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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 176 290
Rank change year-on-year -123 +114 +42
Contract jobs citing Electronics 241 587 540
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.36% 0.93%
As % of the General category 1.30% 2.35% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 242 332
10th Percentile £195 £205 £205
25th Percentile £340 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £563 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +4.90% +2.14%
75th Percentile £653 £725 £638
90th Percentile £700 £825 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +2.73% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 173 78
10th Percentile £20.35 £38.50 £40.88
25th Percentile £23.31 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £40.35 £59.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.18% +3.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £64.31 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £87.13 £68.75 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £59.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year -37.24% +3.91% +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 18,606 24,981 33,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.29% 58.02% 58.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,864 15,767 23,530
10th Percentile £295 £275 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £770 £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 787 1,939 1,040
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.77 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.48 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.96% +48.16%
75th Percentile £56.00 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.35 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £28.42 £28.16
% change year-on-year -13.23% +0.92% +50.59%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -104 215 £540 -4.00% 1,338
UK excluding London -55 174 £565 +2.73% 1,242
South East -5 73 £625 +204.88% 401
London -24 53 £530 -16.86% 243
Work from Home -65 43 £600 +5.26% 703
South West +3 39 £545 -12.80% 163
North of England +14 21 £530 +2.66% 175
East of England -40 18 £325 -13.33% 315
Scotland +12 16 £438 -23.91% 74
North West +15 13 £530 -25.61% 86
North East -3 7 £488 - 29
Midlands -7 4 £175 -27.08% 129
West Midlands +6 3 - - 73
Northern Ireland -11 2 - - 12
Wales - 2 - - 54
Yorkshire +7 1 £550 +22.22% 62
East Midlands -1 1 £175 -69.57% 48

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 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.07%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.83%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.41%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.41%) WinCC
Applications
1 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.90%) Simulink
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.83%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.83%) LightWave 3D
4 2 (0.83%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.41%) InVision
5 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.41%) Sketch
5 1 (0.41%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.41%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.52%) Azure
2 18 (7.47%) AWS
3 14 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.32%) GCP
5 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.24%) Serverless
6 3 (1.24%) Yammer
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.83%) AWS CodeBuild
7 2 (0.83%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (0.83%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.83%) Cohesity
7 2 (0.83%) Kong
7 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.98%) Firewall
2 10 (4.15%) LAN
2 10 (4.15%) VPN
3 9 (3.73%) DNS
3 9 (3.73%) WAN
3 9 (3.73%) Wireless
4 8 (3.32%) DHCP
5 7 (2.90%) Ethernet
6 6 (2.49%) SAN
7 4 (1.66%) Skype
8 3 (1.24%) NAS
8 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.24%) VoIP
9 2 (0.83%) IMAP
9 2 (0.83%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.83%) Network Security
9 2 (0.83%) SDH
9 2 (0.83%) SMTP
10 1 (0.41%) ADSL
10 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.13%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.71%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.66%) Power BI
4 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.83%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.83%) 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 29 (12.03%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.71%) Gradle
2 21 (8.71%) JUnit
2 21 (8.71%) Liquibase
2 21 (8.71%) Mockito
3 16 (6.64%) GitLab
4 10 (4.15%) Git
5 8 (3.32%) JIRA
6 7 (2.90%) Selenium
7 5 (2.07%) LabVIEW
8 3 (1.24%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.83%) CANoe
9 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.83%) NUnit
9 2 (0.83%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.41%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.41%) Postman
10 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 197 (81.74%) Manufacturing
2 194 (80.50%) Telecoms
3 192 (79.67%) Marketing
4 190 (78.84%) Finance
5 189 (78.42%) Public Sector
6 57 (23.65%) Social Skills
7 14 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.32%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.66%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Games
12 2 (0.83%) Advertising
12 2 (0.83%) French Language
12 2 (0.83%) German Language
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (12.86%) Architect
1 31 (12.86%) Developer
2 30 (12.45%) Senior
3 24 (9.96%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.71%) Active Directory Architect
5 17 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (7.05%) Test Engineer
6 16 (6.64%) Software Engineer
7 14 (5.81%) Desktop Engineer
8 13 (5.39%) Desktop Support
8 13 (5.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 12 (4.98%) Hardware Engineer
9 12 (4.98%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.56%) Lead
10 11 (4.56%) React Developer
10 11 (4.56%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 10 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) Java Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) Java Software Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.54%) React
2 22 (9.13%) OpenAPI
2 22 (9.13%) Swagger
3 21 (8.71%) Kafka
3 21 (8.71%) Spring
3 21 (8.71%) Spring Boot
4 13 (5.39%) .NET
5 10 (4.15%) CSS
5 10 (4.15%) HTML
6 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.66%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.66%) PySpark
8 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.24%) pytest
8 3 (1.24%) Web Services
9 2 (0.83%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.83%) Playwright
9 2 (0.83%) YAML
10 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.41%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.05%) NHS
2 11 (4.56%) FPGA
3 9 (3.73%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.32%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.32%) Verilog
5 6 (2.49%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.49%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.07%) VHDL
7 4 (1.66%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.66%) PCIe
7 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.66%) Social Media
8 3 (1.24%) LIMS
8 3 (1.24%) SCADA
8 3 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.31%) Windows
2 18 (7.47%) Linux
3 16 (6.64%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.66%) Windows 7
4 4 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.83%) Android
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.83%) Windows 8
5 2 (0.83%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (79.67%) Business Intelligence
2 189 (78.42%) Digital Marketing
2 189 (78.42%) Programme Management
3 70 (29.05%) Agile
4 46 (19.09%) DevOps
4 46 (19.09%) Test Automation
5 44 (18.26%) CI/CD
5 44 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (17.01%) Software Engineering
7 34 (14.11%) TDD
8 25 (10.37%) Continuous Integration
9 24 (9.96%) Containerisation
10 23 (9.54%) Migration
11 22 (9.13%) Microservices
12 21 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
13 19 (7.88%) Computer Science
14 18 (7.47%) Project Management
15 17 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (6.22%) Validation
17 13 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.77%) SQL
2 37 (15.35%) PowerShell
3 26 (10.79%) Java
3 26 (10.79%) Python
4 24 (9.96%) TypeScript
5 16 (6.64%) C#
6 12 (4.98%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.15%) Bash
7 10 (4.15%) C++
8 9 (3.73%) MATLAB
9 7 (2.90%) SystemVerilog
10 5 (2.07%) C
11 4 (1.66%) Groovy
12 3 (1.24%) Bicep
12 3 (1.24%) Tcl
13 2 (0.83%) VB
14 1 (0.41%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.41%) JCL
14 1 (0.41%) Natural
14 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (46.89%) Security Cleared
2 75 (31.12%) SC Cleared
3 48 (19.92%) Degree
4 38 (15.77%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.49%) HNC
8 5 (2.07%) HND
9 4 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.66%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.24%) ACCA
10 3 (1.24%) CIMA
10 3 (1.24%) Dell Certification
10 3 (1.24%) PhD
11 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.83%) CISSP
11 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.73%) QA
2 6 (2.49%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.49%) DO-254
3 5 (2.07%) SLA
4 4 (1.66%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.83%) DO-160
6 2 (0.83%) WCAG
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.41%) DICOM
7 1 (0.41%) HL7
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) MIL-STD-1553
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (12.86%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.03%) Docker
3 8 (3.32%) Firmware
4 3 (1.24%) vSphere
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.83%) XenApp
6 1 (0.41%) NFS
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (3.73%) Kubernetes
1 9 (3.73%) Terraform
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.66%) Ansible
4 3 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.24%) SCCM
5 2 (0.83%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.83%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.83%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.83%) Puppet
5 2 (0.83%) XenMobile
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.41%) vRealize
6 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 192 (79.67%) SAP
2 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.56%) Cisco
3 11 (4.56%) HP
4 10 (4.15%) Dell
4 10 (4.15%) Google
4 10 (4.15%) VMware
5 8 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.90%) EMC
7 6 (2.49%) Xilinx
8 5 (2.07%) Adobe
8 5 (2.07%) Citrix
8 5 (2.07%) Mentor Graphics
8 5 (2.07%) Microsemi
8 5 (2.07%) Splunk
9 4 (1.66%) Altera
9 4 (1.66%) Apple
9 4 (1.66%) Databricks
9 4 (1.66%) Intel
9 4 (1.66%) SolarWinds