecoms
3 194 (79.84%) Marketing
4 192 (79.01%) Finance
5 191 (78.60%) Public Sector
6 60 (24.69%) Social Skills
7 14 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.47%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.65%) Automotive
10 4 (1.65%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (1.23%) Games
11 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Advertising
12 2 (0.82%) French Language
12 2 (0.82%) German Language
12 2 (0.82%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.82%) Military
12 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 32 (13.17%) Architect
1 32 (13.17%) Developer
2 30 (12.35%) Senior
3 22 (9.05%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.64%) Active Directory Architect
5 17 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (6.17%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.35%) Desktop Engineer
8 12 (4.94%) Desktop Support
8 12 (4.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (4.94%) Java Developer
8 12 (4.94%) Lead
8 12 (4.94%) Test Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) React Developer
9 11 (4.53%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 10 (4.12%) Java Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) Java Software Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.47%) React
2 22 (9.05%) OpenAPI
2 22 (9.05%) Swagger
3 21 (8.64%) Kafka
3 21 (8.64%) Spring
3 21 (8.64%) Spring Boot
4 13 (5.35%) .NET
5 11 (4.53%) CSS
5 11 (4.53%) HTML
6 5 (2.06%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.65%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.65%) PySpark
8 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.23%) pytest
8 3 (1.23%) Web Services
9 2 (0.82%) Jest
9 2 (0.82%) Node.js
9 2 (0.82%) Playwright
9 2 (0.82%) Sass
9 2 (0.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.41%) NHS
2 11 (4.53%) FPGA
3 10 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.29%) Verilog
6 7 (2.88%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.47%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.47%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.06%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.06%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (2.06%) Social Media
8 5 (2.06%) VHDL
9 4 (1.65%) PCIe
9 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (1.23%) LIMS
10 3 (1.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.10%) Windows
2 19 (7.82%) Linux
3 14 (5.76%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.65%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.82%) Android
6 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.82%) Unix
7 1 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (79.42%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (78.60%) Digital Marketing
2 191 (78.60%) Programme Management
3 69 (28.40%) Agile
4 47 (19.34%) DevOps
5 46 (18.93%) CI/CD
6 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (18.52%) Test Automation
7 39 (16.05%) Software Engineering
8 35 (14.40%) TDD
9 25 (10.29%) Continuous Integration
10 24 (9.88%) Containerisation
10 24 (9.88%) Migration
11 22 (9.05%) Microservices
12 21 (8.64%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (8.64%) Project Management
13 20 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (7.82%) Computer Science
15 14 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (5.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.64%) PowerShell
2 36 (14.81%) SQL
3 26 (10.70%) Java
4 25 (10.29%) Python
5 24 (9.88%) TypeScript
6 16 (6.58%) C#
7 13 (5.35%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.53%) Bash
9 9 (3.70%) C++
10 8 (3.29%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.88%) SystemVerilog
12 5 (2.06%) C
13 4 (1.65%) Groovy
14 3 (1.23%) Bicep
14 3 (1.23%) Tcl
15 2 (0.82%) VB
16 1 (0.41%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.41%) JCL
16 1 (0.41%) Natural
16 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (46.91%) Security Cleared
2 74 (30.45%) SC Cleared
3 52 (21.40%) Degree
4 40 (16.46%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.88%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.88%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.06%) HNC
8 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.65%) CCNA
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.65%) HND
9 3 (1.23%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.23%) ACCA
9 3 (1.23%) CIMA
9 3 (1.23%) CISSP
9 3 (1.23%) Dell Certification
9 3 (1.23%) PhD
10 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.70%) QA
2 7 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.47%) DO-254
4 5 (2.06%) JSP 440
4 5 (2.06%) SLA
5 3 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.23%) WCAG
6 2 (0.82%) DICOM
6 2 (0.82%) DO-160
6 2 (0.82%) HL7
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) RMADS
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 30 (12.35%) Active Directory
2 29 (11.93%) Docker
3 10 (4.12%) Firmware
4 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.82%) NFS
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 9 (3.70%) Terraform
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.65%) Ansible
4 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.23%) SCCM
5 2 (0.82%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.82%) Grafana
5 2 (0.82%) Puppet
5 2 (0.82%) vRealize
5 2 (0.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (0.82%) XenMobile
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 194 (79.84%) SAP
2 31 (12.76%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.53%) Cisco
4 10 (4.12%) VMware
5 9 (3.70%) Dell
5 9 (3.70%) HP
6 8 (3.29%) Google
7 6 (2.47%) EMC
7 6 (2.47%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.47%) Xilinx
8 5 (2.06%) Apple
8 5 (2.06%) Mentor Graphics
8 5 (2.06%) Microsemi
8 5 (2.06%) Splunk
9 4 (1.65%) Altera
9 4 (1.65%) Databricks
9 4 (1.65%) Intel
10 3 (1.23%) Adobe
10 3 (1.23%) Citrix
10 3 (1.23%) IBM