Automotive Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Automotive
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 96 64
Rank change year-on-year +17 -32 +52
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 14 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.86% 0.87% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.91% 1.30% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 4
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,050 -
25th Percentile £46,938 £43,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,250 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -7.79% -23.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +35.92% -20.77%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 733 846 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 45.19% 67.20% 63.13%
Number of salaries quoted 369 263 335
10th Percentile £28,456 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,967 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -2.92% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -4.76%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Automotive job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Automotive
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Automotive

Automotive
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Borehamwood -5 6 £52,500 +12.90%
Bishop's Stortford - 5 - -
Letchworth - 1 £48,000 -
Rickmansworth - 1 - -
Automotive
East of England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (28.57%) Tableau
General
1 7 (50.00%) Retail
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Publishing
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Business Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Development Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Account Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Tableau Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Tableau Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Team Leader
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Leader
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Logistics
2 6 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (35.71%) Business Development
4 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 1 (7.14%) Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
7 1 (7.14%) Business Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
7 1 (7.14%) DevOps
7 1 (7.14%) ERP
7 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
7 1 (7.14%) Migration
7 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
7 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
7 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
7 1 (7.14%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft