Automotive Contracts in Central London

Automotive
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 127 160
Rank change year-on-year -1 +33 +39
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Automotive 1 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.050% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.067% 0.26% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £487 -
25th Percentile - £523 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £594 £579
Median % change year-on-year +11.16% +2.50% +0.74%
75th Percentile - £661 £691
90th Percentile - £696 £741
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.59% +4.51%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,490 1,544 2,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.72% 67.01% 63.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,024 1,509
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £416 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £720
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.60 -
25th Percentile £25.22 £21.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -1.82% -32.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.50 £38.00
90th Percentile £63.93 £88.38 £63.46
London median hourly rate £31.50 £36.00 £34.62
% change year-on-year -12.51% +3.99% -7.68%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in Central London

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Automotive

Automotive
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -5 1 £660 +11.16% 22
Automotive
London

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flutter
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java