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

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 307 349
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 +125
Contract jobs citing Automotive 138 255 383
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.68% 0.70%
As % of the General category 0.86% 1.15% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 123 259
10th Percentile £250 £300 £324
25th Percentile £340 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £600 £585 £577
90th Percentile £679 £680 £660
UK median daily rate £483 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.35% +2.56% +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 87 28
10th Percentile £25.75 £16.25 £22.16
25th Percentile £28.50 £29.81 £35.94
Median hourly rate £34.75 £45.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.78% -6.25% +33.33%
75th Percentile £44.92 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £53.00 £57.50 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £45.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -17.78% -6.25% +33.33%

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 16,064 22,211 32,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 62.85% 58.82% 59.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,095 14,544 22,560
10th Percentile £300 £265 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £680
90th Percentile £775 £757 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 1,626 1,051
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.17 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £15.30 £18.04
Median hourly rate £30.45 £26.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -18.75% +60.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.71 £31.00
% change year-on-year +16.69% -17.06% +47.62%

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 6 March 2025.

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 6 March 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 6 March 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
London +31 32 £492 -1.70% 114
South East +20 31 £510 +4.62% 117
Midlands -28 31 £448 -14.67% 139
North of England +35 27 £625 +16.28% 98
West Midlands -21 27 £429 -18.29% 97
North West +32 26 £625 +16.28% 58
East of England -1 15 £320 -27.19% 80
East Midlands +4 4 £500 -0.99% 39
Yorkshire +15 1 - - 29
North East -14 1 - - 13
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 6 (4.35%) Confluence
2 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.72%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.72%) SAS
4 1 (0.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.62%) Simulink
4 4 (2.90%) CATIA
5 3 (2.17%) CANalyzer
6 2 (1.45%) Maya
6 2 (1.45%) NUKE
6 2 (1.45%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.72%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 17 (12.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.17%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.17%) SAP EWM
2 3 (2.17%) SAP GTS
3 2 (1.45%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.72%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.52%) SaaS
2 8 (5.80%) Azure
3 6 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.90%) WeChat
5 3 (2.17%) GCP
5 3 (2.17%) PaaS
6 2 (1.45%) AWS
6 2 (1.45%) IaaS
6 2 (1.45%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.45%) Salesforce Einstein
7 1 (0.72%) dbt
7 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.62%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.17%) MQTT
3 2 (1.45%) HTTP
3 2 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.72%) DHCP
4 1 (0.72%) DNS
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.72%) LAN
4 1 (0.72%) NFC
4 1 (0.72%) RFID
4 1 (0.72%) Skype
4 1 (0.72%) WAN
4 1 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) Tableau
2 3 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.45%) Data Hub
3 2 (1.45%) Metadata
3 2 (1.45%) MySQL
3 2 (1.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (11.59%) JIRA
2 4 (2.90%) GitLab
2 4 (2.90%) IDA Disassembler
3 3 (2.17%) Git
4 2 (1.45%) Postman
4 2 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.72%) CANoe
General
1 58 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (15.22%) Finance
2 21 (15.22%) Manufacturing
3 13 (9.42%) Retail
4 12 (8.70%) Aerospace
5 9 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.80%) Marketing
7 7 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.90%) Advertising
10 3 (2.17%) Electronics
10 3 (2.17%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.45%) Aviation
11 2 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.45%) German Language
11 2 (1.45%) Legal
12 1 (0.72%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (10.14%) Analyst
1 14 (10.14%) Software Engineer
2 9 (6.52%) Project Manager
3 8 (5.80%) Developer
3 8 (5.80%) Senior
4 7 (5.07%) Lead
5 6 (4.35%) Consultant
6 5 (3.62%) Data Engineer
6 5 (3.62%) Designer
6 5 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (2.90%) Account Manager
7 4 (2.90%) Architect
7 4 (2.90%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.90%) E-Commerce Designer
7 4 (2.90%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (2.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (2.90%) Service Designer
8 3 (2.17%) CAD Engineer
8 3 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (2.17%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.90%) REST
2 3 (2.17%) .NET
2 3 (2.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (2.17%) PySpark
3 2 (1.45%) HTML
3 2 (1.45%) PostGIS
3 2 (1.45%) React
3 2 (1.45%) RESTful
3 2 (1.45%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (1.45%) V-Ray
3 2 (1.45%) XML
4 1 (0.72%) ATL
4 1 (0.72%) CSS
4 1 (0.72%) CSS3
4 1 (0.72%) D3.js
4 1 (0.72%) Django
4 1 (0.72%) Laravel
4 1 (0.72%) OAuth
4 1 (0.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.72%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.70%) Industry 4.0
1 12 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 11 (7.97%) IoT
3 10 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.07%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (5.07%) e-Learning
4 7 (5.07%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (4.35%) Infotainment
5 6 (4.35%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (3.62%) Podcast
7 4 (2.90%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.90%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.17%) Learning Management System
8 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.45%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.45%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.90%) Linux
2 3 (2.17%) Unix
3 2 (1.45%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.72%) Android
4 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.99%) Agile
2 35 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (23.19%) Project Management
4 18 (13.04%) Computer Science
4 18 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 16 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (11.59%) Software Engineering
6 13 (9.42%) Analytics
6 13 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (9.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 12 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 11 (7.97%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.97%) Project Delivery
9 10 (7.25%) PLM
10 9 (6.52%) Business Case
10 9 (6.52%) Business Transformation
10 9 (6.52%) ERP
10 9 (6.52%) Validation
11 8 (5.80%) Customer Experience
11 8 (5.80%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.87%) SQL
2 11 (7.97%) Python
3 7 (5.07%) MATLAB
4 5 (3.62%) C#
4 5 (3.62%) C++
5 4 (2.90%) C
6 3 (2.17%) ABAP
7 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.45%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.45%) VB
8 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.72%) Fortran
8 1 (0.72%) Java
8 1 (0.72%) PHP
8 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.72%) SOQL
8 1 (0.72%) SOSL
8 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (21.74%) Degree
2 15 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (6.52%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.17%) PMP
5 3 (2.17%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.45%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) CISA
7 1 (0.72%) CISM
7 1 (0.72%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.72%) CSPO
7 1 (0.72%) HNC
7 1 (0.72%) HND
7 1 (0.72%) ISEB
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.72%) OSCE
7 1 (0.72%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.35%) GDPR
2 4 (2.90%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.17%) PMO
4 2 (1.45%) QA
4 2 (1.45%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.45%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Firmware
3 1 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.35%) MOM
2 3 (2.17%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) SCOM
3 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (18.84%) SAP
2 17 (12.32%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.35%) Rockwell
3 6 (4.35%) Siemens
4 4 (2.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.17%) Oracle
6 2 (1.45%) Perforce
7 1 (0.72%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.72%) Apple
7 1 (0.72%) Ariba
7 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.72%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.72%) QNX
7 1 (0.72%) Sony
7 1 (0.72%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.72%) Zuora