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 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 325 333
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 -17
Contract jobs citing Automotive 333 180 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.66% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.29% 1.02% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 73 125
10th Percentile £309 £211 £300
25th Percentile £475 £331 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £644 £613 £560
90th Percentile £788 £659 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 50 22
10th Percentile £21.33 £22.05 £24.19
25th Percentile £22.00 £28.24 £34.34
Median hourly rate £32.50 £36.53 £43.94
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% -16.86% +25.54%
75th Percentile £35.79 £50.00 £51.88
90th Percentile £52.25 - £68.75
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £36.53 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% -18.82% +28.57%

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 25,874 17,612 18,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.90% 64.23% 58.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,203 11,142 11,529
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,256 1,011 945
10th Percentile £13.63 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.85
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -35.26% +33.97%
75th Percentile £57.00 £46.47 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £72.10
UK median hourly rate £29.78 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +18.41% -28.87% +28.58%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 0 130 £425 - 244
West Midlands -4 111 £425 +17.24% 176
South East -11 85 £500 +11.11% 208
London -59 55 £675 +36.71% 272
East of England -23 27 £570 +192.31% 117
North of England -62 26 £538 -11.34% 132
North West -45 25 £550 -9.28% 78
East Midlands -5 17 £292 -56.74% 68
South West -36 7 £550 +23.04% 74
Yorkshire - 1 £475 - 34
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 5 (1.50%) CMS
1 5 (1.50%) Confluence
2 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.60%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
3 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (4.20%) Adobe Illustrator
1 14 (4.20%) Photoshop
2 11 (3.30%) Adobe After Effects
3 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.90%) CATIA
6 3 (0.90%) Windchill
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.30%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 14 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.70%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.50%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.50%) SAP VC
4 4 (1.20%) ENOVIA
4 4 (1.20%) SAP GTS
4 4 (1.20%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.60%) DELMIA
6 2 (0.60%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.20%) Azure
1 14 (4.20%) Figma
2 11 (3.30%) AWS
3 8 (2.40%) SaaS
4 5 (1.50%) GCP
4 5 (1.50%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 4 (1.20%) GitHub
5 4 (1.20%) Snowflake
6 3 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.60%) Intacct
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.60%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.30%) Dagster
8 1 (0.30%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.10%) VPN
2 6 (1.80%) Ethernet
2 6 (1.80%) Firewall
2 6 (1.80%) Network Security
3 4 (1.20%) DHCP
3 4 (1.20%) DNS
3 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.20%) VLAN
4 2 (0.60%) FlexRay
4 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.60%) Wireless
5 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.30%) LAN
5 1 (0.30%) RS-232
5 1 (0.30%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.10%) Metadata
1 7 (2.10%) Tableau
2 5 (1.50%) Power BI
2 5 (1.50%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.60%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.60%) Power Query
5 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.60%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.30%) Looker
6 1 (0.30%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 9 (2.70%) Git
2 7 (2.10%) JIRA
3 6 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.90%) Ant
4 3 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.60%) CANoe
5 2 (0.60%) Postman
5 2 (0.60%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) NUnit
6 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 75 (22.52%) Manufacturing
2 55 (16.52%) Social Skills
3 29 (8.71%) Aerospace
4 25 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.51%) Finance
5 15 (4.50%) Retail
6 8 (2.40%) Marketing
7 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.90%) Agriculture
9 3 (0.90%) German Language
9 3 (0.90%) Legal
9 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.60%) Aviation
10 2 (0.60%) Electronics
10 2 (0.60%) French Language
10 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.60%) Italian Language
10 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (12.31%) Senior
2 29 (8.71%) Analyst
3 26 (7.81%) Designer
3 26 (7.81%) Test Engineer
3 26 (7.81%) UI Designer
4 24 (7.21%) Lead
5 23 (6.91%) Software Engineer
5 23 (6.91%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (6.31%) Data Engineer
7 20 (6.01%) Architect
8 18 (5.41%) Quality Engineer
9 17 (5.11%) Senior Designer
9 17 (5.11%) Senior UI Designer
10 15 (4.50%) Developer
10 15 (4.50%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 12 (3.60%) Salesforce Engineer
13 11 (3.30%) QA Engineer
13 11 (3.30%) Test Technician
14 10 (3.00%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.70%) REST
2 8 (2.40%) Terraform
3 5 (1.50%) Kafka
3 5 (1.50%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (1.50%) SOAP
4 4 (1.20%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.20%) VML
4 4 (1.20%) Web Services
5 3 (0.90%) .NET
5 3 (0.90%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 3 (0.90%) HTML
5 3 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.90%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.60%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.60%) OAuth
6 2 (0.60%) QML
6 2 (0.60%) Qt
6 2 (0.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.11%) Animation
2 12 (3.60%) Robotics
2 12 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.00%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (1.80%) Algorithms
4 6 (1.80%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.80%) Taxonomies
5 4 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.20%) PKI
5 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.90%) CAN bus
6 3 (0.90%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.90%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (0.90%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.10%) Linux
2 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.20%) VMS
3 3 (0.90%) Windows
4 2 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.82%) Validation
2 46 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (11.71%) Software Engineering
4 37 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (9.61%) Migration
5 32 (9.61%) Software Testing
6 30 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (8.41%) User Experience
8 26 (7.81%) Agile
8 26 (7.81%) Analytics
9 24 (7.21%) Data Migration
10 23 (6.91%) AI
11 20 (6.01%) CRM
11 20 (6.01%) ERP
12 19 (5.71%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
13 17 (5.11%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (5.11%) Logistics
14 16 (4.80%) Change Management
14 16 (4.80%) Data Analysis
14 16 (4.80%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.50%) Python
2 13 (3.90%) SQL
3 9 (2.70%) C++
4 8 (2.40%) Java
5 7 (2.10%) Ada
6 5 (1.50%) SOQL
7 4 (1.20%) Bash
7 4 (1.20%) C
7 4 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.90%) C#
8 3 (0.90%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.90%) SOSL
8 3 (0.90%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.30%) Korn
10 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (12.31%) Degree
2 17 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.80%) Chartered Engineer
4 6 (1.80%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.20%) CCNP
5 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.20%) JNCIP
5 4 (1.20%) JNCIS
6 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.90%) IIBA
6 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.60%) HNC
8 1 (0.30%) CCA
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) HND
8 1 (0.30%) ISEB
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.80%) QA
3 5 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.50%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.20%) MISRA
5 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.60%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.30%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.20%) Ansible
2 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.20%) systemd
3 1 (0.30%) Grafana
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (9.01%) SAP
2 25 (7.51%) Salesforce
3 21 (6.31%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.20%) Adobe
5 12 (3.60%) Siemens
6 11 (3.30%) Oracle
7 5 (1.50%) Databricks
8 4 (1.20%) Cisco
8 4 (1.20%) Google
8 4 (1.20%) Juniper
8 4 (1.20%) MikroTik
8 4 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.90%) PTC
9 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.90%) Siebel
10 2 (0.60%) Logi
10 2 (0.60%) Logi Analytics
10 2 (0.60%) QNX
10 2 (0.60%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
1,085 Automotive jobs in England