Automotive Contracts in Wales

Automotive
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 43 59
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +19
Contract jobs citing Automotive 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.68% 0.25% 0.31%
As % of the General category 1.31% 0.56% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £625
UK median daily rate £469 £490 £478
% change year-on-year -4.24% +2.51% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £46.25 £39.00
% change year-on-year -29.73% +18.59% +13.04%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 153 178 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 52.22% 45.06% 47.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 98 216
10th Percentile £166 £143 £164
25th Percentile £262 £203 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £552 £550
90th Percentile £600 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 14
10th Percentile £15.40 £11.39 -
25th Percentile £20.00 £11.88 £10.92
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.68 £11.56
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +96.19% -51.33%
75th Percentile £41.25 £51.75 £29.84
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.40 £46.14
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Wales

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in Wales

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in Wales

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales +7 2 £650 - 16
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) OSCE