Automotive Contracts in the East of England

Automotive
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 75 97
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +26
Contract jobs citing Automotive 17 38 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.52% 1.98% 1.31%
As % of the General category 2.58% 3.37% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 15
10th Percentile £250 £171 £395
25th Percentile £318 £306 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £363 £505
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -28.22% +9.00%
75th Percentile £468 £456 £672
90th Percentile £518 £538 £676
England median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 3
10th Percentile £20.16 £21.45 £62.00
25th Percentile £22.05 £35.51 £63.13
Median hourly rate £27.94 £48.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.79% -26.15% +44.44%
75th Percentile £32.23 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £38.39 - -
England median hourly rate £35.99 £47.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -24.23% +14.46% +9.93%

All General Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 659 1,127 1,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.00% 58.67% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 401 650
10th Percentile £195 £225 £212
25th Percentile £321 £333 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £638
90th Percentile £675 £650 £738
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 434 265
10th Percentile £15.59 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.16 £38.12 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% +108.82% +17.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.18 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Bedfordshire +2 8 - - 25
Essex +1 5 £318 -33.52% 20
Cambridgeshire +3 3 - - 71
Hertfordshire +28 1 £340 - 20
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (17.65%) Simulink
2 3 (17.65%) Stateflow
3 2 (11.76%) CANalyzer
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.88%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) CANoe
2 2 (11.76%) Git
3 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Electronics
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Test Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Data Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Agile Java Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Performance Test Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Infotainment
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 3 (17.65%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (17.65%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (11.76%) Data Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Data Security
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) ETL
3 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Use Case
3 2 (11.76%) User Experience
3 2 (11.76%) User Stories
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
4 1 (5.88%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.88%) PLM
4 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) MATLAB
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Google