Automotive Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Automotive
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 33 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing Automotive 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.07% 0.50% 5.15%
As % of the General category 4.12% 0.86% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £391 - £510
25th Percentile £412 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -30.30% -2.62%
75th Percentile £449 - £550
90th Percentile £449 - £575
South West median daily rate £447 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +11.75% -11.11% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
South West median hourly rate - £67.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +35.00% -17.36%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 97 116 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 50.26% 58.29% 51.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 68 73
10th Percentile £187 £210 £186
25th Percentile £291 £281 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £541 £538
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% +0.56% -0.37%
75th Percentile £675 £606 £650
90th Percentile - £688 £712
South West median daily rate £495 £504 £550
% change year-on-year -1.74% -8.41% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 14
10th Percentile - £15.00 £32.38
25th Percentile - £18.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £14.42 £25.00 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -42.32% -45.76% -14.65%
75th Percentile - £43.13 £55.47
90th Percentile - £54.00 -
South West median hourly rate £23.50 £65.00 £54.33
% change year-on-year -63.85% +19.63% +3.31%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Somerset

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Bath - 4 £447 - 1
Automotive
South West

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SPARK Ada Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance