Electronics Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Electronics
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 2.11% 1.54% -
As % of the General category 6.82% 2.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £534 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £586 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £563 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.04% +84.89%

All General Skills
Worcestershire

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 in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 44 37 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 30.99% 56.92% 71.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 33
10th Percentile £325 £155 £192
25th Percentile £463 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £590
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -32.20% +27.57%
75th Percentile £644 £524 £660
90th Percentile £738 £600 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile £16.55 £18.78 £16.48
25th Percentile £17.14 £19.75 £16.84
Median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% +21.84% +0.11%
75th Percentile £19.31 £23.21 £18.87
90th Percentile £20.99 £23.79 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.25 £23.82 £22.10
% change year-on-year -14.99% +7.78% +30.50%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Electronics job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Electronics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Electronics

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Malvern - 2 £563 -
Electronics
West Midlands

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Technician
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA