The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Northamptonshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 29 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Automotive 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.397% - 0.361%
As % of the General category 0.735% - 0.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
136 246 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 53.97% 58.85% 55.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 178 112
Average daily rate £425 £400 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +4.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £270 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £16.31
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -8.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Automotive
East Midlands

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Automotive across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Northamptonshire Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automotive across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Automotive also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Automotive.

1 3 (60.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (60.00%) Simulink
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) QNX
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Automotive also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (40.00%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) QNX
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Qualifications - Automotive City & Guilds - ONC/HNC in Mechanical Engineering Skills and Experience An understanding of base engine operation and a working knowledge of engine management systems is required.
Experis Engineering
Rate: £17 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013