Automotive Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 353 439
Rank change year-on-year +27 +86 +89
Contract jobs citing Automotive 34 43 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 26
10th Percentile £258 £308 £350
25th Percentile £333 £344 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £563 £494
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +13.92% -5.05%
75th Percentile £613 £686 £594
90th Percentile £674 £723 £669
England median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - £39.75
25th Percentile - £52.50 £43.13
Median hourly rate £39.04 £55.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.02% +11.11% +16.47%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £55.13
90th Percentile - £61.25 £58.05
England median hourly rate £37.00 £47.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year -22.11% +18.01% +21.97%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,032 10,944 16,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.98% 62.20% 63.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,020 7,773 11,940
10th Percentile £330 £336 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £725
90th Percentile £813 £825 £825
England median daily rate £518 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 227 201
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.61
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.52 £21.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.16 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -7.74% -7.92%
75th Percentile £51.07 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £68.30 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.25 £33.00 £30.52
% change year-on-year -17.44% +8.13% +31.38%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in London

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in London

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in London

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in London

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 6 July 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
East London +16 3 - - 3
Central London +3 1 £660 -7.37% 28
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Endur
2 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) OpenShift
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub
3 1 (2.94%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Internet
1 1 (2.94%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) JIRA
1 3 (8.82%) JUnit
1 3 (8.82%) Mockito
2 2 (5.88%) Appium
2 2 (5.88%) Git
3 1 (2.94%) Babel
3 1 (2.94%) CANoe
3 1 (2.94%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.94%) ESLint
3 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Postman
3 1 (2.94%) REST Assured
3 1 (2.94%) Selenium
3 1 (2.94%) TestRail
3 1 (2.94%) webpack
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Advertising
4 4 (11.76%) Marketing
5 3 (8.82%) Back Office
5 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.94%) Aviation
7 1 (2.94%) Cantonese Language
7 1 (2.94%) Electronics
7 1 (2.94%) German Language
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) Developer
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Lead
3 4 (11.76%) Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Account Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Designer
4 3 (8.82%) Java Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Endur Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.88%) OpenLink Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Business Systems Manager
6 1 (2.94%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Product Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) REST
2 5 (14.71%) React
3 3 (8.82%) JSON
3 3 (8.82%) Spring
3 3 (8.82%) Spring Boot
3 3 (8.82%) WireMock
4 2 (5.88%) CSS
4 2 (5.88%) CSS3
4 2 (5.88%) HTML
4 2 (5.88%) HTML5
4 2 (5.88%) Next.js
4 2 (5.88%) Node.js
4 2 (5.88%) RESTful
4 2 (5.88%) Swagger
5 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.94%) Express.js
5 1 (2.94%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.94%) OpenCL
5 1 (2.94%) React Native
5 1 (2.94%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.82%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (8.82%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (8.82%) Life Science
2 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.88%) Grid Computing
3 2 (5.88%) IoT
3 2 (5.88%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.94%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.94%) CUDA
4 1 (2.94%) FMCG
4 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) PMI
4 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (17.65%) Digital Engineering
5 6 (17.65%) Microservices
6 5 (14.71%) Validation
7 4 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.76%) CRM
7 4 (11.76%) DevOps
7 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 4 (11.76%) Project Management
8 3 (8.82%) Analytics
8 3 (8.82%) Business Strategy
8 3 (8.82%) Integration Testing
8 3 (8.82%) IT Strategy
8 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (8.82%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (8.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) Java
2 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.88%) C#
3 2 (5.88%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) C
4 1 (2.94%) C++
4 1 (2.94%) Korn
4 1 (2.94%) PHP
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) CSPO
3 1 (2.94%) MBA
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) PMO
2 2 (5.88%) SLA
3 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Ansible
1 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Hitachi
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.94%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.94%) OpenLink
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce