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

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 342 417
Rank change year-on-year +21 +75 +96
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Automotive 38 41 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.41% 0.41% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 20
10th Percentile £250 £315 £451
25th Percentile £330 £331 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.59% +4.51%
75th Percentile £613 £708 £666
90th Percentile £660 £775 £689
England median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.77 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £26.30 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.18% -8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £27.83 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.60 £46.84 £35.50
% change year-on-year -24.00% +31.94% +7.58%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,228 10,115 14,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.03% 62.30% 64.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,135 6,970 10,707
10th Percentile £325 £338 £363
25th Percentile £423 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £713
90th Percentile £800 £825 £823
England median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 140 173
10th Percentile £15.84 £17.95 £17.98
25th Percentile £24.50 £24.09 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.50 £36.00 £34.62
Median % change year-on-year -12.51% +3.99% -7.68%
75th Percentile £49.75 £51.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.13 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.58
% change year-on-year -34.02% +33.38% +16.46%

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
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 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East London +14 5 - -
Central London -1 1 £660 +11.16% 23
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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) AWS
2 4 (10.53%) SaaS
3 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
4 2 (5.26%) Azure
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Internet
1 1 (2.63%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Git
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
1 3 (7.89%) JUnit
1 3 (7.89%) Mockito
2 2 (5.26%) Appium
3 1 (2.63%) Babel
3 1 (2.63%) CANoe
3 1 (2.63%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.63%) ESLint
3 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.63%) Postman
3 1 (2.63%) REST Assured
3 1 (2.63%) Selenium
3 1 (2.63%) TestRail
3 1 (2.63%) webpack
General
1 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (15.79%) Marketing
6 5 (13.16%) Back Office
6 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
7 4 (10.53%) Advertising
8 2 (5.26%) Retail
9 1 (2.63%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (2.63%) Electronics
9 1 (2.63%) German Language
9 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Analyst
1 6 (15.79%) Business Analyst
1 6 (15.79%) Developer
2 5 (13.16%) Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Sales Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Account Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Endur Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Java Developer
4 3 (7.89%) Lead
4 3 (7.89%) OpenLink Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Back Office Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Designer
5 2 (5.26%) Endur Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Endur Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.26%) OpenLink Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.42%) React
2 6 (15.79%) REST
3 4 (10.53%) JSON
4 3 (7.89%) CSS
4 3 (7.89%) CSS3
4 3 (7.89%) HTML
4 3 (7.89%) HTML5
4 3 (7.89%) Next.js
4 3 (7.89%) RESTful
4 3 (7.89%) Spring
4 3 (7.89%) Spring Boot
4 3 (7.89%) Swagger
4 3 (7.89%) WireMock
5 2 (5.26%) Node.js
6 1 (2.63%) ATL
6 1 (2.63%) Enzyme
6 1 (2.63%) Flutter
6 1 (2.63%) GStreamer
6 1 (2.63%) Jest
6 1 (2.63%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
1 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.89%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (7.89%) Grid Computing
2 3 (7.89%) Life Science
3 2 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.63%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.63%) CUDA
4 1 (2.63%) FMCG
4 1 (2.63%) IoT
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) PMI
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Android
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Agile
2 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) CI/CD
4 8 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (21.05%) Digital Engineering
5 7 (18.42%) Microservices
5 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.79%) DevOps
6 6 (15.79%) User Experience
7 5 (13.16%) Validation
8 4 (10.53%) Analytics
8 4 (10.53%) Business Strategy
8 4 (10.53%) CRM
8 4 (10.53%) Customer Experience
8 4 (10.53%) Data Architecture
8 4 (10.53%) IT Strategy
8 4 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (10.53%) Telematics
8 4 (10.53%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) Java
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.89%) C#
3 3 (7.89%) SQL
4 2 (5.26%) Python
5 1 (2.63%) C
5 1 (2.63%) C++
5 1 (2.63%) Korn
5 1 (2.63%) PHP
5 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.26%) MBA
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) CSPO
4 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Ansible
1 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Hitachi
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.26%) Adobe
3 2 (5.26%) ION Trading
3 2 (5.26%) OpenLink
3 2 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.63%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) NVIDIA