Automotive Contract Job Trends in England

Automotive
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 335 293
Rank change year-on-year -41 -42 +38
Contract jobs citing Automotive 244 164 283
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.64% 0.76%
As % of the General category 1.02% 1.00% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 78 138
10th Percentile £250 £220 £293
25th Percentile £405 £333 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -8.07% +3.05%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £583
90th Percentile £660 £655 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £477
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.66% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 93
10th Percentile £23.90 £21.78 £17.64
25th Percentile £27.30 £28.24 £35.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £35.99 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -24.23% +14.46%
75th Percentile £34.13 £50.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £62.63 - £58.75
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £35.99 £47.50
% change year-on-year -8.31% -24.23% +18.01%

All General Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24,022 16,337 21,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.89% 64.06% 57.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,558 10,493 13,567
10th Percentile £313 £282 £295
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -2.99% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £516 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.27% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,721 807 1,796
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.31 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.70
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.90% +8.99%
75th Percentile £63.38 £52.00 £53.81
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £68.82
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £31.61
% change year-on-year +16.36% -12.99% +5.35%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in England

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Automotive

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in England

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in England

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands -19 103 £271 -35.09% 86
West Midlands -19 90 £250 -39.02% 57
South East -40 57 £500 +11.11% 68
East of England -10 31 £507 +53.85% 23
London -86 31 £550 +23.94% 32
North West -60 13 £550 -4.35% 27
North of England -91 13 £550 -4.35% 43
East Midlands -11 11 £292 -58.29% 29
South West -23 7 £550 - 21
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (3.28%) Confluence
2 5 (2.05%) CMS
3 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.82%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 14 (5.74%) Adobe Illustrator
1 14 (5.74%) Photoshop
2 11 (4.51%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.23%) CATIA
4 3 (1.23%) Windchill
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (2.05%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.64%) SAP GTS
2 4 (1.64%) SAP SD
2 4 (1.64%) SAP VC
3 3 (1.23%) ENOVIA
3 3 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.23%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.82%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.82%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.74%) Figma
2 13 (5.33%) AWS
3 8 (3.28%) Azure
3 8 (3.28%) GCP
4 6 (2.46%) SaaS
5 5 (2.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 4 (1.64%) GitHub
7 3 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.82%) Intacct
8 2 (0.82%) Lucidchart
8 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.82%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Run
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.41%) Miro
9 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.41%) Firewall
2 1 (0.41%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.05%) Metadata
1 5 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.05%) Power BI
1 5 (2.05%) Tableau
2 4 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.23%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.82%) Power Query
4 2 (0.82%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.41%) Looker
5 1 (0.41%) Tableau Server
5 1 (0.41%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 14 (5.74%) JIRA
2 5 (2.05%) Git
2 5 (2.05%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.23%) Ant
3 3 (1.23%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.23%) JUnit
3 3 (1.23%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (1.23%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.82%) Postman
4 2 (0.82%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.41%) CANoe
5 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.41%) NUnit
General
1 47 (19.26%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.44%) Manufacturing
3 24 (9.84%) Finance
4 23 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.15%) Aerospace
6 12 (4.92%) Marketing
7 11 (4.51%) Retail
8 6 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.82%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.82%) Aviation
12 2 (0.82%) Legal
13 1 (0.41%) Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Front Office
13 1 (0.41%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (12.70%) Analyst
2 27 (11.07%) Test Engineer
3 26 (10.66%) Designer
3 26 (10.66%) UI Designer
4 25 (10.25%) Senior
5 19 (7.79%) Developer
6 17 (6.97%) Senior Designer
6 17 (6.97%) Senior UI Designer
7 16 (6.56%) Lead
8 14 (5.74%) Software Engineer
9 13 (5.33%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.92%) Salesforce Engineer
11 11 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (4.10%) Embedded Engineer
12 10 (4.10%) QA Engineer
12 10 (4.10%) Quality Engineer
13 9 (3.69%) Business Analyst
14 8 (3.28%) Architect
15 7 (2.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 7 (2.87%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.28%) REST
2 7 (2.87%) Kafka
3 6 (2.46%) Spring
4 5 (2.05%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.64%) HTML
5 4 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (1.64%) VML
6 3 (1.23%) .NET
6 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 3 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.23%) RESTful
6 3 (1.23%) SOAP
6 3 (1.23%) Visualforce
6 3 (1.23%) Web Services
7 2 (0.82%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.82%) QML
7 2 (0.82%) Qt
7 2 (0.82%) React
7 2 (0.82%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.97%) Animation
2 9 (3.69%) Infotainment
2 9 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (1.64%) Taxonomies
5 3 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.82%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.82%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.41%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.41%) FMCG
7 1 (0.41%) Lidar
7 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.41%) PMI
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.64%) VMS
2 2 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (12.30%) Agile
2 30 (12.30%) Analytics
3 28 (11.48%) User Experience
4 27 (11.07%) Validation
5 25 (10.25%) Migration
5 25 (10.25%) Software Engineering
6 20 (8.20%) Data Migration
6 20 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (6.97%) CRM
7 17 (6.97%) Software Testing
8 16 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (6.15%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 15 (6.15%) UX Design
10 13 (5.33%) Project Management
10 13 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (4.92%) CI/CD
11 12 (4.92%) Logistics
11 12 (4.92%) Scrum
11 12 (4.92%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.74%) SQL
2 10 (4.10%) Ada
3 8 (3.28%) Java
4 6 (2.46%) C
4 6 (2.46%) C++
4 6 (2.46%) Python
5 5 (2.05%) SOQL
6 4 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.23%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.23%) SOSL
8 2 (0.82%) C#
8 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.82%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) Go
9 1 (0.41%) Korn
9 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 32 (13.11%) Degree
2 10 (4.10%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.87%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.46%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (2.05%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.64%) PMP
7 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CCA
9 1 (0.41%) HNC
9 1 (0.41%) HND
9 1 (0.41%) ISEB
9 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.97%) QA
2 10 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.23%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.23%) GDPR
4 3 (1.23%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.82%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.82%) MISRA
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.64%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.64%) Terraform
3 3 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.82%) Grafana
5 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (11.48%) Salesforce
2 17 (6.97%) SAP
3 14 (5.74%) Adobe
4 13 (5.33%) Microsoft
5 12 (4.92%) Oracle
6 8 (3.28%) Google
6 8 (3.28%) Siemens
7 5 (2.05%) Siebel
8 4 (1.64%) HP
9 3 (1.23%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.23%) Databricks
9 3 (1.23%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.23%) PTC
9 3 (1.23%) Qualtrics
9 3 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.23%) Spotify
10 2 (0.82%) Logi
10 2 (0.82%) Logi Analytics
10 2 (0.82%) QNX
10 2 (0.82%) Sage