AUTOSAR Contract Job Trends

AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring AUTOSAR skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 559 653
Rank change year-on-year +9 +94 +202
Contract jobs citing AUTOSAR 4 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.026% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.072% 0.19% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £359 -
25th Percentile £544 £360 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £455 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.63% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £581 £568 £538
90th Percentile - £599 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £455 £525
% change year-on-year +23.63% -13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £53.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £53.75 -

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 5,573 5,157 7,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.03% 13.38% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,567 3,130 4,849
10th Percentile £295 £282 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £610 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 270 240
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.71 £14.73 £18.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% -25.34% +41.41%
75th Percentile £62.25 £58.44 £60.44
90th Percentile £82.97 £70.00 £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.54 £25.18 £34.50
% change year-on-year +9.35% -27.01% +63.43%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AUTOSAR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AUTOSAR

AUTOSAR
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AUTOSAR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AUTOSAR

AUTOSAR
Top 7 Contract Job 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 7 September 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 +1 4 £563 +23.63% 9
UK excluding London -4 3 £563 +23.63% 9
Work from Home +16 2 - -
North West - 2 £563 -
North of England - 2 £563 -
South East +24 1 - -
London - 1 - -

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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) FlexRay
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CANoe
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Key Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) QNX