Automotive Contracts in the East of England

Automotive
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 104 115
Rank change year-on-year +31 +11 -20
Contract jobs citing Automotive 41 19 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.16% 0.92% 1.16%
As % of the General category 3.48% 1.52% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 16
10th Percentile £155 £429 £308
25th Percentile £325 £464 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £553 £500
Median % change year-on-year -32.13% +10.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £479 £673 £523
90th Percentile £550 £676 £574
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 13
10th Percentile £26.08 £45.85 £32.40
25th Percentile £35.50 £51.63 £42.50
Median hourly rate £37.25 £62.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.40% +11.61% +24.44%
75th Percentile £55.13 £64.38 £56.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £64.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £39.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -23.33%

All General Skills
East of England

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,178 1,249 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 62.00% 60.43% 59.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 692 783
10th Percentile £239 £200 £161
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £550
90th Percentile £650 £725 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 261 330
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Essex +15 18 £538 +12.74% 32
Cambridgeshire +15 14 £197 -39.46% 56
Bedfordshire +6 7 £375 -37.50% 45
Hertfordshire -9 1 - - 31
Norfolk - 1 - - 22
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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:

Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Simulink
2 7 (17.07%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.44%) GCP
1 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
1 2 (4.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.76%) Legal
2 4 (9.76%) Military
3 3 (7.32%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Software Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Senior
3 9 (21.95%) Embedded Engineer
4 8 (19.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Database Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Database Manager
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Developer
8 3 (7.32%) Project Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Administrator
9 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Support Technician
9 2 (4.88%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) CSS
1 2 (4.88%) HTML
1 2 (4.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Software Engineering
2 9 (21.95%) Validation
3 7 (17.07%) Computer Science
4 6 (14.63%) CAE
4 6 (14.63%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 5 (12.20%) Test Automation
6 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
6 4 (9.76%) FMEA
6 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.76%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (4.88%) Agile
7 2 (4.88%) Battery Management
7 2 (4.88%) CI/CD
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.88%) Data Collection
7 2 (4.88%) DevOps
7 2 (4.88%) Full Stack Development
7 2 (4.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (4.88%) SDLC
7 2 (4.88%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) MATLAB
2 3 (7.32%) Java
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 2 (4.88%) C
3 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.88%) VB
4 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) HNC
3 1 (2.44%) HND
3 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) ISO 26262
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) SAP