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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 19 31
Rank change year-on-year -36 +12 +28
Contract jobs citing Electronics 17 54 51
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.92% 8.59% 5.17%
As % of the General category 3.79% 14.21% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 44
10th Percentile £458 £317 £427
25th Percentile £488 £453 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £585
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -8.55% +11.43%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £626
90th Percentile £553 £688 £638
South West median daily rate £550 £560 £598
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.28% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 3
10th Percentile £55.25 £59.95 £61.43
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £63.56
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -7.06% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.50 £67.38
90th Percentile - £66.00 -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +56.25% -

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 general skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 449 380 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 50.73% 60.41% 52.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 199 336
10th Percentile £263 £190 £228
25th Percentile £403 £320 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -17.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £589 £650
90th Percentile £695 £710 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 38 77
10th Percentile £15.61 £25.60 £30.80
25th Percentile £17.95 £39.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £38.94 £64.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% +3.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.50 £81.86
South West median hourly rate £26.75 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -57.20% +13.64% -13.02%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Electronics job vacancy trend 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
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

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Bristol

Electronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Apache
1 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) GCP
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Manufacturing
2 8 (47.06%) Marketing
2 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 8 (47.06%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (52.94%) Software Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Coordinator
2 3 (17.65%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 1 (5.88%) Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Developer
3 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) HR Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (5.88%) NumPy
1 1 (5.88%) Pandas
1 1 (5.88%) PySpark
1 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Software Engineering
1 9 (52.94%) Systems Engineering
1 9 (52.94%) Validation
2 8 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (47.06%) Collaborative Culture
2 8 (47.06%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (47.06%) Programme Management
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL
6 1 (5.88%) Coaching
6 1 (5.88%) Data Ingestion
6 1 (5.88%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) ETL
6 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
6 1 (5.88%) Project Management
6 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Service Management
6 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) C
2 1 (5.88%) C#
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) Def Stans
1 9 (52.94%) DO-178B
1 9 (52.94%) MISRA
2 3 (17.65%) JSP 440
2 3 (17.65%) NCSC
2 3 (17.65%) RMADS
3 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) NetApp