Automotive Contracts with Work from Home Options

Automotive
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 286 424
Rank change year-on-year +62 +138 -1
Contract jobs citing Automotive 119 167 200
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.81% 0.70% 0.45%
As % of the General category 1.39% 1.19% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 99 158
10th Percentile £298 £345 £338
25th Percentile £358 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £575
90th Percentile £650 £588 £641
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 17 1
10th Percentile £35.64 £22.16 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £22.38 £60.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -37.40% +29.47%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £62.25
90th Percentile - £69.00 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +23.38% -9.41% -8.60%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,572 14,040 24,442
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.48% 58.68% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,623 9,911 17,865
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 318 340
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.69 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +47.98% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.23 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.06 £31.92 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +41.87% +6.89%

Automotive
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Automotive trend for jobs with a WFH option

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automotive.

Automotive daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Automotive over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Automotive daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automotive.

Automotive hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Automotive over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Automotive hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (18.49%) Simulink
1 22 (18.49%) Stateflow
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.52%) InVision
4 3 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.52%) Sketch
5 2 (1.68%) Maya
5 2 (1.68%) NUKE
5 2 (1.68%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.84%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.68%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.84%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.36%) Azure
2 3 (2.52%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (2.52%) AWS
2 3 (2.52%) Snowflake
3 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.68%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.84%) Figma
4 1 (0.84%) GCP
4 1 (0.84%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.84%) SaaS
4 1 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.20%) J1939
2 3 (2.52%) Firewall
2 3 (2.52%) Internet
2 3 (2.52%) Intranet
2 3 (2.52%) Network Security
2 3 (2.52%) VPN
3 2 (1.68%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.68%) RTSP
3 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.84%) HTTP
4 1 (0.84%) LAN
4 1 (0.84%) WAN
4 1 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) Power BI
1 2 (1.68%) Power Query
2 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.84%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.84%) Git
2 1 (0.84%) TestRail
General
1 23 (19.33%) Electronics
1 23 (19.33%) Legal
2 18 (15.13%) Manufacturing
3 11 (9.24%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.72%) Finance
5 6 (5.04%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.20%) Marketing
7 4 (3.36%) Advertising
7 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.36%) Retail
8 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Games
9 2 (1.68%) German Language
9 2 (1.68%) Military
10 1 (0.84%) Billing
10 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (31.93%) Software Engineer
2 19 (15.97%) Embedded Engineer
2 19 (15.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (9.24%) Developer
4 8 (6.72%) Author
4 8 (6.72%) Consultant
4 8 (6.72%) Senior
4 8 (6.72%) Technical Author
5 6 (5.04%) Analyst
5 6 (5.04%) Lead
6 5 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (4.20%) Test Engineer
7 4 (3.36%) Administrator
7 4 (3.36%) Architect
7 4 (3.36%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (2.52%) Account Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Business Analyst
8 3 (2.52%) Technical Administrator
9 2 (1.68%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) React
2 3 (2.52%) CSS
2 3 (2.52%) HTML
2 3 (2.52%) SAML
3 2 (1.68%) ATL
3 2 (1.68%) Blazor
3 2 (1.68%) Kafka
3 2 (1.68%) Node.js
3 2 (1.68%) OAuth
3 2 (1.68%) OpenGL
3 2 (1.68%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.68%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (1.68%) V-Ray
3 2 (1.68%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.84%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.84%) Framer.js
4 1 (0.84%) Next.js
4 1 (0.84%) Redux
4 1 (0.84%) REST
4 1 (0.84%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.01%) Algorithms
2 5 (4.20%) CAN bus
3 3 (2.52%) Infotainment
4 2 (1.68%) CUDA
4 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.68%) IoT
4 2 (1.68%) Life Science
4 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.84%) Animation
5 1 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.84%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.84%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Linux
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Unix
2 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.84%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.50%) Software Engineering
2 26 (21.85%) Test Automation
3 25 (21.01%) Validation
4 23 (19.33%) Agile
5 20 (16.81%) Computer Science
5 20 (16.81%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 19 (15.97%) Verification and Validation
7 9 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (5.04%) Product Strategy
9 5 (4.20%) Analytics
9 5 (4.20%) Project Management
10 4 (3.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (3.36%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (3.36%) Data Analysis
10 4 (3.36%) DevOps
10 4 (3.36%) Identity Management
10 4 (3.36%) Information Security
10 4 (3.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (3.36%) System Testing
10 4 (3.36%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.49%) MATLAB
2 14 (11.76%) C
2 14 (11.76%) Embedded C
3 7 (5.88%) C++
4 5 (4.20%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.20%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.36%) Java
5 4 (3.36%) SQL
6 2 (1.68%) C#
6 2 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.68%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.84%) ABAP
7 1 (0.84%) Python
7 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (9.24%) Degree
2 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.68%) HNC
4 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.84%) HND
4 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.84%) MBA
4 1 (0.84%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.68%) GRC
3 2 (1.68%) NIST
3 2 (1.68%) QA
3 2 (1.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.84%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.84%) HP Fortify
2 1 (0.84%) Nmap
2 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.72%) SAP
3 4 (3.36%) Apple
4 3 (2.52%) Adobe
4 3 (2.52%) MathWorks
5 2 (1.68%) IBM
5 2 (1.68%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.68%) QNX
5 2 (1.68%) Workday
6 1 (0.84%) F5
6 1 (0.84%) Google
6 1 (0.84%) Informatica
6 1 (0.84%) Salesforce