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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 336 282
Rank change year-on-year -68 -54 +54
Contract jobs citing Automotive 196 141 278
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.59% 0.76%
As % of the General category 0.87% 0.93% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 81 118
10th Percentile £333 £318 £300
25th Percentile £475 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £587
90th Percentile £650 £675 £671
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +8.00% +2.15% +3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 101
10th Percentile £25.00 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.30 £28.18 £30.70
Median hourly rate £33.98 £33.91 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -28.61% +23.38%
75th Percentile £34.13 £50.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.75 - £58.75
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £33.91 £47.50
% change year-on-year +0.21% -28.61% +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 22,472 15,240 21,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.13% 64.03% 57.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,830 9,879 13,642
10th Percentile £312 £285 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,521 667 1,801
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £16.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £27.13 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -9.58% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.74
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.40 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.49% -8.67% -7.69%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 88 £488 +18.90% 92
West Midlands -22 79 £488 +18.90% 81
South East -59 34 £525 +7.69% 69
East of England -19 31 £507 -0.88% 26
London -60 29 £575 +15.00% 67
North West -53 9 £600 -1.03% 35
North of England -91 9 £600 -1.03% 53
East Midlands -26 7 - - 11
South West -28 3 - - 31
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 6 (3.06%) Confluence
2 2 (1.02%) CMS
2 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.02%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 14 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 14 (7.14%) Photoshop
2 11 (5.61%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.02%) CATIA
4 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.02%) Windchill
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.04%) SAP GTS
2 4 (2.04%) SAP SD
2 4 (2.04%) SAP VC
2 4 (2.04%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.02%) DELMIA
3 2 (1.02%) ENOVIA
3 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.02%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.14%) Figma
2 12 (6.12%) AWS
3 8 (4.08%) Azure
4 7 (3.57%) GCP
5 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.55%) SaaS
6 4 (2.04%) GitHub
6 4 (2.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 3 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.02%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Run
9 1 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.51%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.51%) Miro
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Firewall
1 1 (0.51%) FlexRay
1 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.55%) Power BI
2 4 (2.04%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.04%) Tableau
3 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.02%) Metadata
3 2 (1.02%) Power Query
3 2 (1.02%) PowerPivot
3 2 (1.02%) Text Mining
4 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) Looker
4 1 (0.51%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.12%) JIRA
2 5 (2.55%) Git
2 5 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.53%) Ant
3 3 (1.53%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.53%) JUnit
3 3 (1.53%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (1.53%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.02%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.51%) CANoe
5 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.51%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.51%) NUnit
5 1 (0.51%) Postman
General
1 38 (19.39%) Manufacturing
1 38 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.20%) Finance
3 18 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.12%) Aerospace
4 12 (6.12%) Marketing
5 6 (3.06%) Retail
6 4 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.02%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.02%) Aviation
8 2 (1.02%) Legal
8 2 (1.02%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.51%) Banking
9 1 (0.51%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 27 (13.78%) Test Engineer
2 26 (13.27%) Designer
2 26 (13.27%) UI Designer
3 25 (12.76%) Analyst
4 24 (12.24%) Senior
5 19 (9.69%) Developer
6 17 (8.67%) Senior Designer
6 17 (8.67%) Senior UI Designer
7 11 (5.61%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Lead
9 7 (3.57%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (3.06%) Architect
10 6 (3.06%) Consultant
10 6 (3.06%) Project Analyst
10 6 (3.06%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.06%) QA Engineer
10 6 (3.06%) Quality Engineer
10 6 (3.06%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.08%) REST
2 7 (3.57%) Kafka
3 6 (3.06%) Spring
4 5 (2.55%) HTML
4 5 (2.55%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.53%) .NET
6 3 (1.53%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.53%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 3 (1.53%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.53%) RESTful
6 3 (1.53%) SOAP
6 3 (1.53%) Visualforce
6 3 (1.53%) Web Services
7 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.02%) CSS
7 2 (1.02%) JSON
7 2 (1.02%) NHibernate
7 2 (1.02%) Qt
7 2 (1.02%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.67%) Animation
2 10 (5.10%) Infotainment
3 6 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.53%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.02%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.51%) Music Streaming
8 1 (0.51%) PMI
8 1 (0.51%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.04%) VMS
2 3 (1.53%) Linux
3 2 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.51%) Android
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.80%) Agile
1 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (13.27%) User Experience
3 25 (12.76%) Analytics
4 21 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 20 (10.20%) Validation
6 19 (9.69%) Migration
7 15 (7.65%) CRM
7 15 (7.65%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 14 (7.14%) Data Migration
9 13 (6.63%) CI/CD
9 13 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (6.12%) Software Testing
10 12 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (6.12%) UX Design
11 11 (5.61%) Project Management
11 11 (5.61%) Scrum
11 11 (5.61%) UX Research
12 10 (5.10%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.12%) SQL
2 9 (4.59%) C++
3 8 (4.08%) Java
4 6 (3.06%) Ada
4 6 (3.06%) C
5 5 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.04%) Python
6 4 (2.04%) SOQL
7 3 (1.53%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.53%) SOSL
8 2 (1.02%) C#
8 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.51%) Go
9 1 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 26 (13.27%) Degree
2 6 (3.06%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.55%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.04%) PMP
4 4 (2.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.53%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.02%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.51%) CCA
7 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) ISEB
7 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.51%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.61%) QA
2 10 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.53%) Def Stans
3 3 (1.53%) GDPR
4 2 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.02%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.02%) MISRA
5 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.04%) HP ALM
1 4 (2.04%) Terraform
2 3 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.02%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.02%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (7.65%) Salesforce
2 14 (7.14%) Adobe
2 14 (7.14%) SAP
3 11 (5.61%) Microsoft
4 9 (4.59%) Oracle
5 8 (4.08%) Google
5 8 (4.08%) Siemens
6 5 (2.55%) Siebel
7 4 (2.04%) HP
7 4 (2.04%) Qualtrics
8 3 (1.53%) Checkmarx
8 3 (1.53%) PTC
8 3 (1.53%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.53%) Spotify
9 2 (1.02%) QNX
10 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.51%) PagerDuty
10 1 (0.51%) Progress
10 1 (0.51%) Splunk