Automotive Contract Job Trends 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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 69 80
Rank change year-on-year -17 +11 +29
Contract jobs citing Automotive 19 16 25
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.20% 1.46% 1.47%
As % of the General category 2.00% 2.48% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £159 £405 £256
25th Percentile £160 £546 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year -70.77% +62.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £311 £680 £600
90th Percentile £443 £688 £604
England median daily rate £550 £475 £509
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.63% +1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - £26.55 -
25th Percentile - £27.00 £30.70
Median hourly rate £43.00 £29.00 £33.90
Median % change year-on-year +48.28% -14.45% -19.29%
75th Percentile - £30.78 £36.88
90th Percentile - - £37.55
England median hourly rate £35.60 £40.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -11.00% +10.34% -13.69%

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 general skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 948 644 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.74% 58.76% 60.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 291 516
10th Percentile £188 £253 £208
25th Percentile £337 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £560
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 110 280
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.91 £20.50 £17.74
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +15.59% -15.55%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Automotive job vacancy trend in the East of England

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive

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 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive

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 7 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 10 £170 - 9
Bedfordshire -14 7 - - 5
Essex -3 1 £195 - 7
Norfolk - 1 £475 - 5
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) FrameMaker
2 1 (5.26%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Polyspace
1 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Aerospace
2 5 (26.32%) Publishing
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Test Technician
2 5 (26.32%) Author
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Author
3 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) SGML
1 5 (26.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk
1 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (31.58%) Validation
2 5 (26.32%) Desktop Publishing
2 5 (26.32%) Telematics
3 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Modelling
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk Management
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.26%) Economics
5 1 (5.26%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (5.26%) Scorecard
5 1 (5.26%) System Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.26%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (5.26%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C
1 1 (5.26%) C++
1 1 (5.26%) Java
1 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) R
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) HNC
2 5 (26.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (5.26%) ISO 26262
1 1 (5.26%) MISRA
1 1 (5.26%) MISRA C
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) QNX