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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 329 371
Rank change year-on-year -27 +42 +121
Contract jobs citing Automotive 24 40 34
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.41% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 20
10th Percentile £226 £250 £300
25th Percentile £347 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +42.42% -17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £675
90th Percentile £701 £775 £689
England median daily rate £550 £448 £525
% change year-on-year +22.77% -14.67% +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 £35.60 £40.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -11.00% +12.68% -18.39%

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 9,605 9,686 12,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.77% 64.28% 64.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,260 6,180 8,809
10th Percentile £338 £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 £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £780 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 117 164
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.52
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £21.44
Median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £44.81 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £76.36 £75.88
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.31 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.17% +32.00%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 +5 5 - - 1
Central London -5 2 £200 -66.67% 8
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 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Endur
2 2 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 3 (12.50%) OpenShift
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.17%) Looker
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JUnit
1 2 (8.33%) Mockito
2 1 (4.17%) Babel
2 1 (4.17%) ESLint
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) webpack
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Back Office
3 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.50%) Marketing
5 2 (8.33%) Multimedia
6 1 (4.17%) Advertising
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Sales Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Endur Architect
3 3 (12.50%) OpenLink Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Back Office Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) C++ Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Endur Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Endur Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Java Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) OpenLink Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) OpenLink Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Principal Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) React
2 3 (12.50%) JSON
2 3 (12.50%) Swagger
3 2 (8.33%) Next.js
3 2 (8.33%) REST
3 2 (8.33%) RESTful
3 2 (8.33%) Spring
3 2 (8.33%) Spring Boot
3 2 (8.33%) WireMock
4 1 (4.17%) ATL
4 1 (4.17%) CarPlay
4 1 (4.17%) CSS
4 1 (4.17%) CSS3
4 1 (4.17%) HTML
4 1 (4.17%) HTML5
4 1 (4.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (16.67%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (12.50%) Grid Computing
5 2 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (4.17%) Infotainment
6 1 (4.17%) Music Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
1 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Agile
2 7 (29.17%) AI
3 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
3 5 (20.83%) DevOps
3 5 (20.83%) Digital Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Digital Innovation
3 5 (20.83%) Microservices
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Telematics
4 4 (16.67%) User Experience
4 4 (16.67%) Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) Java
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) C++
4 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (8.33%) MBA
2 1 (4.17%) ACCA
2 1 (4.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Ansible
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 3 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Hitachi
3 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.33%) ION Trading
4 2 (8.33%) OpenLink
4 2 (8.33%) Remedy
4 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Google