Electronics Contracts in England

Electronics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Electronics over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 259 327
Rank change year-on-year +86 +68 -59
Contract jobs citing Electronics 526 476 591
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.01% 0.84%
As % of the General category 2.45% 1.71% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 306 453
10th Percentile £205 £205 £330
25th Percentile £390 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% +4.76% +4.48%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £649
90th Percentile £825 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 61 47
10th Percentile £42.50 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.68% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £58.38
90th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +6.98% +20.79%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Electronics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Electronics in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Electronics in England

Electronics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Electronics in England

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Electronics in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Electronics in England

Electronics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +53 150 £414 +101.83% 337
East of England +29 120 £450 -6.49% 200
London +67 113 £650 +18.18% 104
South West -19 76 £625 +4.17% 160
Midlands +29 28 £490 -18.33% 176
West Midlands +25 20 £490 -20.00% 111
North of England +20 16 £450 -16.67% 157
East Midlands +12 8 - - 65
Yorkshire +19 6 £450 +160.87% 43
North East - 6 - - 13
North West +7 4 £258 -56.72% 102
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.76%) Confluence
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.19%) MTS
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.33%) CANalyzer
3 7 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.38%) Simulink
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.57%) ENOVIA
2 3 (0.57%) SAP PLM
2 3 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.19%) iTrent
3 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (8.37%) Azure
2 27 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.85%) Power Platform
4 14 (2.66%) AWS
5 13 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (1.71%) PaaS
7 7 (1.33%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (0.95%) Azure AI
8 5 (0.95%) IaaS
9 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.57%) GCP
10 3 (0.57%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.57%) SaaS
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.38%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.38%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 62 (11.79%) Ethernet
2 36 (6.84%) RS-485
3 33 (6.27%) Modbus
3 33 (6.27%) RS-422
4 12 (2.28%) Wireless
5 8 (1.52%) 3G
5 8 (1.52%) 4G
5 8 (1.52%) Firewall
6 7 (1.33%) FlexRay
6 7 (1.33%) VPN
7 6 (1.14%) FTP
8 5 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.95%) J1939
9 4 (0.76%) HTTP
9 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.57%) LAN
10 3 (0.57%) Network Security
10 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
10 3 (0.57%) SSL
11 2 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.56%) Metadata
2 21 (3.99%) Data Vault
2 21 (3.99%) NoSQL
3 15 (2.85%) Metadata Repository
4 12 (2.28%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.52%) Power BI
7 6 (1.14%) Ingres
7 6 (1.14%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.14%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (1.14%) QlikView
7 6 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.95%) GIS
9 4 (0.76%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.57%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.19%) Power Query
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.99%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (2.47%) Rational Rhapsody
3 8 (1.52%) Git
4 7 (1.33%) CANoe
5 5 (0.95%) JIRA
6 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.57%) ERwin
7 3 (0.57%) MSI
7 3 (0.57%) NUnit
7 3 (0.57%) Postman
7 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) JUnit
9 1 (0.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 314 (59.70%) Manufacturing
2 270 (51.33%) Marketing
3 261 (49.62%) Public Sector
3 261 (49.62%) Telecoms
4 259 (49.24%) Finance
5 125 (23.76%) Social Skills
6 44 (8.37%) Aerospace
7 32 (6.08%) Automotive
8 27 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.52%) Retail
12 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.33%) Publishing
13 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.14%) Wearables
14 5 (0.95%) Military
15 4 (0.76%) Legal
16 3 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 97 (18.44%) Architect
2 70 (13.31%) Software Engineer
3 43 (8.17%) Designer
4 40 (7.60%) Project Manager
5 35 (6.65%) Test Architect
6 33 (6.27%) Digital Designer
6 33 (6.27%) FPGA Designer
6 33 (6.27%) VHDL Designer
7 30 (5.70%) Consultant
8 25 (4.75%) Data Architect
8 25 (4.75%) Embedded Engineer
9 24 (4.56%) C++ Software Engineer
9 24 (4.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 23 (4.37%) Lead
11 22 (4.18%) Support Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Senior
13 16 (3.04%) Chief Architect
13 16 (3.04%) Chief Data Architect
14 15 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.66%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.33%) .NET
2 5 (0.95%) AngularJS
2 5 (0.95%) LDAP
3 4 (0.76%) DirectX
3 4 (0.76%) OpenGL
3 4 (0.76%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (0.76%) PyTorch
3 4 (0.76%) Vulkan
4 3 (0.57%) CSS
4 3 (0.57%) GraphQL
4 3 (0.57%) HTML
4 3 (0.57%) Playwright
4 3 (0.57%) REST
4 3 (0.57%) RESTful
4 3 (0.57%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.38%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.38%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.38%) LangChain
5 2 (0.38%) Middleware
5 2 (0.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.60%) Analogue Electronics
2 44 (8.37%) FPGA
3 35 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.46%) VHDL
5 33 (6.27%) CPLD
5 33 (6.27%) NHS
6 21 (3.99%) Reference Data
7 20 (3.80%) Robotics
8 15 (2.85%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.52%) LIMS
9 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.33%) Infotainment
11 6 (1.14%) Augmented Reality
11 6 (1.14%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.14%) Replication
12 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.95%) CAN bus
12 5 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.95%) PCIe
12 5 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.70%) Windows
2 29 (5.51%) Linux
3 15 (2.85%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.90%) Android
5 5 (0.95%) Unix
5 5 (0.95%) Windows 7
5 5 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (49.24%) Digital Marketing
1 259 (49.24%) Programme Management
2 258 (49.05%) Business Intelligence
3 88 (16.73%) Agile
4 83 (15.78%) Software Engineering
5 77 (14.64%) Project Management
6 67 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (8.94%) DevOps
8 46 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (8.56%) Customer Requirements
10 40 (7.60%) Test Strategy
11 38 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (7.22%) TDD
12 37 (7.03%) Schematic Capture
13 35 (6.65%) Software Testing
13 35 (6.65%) Unit Testing
14 34 (6.46%) UML
15 33 (6.27%) Continuous Integration
15 33 (6.27%) Pair Programming
16 31 (5.89%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 65 (12.36%) C
2 46 (8.75%) C#
2 46 (8.75%) C++
3 36 (6.84%) Python
4 21 (3.99%) PowerShell
5 20 (3.80%) SQL
6 14 (2.66%) Embedded C
7 10 (1.90%) Ada
8 8 (1.52%) VBA
9 7 (1.33%) Java
9 7 (1.33%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.95%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.76%) Bash
11 4 (0.76%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.57%) Rust
12 3 (0.57%) Tcl
12 3 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 170 (32.32%) Security Cleared
2 121 (23.00%) SC Cleared
3 94 (17.87%) Degree
4 53 (10.08%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.14%) PhD
8 5 (0.95%) PMP
9 4 (0.76%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (0.76%) CISSP
9 4 (0.76%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.57%) APMG
10 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.57%) CLAS
10 3 (0.57%) HND
10 3 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.38%) CIMA
11 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.04%) PMO
2 10 (1.90%) SLA
3 8 (1.52%) HL7
4 7 (1.33%) Def Stans
5 6 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.14%) QA
6 5 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
7 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.76%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.76%) NIST
7 4 (0.76%) RMADS
8 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.57%) DO-178B
8 3 (0.57%) GDPR
8 3 (0.57%) MISRA
9 2 (0.38%) JTAG
10 1 (0.19%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.52%) Firmware
3 7 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.14%) Docker
5 5 (0.95%) NFS
6 4 (0.76%) HDFS
6 4 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.28%) Functional Safety
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.76%) Puppet
4 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.57%) SCCM
4 3 (0.57%) Terraform
5 2 (0.38%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Nessus
5 2 (0.38%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.38%) vRealize
5 2 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (0.38%) WMI
6 1 (0.19%) AppManager
6 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 264 (50.19%) SAP
2 63 (11.98%) Microsoft
3 39 (7.41%) EMC
4 13 (2.47%) IBM
5 12 (2.28%) Sparx
6 11 (2.09%) VMware
7 9 (1.71%) Oracle
7 9 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.33%) Cisco
8 7 (1.33%) Dell
9 6 (1.14%) Informatica
9 6 (1.14%) Xilinx
10 4 (0.76%) Apple
10 4 (0.76%) CA
10 4 (0.76%) Computacenter
10 4 (0.76%) ESRI
10 4 (0.76%) Isilon
10 4 (0.76%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.57%) Keysight
11 3 (0.57%) Samsung