AUTOSAR Contracts

AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring AUTOSAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AUTOSAR 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 515 566 717
Rank change year-on-year +51 +151 +135
Contract jobs citing AUTOSAR 5 16 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.037% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.11% 0.26% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £528 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £505 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £656 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £505 -
% change year-on-year +11.39% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

AUTOSAR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,564 6,247 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,922 3,954 5,483
10th Percentile £265 £296 £275
25th Percentile £400 £403 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 382 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.14 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

AUTOSAR
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for AUTOSAR in the UK

AUTOSAR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for AUTOSAR in the UK

AUTOSAR
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AUTOSAR over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AUTOSAR in the UK

AUTOSAR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for AUTOSAR in the UK

AUTOSAR
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AUTOSAR within the UK 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
UK excluding London +56 5 £563 +11.39% 164
England +50 5 £563 +11.39% 158
North of England +20 4 £563 - 32
North West - 4 £563 - 14
Work from Home +33 1 - - 157
Midlands +16 1 - - 42
West Midlands +10 1 - - 28

AUTOSAR
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (60.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Automotive
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Key Management
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (20.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR