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 6 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 346 295
Rank change year-on-year -127 -51 +52
Contract jobs citing Automotive 109 130 264
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.53% 0.71%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.84% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 67 113
10th Percentile £294 £250 £300
25th Percentile £425 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +4.99%
75th Percentile £575 £626 £578
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +15.07% -8.75% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 100
10th Percentile £24.60 £21.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.76 £27.24 £30.26
Median hourly rate £34.38 £30.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -31.60% +7.14%
75th Percentile £66.25 £39.03 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.00 £51.70 -
UK median hourly rate £34.38 £30.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.68% -31.60% +11.11%

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 21,844 15,525 21,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.50% 63.69% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,765 10,112 14,139
10th Percentile £303 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £774
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,380 631 1,718
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.84 £18.13 £15.29
Median hourly rate £27.00 £29.07 £26.87
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +8.21% -23.24%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £26.24
% change year-on-year -11.14% +10.52% -25.03%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -52 39 £550 +34.15% 99
West Midlands -45 29 £550 +34.15% 69
South East -59 22 £538 +14.67% 71
London -61 22 £538 +7.50% 59
East of England -32 15 £475 +11.63% 16
East Midlands -28 10 £550 +10.00% 30
North West -66 9 £488 -4.92% 20
North of England -100 9 £488 -4.92% 42
South West - 2 - - 32
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 10 (9.17%) Confluence
2 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.75%) CMS
4 2 (1.83%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.83%) Windchill
4 1 (0.92%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.92%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) DELMIA
1 2 (1.83%) ENOVIA
1 2 (1.83%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.34%) AWS
2 5 (4.59%) Azure
3 4 (3.67%) GCP
4 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.83%) GitHub
5 2 (1.83%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.92%) Alation
6 1 (0.92%) Cloud Run
6 1 (0.92%) Collibra
6 1 (0.92%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.92%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.92%) Miro
6 1 (0.92%) SaaS
6 1 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) FlexRay
1 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.75%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) Tableau
3 2 (1.83%) Text Mining
4 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.92%) Looker
4 1 (0.92%) Metadata
4 1 (0.92%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 15 (13.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.75%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.75%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.83%) Git
3 2 (1.83%) JUnit
3 2 (1.83%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.83%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.92%) CANoe
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (14.68%) Finance
2 16 (14.68%) Manufacturing
3 11 (10.09%) Marketing
4 7 (6.42%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Retail
8 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Legal
8 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Aviation
9 2 (1.83%) Billing
9 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.83%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.92%) Front Office
10 1 (0.92%) Law
10 1 (0.92%) Military
10 1 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (16.51%) Test Engineer
2 16 (14.68%) Analyst
3 14 (12.84%) Developer
4 9 (8.26%) Project Manager
5 8 (7.34%) Senior
6 7 (6.42%) HR Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Project Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Transformation Analyst
8 5 (4.59%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.59%) Lead
8 5 (4.59%) Salesforce Developer
8 5 (4.59%) Test Technician
9 4 (3.67%) Performance Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Performance Test Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Scrum Master
9 4 (3.67%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.67%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (2.75%) Coordinator
10 3 (2.75%) Product Manager
10 3 (2.75%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.50%) Kafka
2 4 (3.67%) Spring
2 4 (3.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.75%) HTML
3 3 (2.75%) REST
4 2 (1.83%) CSS
5 1 (0.92%) .NET
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.92%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.92%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.92%) JSON
5 1 (0.92%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.92%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.92%) React
5 1 (0.92%) RESTful
5 1 (0.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.26%) Infotainment
2 7 (6.42%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.67%) IoT
5 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.75%) Robotics
6 2 (1.83%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.83%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.92%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.92%) Music Streaming
7 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.92%) PMI
7 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Android
1 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.69%) Agile
2 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (13.76%) Analytics
3 15 (13.76%) Project Management
4 14 (12.84%) CRM
5 13 (11.93%) Validation
6 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (8.26%) AI
7 9 (8.26%) Change Management
7 9 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (8.26%) Customer Experience
7 9 (8.26%) Migration
7 9 (8.26%) Scrum
8 8 (7.34%) DevOps
8 8 (7.34%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (7.34%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (6.42%) Kanban
10 6 (5.50%) Data Migration
10 6 (5.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) C++
2 5 (4.59%) SQL
3 4 (3.67%) Ada
3 4 (3.67%) C
3 4 (3.67%) Java
3 4 (3.67%) Python
4 3 (2.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.83%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.92%) C#
6 1 (0.92%) Go
6 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (5.50%) Degree
1 6 (5.50%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.59%) PMP
3 4 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.75%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (0.92%) ACCA
6 1 (0.92%) CCA
6 1 (0.92%) CIMA
6 1 (0.92%) ISEB
6 1 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) QA
2 4 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.75%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.75%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.92%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.83%) Grafana
2 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (8.26%) Salesforce
2 8 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.42%) Google
4 6 (5.50%) Oracle
5 5 (4.59%) Siebel
6 4 (3.67%) HP
6 4 (3.67%) SAP
7 3 (2.75%) Qualtrics
7 3 (2.75%) Siemens
7 3 (2.75%) Spotify
8 2 (1.83%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.83%) PTC
8 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.92%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.92%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.92%) Informatica
9 1 (0.92%) PagerDuty
9 1 (0.92%) Progress
9 1 (0.92%) Remedy
9 1 (0.92%) Splunk
315 Automotive jobs in England