Automotive Contract Job Trends in Reading

Automotive
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Automotive 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.28% - 0.097%
As % of the General category 0.45% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.23%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +6.98% +2.38% +31.25%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 443 608 645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 61.10% 58.57% 62.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 288 375
10th Percentile £283 £300 £210
25th Percentile £413 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 5 10
10th Percentile £14.63 £34.40 £16.41
25th Percentile £14.75 £42.50 £57.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £63.15 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -0.22% +5.48%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.87 £66.14
90th Percentile £96.25 £82.45 £68.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £59.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% -1.12% +103.45%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Reading

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Automotive

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Billing
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation