Electronics Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Electronics
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Electronics 2 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.02% - 3.78%
As % of the General category 1.80% - 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
South East median daily rate £353 £625 £325
% change year-on-year -43.60% +92.31% +62.50%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 111 85 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 56.35% 60.71% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 57 156
10th Percentile £140 £170 £200
25th Percentile £170 £200 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% -11.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £525 £515 £556
90th Percentile £638 £638 £689
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 3
10th Percentile £12.63 - £14.28
25th Percentile £13.00 £27.00 £17.31
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £46.60
90th Percentile £22.99 - £60.68
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £56.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.05% +8.09% +110.00%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Electronics

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Electronics

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Crawley - 1 £400 - 5
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Junos
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper