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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 70 76
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +35
Contract jobs citing Automotive 62 65 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.47% 2.45% 2.58%
As % of the General category 3.96% 4.48% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 49 44
10th Percentile £220 £313 £324
25th Percentile £248 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% -12.82% -2.50%
75th Percentile £475 £540 £550
90th Percentile £500 £550 £612
England median daily rate £456 £442 £475
% change year-on-year +3.34% -7.05% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 6
10th Percentile £28.21 £26.73 £33.38
25th Percentile £33.91 £30.75 £40.75
Median hourly rate £38.96 £39.92 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% -4.95% +58.49%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - £58.75 £56.88
England median hourly rate £35.60 £46.18 £39.00
% change year-on-year -22.91% +18.41% +18.18%

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 1,567 1,450 1,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.33% 54.57% 51.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 980 1,090
10th Percentile £214 £240 £228
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £613 £613
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £512 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.83% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 104 74
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £14.65 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £24.80
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -21.01% +28.83%
75th Percentile £35.60 £34.20 £47.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

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 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
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

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
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 14 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
West Midlands -9 53 £363 -9.38% 129
East Midlands -1 8 £700 +104.38% 48
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 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Maya
2 13 (20.97%) NUKE
3 6 (9.68%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (3.23%) Simulink
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.23%) SAP MM
2 2 (3.23%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.61%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.61%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.23%) Figma
2 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
2 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.61%) Azure
3 1 (1.61%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) DHCP
1 1 (1.61%) DNS
1 1 (1.61%) Firewall
1 1 (1.61%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.61%) VPN
1 1 (1.61%) WAN
1 1 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Tableau
2 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.61%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.61%) Big Data
3 1 (1.61%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.61%) HBase
3 1 (1.61%) Impala
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 28 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.65%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (27.42%) Games
4 11 (17.74%) Aerospace
5 10 (16.13%) Manufacturing
6 6 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Finance
8 3 (4.84%) Legal
8 3 (4.84%) Marketing
8 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Law
9 2 (3.23%) Military
9 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (20.97%) Senior
2 10 (16.13%) Lead
3 5 (8.06%) Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Consultant
3 5 (8.06%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (6.45%) Architect
4 4 (6.45%) Data Analyst
4 4 (6.45%) Developer
4 4 (6.45%) Software Architect
5 3 (4.84%) Lead Developer
5 3 (4.84%) Mainframe Developer
5 3 (4.84%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Designer
6 2 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) SAP MM Consultant
6 2 (3.23%) SAP PP Consultant
6 2 (3.23%) SCCM Engineer
6 2 (3.23%) Scrum Master
6 2 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (27.42%) CSS
1 17 (27.42%) Django
1 17 (27.42%) HTML
2 6 (9.68%) Unreal Engine
2 6 (9.68%) V-Ray
3 2 (3.23%) EDI
3 2 (3.23%) IDoc
3 2 (3.23%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.65%) Animation
2 6 (9.68%) Virtual Reality
3 4 (6.45%) Infotainment
4 3 (4.84%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Replication
5 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.61%) Life Science
6 1 (1.61%) PMI
6 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Analytical Thinking
2 8 (12.90%) Visualisation
3 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (8.06%) Logistics
4 5 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
4 5 (8.06%) Programme Management
4 5 (8.06%) User Experience
4 5 (8.06%) UX Design
5 4 (6.45%) ITIL
5 4 (6.45%) UML
6 3 (4.84%) Agile
6 3 (4.84%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (4.84%) Chemistry
6 3 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (4.84%) Migration
6 3 (4.84%) Project Management
6 3 (4.84%) Project Planning
6 3 (4.84%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (4.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.65%) SQL
2 18 (29.03%) Java
3 17 (27.42%) C++
4 15 (24.19%) Python
5 11 (17.74%) Tcl
6 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.23%) VBA
6 2 (3.23%) VBScript
7 1 (1.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.61%) PMP
3 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.23%) COSHH
2 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.23%) GDPR
2 2 (3.23%) ISO 14001
2 2 (3.23%) PERC
2 2 (3.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.61%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (1.61%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.61%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) SAP
3 8 (12.90%) Adobe
4 6 (9.68%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.61%) Apple
5 1 (1.61%) Aruba
5 1 (1.61%) Dell
5 1 (1.61%) Hitachi
5 1 (1.61%) HP
5 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto