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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 341 347
Rank change year-on-year -45 +6 +30
Contract jobs citing Automotive 149 177 233
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.58% 0.61%
As % of the General category 0.76% 0.96% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 92 146
10th Percentile £200 £261 £312
25th Percentile £334 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £472 £520
Median % change year-on-year +16.53% -9.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £632 £550 £579
90th Percentile £660 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 26 23
10th Percentile £22.05 £26.76 £25.60
25th Percentile £26.50 £30.76 £33.38
Median hourly rate £40.46 £40.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +12.68% -21.11%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.05 £43.38
90th Percentile - £55.00 £60.50
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £41.94 £36.00
% change year-on-year -3.53% +16.50% -20.00%

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 19,509 18,527 22,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 62.71% 60.60% 59.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,414 11,178 15,516
10th Percentile £278 £300 £290
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £667
90th Percentile £738 £775 £768
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,258 668 1,039
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.93 £18.00 £17.18
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.45 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -6.31% +26.41%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.50 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -12.73% -13.28% +26.84%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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 December 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
Midlands -45 44 £550 +12.82% 136
West Midlands -34 31 £550 +29.41% 77
London -12 30 £575 +35.29% 42
South East -14 28 £530 +31.51% 104
East of England 0 26 £190 -70.77% 50
East Midlands -10 13 £550 +10.00% 55
North West -37 13 £325 -40.91% 59
North of England -59 13 £325 -40.91% 93
South West +2 6 £447 +19.20% 44
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 (8.72%) Confluence
2 8 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.70%) CMS
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.37%) Maya
1 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) FrameMaker
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.36%) NUKE
3 4 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.01%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.34%) Simulink
6 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.67%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.67%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.67%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Endur
1 5 (3.36%) Primavera
2 2 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.37%) AWS
2 5 (3.36%) SaaS
3 4 (2.68%) Azure
3 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.01%) Figma
4 3 (2.01%) GCP
4 3 (2.01%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.01%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.67%) Alation
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.67%) Collibra
5 1 (0.67%) Firebase
5 1 (0.67%) Serverless
5 1 (0.67%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) LAN
3 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.01%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.34%) Power BI
4 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.67%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) Looker
4 1 (0.67%) Metadata
4 1 (0.67%) MySQL
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (8.05%) JIRA
2 4 (2.68%) Git
2 4 (2.68%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.68%) REST Assured
3 3 (2.01%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.01%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.01%) JUnit
3 3 (2.01%) Mockito
3 3 (2.01%) Selenium
4 2 (1.34%) CANoe
5 1 (0.67%) Appium
5 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.67%) Babel
5 1 (0.67%) ESLint
5 1 (0.67%) GitLab
5 1 (0.67%) Polyspace
5 1 (0.67%) Postman
5 1 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.67%) TestRail
5 1 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 63 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.78%) Finance
3 23 (15.44%) Aerospace
4 19 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.07%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.71%) Marketing
6 10 (6.71%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.04%) Retail
8 8 (5.37%) Games
8 8 (5.37%) Publishing
9 6 (4.03%) Back Office
9 6 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.03%) Legal
10 5 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.34%) Billing
12 2 (1.34%) Law
12 2 (1.34%) Military
12 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (14.77%) Senior
2 19 (12.75%) Project Manager
3 13 (8.72%) Test Technician
4 12 (8.05%) Analyst
4 12 (8.05%) Developer
4 12 (8.05%) Lead
5 10 (6.71%) Business Analyst
6 8 (5.37%) Architect
7 6 (4.03%) Author
7 6 (4.03%) Software Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) Technical Author
8 5 (3.36%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.36%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.36%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (3.36%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.36%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (2.68%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (2.68%) Lead Developer
9 4 (2.68%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.72%) HTML
2 10 (6.71%) CSS
3 8 (5.37%) Django
4 7 (4.70%) React
4 7 (4.70%) REST
5 6 (4.03%) RESTful
6 5 (3.36%) SGML
6 5 (3.36%) XML
7 4 (2.68%) JSON
7 4 (2.68%) Swagger
8 3 (2.01%) .NET
8 3 (2.01%) Next.js
8 3 (2.01%) SOAP
8 3 (2.01%) Spring
8 3 (2.01%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.01%) Unreal Engine
8 3 (2.01%) V-Ray
8 3 (2.01%) WireMock
9 2 (1.34%) CSS3
9 2 (1.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Mobile App
1 10 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.04%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.37%) Animation
4 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.03%) Robotics
5 4 (2.68%) IoT
5 4 (2.68%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.01%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.01%) Grid Computing
6 3 (2.01%) Infotainment
6 3 (2.01%) Mainframe
6 3 (2.01%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.34%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.36%) Windows
2 2 (1.34%) Android
2 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.67%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.82%) Agile
2 28 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (14.09%) AI
5 16 (10.74%) Validation
6 14 (9.40%) Project Management
7 13 (8.72%) Logistics
7 13 (8.72%) User Experience
8 12 (8.05%) CI/CD
9 11 (7.38%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.71%) Customer Experience
10 10 (6.71%) Project Governance
10 10 (6.71%) Time Management
11 9 (6.04%) Analytical Thinking
11 9 (6.04%) Customer Service
11 9 (6.04%) Roadmaps
11 9 (6.04%) Software Engineering
11 9 (6.04%) Telematics
11 9 (6.04%) UX Design
12 8 (5.37%) Digital Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.08%) SQL
2 17 (11.41%) Java
3 10 (6.71%) C++
3 10 (6.71%) Python
4 6 (4.03%) C#
5 5 (3.36%) Tcl
6 4 (2.68%) Ada
7 2 (1.34%) C
7 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.34%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.67%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.67%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.67%) PHP
8 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.67%) R
8 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (16.78%) Degree
2 6 (4.03%) PMI Certification
2 6 (4.03%) PMP
3 5 (3.36%) HNC
3 5 (3.36%) HND
4 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.34%) CISM
4 2 (1.34%) CISSP
4 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.34%) MBA
4 2 (1.34%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.67%) ACCA
5 1 (0.67%) CIMA
5 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.70%) QA
2 3 (2.01%) GDPR
3 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.34%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.34%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.34%) PERC
4 1 (0.67%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.67%) MISRA
4 1 (0.67%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.67%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.67%) PMO
4 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) Ansible
1 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.01%) Terraform
2 1 (0.67%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (13.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.04%) Salesforce
3 8 (5.37%) Hitachi
4 7 (4.70%) Google
5 6 (4.03%) SAP
6 5 (3.36%) Adobe
7 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.01%) Autodesk
8 3 (2.01%) Remedy
9 2 (1.34%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.34%) OpenLink
9 2 (1.34%) Oracle
10 1 (0.67%) Aruba
10 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.67%) Cisco
10 1 (0.67%) Informatica
10 1 (0.67%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.67%) QNX
10 1 (0.67%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.67%) Siemens