Automotive Contract Job Trends in Derby

Automotive
Derbyshire > Derby

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Automotive 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 2.42% 0.89% -
As % of the General category 4.35% 1.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £640 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £660 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £650 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All General Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 69 58 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 55.65% 51.79% 48.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 36
10th Percentile £165 £208 £144
25th Percentile £288 £322 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £531 £631
90th Percentile £688 £680 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £419 £450 £401
% change year-on-year -6.94% +12.36% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile £15.61 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £26.00 - £15.75
90th Percentile £35.55 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.27 £17.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +30.97% +9.68% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Derby

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Automotive

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Back Office
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Procurement Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP