Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
England > South West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 150 | 149 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing Self-Driving Car | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.092% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.29% | 1.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £435 | £65 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £450 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +17.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £525 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +17.65% | -41.38% |
All Generic Skills
South West
Self-Driving Car falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 506 | 1,045 | 929 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 29.54% | 32.14% | 27.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 326 | 631 | 656 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £300 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £463 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £506 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.95% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £613 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £694 | £738 |
| England median daily rate | £533 | £550 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.18% | -3.51% | +3.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 183 | 126 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.51 | £13.69 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.78 | £19.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £31.00 | £50.00 | £9.80 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.00% | +410.20% | -77.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £70.00 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.33 | £72.50 | £78.88 |
| England median hourly rate | £33.91 | £35.65 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.88% | +58.55% | -15.15% |
Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Self-Driving Car as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
