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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 357 303
Rank change year-on-year -105 -54 +49
Contract jobs citing Automotive 103 132 262
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.84% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 67 122
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £383 £340 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +3.63%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £585
90th Percentile £644 £683 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +8.64% -3.35% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 94
10th Percentile £24.60 £26.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.76 £27.94 £30.70
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -27.78% -6.25%
75th Percentile £66.25 £44.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £69.00 £52.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £34.75 £46.25
% change year-on-year -12.23% -24.86% -3.65%

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 20,929 15,709 22,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.13% 63.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,261 10,035 14,572
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,303 570 1,672
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.06 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.55 £19.93 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.41 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +16.94% -19.38%
75th Percentile £57.25 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.03 £29.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year -17.79% +13.69% -19.66%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -47 39 £550 +34.15% 94
West Midlands -48 28 £550 +34.15% 63
London -47 17 £600 +22.08% 39
East of England -32 16 £190 -40.63% 22
South East -59 16 £500 -1.96% 58
East Midlands -26 11 £550 +10.00% 30
North West -44 8 £425 -32.00% 26
North of England -76 8 £425 -32.00% 54
South West - 6 £447 - 40
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 (12.62%) Confluence
2 7 (6.80%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.83%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.97%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.97%) Simulink
3 1 (0.97%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Primavera
2 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.88%) Azure
2 3 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (2.91%) Google Workspace
2 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.94%) AWS
3 2 (1.94%) GCP
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.97%) Alation
4 1 (0.97%) Cloud Run
4 1 (0.97%) Collibra
4 1 (0.97%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.97%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.97%) Lucidchart
4 1 (0.97%) SaaS
4 1 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.97%) Firewall
2 1 (0.97%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) Power BI
2 2 (1.94%) Tableau
2 2 (1.94%) Text Mining
3 1 (0.97%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.97%) Looker
3 1 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (14.56%) JIRA
2 4 (3.88%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.91%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.94%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.97%) Polyspace
General
1 44 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (13.59%) Manufacturing
3 12 (11.65%) Aerospace
4 11 (10.68%) Finance
5 7 (6.80%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.85%) Marketing
7 5 (4.85%) Retail
8 4 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.91%) Legal
9 3 (2.91%) Publishing
10 2 (1.94%) Billing
10 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.94%) Military
10 2 (1.94%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.97%) Aviation
11 1 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (13.59%) Project Manager
1 14 (13.59%) Test Engineer
2 12 (11.65%) Senior
3 10 (9.71%) Analyst
4 6 (5.83%) Developer
5 5 (4.85%) Senior Manager
5 5 (4.85%) Senior Project Manager
5 5 (4.85%) Software Engineer
5 5 (4.85%) Test Technician
6 4 (3.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (3.88%) Lead
6 4 (3.88%) Performance Engineer
6 4 (3.88%) Performance Test Engineer
6 4 (3.88%) Scrum Master
7 3 (2.91%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.91%) Content Editor
7 3 (2.91%) Product Manager
7 3 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (2.91%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (2.91%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.85%) HTML
2 2 (1.94%) CSS
2 2 (1.94%) REST
2 2 (1.94%) Spring
2 2 (1.94%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.97%) CarPlay
3 1 (0.97%) JSON
3 1 (0.97%) Kafka
3 1 (0.97%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.97%) RESTful
3 1 (0.97%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.74%) Infotainment
2 8 (7.77%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.83%) Operational Technology
3 6 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.83%) Robotics
4 4 (3.88%) IoT
4 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.94%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.94%) SCADA
6 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.97%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.97%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (0.97%) Music Streaming
6 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.97%) PMI
6 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.97%) Android
2 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.97%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.18%) Agile
2 19 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (12.62%) AI
4 13 (12.62%) Project Management
4 13 (12.62%) Validation
5 11 (10.68%) Change Management
5 11 (10.68%) Customer Experience
5 11 (10.68%) Software Engineering
6 9 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (8.74%) Logistics
7 8 (7.77%) Analytics
7 8 (7.77%) CRM
7 8 (7.77%) Customer Service
7 8 (7.77%) Scrum
7 8 (7.77%) Time Management
7 8 (7.77%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (6.80%) Project Delivery
8 7 (6.80%) Project Governance
9 6 (5.83%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.77%) Ada
1 8 (7.77%) C++
2 5 (4.85%) C
3 4 (3.88%) SQL
4 2 (1.94%) Java
4 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.94%) Kotlin
4 2 (1.94%) Python
5 1 (0.97%) Go
5 1 (0.97%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (11.65%) Degree
2 8 (7.77%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.80%) PMP
4 6 (5.83%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.91%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.97%) ACCA
8 1 (0.97%) CIMA
8 1 (0.97%) CISM
8 1 (0.97%) CISSP
8 1 (0.97%) ISEB
8 1 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.97%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) QA
2 3 (2.91%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.91%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.91%) GDPR
3 1 (0.97%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) MISRA
3 1 (0.97%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.97%) PMO
3 1 (0.97%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.88%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.94%) Grafana
3 1 (0.97%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.97%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (6.80%) Google
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.88%) HP
3 4 (3.88%) SAP
4 3 (2.91%) Spotify
5 2 (1.94%) Qualtrics
5 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.97%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.97%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.97%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco
6 1 (0.97%) Informatica
6 1 (0.97%) PagerDuty
6 1 (0.97%) QNX
6 1 (0.97%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.97%) Remedy
6 1 (0.97%) Siemens
6 1 (0.97%) Splunk