CAN bus Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CAN bus
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAN bus over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 343 404
Rank change year-on-year -50 +61 +65
Contract jobs citing CAN bus 12 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.007% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.023% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £475 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £375 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £43.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £53.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

CAN bus 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,251 4,369 6,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.78% 32.53% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,930 2,467 3,876
10th Percentile £200 £200 £207
25th Percentile £354 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £676 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 505 230 621
10th Percentile £14.25 £19.25 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.05 £23.37 £15.71
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -5.00% +58.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.35 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.12
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.98% +42.83%

CAN bus
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAN bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CAN bus job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CAN bus
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAN bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAN bus

CAN bus
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAN bus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAN bus

CAN bus
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CAN bus in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CAN bus in the UK excluding London

CAN bus
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAN bus within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
East of England -11 6 £450 +20.00% 3
South East - 6 - - 8
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CAN bus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) SpaceWire
2 4 (33.33%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Git
1 6 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (16.67%) Avionics
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) ASIC
1 2 (16.67%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
1 6 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 6 (50.00%) DevOps
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (50.00%) SysML
1 6 (50.00%) UML
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) C#
1 6 (50.00%) C++
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 4 (33.33%) Bash
2 4 (33.33%) Java
2 4 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) Tcl
2 4 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Docker
1 6 (50.00%) Virtual Machines