Automotive Contracts in the North West

Automotive
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 144 172
Rank change year-on-year +38 +28 -31
Contract jobs citing Automotive 29 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.04% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the General category 1.98% 0.38% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 4
10th Percentile £478 £300 £412
25th Percentile £504 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% +2.70% -
75th Percentile £609 £675 £556
90th Percentile £638 £680 £680
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £22.13 - -
25th Percentile £30.75 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £38.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year +16.13% -8.82% -6.59%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,468 1,586 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.58% 52.66% 50.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1,099 1,403
10th Percentile £300 £312 £230
25th Percentile £392 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £586
90th Percentile £659 £675 £662
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 81 112
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.75 £10.69
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.47 £23.15 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -0.31% +13.28%
75th Percentile £37.94 £35.00 £50.68
90th Percentile £51.88 £53.35 £64.80
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the North West

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the North West

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the North West

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the North West

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the North West

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Cheshire +10 16 £588 +179.76% 22
Manchester +19 12 £588 -9.34% 46
Merseyside - 1 - - 19
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (3.45%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Simulink
1 4 (13.79%) Stateflow
2 1 (3.45%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) DELMIA
1 1 (3.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
1 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) IaaS
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) PaaS
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Burp Suite
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.79%) German Language
3 4 (13.79%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Architect
2 10 (34.48%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Security Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Active Directory Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Risk Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Architect
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Solution Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Incident Manager
6 1 (3.45%) ITSM Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) Kafka
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.90%) SCADA
2 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.45%) Life Science
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) PKI
3 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) VMS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.69%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 4 (13.79%) Product Requirements
4 4 (13.79%) Requirements Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Validation
4 4 (13.79%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
5 3 (10.34%) SDLC
5 3 (10.34%) Workflow
6 2 (6.90%) Application Security
6 2 (6.90%) Content Management
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.90%) Microservices
6 2 (6.90%) Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) C
1 4 (13.79%) C++
1 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
3 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.45%) MCSE
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GRC
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP Fortify
1 1 (3.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (3.45%) F5
3 1 (3.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.45%) Rockwell
3 1 (3.45%) Siemens
3 1 (3.45%) VMware