Mechatronics Contracts in England

Mechatronics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Mechatronics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mechatronics over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 526 606
Rank change year-on-year +25 +80 +175
Contract jobs citing Mechatronics 6 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.006% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.007% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £283 - £558
25th Percentile £313 £600 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £601 £600
Median % change year-on-year -37.55% +0.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £469 £601 £631
90th Percentile £518 - £643
UK median daily rate £375 £601 £600
% change year-on-year -37.55% +0.08% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £79.00
UK median hourly rate - £31.25 £79.00
% change year-on-year - -60.44% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Mechatronics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,147 28,565 39,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.82% 85.88% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,019 18,593 27,682
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £629 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,436 1,644 1,361
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.35 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%
75th Percentile £50.13 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year -39.40% -0.72% +57.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Mechatronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Mechatronics in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mechatronics in England.

Daily rate trend for Mechatronics in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mechatronics in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mechatronics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Mechatronics in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
North of England - 3 £325 - 12
North East - 3 £325 - 2
London +13 1 - - 16
South East - 1 £500 - 17
Mechatronics
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Robotics
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Arduino
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Motion Control
3 1 (16.67%) People Management
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) DO-254
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP