Automotive Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 38 33
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing Automotive 7 16 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.97% 3.36% 5.38%
As % of the General category 4.64% 6.45% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 44
10th Percentile - £319 £413
25th Percentile £176 £398 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £469 £532 £560
90th Percentile £518 £549 £584
South East median daily rate £463 £473 £489
% change year-on-year -2.12% -3.32% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £18.98 - -
25th Percentile £24.56 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £17.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.83% - -
75th Percentile £47.06 £40.07 -
90th Percentile £53.33 £53.53 -
South East median hourly rate £38.75 £43.25 £22.75
% change year-on-year -10.40% +90.11% +26.39%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 151 248 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 63.98% 52.10% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 166 439
10th Percentile £275 £201 £246
25th Percentile £402 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +1.06% +2.73%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £750 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 2
10th Percentile - £15.23 £12.68
25th Percentile - £19.13 £17.44
Median hourly rate £14.20 £24.72 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -42.55% -5.85% +113.24%
75th Percentile £20.50 £28.75 £35.44
90th Percentile £62.50 £30.00 £40.43
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in Buckinghamshire

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Milton Keynes +2 5 £456 -3.95% 18
Bletchley - 2 £177 - 3
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Governance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) B2C
1 2 (28.57%) Business Impact Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Retention
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
2 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
2 1 (14.29%) Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Generation
2 1 (14.29%) Personalization
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Google