Electronics Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Electronics
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -29 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing Electronics 13 51 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.78% 5.52% 4.60%
As % of the General category 2.97% 10.28% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 26 34
10th Percentile £237 - £430
25th Percentile £355 £413 £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £610
Median % change year-on-year - -22.13% +35.56%
75th Percentile £500 £581 £638
90th Percentile £553 £775 £688
South West median daily rate £563 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £35.38 £59.30 £56.25
25th Percentile £41.56 £61.25 £61.88
Median hourly rate £53.75 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £66.56 £63.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.13 £64.50 £89.50
South West median hourly rate £30.53 £62.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -51.16% +38.89% -

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 438 496 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 60.08% 53.68% 49.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 253 355
10th Percentile £235 £213 £275
25th Percentile £361 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £678 £688 £709
South West median daily rate £488 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -3.47% -8.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 54
10th Percentile £6.00 £31.97 £31.27
25th Percentile £18.13 £56.50 £36.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +10.20% +2.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £73.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £79.00 £81.05
South West median hourly rate £24.29 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -62.63% +18.18% +3.20%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Electronics

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) iPaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Metadata
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 12 (92.31%) Manufacturing
2 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 11 (84.62%) Marketing
2 11 (84.62%) Public Sector
2 11 (84.62%) Telecoms
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Automotive
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Azure Developer
2 4 (30.77%) C# Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Lead .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Lead C# Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior C# Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Governance Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) .NET Core
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (84.62%) Digital Marketing
1 11 (84.62%) Programme Management
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) TDD
4 3 (23.08%) BDD
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) OO
4 3 (23.08%) OWASP
4 3 (23.08%) Pair Programming
4 3 (23.08%) Service-Level Objective
4 3 (23.08%) SOLID
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) C
3 1 (7.69%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.69%) Embedded C++
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Data Guard
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle