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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 322 205
Rank change year-on-year -183 -117 +73
Contract jobs citing Electronics 148 242 498
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.74% 1.18%
As % of the General category 0.51% 1.17% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 113 222
10th Percentile £254 £155 £240
25th Percentile £343 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -1.44% +2.43%
75th Percentile £569 £700 £738
90th Percentile £625 - £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 67 38 136
10th Percentile £18.35 £21.48 £35.00
25th Percentile £28.23 £30.10 £51.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £60.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.27% +5.65% -
75th Percentile £66.25 £76.25 £64.44
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £68.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.75 £56.29 £57.50
% change year-on-year -34.71% -2.10% -

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 29,058 20,622 24,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.86% 62.92% 57.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,352 12,928 15,095
10th Percentile £313 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £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 £469 £490
% change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,034 1,060 1,745
10th Percentile £14.02 £13.34 £13.18
25th Percentile £18.38 £16.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.81 £26.02 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -23.94% +12.02%
75th Percentile £61.50 £51.83 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £71.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.81 £22.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +45.80% -31.95% +27.17%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -184 144 £450 -15.09% 328
UK excluding London -146 127 £388 -32.61% 305
East of England +3 48 £513 +241.67% 75
South East -99 28 £350 -46.15% 120
London -104 20 £500 -2.44% 38
Midlands -41 16 £343 +24.55% 34
North of England -70 16 - - 44
South West -65 15 - - 34
West Midlands -54 14 £320 +16.36% 14
North West -50 13 - - 24
Work from Home -101 9 £513 -20.79% 90
Scotland -33 3 £575 +243.28% 9
Yorkshire - 3 - - 7
East Midlands - 2 £365 - 20
Wales -16 1 - - 3

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 (1.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Acrobat
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.70%) Photoshop
1 4 (2.70%) Simulink
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.68%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.70%) Azure
2 3 (2.03%) AWS
3 2 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.35%) GCP
3 2 (1.35%) GitHub
3 2 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.05%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.38%) RS-232
2 5 (3.38%) RS-485
3 4 (2.70%) 4G
3 4 (2.70%) 5G
3 4 (2.70%) LTE
3 4 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (2.03%) Modbus
4 3 (2.03%) RS-422
4 3 (2.03%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.35%) 2G
5 2 (1.35%) 3G
5 2 (1.35%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.35%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.35%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.35%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.68%) Firewall
6 1 (0.68%) HTTP
6 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.70%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.35%) Power BI
2 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.35%) Tableau
3 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.68%) Looker
3 1 (0.68%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.73%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (18.92%) Manufacturing
1 28 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.49%) Aerospace
3 9 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.41%) Marketing
5 6 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.38%) Law
7 4 (2.70%) Avionics
7 4 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.70%) Retail
8 3 (2.03%) Finance
8 3 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Advertising
9 2 (1.35%) Games
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 27 (18.24%) Test Engineer
2 26 (17.57%) Electronics Engineer
3 24 (16.22%) Test Technician
4 19 (12.84%) Systems Engineer
5 18 (12.16%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 14 (9.46%) Senior
6 14 (9.46%) Software Engineer
7 9 (6.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.73%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Embedded Engineer
11 5 (3.38%) Architect
11 5 (3.38%) Lead
12 4 (2.70%) Campaign Specialist
12 4 (2.70%) Consultant
12 4 (2.70%) Hardware Engineer
12 4 (2.70%) Marketing Manager
12 4 (2.70%) Product Manager
12 4 (2.70%) Product Marketing Manager
12 4 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (1.35%) Yocto
2 1 (0.68%) GStreamer
2 1 (0.68%) JSON
2 1 (0.68%) PyQt
2 1 (0.68%) RESTful
2 1 (0.68%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.43%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (6.08%) FPGA
3 5 (3.38%) IoT
4 4 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.70%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.70%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.03%) Smart Home
5 3 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.35%) ASIC
6 2 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.35%) CAN bus
6 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.35%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.35%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.35%) PCIe
6 2 (1.35%) Smart City
6 2 (1.35%) Verilog
6 2 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.70%) Linux
2 3 (2.03%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (2.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (15.54%) Software Engineering
2 18 (12.16%) Agile
3 16 (10.81%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (9.46%) Validation
5 13 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (8.78%) Test Automation
6 12 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (8.11%) DevOps
7 11 (7.43%) Project Management
7 11 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.76%) Computer Science
8 10 (6.76%) Software Testing
9 9 (6.08%) System Testing
10 8 (5.41%) AI
10 8 (5.41%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (5.41%) SDLC
11 7 (4.73%) Decision-Making
12 6 (4.05%) Project Delivery
12 6 (4.05%) Prototyping
12 6 (4.05%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.57%) C
2 24 (16.22%) C++
3 17 (11.49%) Python
4 13 (8.78%) MATLAB
5 5 (3.38%) C#
5 5 (3.38%) SQL
6 3 (2.03%) Java
7 2 (1.35%) Ada
7 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.35%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.35%) Tcl
8 1 (0.68%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.68%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (19.59%) Degree
2 17 (11.49%) SC Cleared
2 17 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.70%) HNC
4 3 (2.03%) HND
4 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.03%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.03%) PMP
5 2 (1.35%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) CISM
6 1 (0.68%) CISSP
6 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.68%) PhD
6 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.35%) DO-254
2 2 (1.35%) MIL-STD-1553
2 2 (1.35%) PMO
2 2 (1.35%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.68%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.68%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.68%) ISA99
3 1 (0.68%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) MISRA
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (9.46%) Firmware
2 6 (4.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (6.08%) EMC
1 9 (6.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.70%) Adobe
2 4 (2.70%) Huawei
3 3 (2.03%) Cadence
3 3 (2.03%) Xilinx
4 2 (1.35%) Actel
4 2 (1.35%) Altera
4 2 (1.35%) Ericsson
4 2 (1.35%) Intel
4 2 (1.35%) Microsemi
4 2 (1.35%) Nokia
4 2 (1.35%) Samsung
5 1 (0.68%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.68%) SAP
5 1 (0.68%) Siemens