Automotive Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Automotive
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Automotive 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.28% - -
As % of the General category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £429 £500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -14.20% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.91 - -
Median hourly rate £37.46 - -
75th Percentile £40.02 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £37.46 £33.54 £41.50
% change year-on-year +11.69% -19.18% +29.69%

All General Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 55 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 55.15% 49.11% 46.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 39 12
10th Percentile £381 £210 £264
25th Percentile £425 £310 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £463 £363
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +27.59% -32.87%
75th Percentile £534 £530 £459
90th Percentile £552 £568 £494
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £12.75 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.97% - -
75th Percentile £19.66 - -
90th Percentile £31.87 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.51 £23.82 £18.25
% change year-on-year -5.52% +30.52% +3.58%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Shrewsbury - 1 - -
Automotive
West Midlands

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree