Electronics Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Electronics
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 82 106
Rank change year-on-year -48 +24 +49
Contract jobs citing Electronics 7 23 11
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.31% 1.38% 0.60%
As % of the General category 0.54% 2.24% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile - £324 £519
25th Percentile £123 £413 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -19.57% +84.89%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £719
90th Percentile £583 £544 £798
England median daily rate £475 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -9.52% -3.45% +1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 £41.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £42.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +57.41% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £43.75 £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -7.69% +23.81%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,303 1,025 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.17% 61.64% 54.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 636 689
10th Percentile £211 £207 £224
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £576 £612 £606
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 41 44
10th Percentile £13.78 £14.70 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.00 £16.38
Median hourly rate £22.51 £23.82 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +30.52% +3.58%
75th Percentile £30.75 £31.31 £34.50
90th Percentile £42.41 £50.00 £64.63
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.31 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.17% +32.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Electronics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Electronics job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the West Midlands

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Electronics

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Birmingham -16 3 £125 -75.00% 4
Worcestershire -16 3 £563 - 7
Warwickshire -7 1 £425 -15.00% 2
Electronics
England

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CANalyzer
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CANoe
1 1 (14.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Technician
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Technician
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Installation Technician
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics Technician
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 26262
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP