Automotive Contracts in the Midlands

Automotive
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 66 125
Rank change year-on-year -3 +59 +12
Contract jobs citing Automotive 71 112 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.60% 3.26% 1.66%
As % of the General category 4.74% 5.83% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 75 64
10th Percentile £308 £318 £400
25th Percentile £400 £359 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £506
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -8.64% +68.75%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £550
90th Percentile £775 £600 £788
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 3
10th Percentile £16.25 £47.13 £23.45
25th Percentile £24.78 £48.44 £24.50
Median hourly rate £39.92 £53.75 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.73% +102.83% -41.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £29.13
90th Percentile £58.75 £63.38 £30.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £39.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -23.33%

All General Skills
Midlands

Automotive 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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,497 1,920 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.88% 55.81% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,356 2,054
10th Percentile £206 £214 £220
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +3.23% +16.25%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £684 £653
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 82 105
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.41 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +15.31% +10.63%
75th Percentile £38.13 £32.19 £24.50
90th Percentile £53.80 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands +9 58 £525 +2.44% 291
East Midlands +2 13 £408 +16.43% 82
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Simulink
2 5 (7.04%) Stateflow
2 5 (7.04%) TargetLink
3 4 (5.63%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (2.82%) Maya
5 2 (2.82%) NUKE
5 2 (2.82%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.63%) OneDrive
2 4 (5.63%) Power Automate
3 3 (4.23%) GCP
3 3 (4.23%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.82%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.41%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Intranet
2 1 (1.41%) LAN
2 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.23%) BigQuery
2 3 (4.23%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.82%) Data Vault
3 2 (2.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Bitbucket
1 5 (7.04%) Git
1 5 (7.04%) Subversion
2 4 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 19 (26.76%) Manufacturing
2 11 (15.49%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Aerospace
3 7 (9.86%) Electronics
3 7 (9.86%) Retail
4 4 (5.63%) Finance
5 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Games
5 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Marketing
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (9.86%) Lead
1 7 (9.86%) Programmer
1 7 (9.86%) Project Manager
2 6 (8.45%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Architect
3 5 (7.04%) Control Systems Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (7.04%) Technical Leader
4 4 (5.63%) Analyst
4 4 (5.63%) Author
4 4 (5.63%) IT Manager
4 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365 Expert
4 4 (5.63%) Product Manager
4 4 (5.63%) Subject Matter Expert
4 4 (5.63%) Technical Author
5 3 (4.23%) Administrator
5 3 (4.23%) Data Architect
5 3 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (4.23%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Middleware
1 2 (2.82%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (2.82%) V-Ray
2 1 (1.41%) Java EE
2 1 (1.41%) SAML
2 1 (1.41%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.04%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.63%) Infotainment
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Agile
2 11 (15.49%) Software Engineering
2 11 (15.49%) Validation
3 10 (14.08%) Quality Management
4 9 (12.68%) Project Management
5 6 (8.45%) Data Integration
5 6 (8.45%) Product Strategy
6 5 (7.04%) Black-Box Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.04%) Data Governance
6 5 (7.04%) Functional Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 5 (7.04%) Integration Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 5 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.04%) QMS
6 5 (7.04%) Software Audit
6 5 (7.04%) Software Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Verification and Validation
6 5 (7.04%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) C
1 7 (9.86%) MATLAB
2 4 (5.63%) SQL
3 2 (2.82%) C++
3 2 (2.82%) Embedded C
3 2 (2.82%) Embedded C++
3 2 (2.82%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (16.90%) Degree
2 5 (7.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) Data Quality
2 7 (9.86%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (7.04%) ISO 26262
3 5 (7.04%) MISRA
3 5 (7.04%) MISRA C
4 2 (2.82%) PMO
4 2 (2.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Informatica
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.63%) SAP
4 1 (1.41%) Cisco
4 1 (1.41%) NetApp
4 1 (1.41%) Workday