Automotive Contracts in the South East

Automotive
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 145 120
Rank change year-on-year +16 -25 +29
Contract jobs citing Automotive 30 60 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.08% 1.81%
As % of the General category 1.62% 2.13% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 80
10th Percentile £176 £210 £261
25th Percentile £413 £351 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £473 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -3.32% +2.89%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £550
90th Percentile £608 £563 £585
England median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 28 13
10th Percentile £17.05 £21.22 -
25th Percentile £19.75 £26.03 £22.16
Median hourly rate £38.75 £43.25 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +90.11% +26.39%
75th Percentile £58.13 £48.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £59.25 - £72.13
England median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% +15.38% +13.04%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +34 25 £463 -2.63% 63
Berkshire +26 10 £570 +34.12% 22
Oxfordshire +10 8 £463 -13.95% 15
Buckinghamshire +7 7 £450 -5.26% 30
Hampshire +17 3 £500 - 29
Surrey +15 1 - - 9
West Sussex +6 1 £200 +3.52% 6
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.67%) CATIA
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) AWS
3 2 (6.67%) PaaS
3 2 (6.67%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) HTTP
1 2 (6.67%) MQTT
1 2 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.67%) MySQL
2 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.67%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.33%) Big Data
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Retail
4 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Marketing
7 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.33%) Banking
7 1 (3.33%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Law
7 1 (3.33%) Legal
7 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) Applications Support
3 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 3 (10.00%) IT Support
3 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Architect
4 2 (6.67%) CAD Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Service Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) PostGIS
1 2 (6.67%) REST
1 2 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Infotainment
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Robotics
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) IoT
3 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) PMI
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
1 2 (6.67%) Unix
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) ITIL
2 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (13.33%) Logistics
2 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.00%) Agile
3 3 (10.00%) Application Rationalisation
3 3 (10.00%) Service Catalogue
3 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (10.00%) Telematics
4 2 (6.67%) B2C
4 2 (6.67%) CAD
4 2 (6.67%) Change Management
4 2 (6.67%) Data Integration
4 2 (6.67%) Data Management
4 2 (6.67%) Network Design
4 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.67%) Project Management
4 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.67%) Test Strategy
4 2 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) C++
2 1 (3.33%) Java
2 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) CISMP
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) ISEB
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.33%) NCSC
2 1 (3.33%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) PMBOK
2 1 (3.33%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Databricks
4 1 (3.33%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) Informatica
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle