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 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 331 339
Rank change year-on-year -64 +8 +91
Contract jobs citing Automotive 47 37 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.27% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.40% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 29
10th Percentile £427 £250 £304
25th Percentile £525 £329 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £494 £550
Median % change year-on-year +36.71% -10.23% +1.15%
75th Percentile £788 £613 £719
90th Percentile £865 £665 £775
England median daily rate £550 £450 £442
% change year-on-year +22.22% +1.93% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.77 £52.50
Median hourly rate - £26.30 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £27.83 £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £35.60 £46.84
% change year-on-year -8.71% -24.00% +28.33%

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 12,275 9,322 10,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.78% 68.73% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,825 6,186 7,087
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 190 146
10th Percentile £18.40 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.89% +0.71%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.31 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £67.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -7 5 £588 -10.98% 10
East London -4 1 - - 6
West London - 1 £300 - 14
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 4 (8.51%) CMS
2 2 (4.26%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) DELMIA
1 2 (4.26%) ENOVIA
1 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (4.26%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.89%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.13%) GCP
4 1 (2.13%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Network Security
2 4 (8.51%) DHCP
2 4 (8.51%) DNS
2 4 (8.51%) Firewall
2 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
2 4 (8.51%) VLAN
2 4 (8.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Metadata
2 3 (6.38%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.13%) Power BI
3 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) Ant
2 3 (6.38%) Eclipse
2 3 (6.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.38%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 9 (19.15%) Finance
1 9 (19.15%) Manufacturing
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Aerospace
4 5 (10.64%) Retail
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Marketing
7 1 (2.13%) Aviation
7 1 (2.13%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Front Office
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Lead
2 7 (14.89%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Architect
4 5 (10.64%) Developer
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Robotics Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Content Strategist
5 4 (8.51%) CRM Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Customer Insight Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Insight Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Network Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Performance Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Salesforce Technical Leader
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) 802.1X
1 4 (8.51%) VML
2 3 (6.38%) HTML
2 3 (6.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (6.38%) REST
2 3 (6.38%) SOAP
2 3 (6.38%) Visualforce
2 3 (6.38%) Web Services
3 1 (2.13%) OAuth
3 1 (2.13%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Robotics
2 6 (12.77%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.51%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.51%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (8.51%) PKI
3 4 (8.51%) Public Cloud
3 4 (8.51%) Taxonomies
4 2 (4.26%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
1 4 (8.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Validation
2 11 (23.40%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) Analytics
4 9 (19.15%) AI
5 8 (17.02%) DevOps
5 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.89%) Change Management
6 7 (14.89%) Migration
6 7 (14.89%) Software Engineering
7 6 (12.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (10.64%) CI/CD
8 5 (10.64%) CRM
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (10.64%) Kanban
8 5 (10.64%) PLM
8 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.64%) Scrum
9 4 (8.51%) Data Validation
9 4 (8.51%) SEO
9 4 (8.51%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) C++
2 4 (8.51%) Bash
2 4 (8.51%) Python
2 4 (8.51%) SOQL
3 3 (6.38%) Apex Code
3 3 (6.38%) Embedded C++
3 3 (6.38%) SOSL
4 2 (4.26%) Java
4 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) CCNP
1 4 (8.51%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (8.51%) JNCIP
1 4 (8.51%) JNCIS
2 2 (4.26%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.26%) PMP
2 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) CISSP
3 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Accessibility
1 4 (8.51%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.38%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (4.26%) MISRA
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) PMO
4 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Ansible
1 4 (8.51%) systemd
1 4 (8.51%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Cisco
2 4 (8.51%) Juniper
2 4 (8.51%) MikroTik
2 4 (8.51%) Salesforce
2 4 (8.51%) SAP
2 4 (8.51%) Siemens
3 3 (6.38%) PTC
3 3 (6.38%) Spotify
4 2 (4.26%) Databricks
4 2 (4.26%) Google
4 2 (4.26%) Logi
4 2 (4.26%) Logi Analytics
5 1 (2.13%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.13%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow