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 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 195 213
Rank change year-on-year -113 +18 +122
Contract jobs citing Electronics 312 471 511
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.31% 1.13%
As % of the General category 1.38% 2.18% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 240 311
10th Percentile £154 £238 £205
25th Percentile £159 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -32.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 34 79
10th Percentile £18.48 £22.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.67 £28.38 £51.75
Median hourly rate £45.56 £59.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% -9.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £71.75 £65.00 -
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 22,634 21,644 26,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.09% 60.15% 59.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,215 12,856 17,859
10th Percentile £275 £292 £281
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
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 1,450 783 1,127
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.73 £18.00 £16.80
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -13.28% +26.84%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.25 £70.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.13 £28.92
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.66% +31.45%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -100 283 £475 -7.77% 646
UK excluding London -96 222 £355 -32.38% 650
London -36 75 £475 +36.10% 51
Work from Home -37 71 £525 -2.33% 203
South West -35 57 £575 +5.50% 86
East of England +6 54 £115 -76.04% 171
South East -66 44 £355 -43.20% 190
Midlands -43 23 £158 -64.92% 95
North of England -49 23 £175 -53.33% 98
East Midlands -5 15 £158 -10.00% 33
North West -24 14 £175 -65.00% 40
Wales +5 9 £160 - 11
Scotland -1 9 £65 -85.56% 41
West Midlands -43 8 £275 -40.54% 60
North East -7 6 £175 -50.00% 16
Northern Ireland -6 3 £115 -37.84% 2
Yorkshire -33 3 £565 +2.73% 42

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 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.64%) Apache
3 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (13.78%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.53%) Simulink
4 7 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (1.28%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (8.65%) Azure
3 21 (6.73%) AWS
4 17 (5.45%) GCP
5 5 (1.60%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.60%) Slack
6 4 (1.28%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.96%) GitHub
7 3 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.96%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (0.64%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (0.64%) Asana
8 2 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.64%) Contentsquare
8 2 (0.64%) Miro
8 2 (0.64%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.64%) SaaS
8 2 (0.64%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.37%) Wireless
2 10 (3.21%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.88%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (2.56%) Skype
5 6 (1.92%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (1.60%) LAN
7 4 (1.28%) Unified Communications
7 4 (1.28%) VPN
8 3 (0.96%) VoIP
9 2 (0.64%) BGP
9 2 (0.64%) DNS
9 2 (0.64%) Firewall
9 2 (0.64%) Junos
9 2 (0.64%) Network Security
9 2 (0.64%) OSPF
9 2 (0.64%) PSTN
9 2 (0.64%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.64%) VLAN
9 2 (0.64%) WAN
10 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.28%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.96%) MySQL
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (0.64%) Power BI
3 2 (0.64%) Tableau
4 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (3.21%) JIRA
3 8 (2.56%) Git
4 4 (1.28%) Clang
4 4 (1.28%) GCC
4 4 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.28%) PVCS
5 3 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.96%) Charles Proxy
5 3 (0.96%) Fiddler
5 3 (0.96%) JUnit
5 3 (0.96%) Storybook
6 2 (0.64%) CANoe
6 2 (0.64%) Mercurial
6 2 (0.64%) Subversion
7 1 (0.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) GoCD
7 1 (0.32%) Postman
7 1 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 222 (71.15%) Manufacturing
2 214 (68.59%) Marketing
3 210 (67.31%) Finance
3 210 (67.31%) Telecoms
4 209 (66.99%) Public Sector
5 106 (33.97%) Social Skills
6 40 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.53%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.21%) Legal
9 9 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.56%) Law
11 6 (1.92%) Games
12 5 (1.60%) Military
13 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.96%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.64%) Brand Awareness
15 2 (0.64%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 46 (14.74%) IT Support
2 41 (13.14%) Desktop Support
3 28 (8.97%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 28 (8.97%) 2nd Line Support
3 28 (8.97%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 27 (8.65%) Consultant
5 23 (7.37%) Software Engineer
6 21 (6.73%) Lead
7 18 (5.77%) Analyst
7 18 (5.77%) Embedded Engineer
7 18 (5.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 18 (5.77%) IT Engineer
7 18 (5.77%) Migration Engineer
8 16 (5.13%) Architect
9 15 (4.81%) Support Engineer
10 14 (4.49%) Support Technician
10 14 (4.49%) Windows Engineer
11 11 (3.53%) Installation Technician
12 10 (3.21%) Firmware Engineer
12 10 (3.21%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.21%) Flash
2 8 (2.56%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.92%) REST
4 4 (1.28%) React
5 3 (0.96%) CSS
5 3 (0.96%) HTML
5 3 (0.96%) Node.js
5 3 (0.96%) RESTful
5 3 (0.96%) Spring
5 3 (0.96%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.96%) Vitest
6 2 (0.64%) .NET
6 2 (0.64%) iOS SDK
6 2 (0.64%) LDAP
6 2 (0.64%) NumPy
6 2 (0.64%) Pandas
6 2 (0.64%) PySpark
6 2 (0.64%) XML
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.29%) FPGA
2 25 (8.01%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.05%) VHDL
4 12 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (3.53%) NHS
6 10 (3.21%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.21%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.21%) PCIe
7 9 (2.88%) Verilog
8 8 (2.56%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.24%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.24%) CMDB
10 6 (1.92%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.96%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.86%) Android
2 32 (10.26%) Mac OS
3 28 (8.97%) Windows
4 15 (4.81%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.53%) Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.64%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (67.95%) Business Intelligence
1 212 (67.95%) Digital Marketing
2 208 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 49 (15.71%) Migration
4 44 (14.10%) Workflow
5 37 (11.86%) Logistics
6 35 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (10.26%) Service Delivery
7 32 (10.26%) Workflow Management
8 30 (9.62%) Agile
8 30 (9.62%) AI
9 29 (9.29%) Software Engineering
10 28 (8.97%) Validation
11 25 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (7.05%) Computer Science
15 21 (6.73%) CI/CD
15 21 (6.73%) ITIL
16 17 (5.45%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.62%) C
2 27 (8.65%) Python
3 24 (7.69%) C++
4 15 (4.81%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.85%) Java
5 12 (3.85%) MATLAB
6 10 (3.21%) SystemVerilog
7 8 (2.56%) SQL
8 7 (2.24%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.92%) Tcl
10 5 (1.60%) Ada
11 4 (1.28%) Bash
11 4 (1.28%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.28%) Embedded C++
11 4 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.96%) BeanShell
12 3 (0.96%) Go
12 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.64%) C#
13 2 (0.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 158 (50.64%) Security Cleared
2 145 (46.47%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.86%) Degree
4 25 (8.01%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.53%) CISSP
6 9 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
8 6 (1.92%) CISM
8 6 (1.92%) HNC
8 6 (1.92%) HND
9 5 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.96%) CCNP
11 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.96%) CLAS
12 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.64%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.64%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.49%) GDPR
2 12 (3.85%) Def Stans
3 11 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.53%) QA
4 10 (3.21%) DO-254
5 8 (2.56%) DO-178B
5 8 (2.56%) MISRA
5 8 (2.56%) NCSC
5 8 (2.56%) PERC
5 8 (2.56%) RMADS
6 6 (1.92%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.60%) PMO
8 4 (1.28%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.28%) NIST
9 3 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.96%) ECSS
9 3 (0.96%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.96%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (8.33%) Firmware
2 21 (6.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.60%) Docker
4 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Ansible
1 3 (0.96%) Data Guard
1 3 (0.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (0.96%) vRealize
2 2 (0.64%) Puppet
2 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.64%) Terraform
2 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.32%) FreeIPA
3 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.32%) SCCM
3 1 (0.32%) SCOM
3 1 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 214 (68.59%) SAP
2 43 (13.78%) Cisco
3 41 (13.14%) Microsoft
4 27 (8.65%) Apple
5 23 (7.37%) Dell
5 23 (7.37%) HP
6 15 (4.81%) Xilinx
7 10 (3.21%) Altera
7 10 (3.21%) VMware
8 9 (2.88%) Adobe
8 9 (2.88%) Microsemi
8 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.24%) Actel
9 7 (2.24%) Intel
9 7 (2.24%) Tealium
10 6 (1.92%) IBM
10 6 (1.92%) Oracle
10 6 (1.92%) Remedy
10 6 (1.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.28%) Google