Electronics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Electronics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 113 185 232
Rank change year-on-year +72 +47 -33
Contract jobs citing Electronics 398 305 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.96% 1.33% 1.11%
As % of the General category 3.60% 2.34% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 177 233
10th Percentile £200 £200 £175
25th Percentile £263 £275 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -
75th Percentile £663 £638 £644
90th Percentile £788 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 59 37
10th Percentile £42.50 - £17.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £59.50 £57.50 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +13.08% +19.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £68.25 £65.00 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% +15.00% +15.61%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,041 13,019 16,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.41% 56.59% 55.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,309 8,888 11,690
10th Percentile £208 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.49%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £693 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,647 745 1,039
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.45%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £35.86
90th Percentile £67.38 £69.50 £55.77
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Electronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Electronics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK excluding London

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the UK excluding London 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
South East +48 134 £205 - 424
East of England +32 115 £375 -18.92% 250
South West -14 77 £625 +4.17% 166
Midlands +34 26 £525 -14.29% 200
North of England +36 22 £450 -10.09% 163
West Midlands +27 16 £518 -17.20% 127
Scotland - 16 £575 - 63
East Midlands +19 10 £575 +17.95% 73
North West +18 10 £713 +36.95% 93
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 5
Yorkshire +19 6 £450 +160.87% 53
North East - 6 - - 18
Wales +17 1 - - 43
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (1.51%) Confluence
2 5 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.25%) MTS
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.01%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) Simulink
6 1 (0.25%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (0.75%) ENOVIA
1 3 (0.75%) SAP PLM
1 3 (0.75%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.25%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.52%) Azure
2 13 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.01%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.50%) AWS
5 2 (0.50%) IaaS
5 2 (0.50%) PaaS
5 2 (0.50%) SaaS
6 1 (0.25%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.25%) Serverless
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (13.32%) Ethernet
2 37 (9.30%) RS-485
3 35 (8.79%) Modbus
3 35 (8.79%) RS-422
4 14 (3.52%) Wireless
5 7 (1.76%) 3G
5 7 (1.76%) 4G
5 7 (1.76%) Firewall
5 7 (1.76%) VPN
6 5 (1.26%) Internet
6 5 (1.26%) J1939
7 4 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (1.01%) FlexRay
7 4 (1.01%) HTTP
8 3 (0.75%) DNS
8 3 (0.75%) FTP
8 3 (0.75%) LAN
8 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.75%) WAN
9 2 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.26%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (1.51%) Ingres
3 4 (1.01%) Metadata
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
5 1 (0.25%) Power Query
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.03%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.27%) Rational Rhapsody
3 7 (1.76%) JIRA
4 4 (1.01%) CANoe
4 4 (1.01%) ERwin
5 3 (0.75%) Git
6 2 (0.50%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.25%) GitLab
7 1 (0.25%) GoCD
7 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.25%) MSI
7 1 (0.25%) NUnit
7 1 (0.25%) Postman
7 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (47.99%) Manufacturing
2 145 (36.43%) Marketing
3 143 (35.93%) Telecoms
4 141 (35.43%) Public Sector
5 140 (35.18%) Finance
6 96 (24.12%) Social Skills
7 46 (11.56%) Aerospace
8 29 (7.29%) Automotive
9 17 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.26%) Retail
13 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.75%) Military
14 3 (0.75%) Police
14 3 (0.75%) Wearables
15 2 (0.50%) Spanish Language
16 1 (0.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 77 (19.35%) Software Engineer
2 62 (15.58%) Architect
3 43 (10.80%) Designer
4 33 (8.29%) Digital Designer
4 33 (8.29%) FPGA Designer
4 33 (8.29%) Test Architect
4 33 (8.29%) VHDL Designer
5 31 (7.79%) Embedded Engineer
6 30 (7.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 26 (6.53%) C++ Software Engineer
8 25 (6.28%) Support Engineer
9 24 (6.03%) Project Manager
10 22 (5.53%) Consultant
11 18 (4.52%) Lead
12 16 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
12 16 (4.02%) Desktop Support
12 16 (4.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 15 (3.77%) Hardware Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.02%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.01%) CSS
2 3 (0.75%) DirectX
2 3 (0.75%) OpenGL
2 3 (0.75%) OpenGL ES
2 3 (0.75%) Vulkan
2 3 (0.75%) XML
3 2 (0.50%) .NET
3 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.50%) HTML
3 2 (0.50%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.50%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.25%) COM
4 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.25%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.25%) Playwright
4 1 (0.25%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.82%) Analogue Electronics
2 42 (10.55%) FPGA
3 38 (9.55%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (9.30%) VHDL
5 36 (9.05%) NHS
6 33 (8.29%) CPLD
7 18 (4.52%) Robotics
8 11 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.01%) LIMS
10 7 (1.76%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.26%) CAN bus
11 5 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.26%) IoT
11 5 (1.26%) PCIe
11 5 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.26%) Verilog
12 4 (1.01%) Infotainment
12 4 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.01%) Wiki
13 3 (0.75%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.04%) Windows
2 21 (5.28%) Linux
3 17 (4.27%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.51%) Android
5 5 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.26%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.01%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (35.18%) Business Intelligence
1 140 (35.18%) Digital Marketing
1 140 (35.18%) Programme Management
2 92 (23.12%) Software Engineering
3 73 (18.34%) Agile
4 55 (13.82%) Project Management
5 51 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (10.80%) DevOps
8 42 (10.55%) Customer Requirements
9 40 (10.05%) Software Testing
10 39 (9.80%) Continuous Integration
10 39 (9.80%) Schematic Capture
11 37 (9.30%) TDD
12 36 (9.05%) Unit Testing
13 35 (8.79%) Pair Programming
14 34 (8.54%) Test Strategy
15 31 (7.79%) Systems Engineering
16 24 (6.03%) Validation
17 23 (5.78%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (17.84%) C
2 49 (12.31%) C++
3 42 (10.55%) C#
4 18 (4.52%) Embedded C
5 17 (4.27%) Python
6 10 (2.51%) Ada
7 6 (1.51%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.51%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.26%) VBA
9 4 (1.01%) Java
10 3 (0.75%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.75%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.75%) SQL
11 2 (0.50%) Bash
11 2 (0.50%) GLSL
11 2 (0.50%) HLSL
11 2 (0.50%) Rust
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) Tcl
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 114 (28.64%) Security Cleared
2 96 (24.12%) SC Cleared
3 79 (19.85%) Degree
4 26 (6.53%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.26%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (1.26%) CISSP
7 5 (1.26%) HND
8 4 (1.01%) CLAS
9 3 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.75%) PhD
10 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.50%) CCNP
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.50%) MCSD
10 2 (0.50%) MCSE
10 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.01%) HL7
2 7 (1.76%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.76%) Def Stans
2 7 (1.76%) MISRA
2 7 (1.76%) SLA
3 6 (1.51%) NIST
4 5 (1.26%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.26%) JSP 440
4 5 (1.26%) QA
4 5 (1.26%) RMADS
5 4 (1.01%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.01%) PMO
6 3 (0.75%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.76%) Firmware
2 6 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (2.26%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.75%) Terraform
3 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.50%) Ansible
3 2 (0.50%) Nessus
3 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) AppManager
4 1 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
4 1 (0.25%) SCCM
4 1 (0.25%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 147 (36.93%) SAP
2 41 (10.30%) EMC
3 26 (6.53%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.27%) IBM
5 5 (1.26%) Cisco
5 5 (1.26%) Xilinx
6 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.01%) Computacenter
6 4 (1.01%) Intel
6 4 (1.01%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.01%) Sparx
6 4 (1.01%) VMware
7 3 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (0.75%) Dell
7 3 (0.75%) Keysight
7 3 (0.75%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.50%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.50%) Mentor Graphics
8 2 (0.50%) Pegasus
8 2 (0.50%) Veeam