Mechatronics Contracts

Mechatronics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Mechatronics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mechatronics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 687 858
Rank change year-on-year +110 +171 -155
Contract jobs citing Mechatronics 2 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.012% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.014% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £555 -
25th Percentile - £563 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £638 £475
90th Percentile - £645 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - -
Median hourly rate £31.25 - -
75th Percentile £31.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mechatronics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mechatronics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mechatronics in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mechatronics in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mechatronics in the UK

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Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +51 2 - - 146
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) HND
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC