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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 313 182
Rank change year-on-year -166 -131 +101
Contract jobs citing Electronics 155 219 552
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.76% 1.28%
As % of the General category 0.59% 1.20% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 101 217
10th Percentile £154 £159 £205
25th Percentile £315 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -3.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £566 £688 £725
90th Percentile £632 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £565 £534
% change year-on-year -24.78% +5.81% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 32 176
10th Percentile £19.85 £26.85 £40.00
25th Percentile £23.63 £33.20 £51.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £62.50 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +6.84% +1.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £80.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £88.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +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 26,318 18,214 24,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.88% 63.31% 57.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,901 11,531 15,551
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,767 821 1,985
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.50 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.71 £16.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% -6.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £24.34 £28.42
% change year-on-year +23.25% -14.36% +1.25%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -162 148 £450 -18.18% 498
UK excluding London -131 124 £425 -24.78% 450
East of England -15 39 £513 +57.69% 85
South East -90 28 £350 -46.15% 174
Work from Home -58 26 £475 -24.00% 138
London -102 26 £475 -10.38% 66
South West -47 23 £525 -7.08% 49
North of England -74 17 £70 -86.79% 68
Midlands -43 14 £365 -18.89% 49
North West -36 12 - - 33
West Midlands -49 10 £360 -20.00% 29
East Midlands - 4 £365 - 20
Scotland -16 3 £70 -83.03% 26
Yorkshire - 3 - - 22
North East -30 2 £70 -87.61% 14

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 (1.29%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.94%) Simulink
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.87%) AWS
2 5 (3.23%) Azure
3 4 (2.58%) GCP
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (0.65%) Azure AI
4 1 (0.65%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.65%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.16%) LTE
2 6 (3.87%) Ethernet
2 6 (3.87%) Firewall
3 4 (2.58%) 4G
3 4 (2.58%) 5G
3 4 (2.58%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.58%) TETRA
4 3 (1.94%) Modbus
4 3 (1.94%) RS-232
4 3 (1.94%) RS-422
4 3 (1.94%) RS-485
5 2 (1.29%) 2G
5 2 (1.29%) 3G
5 2 (1.29%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.29%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.29%) Network Security
5 2 (1.29%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.29%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (1.29%) Tableau
2 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.65%) Looker
2 1 (0.65%) MySQL
2 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (7.10%) JIRA
2 8 (5.16%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (3.23%) Git
4 4 (2.58%) PVCS
5 2 (1.29%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.65%) Fiddler
General
1 47 (30.32%) Manufacturing
2 36 (23.23%) Telecoms
3 33 (21.29%) Marketing
4 31 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 28 (18.06%) Finance
6 27 (17.42%) Public Sector
7 18 (11.61%) Aerospace
8 15 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Avionics
10 4 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Retail
11 3 (1.94%) Advertising
11 3 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.29%) Games
12 2 (1.29%) Law
13 1 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (17.42%) Electronics Engineer
2 22 (14.19%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (13.55%) Test Engineer
4 17 (10.97%) Senior
5 16 (10.32%) Test Technician
6 15 (9.68%) Embedded Engineer
7 14 (9.03%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 14 (9.03%) Software Engineer
8 12 (7.74%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 11 (7.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 9 (5.81%) Hardware Engineer
10 9 (5.81%) Migration Technician
10 9 (5.81%) Support Technician
11 7 (4.52%) Architect
11 7 (4.52%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
12 6 (3.87%) Analyst
12 6 (3.87%) Consultant
12 6 (3.87%) Lead
13 5 (3.23%) Coordinator
13 5 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.29%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (1.29%) Yocto
2 1 (0.65%) Flash
2 1 (0.65%) GStreamer
2 1 (0.65%) JSON
2 1 (0.65%) RESTful
2 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.74%) FPGA
2 11 (7.10%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.23%) NHS
4 4 (2.58%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.58%) IoT
5 3 (1.94%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.94%) Smart Home
6 2 (1.29%) ASIC
6 2 (1.29%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.29%) CAN bus
6 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.29%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.29%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.29%) LIMS
6 2 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.29%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.29%) PCIe
6 2 (1.29%) Smart City
6 2 (1.29%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.58%) Windows
2 3 (1.94%) Linux
3 2 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.65%) Android
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
1 28 (18.06%) Digital Marketing
2 27 (17.42%) Programme Management
3 22 (14.19%) Software Engineering
4 19 (12.26%) Validation
5 18 (11.61%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (10.32%) Workflow
7 14 (9.03%) Agile
7 14 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (7.10%) Computer Science
8 11 (7.10%) Migration
9 10 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (5.81%) AI
10 9 (5.81%) Test Automation
11 8 (5.16%) SDLC
11 8 (5.16%) Verification and Validation
12 7 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (4.52%) Project Management
12 7 (4.52%) Prototyping
12 7 (4.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.84%) C
2 16 (10.32%) C++
2 16 (10.32%) Python
3 10 (6.45%) MATLAB
4 5 (3.23%) C#
5 4 (2.58%) Ada
5 4 (2.58%) Embedded C
5 4 (2.58%) Embedded C++
6 3 (1.94%) Java
7 2 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.29%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.29%) Tcl
8 1 (0.65%) Go
8 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 36 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 26 (16.77%) Degree
4 6 (3.87%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.94%) HNC
6 2 (1.29%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.29%) CISSP
6 2 (1.29%) HND
7 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.65%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.65%) CISM
7 1 (0.65%) CLAS
7 1 (0.65%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.65%) GPEN
7 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.65%) OSCE
7 1 (0.65%) OSCP
7 1 (0.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.58%) JSP 440
1 4 (2.58%) RMADS
2 3 (1.94%) Def Stans
2 3 (1.94%) DO-178B
2 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (1.94%) MISRA
2 3 (1.94%) NCSC
3 2 (1.29%) DO-254
3 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.29%) MIL-STD-1553
3 2 (1.29%) NIST
3 2 (1.29%) PMO
3 2 (1.29%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.65%) ISA99
4 1 (0.65%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.65%) PERC
System Software
1 12 (7.74%) Firmware
2 4 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.29%) Docker
3 2 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (18.06%) SAP
2 11 (7.10%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.81%) EMC
4 4 (2.58%) ANSYS
4 4 (2.58%) Huawei
4 4 (2.58%) IBM
4 4 (2.58%) VMware
4 4 (2.58%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.94%) Cadence
5 3 (1.94%) Cisco
5 3 (1.94%) Google
6 2 (1.29%) Actel
6 2 (1.29%) Adobe
6 2 (1.29%) Altera
6 2 (1.29%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.29%) Intel
6 2 (1.29%) Microsemi
6 2 (1.29%) Nokia
6 2 (1.29%) Samsung
6 2 (1.29%) Tealium