Automotive Contracts in the Midlands

Automotive
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 83 63 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +61
Contract jobs citing Automotive 28 71 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.46% 2.58% 3.31%
As % of the General category 2.35% 4.69% 5.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 37 77
10th Percentile £328 £308 £320
25th Percentile £387 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +10.53% -6.17%
75th Percentile £423 £625 £545
90th Percentile £479 £775 £607
England median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 32 2
10th Percentile £26.03 £16.25 £47.13
25th Percentile £28.18 £24.78 £48.44
Median hourly rate £33.91 £39.92 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -25.73% +86.96%
75th Percentile £38.56 £48.75 £60.94
90th Percentile £54.75 £58.75 £63.38
England median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% +15.38% +13.04%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -21 23 £410 -21.90% 157
East Midlands +1 4 £435 +6.75% 63
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Maya
1 5 (17.86%) NUKE
2 2 (7.14%) Simulink
3 1 (3.57%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP MM
1 2 (7.14%) SAP PP
1 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DHCP
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
1 1 (3.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Hive
1 1 (3.57%) Big Data
1 1 (3.57%) Hadoop
1 1 (3.57%) HBase
1 1 (3.57%) Impala
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Git
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Senior
3 2 (7.14%) Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) Developer
3 2 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Rig Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) SAP MM Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Communications Project Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Facilities Technician
4 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (3.57%) IT Support
4 1 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Scala Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Scrum Master
4 1 (3.57%) Software Design Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (10.71%) CSS
2 3 (10.71%) Django
3 2 (7.14%) EDI
3 2 (7.14%) IDoc
4 1 (3.57%) Laravel
4 1 (3.57%) REST
4 1 (3.57%) RESTful
4 1 (3.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Animation
1 5 (17.86%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (17.86%) IoT
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.14%) Infotainment
3 1 (3.57%) Life Science
3 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Agile
2 6 (21.43%) Business Transformation
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (17.86%) CAFM
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
3 5 (17.86%) Energy Management
3 5 (17.86%) Facilities Management
3 5 (17.86%) Informatics
3 5 (17.86%) Process Management
4 3 (10.71%) Project Management
4 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
5 2 (7.14%) Line Management
5 2 (7.14%) Logistics
5 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.14%) Storytelling
5 2 (7.14%) Test Strategy
5 2 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) SQL
3 4 (14.29%) C++
3 4 (14.29%) Java
4 3 (10.71%) Tcl
5 2 (7.14%) MATLAB
6 1 (3.57%) C
6 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.57%) PHP
6 1 (3.57%) Scala
6 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 2 (7.14%) COSHH
1 2 (7.14%) ISO 14001
2 1 (3.57%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.57%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware
1 1 (3.57%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Hitachi
2 1 (3.57%) VMware