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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 322 298
Rank change year-on-year -110 -24 +50
Contract jobs citing Automotive 164 148 260
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.61% 0.71%
As % of the General category 0.74% 0.95% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 80 104
10th Percentile £326 £250 £291
25th Percentile £463 £352 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £456 £490
Median % change year-on-year +16.71% -6.79% +3.05%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £587
90th Percentile £650 £675 £698
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 102
10th Percentile £22.75 £21.13 £16.39
25th Percentile £27.24 £28.00 £31.46
Median hourly rate £33.98 £31.64 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -31.59% +19.35%
75th Percentile £51.25 £38.78 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £55.00 £58.63
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.55% -31.58% +23.38%

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 22,074 15,601 21,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.38% 64.17% 58.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,667 10,126 13,790
10th Percentile £306 £300 £280
25th Percentile £410 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,465 667 1,786
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.98 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% -10.57% -5.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £56.58 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.82% -11.29%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -19 73 £550 +34.15% 114
West Midlands -29 65 £550 +34.15% 78
South East -59 28 £525 +15.07% 77
East of England -20 27 £493 -3.62% 30
London -57 24 £550 +25.71% 56
North West -59 9 £600 +4.35% 16
North of England -90 9 £600 +4.35% 35
East Midlands -32 6 - - 36
South West -31 2 - - 28
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 7 (4.27%) Confluence
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.22%) CMS
3 2 (1.22%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Adobe Illustrator
1 9 (5.49%) Photoshop
2 7 (4.27%) Adobe After Effects
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.22%) Windchill
5 1 (0.61%) CATIA
5 1 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.83%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.22%) DELMIA
2 2 (1.22%) ENOVIA
2 2 (1.22%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.22%) SAP GTS
2 2 (1.22%) SAP QM
2 2 (1.22%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.22%) SAP VC
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.49%) Figma
2 8 (4.88%) AWS
3 6 (3.66%) Azure
4 5 (3.05%) GCP
4 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.44%) GitHub
6 3 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.22%) Lucidchart
7 2 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.22%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.22%) SaaS
8 1 (0.61%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.61%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.61%) Miro
8 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (3.05%) Power BI
2 3 (1.83%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.83%) Tableau
3 2 (1.22%) Power Query
3 2 (1.22%) PowerPivot
3 2 (1.22%) Text Mining
4 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.61%) Looker
4 1 (0.61%) Metadata
4 1 (0.61%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 13 (7.93%) JIRA
2 5 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.44%) Git
4 3 (1.83%) Ant
4 3 (1.83%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.83%) JUnit
4 3 (1.83%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (1.83%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.83%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.22%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.61%) CANoe
6 1 (0.61%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.61%) IntelliJ
General
1 35 (21.34%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.85%) Manufacturing
3 18 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.98%) Finance
4 11 (6.71%) Marketing
5 9 (5.49%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.05%) Retail
7 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.44%) Legal
8 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.22%) Aviation
9 2 (1.22%) Billing
9 2 (1.22%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.61%) Banking
10 1 (0.61%) German Language
10 1 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (14.63%) Test Engineer
2 21 (12.80%) Analyst
3 19 (11.59%) Senior
4 18 (10.98%) Designer
4 18 (10.98%) UI Designer
5 15 (9.15%) Developer
6 12 (7.32%) Senior Designer
6 12 (7.32%) Senior UI Designer
7 9 (5.49%) Lead
8 8 (4.88%) Embedded Engineer
8 8 (4.88%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.66%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) HR Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) Project Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) Transformation Analyst
9 6 (3.66%) User Experience Researcher
9 6 (3.66%) UX Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Quality Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) Kafka
1 6 (3.66%) REST
1 6 (3.66%) Spring
2 5 (3.05%) HTML
2 5 (3.05%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.83%) SOAP
3 3 (1.83%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.83%) Web Services
4 2 (1.22%) .NET
4 2 (1.22%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (1.22%) CSS
4 2 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.61%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.61%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.61%) QML
5 1 (0.61%) React
5 1 (0.61%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.61%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.32%) Animation
2 10 (6.10%) Infotainment
3 6 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.44%) IoT
5 3 (1.83%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.83%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.22%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.22%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.22%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.61%) Music Streaming
7 1 (0.61%) PMI
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.22%) Linux
1 2 (1.22%) VMS
2 1 (0.61%) Android
2 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.29%) Agile
2 23 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (13.41%) Analytics
4 20 (12.20%) User Experience
5 18 (10.98%) Validation
6 16 (9.76%) Software Engineering
7 15 (9.15%) CRM
8 14 (8.54%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 13 (7.93%) Migration
9 13 (7.93%) Project Management
10 12 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.71%) CI/CD
11 11 (6.71%) Software Testing
11 11 (6.71%) UX Research
12 10 (6.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (6.10%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (6.10%) UX Design
13 9 (5.49%) Scrum
13 9 (5.49%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.88%) C++
1 8 (4.88%) SQL
2 7 (4.27%) Java
3 5 (3.05%) C
4 4 (2.44%) Ada
4 4 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.44%) Python
5 3 (1.83%) Apex Code
5 3 (1.83%) SOQL
5 3 (1.83%) SOSL
6 2 (1.22%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.61%) C#
7 1 (0.61%) Go
7 1 (0.61%) Korn
7 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (10.37%) Degree
2 6 (3.66%) PMI Certification
3 5 (3.05%) PMP
4 4 (2.44%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.83%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.83%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.61%) CCA
7 1 (0.61%) ISEB
7 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.71%) QA
2 9 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.83%) Def Stans
3 3 (1.83%) GDPR
4 2 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.61%) MISRA
5 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.44%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.83%) Terraform
3 2 (1.22%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.22%) Grafana
3 2 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (7.32%) Salesforce
2 11 (6.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.71%) SAP
3 9 (5.49%) Adobe
4 7 (4.27%) Google
5 6 (3.66%) Oracle
6 5 (3.05%) Siebel
7 4 (2.44%) HP
7 4 (2.44%) Qualtrics
7 4 (2.44%) Siemens
8 3 (1.83%) Checkmarx
8 3 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.83%) Spotify
9 2 (1.22%) PTC
10 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.61%) PagerDuty
10 1 (0.61%) Progress
10 1 (0.61%) QNX
10 1 (0.61%) Splunk