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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 73 66
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +33
Contract jobs citing Automotive 31 12 46
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.40% 1.22% 2.38%
As % of the General category 2.90% 1.97% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £463 £263 £171
25th Percentile £473 £318 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £340 £363
Median % change year-on-year +48.97% -6.21% -39.58%
75th Percentile £515 £518 £456
90th Percentile £548 £585 £538
England median daily rate £540 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +15.20% -6.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 17
10th Percentile £28.25 £21.61 £24.54
25th Percentile £37.75 £25.68 £35.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £29.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.72% -20.19% -42.75%
75th Percentile £68.75 £34.80 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.38 £39.42 -
England median hourly rate £33.00 £33.91 £47.50
% change year-on-year -2.68% -28.61% +22.58%

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 1,070 608 1,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 48.31% 61.79% 58.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 312 410
10th Percentile £190 £200 £219
25th Percentile £325 £336 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £669
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 123 443
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.62
25th Percentile £15.99 £17.14 £15.62
Median hourly rate £20.35 £31.64 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -35.68% -17.00% +92.43%
75th Percentile £53.75 £69.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.38 £81.01 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%

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
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
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 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 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
Bedfordshire +6 17 - - 4
Essex -11 8 £510 +60.15% 2
Hertfordshire -14 6 £475 +39.71% 9
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:

Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) GCP
2 3 (9.68%) GitHub
3 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
1 2 (6.45%) Power Query
1 2 (6.45%) PowerPivot
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JUnit
1 3 (9.68%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (9.68%) Rational Rhapsody
1 3 (9.68%) SonarQube
2 2 (6.45%) Git
3 1 (3.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) QA Engineer
1 6 (19.35%) Quality Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Backend Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Data Scientist
3 2 (6.45%) Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Java Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Java Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Support Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Technical Support
3 2 (6.45%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Test Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Test Technician
4 1 (3.23%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Spring
1 3 (9.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Digital Media
1 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Ticket Management
2 8 (25.81%) Analytics
2 8 (25.81%) Data Analytics
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Software Engineering
5 5 (16.13%) Validation
6 4 (12.90%) Data Acquisition
6 4 (12.90%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (12.90%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 3 (9.68%) DevOps
7 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
7 3 (9.68%) Workflow
7 3 (9.68%) Workflow Management
8 2 (6.45%) BDD
8 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (6.45%) CRM
8 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.45%) Predictive Modelling
8 2 (6.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Ada
1 4 (12.90%) C
1 4 (12.90%) C++
1 4 (12.90%) Java
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
2 3 (9.68%) Def Stans
3 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Checkmarx
1 3 (9.68%) Google
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow