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

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 142 81
Rank change year-on-year +14 -61 +54
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Automotive 33 46 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 0.96% 2.45%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.96% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 107
10th Percentile £263 £198 £340
25th Percentile £381 £299 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £359 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.35% -24.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £590 £478 £563
90th Percentile £650 £653 £600
England median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 13
10th Percentile £16.45 £26.03 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £34.07 £15.21
Median hourly rate £21.75 £41.25 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.27% +96.43% -5.04%
75th Percentile £34.50 £44.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £49.80 £68.41 £62.13
England median hourly rate £35.60 £47.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -25.05% +33.80% +7.58%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,075 2,352 3,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.82% 49.29% 57.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,276 1,348 2,166
10th Percentile £200 £220 £225
25th Percentile £356 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £715
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 218 159
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.86 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.30 £26.25 £21.61
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +145.44%
75th Percentile £53.50 £70.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.29 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.74
% change year-on-year -34.02% +37.42% +12.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Automotive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Automotive

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Automotive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Automotive

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
DemandTrendContract 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 25 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
Thames Valley -3 22 £450 +12.50% 64
Berkshire +17 9 £560 -14.83% 38
Oxfordshire -9 8 £450 -2.70% 15
Hampshire - 8 £438 - 29
Buckinghamshire -2 5 £209 +4.24% 13
Surrey -1 1 £500 +42.86% 11
West Sussex -1 1 - - 5
East Sussex - 1 £600 - 3
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 6 (18.18%) Confluence
2 2 (6.06%) CMS
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
1 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.03%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 3 (9.09%) Cucumber
2 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.09%) REST Assured
2 3 (9.09%) Selenium
3 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 13 (39.39%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (21.21%) Retail
5 4 (12.12%) Marketing
6 3 (9.09%) German Language
6 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.03%) Banking
8 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.03%) Law
8 1 (3.03%) Legal
8 1 (3.03%) Military
8 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Applications Support
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support
3 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Automation Tester
5 3 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
5 3 (9.09%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Selenium Automation Tester
5 3 (9.09%) Selenium Tester
5 3 (9.09%) Tester
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Finance Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) .NET
1 3 (9.09%) REST
1 3 (9.09%) RESTful
1 3 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (3.03%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (3.03%) React
2 1 (3.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) PMI
3 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Agile
2 8 (24.24%) ITIL
3 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (18.18%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) Application Rationalisation
5 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Service Catalogue
5 5 (15.15%) Service Delivery
5 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (15.15%) User Stories
6 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
6 4 (12.12%) Time Management
7 3 (9.09%) B2C
7 3 (9.09%) CRM
7 3 (9.09%) E-Commerce
7 3 (9.09%) Regression Testing
7 3 (9.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) C#
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) Apex Code
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.09%) PMP
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) CISMP
4 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.06%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.03%) NCSC
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
2 1 (3.03%) PMBOK
2 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) SAP
3 6 (18.18%) Salesforce
4 5 (15.15%) Atlassian
4 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
5 4 (12.12%) Oracle
6 2 (6.06%) Databricks
7 1 (3.03%) Google
7 1 (3.03%) Informatica
7 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
7 1 (3.03%) QNX