Electronics Contracts in Scotland

Electronics
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Electronics 16 0 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% - 0.56%
As % of the General category 1.15% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 14
10th Percentile £319 - £525
25th Percentile £516 - £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.90%
75th Percentile £588 - £697
90th Percentile - - £750
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £50.75 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - -
Median hourly rate £60.50 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% +15.00% +15.61%

All General Skills
Scotland

Electronics is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,387 1,802 2,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.48% 66.67% 71.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,304 1,770
10th Percentile £178 £233 £230
25th Percentile £340 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 29 42
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.75 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.59 £15.75 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £52.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in Scotland

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh - 11 £140 - 19
Glasgow - 4 £575 - 15
Perthshire - 1 £500 - 1
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (6.25%) GPRS
2 1 (6.25%) LTE
2 1 (6.25%) SDH
2 1 (6.25%) VSAT
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
2 5 (31.25%) Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (31.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Principal Hardware Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Electronics Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Product Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Product Test Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
1 4 (25.00%) IoT
1 4 (25.00%) PCIe
1 4 (25.00%) Verilog
1 4 (25.00%) VHDL
2 1 (6.25%) ASIC
2 1 (6.25%) iPhone
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
2 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (25.00%) VxWorks
3 1 (6.25%) Windows
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Memory Management
3 4 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (25.00%) Product Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (25.00%) Service Design
3 4 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) MISRA
1 4 (25.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (25.00%) Intel
3 1 (6.25%) HP
3 1 (6.25%) Samsung