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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 325 325
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +79
Contract jobs citing Automotive 177 196 278
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.63% 0.70%
As % of the General category 0.96% 1.06% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 118 175
10th Percentile £200 £300 £350
25th Percentile £325 £361 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £622 £550 £579
90th Percentile £671 £641 £626
UK median daily rate £469 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 15 26
10th Percentile £22.14 £30.56 £15.73
25th Percentile £27.21 £37.27 £25.63
Median hourly rate £38.96 £46.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +31.94% -22.22%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £42.81
90th Percentile - £68.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £38.96 £45.59 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.54% +30.26% -22.22%

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 18,512 18,446 23,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.71% 59.03% 59.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,722 11,058 16,326
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 1,147 707 1,021
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.39 £17.08 £16.70
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.29 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +7.63% +16.69%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.65 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.34 £29.50 £29.86
% change year-on-year -17.49% -1.21% +19.44%

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 October 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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -24 69 £550 +12.82% 81
West Midlands -23 54 £394 -7.35% 49
London +9 33 £538 +20.25% 93
South East -3 29 £500 +20.77% 113
East of England -3 23 £180 -41.94% 31
North West -39 16 £575 +0.88% 46
North of England -53 16 £575 +0.88% 53
East Midlands +2 15 £550 +25.71% 30
South West +5 5 £447 +11.75% 31
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 (7.34%) Confluence
2 9 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (9.04%) Maya
2 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.65%) NUKE
3 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.39%) Adobe Captivate
5 5 (2.82%) FrameMaker
5 5 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.82%) Simulink
6 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.13%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.56%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Endur
1 5 (2.82%) Primavera
2 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.56%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.08%) AWS
2 5 (2.82%) Azure
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.82%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.26%) SaaS
4 3 (1.69%) Figma
4 3 (1.69%) GCP
4 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.69%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.13%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.13%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.56%) Alation
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.56%) Collibra
6 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.56%) Serverless
6 1 (0.56%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.69%) Firewall
3 2 (1.13%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.56%) DHCP
4 1 (0.56%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.56%) LAN
4 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.26%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.26%) Tableau
2 3 (1.69%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.56%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) Metadata
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.78%) JIRA
2 6 (3.39%) Git
3 4 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.26%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.69%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.69%) CANoe
4 3 (1.69%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.69%) JUnit
4 3 (1.69%) Mockito
4 3 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.69%) Selenium
5 1 (0.56%) Appium
5 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.56%) Babel
5 1 (0.56%) ESLint
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Polyspace
5 1 (0.56%) Postman
5 1 (0.56%) TestRail
5 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 76 (42.94%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (17.51%) Finance
4 24 (13.56%) Aerospace
5 17 (9.60%) Manufacturing
6 16 (9.04%) Games
7 12 (6.78%) Marketing
8 10 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.65%) Telecoms
9 9 (5.08%) Retail
10 8 (4.52%) Publishing
11 7 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (3.39%) Back Office
13 5 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.82%) German Language
14 4 (2.26%) Legal
15 3 (1.69%) Advertising
15 3 (1.69%) Electronics
15 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (14.69%) Senior
2 19 (10.73%) Analyst
2 19 (10.73%) Project Manager
3 15 (8.47%) Architect
3 15 (8.47%) Lead
4 11 (6.21%) Business Analyst
4 11 (6.21%) Developer
4 11 (6.21%) Test Technician
5 9 (5.08%) Support Engineer
6 7 (3.95%) Software Engineer
7 5 (2.82%) Author
7 5 (2.82%) Data Analyst
7 5 (2.82%) Senior Manager
7 5 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (2.82%) Technical Author
7 5 (2.82%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (2.82%) Technical Support
7 5 (2.82%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (2.26%) E-Commerce Project Manager
8 4 (2.26%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.43%) HTML
2 19 (10.73%) CSS
3 16 (9.04%) Django
4 8 (4.52%) React
5 7 (3.95%) REST
5 7 (3.95%) RESTful
6 6 (3.39%) Unreal Engine
6 6 (3.39%) V-Ray
7 5 (2.82%) JSON
7 5 (2.82%) SGML
7 5 (2.82%) XML
8 4 (2.26%) Swagger
9 3 (1.69%) .NET
9 3 (1.69%) CSS3
9 3 (1.69%) HTML5
9 3 (1.69%) Next.js
9 3 (1.69%) SOAP
9 3 (1.69%) Spring
9 3 (1.69%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.69%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.04%) Animation
2 11 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (5.08%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.52%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.39%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.39%) Robotics
5 6 (3.39%) Virtual Reality
6 4 (2.26%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.69%) Grid Computing
7 3 (1.69%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.13%) Replication
8 2 (1.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.21%) Windows
2 2 (1.13%) Android
2 2 (1.13%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.95%) Agile
2 29 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.43%) AI
5 17 (9.60%) Analytical Thinking
6 16 (9.04%) Logistics
6 16 (9.04%) Project Management
7 14 (7.91%) User Experience
7 14 (7.91%) Validation
8 13 (7.34%) CI/CD
9 12 (6.78%) Customer Service
9 12 (6.78%) Project Delivery
9 12 (6.78%) Time Management
10 11 (6.21%) Customer Experience
11 10 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (5.65%) Project Governance
11 10 (5.65%) UX Design
11 10 (5.65%) Visualisation
12 9 (5.08%) ITIL
12 9 (5.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.82%) SQL
2 25 (14.12%) Java
3 17 (9.60%) C++
4 16 (9.04%) Python
5 10 (5.65%) Tcl
6 6 (3.39%) C#
7 4 (2.26%) Ada
8 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.13%) C
9 2 (1.13%) VBA
9 2 (1.13%) VBScript
10 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.56%) Korn
10 1 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) R
10 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (19.21%) Degree
2 5 (2.82%) HNC
2 5 (2.82%) HND
2 5 (2.82%) PMI Certification
2 5 (2.82%) PMP
3 4 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.13%) CISM
5 2 (1.13%) CISSP
5 2 (1.13%) MBA
5 2 (1.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.39%) QA
2 4 (2.26%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.26%) GDPR
2 4 (2.26%) SLA
3 3 (1.69%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.13%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.13%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.13%) PERC
5 1 (0.56%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.56%) MISRA
5 1 (0.56%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.56%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Ansible
1 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.69%) SCCM
1 3 (1.69%) Terraform
2 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.56%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 27 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.91%) SAP
3 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.52%) Adobe
4 8 (4.52%) Hitachi
5 6 (3.39%) Autodesk
5 6 (3.39%) Google
6 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.69%) Oracle
7 3 (1.69%) Remedy
8 2 (1.13%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.13%) ION Trading
8 2 (1.13%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.13%) QNX
9 1 (0.56%) Apple
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco
9 1 (0.56%) Dell
9 1 (0.56%) HP
9 1 (0.56%) Informatica
9 1 (0.56%) Red Hat