Automotive Contracts 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 333 448
Rank change year-on-year +52 +115 -8
Contract jobs citing Automotive 295 336 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.71% 0.54%
As % of the General category 1.37% 1.21% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 243 289
10th Percentile £280 £315 £313
25th Percentile £363 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £585 £550 £569
90th Percentile £670 £640 £628
UK median daily rate £479 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.84% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 26 17
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.21 £19.30
25th Percentile £30.70 £22.16 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -8.82% -6.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £56.50
90th Percentile - £65.00 £70.52
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +23.38% -9.41% -8.60%

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 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in England

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in England.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in England

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in England

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in England.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in England

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

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 12 June 2024. 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 +20 87 £518 +12.38% 314
West Midlands +25 68 £442 -14.89% 225
South East -48 64 £438 -7.89% 213
East of England +29 46 £363 -39.58% 146
London +80 44 £563 +15.49% 110
North of England +42 38 £575 +31.81% 190
North West +38 29 £588 +23.68% 117
East Midlands -9 13 £408 +16.43% 87
South West -11 13 £400 - 179
North East +15 7 - - 19
Yorkshire +10 2 £265 -35.76% 56
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (2.37%) Confluence
1 7 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (10.17%) Simulink
2 27 (9.15%) Stateflow
3 9 (3.05%) CANalyzer
4 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.69%) Sketch
5 5 (1.69%) TargetLink
6 4 (1.36%) InVision
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.68%) CATIA
8 2 (0.68%) Maya
8 2 (0.68%) NUKE
8 2 (0.68%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.36%) SAP WM
3 2 (0.68%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.34%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.73%) AWS
1 11 (3.73%) Azure
2 9 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.03%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.36%) Figma
4 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
4 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (1.02%) PaaS
5 3 (1.02%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.02%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.68%) GCP
6 2 (0.68%) SaaS
6 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.34%) Bloomreach
7 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.34%) GitHub
7 1 (0.34%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.34%) IaaS
7 1 (0.34%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.41%) Ethernet
2 7 (2.37%) Firewall
2 7 (2.37%) FlexRay
3 5 (1.69%) J1939
4 4 (1.36%) Internet
4 4 (1.36%) LAN
4 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.36%) WAN
5 3 (1.02%) Intranet
5 3 (1.02%) Network Security
5 3 (1.02%) RTSP
5 3 (1.02%) VPN
6 2 (0.68%) DHCP
6 2 (0.68%) SSL
6 2 (0.68%) VLAN
6 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.34%) Extranet
7 1 (0.34%) HTTP
7 1 (0.34%) SSH
7 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.02%) Power BI
3 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.68%) Power Query
4 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.34%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.34%) Looker
4 1 (0.34%) Metadata
4 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.07%) JIRA
2 9 (3.05%) CANoe
3 8 (2.71%) Git
4 7 (2.37%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.69%) Subversion
6 4 (1.36%) TestRail
7 2 (0.68%) JMeter
7 2 (0.68%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.34%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (20.68%) Manufacturing
2 50 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.85%) Electronics
4 24 (8.14%) Legal
5 21 (7.12%) Aerospace
6 17 (5.76%) Finance
7 16 (5.42%) Retail
8 11 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.05%) Marketing
11 8 (2.71%) German Language
12 7 (2.37%) Advertising
13 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.36%) Military
13 4 (1.36%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.02%) Law
15 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.68%) Portuguese Language
15 2 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (14.58%) Software Engineer
2 29 (9.83%) Analyst
3 25 (8.47%) Embedded Engineer
4 23 (7.80%) Systems Engineer
5 22 (7.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 19 (6.44%) Consultant
7 16 (5.42%) Architect
8 15 (5.08%) Senior
9 14 (4.75%) Developer
9 14 (4.75%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.07%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.07%) Lead
10 12 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
12 10 (3.39%) Test Engineer
13 9 (3.05%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.71%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.71%) Integration Manager
14 8 (2.71%) Programmer
14 8 (2.71%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.71%) React
2 6 (2.03%) CSS
3 5 (1.69%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.36%) HTML
4 4 (1.36%) Kafka
4 4 (1.36%) Node.js
5 3 (1.02%) .NET
5 3 (1.02%) Blazor
5 3 (1.02%) Middleware
5 3 (1.02%) OpenGL
5 3 (1.02%) SAML
5 3 (1.02%) WebRTC
6 2 (0.68%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.68%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.68%) OAuth
6 2 (0.68%) Redux
6 2 (0.68%) REST
6 2 (0.68%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.68%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.51%) Algorithms
2 15 (5.08%) Infotainment
3 11 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.37%) Life Science
5 6 (2.03%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.69%) CAN bus
7 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.36%) PKI
7 4 (1.36%) SCADA
7 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.02%) CUDA
8 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Animation
9 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.68%) IoT
9 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.41%) Windows
2 12 (4.07%) Linux
3 6 (2.03%) Unix
4 3 (1.02%) VMS
4 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Android
5 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.34%) Software Engineering
2 57 (19.32%) Agile
3 38 (12.88%) Validation
4 34 (11.53%) Test Automation
5 33 (11.19%) Project Management
6 26 (8.81%) Computer Science
6 26 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (8.81%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 24 (8.14%) Verification and Validation
8 22 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (5.08%) Customer Service
9 15 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (3.73%) End-to-End Testing
10 11 (3.73%) Product Strategy
10 11 (3.73%) Prototyping
10 11 (3.73%) Quality Management
10 11 (3.73%) Scrum
10 11 (3.73%) Use Case
11 10 (3.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.17%) MATLAB
2 29 (9.83%) C
3 16 (5.42%) Embedded C
4 15 (5.08%) C++
4 15 (5.08%) SQL
5 10 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.05%) Java
6 9 (3.05%) Python
7 7 (2.37%) VBA
8 6 (2.03%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.69%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.36%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.02%) C#
12 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.68%) VB
13 1 (0.34%) ABAP
13 1 (0.34%) Bash
13 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (13.22%) Degree
2 15 (5.08%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.69%) HNC
5 4 (1.36%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.68%) CISSP
7 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CISA
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CISM
8 1 (0.34%) MBA
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.75%) AUTOSAR
2 13 (4.41%) QA
3 6 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.69%) MISRA
4 5 (1.69%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) GDPR
6 2 (0.68%) GRC
6 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 13 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
2 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.41%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.68%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.34%) Nmap
3 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (10.51%) SAP
2 30 (10.17%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.03%) Apple
3 6 (2.03%) Informatica
4 4 (1.36%) Adobe
4 4 (1.36%) NVIDIA
5 3 (1.02%) Cisco
5 3 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.02%) MathWorks
6 2 (0.68%) Google
6 2 (0.68%) IBM
6 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle
6 2 (0.68%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.34%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.34%) Thales
7 1 (0.34%) Workday