Self-Driving Car Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 118 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Self-Driving Car 0 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands - 0.14% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 -
England median daily rate - £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +9.83%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Self-Driving Car falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,129 630 791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.61% 29.05% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 368 506
10th Percentile £201 £180 £253
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £517 £498
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +3.82% +9.34%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £600
90th Percentile £639 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 24 56
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.14 £15.32
25th Percentile £18.05 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.76 £23.89 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +5.01% +28.75%
75th Percentile £27.00 £32.21 £38.56
90th Percentile £30.90 £55.18 £67.50
England median hourly rate £29.50 £38.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.51% +8.77% +46.38%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Self-Driving Car relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Self-Driving Car job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Self-Driving Car
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Driving Car.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Driving Car

Self-Driving Car
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Driving Car.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Driving Car