Motion Control Contract Job Trends in the North East

Motion Control
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Motion Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Motion Control 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Motion Control 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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 302 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 84.49% 89.35% 82.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 169 138
10th Percentile £172 £305 £187
25th Percentile £363 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £528 £588 £580
90th Percentile £588 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 44
10th Percentile £17.88 £14.50 £11.50
25th Percentile £44.50 £15.13 £12.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £16.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% +4.90% -56.00%
75th Percentile £68.96 £36.34 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £46.18 £50.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Motion Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Motion Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Motion Control job vacancy trend in the North East

Motion Control
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Motion Control within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
Durham - 1 - - 1
Motion Control
England

Motion Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WinCC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens