Automotive Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Automotive
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 32 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Automotive 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 1.31% 2.21% 1.50%
As % of the General category 1.71% 3.41% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £275 £429
25th Percentile - £280 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £291 £463
Median % change year-on-year +89.00% -37.08% -7.50%
75th Percentile £587 £304 £484
90th Percentile £653 £311 £486
East Midlands median daily rate £600 £310 £475
% change year-on-year +93.55% -34.74% -5.00%

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 234 176 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 76.47% 64.94% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 124 71
10th Percentile £306 £307 £263
25th Percentile £354 £357 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £423 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% -13.60% +5.16%
75th Percentile £456 £513 £567
90th Percentile £537 £599 £633
East Midlands median daily rate £403 £449 £500
% change year-on-year -10.33% -10.20% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - £26.42 £34.05
25th Percentile - £31.39 £46.63
Median hourly rate £21.39 £40.85 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.64% -19.90% +47.48%
75th Percentile - £50.39 £51.50
90th Percentile - £55.41 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £17.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +21.12% -35.78% +50.68%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Automotive job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Daventry +4 2 £623 - 4
Northampton -13 2 £550 +89.00% 3
Automotive
East Midlands

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) Robotics
2 2 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Logistics
1 4 (100.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP