Automotive Contracts

Automotive
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 332 380
Rank change year-on-year -26 +48 +102
Contract jobs citing Automotive 164 285 370
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.65% 0.62%
As % of the General category 0.89% 1.12% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 118 246
10th Percentile £250 £292 £313
25th Percentile £400 £325 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £490 £478
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +2.51% -4.50%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £550
90th Percentile £675 £719 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 106 25
10th Percentile £24.25 £16.95 £22.16
25th Percentile £28.06 £31.46 £22.23
Median hourly rate £32.50 £46.25 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% +18.59% +13.04%
75th Percentile £40.77 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £55.25 £58.75 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% +1.19% -6.67%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,465 25,387 34,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.16% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,795 16,033 24,201
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,939 1,062
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £13.42
25th Percentile £17.85 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.13 £30.54
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.91% +65.08%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -36 145 £463 -7.50% 666
UK excluding London -19 116 £463 -7.50% 544
Work from Home +3 74 £533 +12.11% 232
North of England +43 38 £563 -2.17% 96
North West +34 37 £563 -4.26% 65
South East +13 30 £463 -2.12% 109
London +17 28 £438 -12.50% 154
Midlands -20 27 £410 -21.90% 183
West Midlands -20 22 £410 -21.90% 135
East of England +10 18 £511 +36.27% 82
East Midlands +1 4 £435 +6.75% 49
Wales +6 2 £650 - 9
South West +34 1 - - 70
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 18
Scotland +8 1 - - 22

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (6.71%) Confluence
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.05%) Maya
3 5 (3.05%) NUKE
3 5 (3.05%) Simulink
4 3 (1.83%) CANalyzer
4 3 (1.83%) CATIA
5 1 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.61%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 26 (15.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.83%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.83%) SAP EWM
2 3 (1.83%) SAP GTS
2 3 (1.83%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.22%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.22%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.22%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.61%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.61%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.61%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.61%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.27%) Azure
2 6 (3.66%) AWS
2 6 (3.66%) SaaS
3 4 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.83%) GCP
5 2 (1.22%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.22%) PaaS
5 2 (1.22%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub
6 1 (0.61%) IaaS
6 1 (0.61%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.66%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (1.83%) MQTT
4 2 (1.22%) HTTP
4 2 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.61%) DHCP
5 1 (0.61%) DNS
5 1 (0.61%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.61%) Internet
5 1 (0.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.61%) WAN
5 1 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.83%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.22%) Big Data
3 2 (1.22%) Metadata
3 2 (1.22%) MySQL
3 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.22%) Power BI
3 2 (1.22%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.22%) Tableau
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.61%) HBase
4 1 (0.61%) Impala
4 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (14.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Appium
2 1 (0.61%) CANoe
2 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) LSMW
2 1 (0.61%) Selenium
2 1 (0.61%) VectorCAST
General
1 61 (37.20%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.17%) Manufacturing
3 31 (18.90%) Finance
4 27 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.54%) Retail
6 10 (6.10%) Aerospace
7 9 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.49%) Marketing
8 7 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.05%) Legal
9 5 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.44%) Advertising
10 4 (2.44%) Electronics
10 4 (2.44%) Games
11 3 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.83%) Japanese Language
11 3 (1.83%) Military
12 2 (1.22%) Aviation
12 2 (1.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (10.37%) Analyst
2 12 (7.32%) Project Manager
2 12 (7.32%) Senior
3 10 (6.10%) Consultant
4 9 (5.49%) Architect
5 8 (4.88%) Business Analyst
5 8 (4.88%) Lead
6 7 (4.27%) Developer
6 7 (4.27%) Software Engineer
7 6 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (3.05%) Data Engineer
9 4 (2.44%) Account Manager
9 4 (2.44%) Applications Support
9 4 (2.44%) IT Support
9 4 (2.44%) SAP Manager
9 4 (2.44%) Security Engineer
10 3 (1.83%) Coordinator
10 3 (1.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.27%) REST
2 5 (3.05%) Django
3 4 (2.44%) HTML
3 4 (2.44%) OAuth
3 4 (2.44%) OAuth2
3 4 (2.44%) React
4 3 (1.83%) CSS
4 3 (1.83%) D3.js
5 2 (1.22%) EDI
5 2 (1.22%) IDoc
5 2 (1.22%) Middleware
5 2 (1.22%) Node.js
5 2 (1.22%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.22%) PySpark
5 2 (1.22%) XML
6 1 (0.61%) Enzyme
6 1 (0.61%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.61%) Jest
6 1 (0.61%) Next.js
6 1 (0.61%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.15%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.32%) Industry 4.0
3 10 (6.10%) IoT
4 9 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.88%) Life Science
5 8 (4.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 7 (4.27%) Infotainment
7 6 (3.66%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.05%) Animation
8 5 (3.05%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (3.05%) e-Learning
8 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.05%) Podcast
8 5 (3.05%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.83%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.83%) PMI
10 3 (1.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.83%) Android
1 3 (1.83%) Linux
1 3 (1.83%) Unix
2 2 (1.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.22%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (1.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.22%) Agile
2 40 (24.39%) Project Management
3 37 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (11.59%) Computer Science
5 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (9.76%) Mentoring
6 16 (9.76%) Roadmaps
6 16 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (9.15%) Analytics
7 15 (9.15%) ERP
8 14 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (7.93%) PLM
10 12 (7.32%) Change Management
10 12 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (6.71%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (6.71%) Decision-Making
11 11 (6.71%) Product Roadmap
11 11 (6.71%) Project Delivery
12 10 (6.10%) Agile Project Management
12 10 (6.10%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.15%) Python
1 15 (9.15%) SQL
2 8 (4.88%) C++
3 7 (4.27%) Java
4 6 (3.66%) MATLAB
5 4 (2.44%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.83%) ABAP
6 3 (1.83%) C
6 3 (1.83%) Tcl
7 2 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.22%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.61%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.61%) Scala
8 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.61%) SOQL
8 1 (0.61%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 44 (26.83%) Degree
2 16 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (5.49%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.27%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.66%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.66%) PMP
7 5 (3.05%) ISEB
7 5 (3.05%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.44%) IIBA
9 2 (1.22%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.61%) CISMP
10 1 (0.61%) CISSP
10 1 (0.61%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.61%) CSPO
10 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.61%) OSCE
10 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.27%) GDPR
2 5 (3.05%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (3.05%) PMO
2 5 (3.05%) QA
3 3 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.83%) SLA
4 2 (1.22%) COSHH
4 2 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.22%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.22%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (4.88%) MOM
2 3 (1.83%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.22%) Terraform
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.61%) SCOM
4 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (24.39%) SAP
2 22 (13.41%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.88%) Hitachi
5 7 (4.27%) Rockwell
5 7 (4.27%) Siemens
6 4 (2.44%) Adobe
6 4 (2.44%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.83%) Google
7 3 (1.83%) Oracle
7 3 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.22%) Ariba
8 2 (1.22%) Informatica
9 1 (0.61%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.61%) Cognos
9 1 (0.61%) Databricks
9 1 (0.61%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.61%) Synopsys
9 1 (0.61%) VMware
9 1 (0.61%) Zuora