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

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 300 343
Rank change year-on-year -33 +43 +120
Contract jobs citing Automotive 133 258 371
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.69% 0.70%
As % of the General category 0.86% 1.17% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 109 258
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £340 £353 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £476
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.99% -3.79%
75th Percentile £598 £585 £550
90th Percentile £675 £694 £629
UK median daily rate £469 £500 £482
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.65% -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 99 25
10th Percentile £21.75 £16.25 £22.16
25th Percentile £27.24 £29.81 £31.25
Median hourly rate £30.78 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.60% -5.26% +31.94%
75th Percentile £39.03 £53.13 £60.63
90th Percentile £51.70 £57.50 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £30.78 £45.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -31.60% +0.56% +24.31%

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 15,412 21,979 31,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.54% 58.42% 59.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,049 14,289 22,053
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £680
90th Percentile £775 £770 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 1,712 1,053
10th Percentile £14.70 £13.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.28 £18.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.40 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -24.57% +66.27%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.67% -25.71% +62.79%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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
North of England +44 35 £501 +0.10% 151
North West +33 34 £501 -6.88% 103
South East +21 30 £500 +2.56% 153
London +18 26 £500 - 281
Midlands -21 23 £410 -25.45% 209
West Midlands -24 18 £410 -25.45% 145
East of England +6 17 £426 +21.57% 108
East Midlands +9 5 £500 -41.35% 57
Yorkshire +15 1 - - 34
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 12 (9.02%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.75%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.76%) Simulink
5 4 (3.01%) CATIA
6 3 (2.26%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.75%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.75%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (12.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.26%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.26%) SAP EWM
2 3 (2.26%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.75%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.26%) Azure
2 6 (4.51%) SaaS
3 4 (3.01%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.26%) GCP
5 2 (1.50%) AWS
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.50%) PaaS
5 2 (1.50%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.75%) IaaS
6 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.76%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.26%) MQTT
3 2 (1.50%) HTTP
3 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.75%) DHCP
4 1 (0.75%) DNS
4 1 (0.75%) LAN
4 1 (0.75%) NFC
4 1 (0.75%) RFID
4 1 (0.75%) WAN
4 1 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.01%) Tableau
2 3 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.50%) Big Data
3 2 (1.50%) Metadata
3 2 (1.50%) MySQL
3 2 (1.50%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.75%) HBase
4 1 (0.75%) Impala
4 1 (0.75%) Power BI
4 1 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (17.29%) JIRA
2 3 (2.26%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) GitLab
3 2 (1.50%) Postman
4 1 (0.75%) CANoe
General
1 57 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (17.29%) Finance
4 20 (15.04%) Manufacturing
5 16 (12.03%) Retail
6 12 (9.02%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (8.27%) Marketing
8 7 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.76%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.01%) Legal
12 3 (2.26%) Advertising
12 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.26%) Electronics
12 3 (2.26%) German Language
12 3 (2.26%) Japanese Language
13 2 (1.50%) Aviation
14 1 (0.75%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (14.29%) Analyst
2 10 (7.52%) Business Analyst
2 10 (7.52%) Project Manager
3 7 (5.26%) Developer
3 7 (5.26%) Senior
3 7 (5.26%) Software Engineer
4 6 (4.51%) Lead
5 5 (3.76%) Architect
5 5 (3.76%) Consultant
6 4 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (3.01%) Data Engineer
6 4 (3.01%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) Account Manager
7 3 (2.26%) Coordinator
7 3 (2.26%) Embedded Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) Product Manager
7 3 (2.26%) SAP Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) Security Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) REST
2 3 (2.26%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.50%) PostGIS
3 2 (1.50%) PySpark
3 2 (1.50%) XML
4 1 (0.75%) .NET
4 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.75%) D3.js
4 1 (0.75%) Django
4 1 (0.75%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) Laravel
4 1 (0.75%) OAuth
4 1 (0.75%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) RESTful
4 1 (0.75%) SOAP
4 1 (0.75%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.02%) Industry 4.0
2 12 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (8.27%) IoT
4 7 (5.26%) e-Learning
4 7 (5.26%) Infotainment
5 6 (4.51%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (3.76%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (3.76%) Podcast
6 5 (3.76%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (3.01%) Algorithms
7 4 (3.01%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.26%) Learning Management System
8 3 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.50%) Life Science
9 2 (1.50%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (1.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 3 (2.26%) Unix
3 2 (1.50%) Android
3 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.33%) Agile
2 35 (26.32%) Project Management
3 33 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.02%) Analytics
6 12 (9.02%) Decision-Making
6 12 (9.02%) Roadmaps
6 12 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (8.27%) Mentoring
7 11 (8.27%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.52%) Change Management
8 10 (7.52%) ERP
8 10 (7.52%) PLM
8 10 (7.52%) Software Engineering
8 10 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (6.77%) Business Case
9 9 (6.77%) Business Transformation
9 9 (6.77%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (6.02%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.53%) SQL
2 9 (6.77%) Python
3 7 (5.26%) MATLAB
4 4 (3.01%) C++
5 3 (2.26%) ABAP
5 3 (2.26%) C
5 3 (2.26%) C#
5 3 (2.26%) Java
6 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.75%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.75%) Scala
7 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.75%) SOQL
7 1 (0.75%) SOSL
7 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (25.56%) Degree
2 15 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (6.77%) Master's Degree
5 5 (3.76%) ISEB
6 4 (3.01%) IIBA
6 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.26%) PMP
7 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.75%) CISMP
8 1 (0.75%) CISSP
8 1 (0.75%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.75%) CSPO
8 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.75%) OSCE
8 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) GDPR
2 5 (3.76%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.26%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (2.26%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.26%) PMO
4 2 (1.50%) COSHH
4 2 (1.50%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.50%) QA
4 2 (1.50%) SLA
5 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) Firmware
3 1 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.75%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) MOM
2 2 (1.50%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (18.05%) SAP
2 18 (13.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.51%) Rockwell
4 6 (4.51%) Siemens
5 3 (2.26%) Adobe
5 3 (2.26%) Oracle
6 2 (1.50%) Google
6 2 (1.50%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.75%) Ariba
7 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.75%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.75%) Databricks
7 1 (0.75%) Informatica
7 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.75%) Sony
7 1 (0.75%) VMware
7 1 (0.75%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.75%) Zuora