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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 80 96
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +25
Contract jobs citing Automotive 20 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.54% 1.05% 0.92%
As % of the General category 2.60% 1.85% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £173 £306 £247
25th Percentile £195 £316 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £338 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £511 £366 £545
90th Percentile £519 £379 £580
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £25.87 - -
25th Percentile £35.71 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.60 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% +28.57% +6.06%

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 769 864 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.29% 56.47% 57.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 286 553
10th Percentile £185 £189 £208
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £558 £613
90th Percentile £688 £641 £742
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 281 278
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.41 £38.12 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.72% +115.12% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -7 8 - - 13
Hertfordshire - 7 £253 - 13
Essex -3 3 £511 +70.33% 18
Cambridgeshire 0 2 - - 13
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 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) FrameMaker
2 2 (10.00%) Simulink
2 2 (10.00%) Stateflow
3 1 (5.00%) AutoCAD
3 1 (5.00%) CANalyzer
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) CANoe
1 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (25.00%) Publishing
3 2 (10.00%) Electronics
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Test Technician
2 5 (25.00%) Author
2 5 (25.00%) Technical Author
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Agile Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Agile Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) GCP Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Project Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) SGML
1 5 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Desktop Publishing
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Modelling
5 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk Management
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Data Management
5 1 (5.00%) Data Privacy
5 1 (5.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (5.00%) PLM
5 1 (5.00%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (5.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (5.00%) Scorecard
5 1 (5.00%) System Testing
5 1 (5.00%) TDD
5 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (5.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Java
1 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) R
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) HNC
2 5 (25.00%) HND
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google