Automotive Contracts in Cheshire

Automotive
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 56 61
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing Automotive 30 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.68% 0.40% 0.38%
As % of the General category 9.58% 0.64% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £405 £563 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £210
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% +173.81% -71.03%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £220
90th Percentile £651 - -
North West median daily rate £563 £588 £619
% change year-on-year -4.26% -5.05% +33.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £27.94 - -
25th Percentile £30.07 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £34.81 - -
90th Percentile £36.73 - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.91% - -

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 313 313 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.71% 62.10% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 200 205
10th Percentile £325 £276 £219
25th Percentile £388 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £566
90th Percentile £688 £627 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 19
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.57 £14.65
25th Percentile £27.20 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.25 £33.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £36.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Cheshire

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in Cheshire

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in Cheshire

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in Cheshire

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Crewe +8 23 £410 -28.70% 9
Automotive
North West

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (13.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
1 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.33%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Retail
4 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Change Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Data Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Development Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Integration Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Project Planner
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (16.67%) e-Learning
2 5 (16.67%) Podcast
2 5 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Project Management
2 11 (36.67%) Agile
2 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 9 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (26.67%) Roadmaps
6 7 (23.33%) Agile Project Management
7 6 (20.00%) Analytics
7 6 (20.00%) API Integration
7 6 (20.00%) Coaching
7 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (20.00%) Lean Manufacturing
7 6 (20.00%) Operations Management
7 6 (20.00%) PLM
7 6 (20.00%) Presales
7 6 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
7 6 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
7 6 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (13.33%) IIBA
4 4 (13.33%) ISEB
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) GDPR
2 4 (13.33%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Rockwell
1 6 (20.00%) SAP
1 6 (20.00%) Siemens
2 2 (6.67%) Adobe
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft