Automotive Contracts in the West Midlands

Automotive
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 64 126
Rank change year-on-year +13 +62 -10
Contract jobs citing Automotive 59 67 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.12% 2.95% 1.57%
As % of the General category 5.51% 5.13% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 41
10th Percentile £310 £411 £363
25th Percentile £379 £456 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +2.44% +48.55%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £638
90th Percentile £749 £663 £788
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 2
10th Percentile £17.35 £41.85 £26.68
25th Percentile £28.42 £43.50 £27.31
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +65.22% -28.13%
75th Percentile £48.75 £56.88 £30.31
90th Percentile £58.75 £61.75 £31.03
England median hourly rate £47.50 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +23.38% -9.41% -5.56%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,070 1,305 2,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.58% 57.51% 56.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 921 1,526
10th Percentile £263 £235 £250
25th Percentile £388 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +12.94%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 44 47
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.93 £12.50 £12.90
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.84 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +26.29% +3.13%
75th Percentile £37.81 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.50 £54.88 £20.90
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year -5.75% +46.91% -0.99%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire -8 22 £400 -22.89% 64
Coventry +22 11 £550 +19.44% 61
Birmingham +10 5 - - 53
Worcestershire +11 3 - - 16
Staffordshire +10 3 £400 - 16
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.17%) CANalyzer
2 5 (8.47%) Simulink
2 5 (8.47%) Stateflow
2 5 (8.47%) TargetLink
3 4 (6.78%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (3.39%) Maya
5 2 (3.39%) NUKE
5 2 (3.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (6.78%) OneDrive
1 4 (6.78%) Power Automate
2 2 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) GCP
3 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.78%) FlexRay
3 3 (5.08%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Data Vault
1 2 (3.39%) Metadata
2 1 (1.69%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.69%) Looker
2 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) CANoe
2 5 (8.47%) Bitbucket
2 5 (8.47%) Git
2 5 (8.47%) Subversion
3 4 (6.78%) JIRA
General
1 16 (27.12%) Manufacturing
2 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Electronics
4 6 (10.17%) Retail
5 3 (5.08%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Games
6 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.69%) Finance
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (11.86%) Lead
1 7 (11.86%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.17%) Integration Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Control Systems Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Integration Manager
3 5 (8.47%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Software Manager
3 5 (8.47%) Technical Leader
4 4 (6.78%) Analyst
4 4 (6.78%) Author
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365 Expert
4 4 (6.78%) Software Integration Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) Subject Matter Expert
4 4 (6.78%) Technical Author
5 3 (5.08%) Administrator
5 3 (5.08%) IT Manager
5 3 (5.08%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (5.08%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (3.39%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Infotainment
2 5 (8.47%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.81%) Agile
2 10 (16.95%) Project Management
3 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
3 9 (15.25%) Validation
4 7 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (10.17%) Prototyping
6 5 (8.47%) Black-Box Testing
6 5 (8.47%) Functional Testing
6 5 (8.47%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 5 (8.47%) Integration Testing
6 5 (8.47%) Line Management
6 5 (8.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) Product Strategy
6 5 (8.47%) QMS
6 5 (8.47%) Quality Management
6 5 (8.47%) Software Audit
6 5 (8.47%) Software Testing
6 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.47%) Verification and Validation
6 5 (8.47%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.47%) C
1 5 (8.47%) MATLAB
2 4 (6.78%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) VBA
3 3 (5.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (10.17%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.47%) ISO 26262
2 5 (8.47%) MISRA
2 5 (8.47%) MISRA C
3 2 (3.39%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Informatica
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) SAP
3 1 (1.69%) Workday