Automotive Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Automotive
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 12 26
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +7
Contract jobs citing Automotive 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.08% 3.81% 0.54%
As % of the General category 1.83% 7.27% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £519 £463 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -11.63% +11.42%
75th Percentile £794 £488 £556
90th Percentile £858 - -
South East median daily rate £568 £469 £520
% change year-on-year +21.07% -9.86% +2.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
South East median hourly rate £19.50 £50.00 £31.96
% change year-on-year -61.00% +56.45% +42.04%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 109 55 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 58.60% 52.38% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 31 71
10th Percentile £222 £160 £160
25th Percentile £313 £400 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £553
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 12
10th Percentile £15.54 £23.00 £17.13
25th Percentile £17.31 £23.50 £25.19
Median hourly rate £22.27 £25.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% -1.94% +11.02%
75th Percentile £28.00 £42.50 £32.32
90th Percentile £89.63 £57.50 £47.11
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year -51.08% -15.89% +58.34%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Automotive job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in Oxfordshire

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bicester - 1 £850 -
Kidlington - 1 £450 - 1
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Rationalisation
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow