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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 324 355
Rank change year-on-year -32 +31 +123
Contract jobs citing Automotive 18 40 38
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.28% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.19% 0.43% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 23
10th Percentile £209 £250 £300
25th Percentile £456 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £738 £581
90th Percentile £709 £775 £688
England median daily rate £550 £475 £509
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.63% +1.75%
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 £36.00
% change year-on-year -11.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 9,431 9,261 11,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.91% 64.73% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,144 5,894 8,389
10th Percentile £350 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £823 £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 £17.13
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.63
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +7.44%
75th Percentile £45.38 £53.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.42% -7.69% +26.41%

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 4 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 4 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 -10 4 £363 -23.68% 23
East London +3 2 - - 2
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Endur
1 2 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
1 4 (22.22%) SaaS
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (11.11%) Text Mining
3 1 (5.56%) Looker
3 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Back Office
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) Multimedia
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Sales Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) C++ Developer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Android Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Back Office Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Endur Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Endur Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Endur Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Modelling Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Migration Manager
5 1 (5.56%) OpenLink Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) OpenLink Architect
5 1 (5.56%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) CSS
1 3 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) React
3 1 (5.56%) CarPlay
3 1 (5.56%) CSS3
3 1 (5.56%) HTML5
3 1 (5.56%) JSON
3 1 (5.56%) Next.js
3 1 (5.56%) RESTful
3 1 (5.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
2 4 (22.22%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.56%) Grid Computing
5 1 (5.56%) Infotainment
5 1 (5.56%) Music Streaming
5 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Agile
1 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 5 (27.78%) User Experience
3 4 (22.22%) AI
3 4 (22.22%) Telematics
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (11.11%) DevOps
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Innovation
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Sentiment Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) UX Research
5 2 (11.11%) Vehicle Telematics
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) ACCA
1 1 (5.56%) CIMA
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Salesforce
3 2 (11.11%) Hitachi
3 2 (11.11%) Qualtrics
3 2 (11.11%) Remedy
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (5.56%) ION Trading
4 1 (5.56%) OpenLink
4 1 (5.56%) SAP