Automotive Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Automotive
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Automotive 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% - 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.19% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £368
25th Percentile £513 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £538 - £425
90th Percentile - - £433
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,048 1,141 1,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 66.41% 66.53% 67.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 674 999
10th Percentile £200 £181 £200
25th Percentile £360 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £602 £629 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 33 44
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.85 £12.13
25th Percentile £15.83 £15.75 £15.42
Median hourly rate £19.23 £20.94 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% +9.18% +13.26%
75th Percentile £26.21 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £55.42 £33.28 £62.20
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -12.73% -13.28% +26.84%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Scotland

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Edinburgh - 1 - - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £525 - 1
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (50.00%) Production Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hitachi
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP