Automotive Contract Job Trends in Chippenham

Automotive
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Chippenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Automotive 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chippenham 3.85% - -
As % of the General category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £30.50 - -

All General Skills
Chippenham

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 general skills in Chippenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham 19.23% 86.67% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £518 £426
25th Percentile - £523 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £583
Median % change year-on-year - -1.29% +6.01%
75th Percentile - £650 £725
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.27 £60.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -62.89% +263.64% -76.24%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham.

Automotive job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Chippenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Automotive

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft