Automotive Contract Job Trends in London

Automotive
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 329 347
Rank change year-on-year -32 +18 +121
Contract jobs citing Automotive 16 38 39
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.17% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 24
10th Percentile £209 £250 £300
25th Percentile £456 £320 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +24.16% -3.35% -4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £741 £578
90th Percentile £709 £775 £688
England median daily rate £550 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.77 - -
Median hourly rate £26.30 £39.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.56% - -
75th Percentile £27.83 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.60 £40.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -11.00% +10.34% -13.69%

All General Skills
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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,426 9,235 11,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.77% 64.78% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,138 5,877 8,264
10th Percentile £350 £325 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 113 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.24
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £45.38 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +27.86%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Automotive job vacancy trend in London

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automotive

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in London over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in London

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Central London -6 4 £363 -23.68% 19
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
2 2 (12.50%) Text Mining
3 1 (6.25%) Looker
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Sales Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) C++ Developer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Android Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Modelling Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Android Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) CarPlay
2 1 (6.25%) CSS3
2 1 (6.25%) HTML5
2 1 (6.25%) Next.js
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (25.00%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (6.25%) Infotainment
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Music Streaming
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Experience
2 5 (31.25%) User Experience
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Telematics
4 3 (18.75%) Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (18.75%) Visualisation
5 2 (12.50%) A/B Testing
5 2 (12.50%) AI
5 2 (12.50%) API Integration
5 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
5 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (12.50%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Sentiment Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) UX Research
5 2 (12.50%) Vehicle Telematics
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) ACCA
1 1 (6.25%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (12.50%) Qualtrics
3 2 (12.50%) Remedy
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) Google