Electronics Contracts

Electronics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Electronics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 289 359
Rank change year-on-year +107 +70 -61
Contract jobs citing Electronics 552 503 647
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 0.90% 0.74%
As % of the General category 2.23% 1.53% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 312 490
10th Percentile £205 £205 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +2.44%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £650
90th Percentile £825 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.71% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 65 48
10th Percentile £40.00 £34.75 £27.85
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £58.50 £57.50 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +8.64% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £58.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +25.00%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in the UK

Electronics
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +83 507 £550 - 1,237
UK excluding London +70 401 £534 +1.71% 1,144
South East +49 141 £475 +131.71% 372
Work from Home +37 124 £500 -2.91% 324
East of England +23 116 £413 -17.50% 220
London +74 111 £650 +18.18% 135
South West -14 75 £625 +3.09% 165
Midlands +30 24 £518 -12.66% 191
Scotland +55 19 £575 - 65
North of England +27 17 £450 -13.50% 150
West Midlands +18 17 £518 -15.51% 129
East Midlands +15 7 - - 62
Yorkshire +23 6 £450 +160.87% 48
North East - 6 - - 15
North West +14 5 £479 -11.34% 89
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 8
Wales +20 4 £550 +46.67% 38

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.91%) Confluence
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.36%) CMS
3 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.18%) MTS
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.09%) CANalyzer
5 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) Simulink
7 1 (0.18%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 9 (1.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.54%) ENOVIA
2 3 (0.54%) SAP PLM
2 3 (0.54%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (8.15%) Azure
2 27 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.90%) AWS
3 16 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (2.72%) Power Platform
5 11 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (1.81%) PaaS
7 6 (1.09%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.91%) IaaS
9 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (0.54%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.54%) GCP
10 3 (0.54%) SaaS
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.36%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.36%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.87%) Ethernet
2 36 (6.52%) RS-485
3 34 (6.16%) Modbus
3 34 (6.16%) RS-422
4 13 (2.36%) Wireless
5 9 (1.63%) 4G
5 9 (1.63%) Firewall
6 8 (1.45%) 3G
7 7 (1.27%) FTP
7 7 (1.27%) VPN
8 6 (1.09%) FlexRay
8 6 (1.09%) HTTP
9 5 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (0.91%) Internet
9 5 (0.91%) J1939
9 5 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.72%) LAN
10 4 (0.72%) Network Security
11 3 (0.54%) SSL
11 3 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.71%) Metadata
2 21 (3.80%) Data Vault
2 21 (3.80%) NoSQL
3 15 (2.72%) Metadata Repository
4 12 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.63%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (1.45%) Power BI
7 7 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.09%) Ingres
8 6 (1.09%) Pentaho
8 6 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (1.09%) QlikView
8 6 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.91%) GIS
10 4 (0.72%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
12 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.18%) Power Query
12 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.80%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (2.36%) Rational Rhapsody
3 7 (1.27%) Git
4 6 (1.09%) CANoe
4 6 (1.09%) JIRA
5 5 (0.91%) ERwin
6 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.54%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.54%) NUnit
7 3 (0.54%) Postman
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.36%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.36%) MSI
8 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.18%) JUnit
General
1 321 (58.15%) Manufacturing
2 273 (49.46%) Marketing
3 269 (48.73%) Telecoms
4 268 (48.55%) Public Sector
5 267 (48.37%) Finance
6 123 (22.28%) Social Skills
7 44 (7.97%) Aerospace
8 31 (5.62%) Automotive
9 24 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Retail
12 7 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.27%) Publishing
13 6 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.91%) Military
15 4 (0.72%) Legal
15 4 (0.72%) Wearables
16 3 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 95 (17.21%) Architect
2 81 (14.67%) Software Engineer
3 43 (7.79%) Designer
4 38 (6.88%) Project Manager
5 35 (6.34%) Test Architect
6 33 (5.98%) Digital Designer
6 33 (5.98%) Embedded Engineer
6 33 (5.98%) FPGA Designer
6 33 (5.98%) VHDL Designer
7 30 (5.43%) Consultant
7 30 (5.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 29 (5.25%) Lead
9 27 (4.89%) Data Architect
10 26 (4.71%) Support Engineer
11 25 (4.53%) C++ Software Engineer
12 21 (3.80%) Senior
13 16 (2.90%) Chief Architect
13 16 (2.90%) Chief Data Architect
14 15 (2.72%) Hardware Engineer
15 14 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.45%) .NET
2 5 (0.91%) AngularJS
2 5 (0.91%) LDAP
2 5 (0.91%) PyTorch
2 5 (0.91%) RESTful
3 4 (0.72%) DirectX
3 4 (0.72%) http4s
3 4 (0.72%) JWT
3 4 (0.72%) Lambda Expressions
3 4 (0.72%) OpenGL
3 4 (0.72%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (0.72%) Vulkan
4 3 (0.54%) CSS
4 3 (0.54%) GraphQL
4 3 (0.54%) HTML
4 3 (0.54%) Hugging Face
4 3 (0.54%) LangChain
4 3 (0.54%) Playwright
4 3 (0.54%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.69%) Analogue Electronics
2 44 (7.97%) FPGA
3 38 (6.88%) VHDL
4 37 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (6.16%) NHS
6 33 (5.98%) CPLD
7 21 (3.80%) Reference Data
8 20 (3.62%) Robotics
9 19 (3.44%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.45%) LIMS
10 8 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.45%) PCIe
11 7 (1.27%) Device Driver
11 7 (1.27%) Verilog
12 6 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.09%) Infotainment
12 6 (1.09%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.09%) Replication
13 5 (0.91%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.70%) Windows
2 36 (6.52%) Linux
3 16 (2.90%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.27%) Android
5 5 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.91%) Unix
5 5 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.72%) VxWorks
6 4 (0.72%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (48.19%) Programme Management
2 265 (48.01%) Business Intelligence
2 265 (48.01%) Digital Marketing
3 98 (17.75%) Agile
4 94 (17.03%) Software Engineering
5 80 (14.49%) Project Management
6 63 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 55 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (9.78%) DevOps
9 45 (8.15%) Customer Requirements
10 41 (7.43%) Software Testing
11 39 (7.07%) Schematic Capture
11 39 (7.07%) TDD
12 38 (6.88%) Continuous Integration
12 38 (6.88%) Test Strategy
13 36 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (6.52%) Unit Testing
14 34 (6.16%) Pair Programming
14 34 (6.16%) UML
15 29 (5.25%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.86%) C
2 48 (8.70%) C++
3 47 (8.51%) C#
4 34 (6.16%) Python
5 22 (3.99%) SQL
6 19 (3.44%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.26%) Embedded C
8 11 (1.99%) Java
9 10 (1.81%) Ada
10 8 (1.45%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.27%) VBA
12 5 (0.91%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.72%) Scala
14 3 (0.54%) Bash
14 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.54%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 167 (30.25%) Security Cleared
2 123 (22.28%) SC Cleared
3 94 (17.03%) Degree
4 50 (9.06%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.45%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.09%) CISSP
8 5 (0.91%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (0.91%) HND
8 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.91%) PMP
9 4 (0.72%) CLAS
9 4 (0.72%) PhD
9 4 (0.72%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.54%) APMG
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.36%) PMO
2 12 (2.17%) QA
3 9 (1.63%) SLA
4 8 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.45%) HL7
5 7 (1.27%) Def Stans
5 7 (1.27%) MISRA
6 5 (0.91%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (0.91%) GDPR
6 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.91%) JSP 440
6 5 (0.91%) NIST
6 5 (0.91%) RMADS
7 4 (0.72%) MISRA C
8 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.54%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.18%) DO-254
9 1 (0.18%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.18%) JTAG
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (2.90%) Firmware
2 13 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.91%) Docker
4 5 (0.91%) NFS
4 5 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.72%) HDFS
6 3 (0.54%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.99%) Functional Safety
2 7 (1.27%) Terraform
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.72%) Puppet
3 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.54%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.36%) Nessus
5 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) AppManager
6 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) vRealize
6 1 (0.18%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.18%) VxRail
6 1 (0.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 271 (49.09%) SAP
2 58 (10.51%) Microsoft
3 41 (7.43%) EMC
4 14 (2.54%) Sparx
5 13 (2.36%) IBM
6 9 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.45%) Cisco
7 8 (1.45%) Dell
7 8 (1.45%) Oracle
8 7 (1.27%) Google
9 6 (1.09%) Informatica
9 6 (1.09%) VMware
9 6 (1.09%) Xilinx
10 4 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.72%) Computacenter
10 4 (0.72%) ESRI
10 4 (0.72%) Intel
10 4 (0.72%) Isilon
10 4 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.72%) Roku