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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 320 327
Rank change year-on-year -61 +7 +59
Contract jobs citing Automotive 172 194 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.63% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.89% 1.05% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 113 154
10th Percentile £200 £301 £333
25th Percentile £325 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £619 £550 £577
90th Percentile £675 £650 £634
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 23
10th Percentile £22.90 £28.87 £18.10
25th Percentile £27.21 £31.25 £30.96
Median hourly rate £40.46 £42.88 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +20.79% -23.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £43.38
90th Percentile - £58.50 £60.50
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £43.94 £35.50
% change year-on-year -7.92% +23.77% -23.66%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,230 18,407 23,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.67% 59.33% 59.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,199 11,060 15,971
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,240 697 1,021
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.54 £17.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.61 £31.97 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -23.02% +4.91% +18.53%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.95 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.15 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% -1.67% +20.00%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 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
Midlands -37 63 £550 +10.00% 109
West Midlands -31 48 £406 -4.41% 65
London -5 33 £538 +20.25% 97
South East -9 30 £543 +27.65% 91
East of England -6 24 £180 -41.94% 43
East Midlands -2 15 £550 +25.71% 41
North West -38 15 £525 -7.89% 39
North of England -52 15 £525 -7.89% 45
South West +5 5 £447 +15.35% 37
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 13 (7.56%) Confluence
2 10 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.07%) CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (9.30%) Maya
2 12 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.81%) NUKE
4 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (3.49%) Adobe Captivate
6 5 (2.91%) FrameMaker
6 5 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (1.74%) Simulink
8 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.58%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.58%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Endur
1 5 (2.91%) Primavera
2 2 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.58%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.58%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.23%) AWS
2 6 (3.49%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.91%) Azure
3 5 (2.91%) SaaS
4 4 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.74%) Figma
5 3 (1.74%) GCP
5 3 (1.74%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.74%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.16%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.58%) Alation
7 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.58%) Collibra
7 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.58%) Firebase
7 1 (0.58%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.74%) Firewall
3 2 (1.16%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.58%) LAN
4 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.91%) Tableau
2 4 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.74%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.16%) Power BI
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.58%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) Looker
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) MySQL
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.98%) JIRA
2 5 (2.91%) Git
3 4 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.33%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.74%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.74%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.74%) JUnit
4 3 (1.74%) Mockito
4 3 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.74%) Selenium
5 2 (1.16%) CANoe
6 1 (0.58%) Appium
6 1 (0.58%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.58%) Babel
6 1 (0.58%) ESLint
6 1 (0.58%) GitLab
6 1 (0.58%) Polyspace
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) TestRail
6 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 76 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (17.44%) Finance
4 25 (14.53%) Aerospace
5 18 (10.47%) Manufacturing
6 16 (9.30%) Games
7 12 (6.98%) Marketing
8 10 (5.81%) Retail
8 10 (5.81%) Telecoms
9 9 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.65%) Publishing
11 6 (3.49%) Back Office
11 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.33%) German Language
13 4 (2.33%) Legal
13 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.74%) Advertising
14 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (15.12%) Senior
2 19 (11.05%) Project Manager
3 18 (10.47%) Analyst
4 16 (9.30%) Lead
5 12 (6.98%) Architect
5 12 (6.98%) Test Technician
6 11 (6.40%) Business Analyst
6 11 (6.40%) Developer
7 8 (4.65%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.49%) Software Engineer
9 5 (2.91%) Author
9 5 (2.91%) Consultant
9 5 (2.91%) Data Analyst
9 5 (2.91%) Senior Manager
9 5 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (2.91%) Technical Author
9 5 (2.91%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (2.91%) Technical Support
9 5 (2.91%) Technical Support Engineer
10 4 (2.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.79%) HTML
2 19 (11.05%) CSS
3 16 (9.30%) Django
4 8 (4.65%) React
5 7 (4.07%) REST
5 7 (4.07%) RESTful
6 6 (3.49%) Unreal Engine
6 6 (3.49%) V-Ray
7 5 (2.91%) JSON
7 5 (2.91%) SGML
7 5 (2.91%) XML
8 4 (2.33%) Swagger
9 3 (1.74%) .NET
9 3 (1.74%) CSS3
9 3 (1.74%) HTML5
9 3 (1.74%) Next.js
9 3 (1.74%) SOAP
9 3 (1.74%) Spring
9 3 (1.74%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.74%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.30%) Animation
2 11 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.81%) Mobile App
4 9 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.65%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.49%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.49%) Robotics
6 6 (3.49%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.74%) Grid Computing
8 3 (1.74%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.16%) Replication
9 2 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) Android
2 2 (1.16%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (17.44%) Agile
3 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.79%) AI
5 17 (9.88%) Analytical Thinking
6 16 (9.30%) Logistics
6 16 (9.30%) Project Management
7 14 (8.14%) User Experience
7 14 (8.14%) Validation
8 13 (7.56%) CI/CD
9 11 (6.40%) Customer Experience
9 11 (6.40%) Project Delivery
9 11 (6.40%) Time Management
10 10 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (5.81%) Customer Service
10 10 (5.81%) Project Governance
10 10 (5.81%) UX Design
10 10 (5.81%) Visualisation
11 8 (4.65%) Data Architecture
11 8 (4.65%) Digital Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.86%) SQL
2 25 (14.53%) Java
3 17 (9.88%) C++
4 16 (9.30%) Python
5 10 (5.81%) Tcl
6 6 (3.49%) C#
7 4 (2.33%) Ada
8 3 (1.74%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.16%) C
9 2 (1.16%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.16%) VBA
9 2 (1.16%) VBScript
10 1 (0.58%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.58%) Korn
10 1 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.58%) R
10 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (18.02%) Degree
2 6 (3.49%) PMI Certification
2 6 (3.49%) PMP
3 5 (2.91%) HNC
3 5 (2.91%) HND
4 3 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.16%) CISM
5 2 (1.16%) CISSP
5 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.16%) MBA
5 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.58%) ACCA
6 1 (0.58%) CIMA
6 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.65%) QA
2 4 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.33%) GDPR
2 4 (2.33%) SLA
3 3 (1.74%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.16%) PERC
5 1 (0.58%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.58%) MISRA
5 1 (0.58%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.58%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.74%) Ansible
1 3 (1.74%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.74%) SCCM
1 3 (1.74%) Terraform
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.58%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 26 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.98%) SAP
3 10 (5.81%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.65%) Adobe
4 8 (4.65%) Hitachi
5 6 (3.49%) Autodesk
5 6 (3.49%) Google
6 5 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.74%) Oracle
7 3 (1.74%) Remedy
8 2 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.16%) ION Trading
8 2 (1.16%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.16%) QNX
9 1 (0.58%) Apple
9 1 (0.58%) Aruba
9 1 (0.58%) Informatica
9 1 (0.58%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.58%) Siemens