Automotive Contract Job Trends in Bath

Automotive
Somerset > Bath

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Bath. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Automotive 4 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 5.56% - 14.29%
As % of the General category 10.26% - 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £391 - £510
25th Percentile £412 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.37%
75th Percentile £449 - £550
90th Percentile £449 - £575
Somerset median daily rate £447 £375 £538
% change year-on-year +19.20% -30.30% -0.37%

All General Skills
Bath

Automotive 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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 39 32 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 54.17% 50.79% 41.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 23
10th Percentile £214 £210 £323
25th Percentile £381 £263 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £288 £538
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -46.56% +24.75%
75th Percentile £675 £481 £563
90th Percentile - £639 £602
Somerset median daily rate £481 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.23% +1.03%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Bath

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Automotive

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SPARK Ada Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance