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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 347 383
Rank change year-on-year -2 +36 +114
Contract jobs citing Automotive 29 41 40
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.41% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 23 24
10th Percentile £200 £252 £315
25th Percentile £325 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -15.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £660 £594 £619
90th Percentile £733 £768 £688
England median daily rate £513 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% +5.00%
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 £38.96 £40.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -2.60% +12.68% -21.11%

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 9,643 10,089 12,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.88% 63.41% 64.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,297 6,466 9,210
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £777 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 118 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.43 £18.43
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.75 £37.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% +7.96% +4.48%
75th Percentile £46.50 £54.69 £58.13
90th Percentile £70.20 £78.51 £75.50
England median hourly rate £24.21 £31.31 £32.75
% change year-on-year -22.69% -4.40% +28.33%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 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 +7 5 - -
Central London -5 3 £200 -66.67% 4
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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Endur
2 2 (6.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) SaaS
3 3 (10.34%) OpenShift
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.45%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) Looker
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JUnit
1 3 (10.34%) Mockito
2 2 (6.90%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) Appium
3 1 (3.45%) Babel
3 1 (3.45%) CANoe
3 1 (3.45%) ESLint
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) Postman
3 1 (3.45%) REST Assured
3 1 (3.45%) TestRail
3 1 (3.45%) webpack
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Back Office
2 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Advertising
6 1 (3.45%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Architect
1 5 (17.24%) Developer
2 4 (13.79%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Lead
2 4 (13.79%) Sales Manager
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Endur Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Java Developer
3 3 (10.34%) OpenLink Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Back Office Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Endur Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Endur Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) OpenLink Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) OpenLink Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Principal Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) React
2 4 (13.79%) REST
3 3 (10.34%) JSON
3 3 (10.34%) Spring
3 3 (10.34%) Spring Boot
3 3 (10.34%) Swagger
3 3 (10.34%) WireMock
4 2 (6.90%) CSS
4 2 (6.90%) CSS3
4 2 (6.90%) HTML
4 2 (6.90%) HTML5
4 2 (6.90%) Next.js
4 2 (6.90%) RESTful
5 1 (3.45%) ATL
5 1 (3.45%) CarPlay
5 1 (3.45%) Flutter
5 1 (3.45%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 4 (13.79%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (10.34%) Grid Computing
4 2 (6.90%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) Infotainment
5 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.45%) Music Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) AI
2 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
3 6 (20.69%) Microservices
3 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (20.69%) Validation
4 5 (17.24%) DevOps
4 5 (17.24%) Digital Engineering
4 5 (17.24%) Digital Innovation
4 5 (17.24%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Business Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
5 4 (13.79%) Data Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) IT Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Telematics
5 4 (13.79%) User Experience
6 3 (10.34%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) C#
4 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.45%) C
5 1 (3.45%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
1 2 (6.90%) MBA
2 1 (3.45%) ACCA
2 1 (3.45%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Ansible
1 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.34%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Hitachi
3 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.90%) ION Trading
4 2 (6.90%) OpenLink
4 2 (6.90%) Remedy
4 2 (6.90%) SAP
4 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Google