Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 1 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 630 | 516 | 562 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -114 | +46 | +112 |
| Contract jobs citing Self-Driving Car | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.002% | 0.007% | 0.012% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.006% | 0.020% | 0.039% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £435 |
| 25th Percentile | £725 | £525 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £750 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.36% | +10.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £775 | £575 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £550 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +17.65% |
All Generic Skills
UK
Self-Driving Car 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 | 15,809 | 9,941 | 12,968 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.30% | 34.12% | 30.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,769 | 6,300 | 8,331 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £292 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £514 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.10% | -2.42% | -2.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.63% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 769 | 405 | 923 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.95 | £12.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.85 | £20.45 | £15.24 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £33.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.21% | -5.71% | +59.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £63.75 | £61.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.60 | £82.40 | £71.04 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.85 | £32.05 | £34.21 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.83% | -6.31% | +55.50% |
Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Self-Driving Car relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Self-Driving Car.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Self-Driving Car.
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Top 2 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Driving Car within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 |
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| England | -103 | 1 | £750 | +36.36% | 21 |
| London | - | 1 | £750 | - | 12 |