CAN bus Contract Job Trends

CAN bus
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAN bus over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 526 577
Rank change year-on-year -97 +51 +129
Contract jobs citing CAN bus 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.027% 0.010% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £615 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36.48 £46.25
Median hourly rate £66.00 £39.32 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.85% -17.22% -
75th Percentile - £42.16 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.00 £39.32 £47.50
% change year-on-year +67.85% -17.22% -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,078 10,028 13,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.34% 33.97% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,422 6,402 8,547
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 396 906
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.28 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% +14.25% +25.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.94 £58.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £31.42 £26.66
% change year-on-year +51.30% +17.85% +20.74%

CAN bus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CAN bus job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAN bus over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CAN bus in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

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Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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
UK excluding London -86 4 £450 - 14
England -95 4 £450 - 15
East of England -38 2 £450 - 1
South East - 1 - - 8
South West - 1 £650 - 1

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (50.00%) SpaceWire
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Modbus
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Avionics
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) ASIC
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (25.00%) RMADS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens