Automotive Contracts in the South East

Automotive
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 95 135
Rank change year-on-year -39 +40 -15
Contract jobs citing Automotive 59 123 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.08% 2.20% 1.61%
As % of the General category 2.16% 3.74% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 92 101
10th Percentile £275 £305 £220
25th Percentile £350 £374 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £553
90th Percentile £565 £580 £590
England median daily rate £477 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.42% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 2
10th Percentile £21.22 £15.21 £21.04
25th Percentile £26.03 £21.87 £21.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £22.16 £21.20
Median % change year-on-year +103.07% +4.55% -11.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.00 £21.29
90th Percentile £52.88 £67.81 £21.35
England median hourly rate £47.50 £38.75 £37.75
% change year-on-year +22.58% +2.65% -16.11%

All General Skills
South East

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,729 3,290 4,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.17% 58.88% 55.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,259 2,803
10th Percentile £205 £240 £213
25th Percentile £355 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +7.82%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £718 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 159 213
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.20 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -26.25%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.13 £32.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.20 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley -31 33 £475 - 126
Buckinghamshire +3 16 £475 - 44
Berkshire -15 13 £425 -22.73% 31
Hampshire -8 11 - - 35
West Sussex -13 6 £193 -47.78% 5
Oxfordshire +9 4 £538 +115.00% 53
Surrey 0 4 £350 -30.52% 19
Sussex - 3 - -
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) SAP WM
2 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.69%) iTrent
3 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) PaaS
4 1 (1.69%) GitHub
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) LAN
1 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
1 3 (5.08%) WAN
2 2 (3.39%) DHCP
2 2 (3.39%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) J1939
2 2 (3.39%) SSL
2 2 (3.39%) VLAN
2 2 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.69%) HTTP
3 1 (1.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) JIRA
2 3 (5.08%) TestRail
3 2 (3.39%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.39%) Git
3 2 (3.39%) JMeter
3 2 (3.39%) Selenium
General
1 17 (28.81%) Manufacturing
2 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.34%) Electronics
4 8 (13.56%) Finance
5 6 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.78%) Legal
6 4 (6.78%) Retail
7 3 (5.08%) German Language
8 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.39%) French Language
8 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (3.39%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.69%) Marketing
9 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (15.25%) Analyst
1 9 (15.25%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (15.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (15.25%) Software Engineer
2 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
2 5 (8.47%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Author
3 4 (6.78%) Business Analyst
3 4 (6.78%) Technical Author
4 3 (5.08%) Junior
4 3 (5.08%) Systems Test Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Test Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Service Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Systems Support
5 2 (3.39%) Technical Manager
5 2 (3.39%) Unix Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Unix Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) AngularJS
1 3 (5.08%) Kafka
2 2 (3.39%) .NET
2 2 (3.39%) .NET Core
2 2 (3.39%) RESTful
3 1 (1.69%) BAPI
3 1 (1.69%) REST
3 1 (1.69%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Life Science
1 5 (8.47%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.39%) CAN bus
4 2 (3.39%) PKI
4 2 (3.39%) SCADA
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Windows
2 5 (8.47%) Linux
2 5 (8.47%) Unix
3 2 (3.39%) Android
3 2 (3.39%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.39%) VMS
3 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Agile
2 16 (27.12%) Project Management
3 12 (20.34%) Software Engineering
4 10 (16.95%) End-to-End Testing
5 7 (11.86%) ITIL
6 6 (10.17%) Logistics
7 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.47%) Test Automation
8 4 (6.78%) Change Management
8 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (6.78%) Project Planning
8 4 (6.78%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (6.78%) Scrum
9 3 (5.08%) Functional Testing
9 3 (5.08%) Incident Management
9 3 (5.08%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.08%) SDLC
9 3 (5.08%) TDD
9 3 (5.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) C
2 8 (13.56%) Embedded C
3 4 (6.78%) SQL
4 3 (5.08%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.69%) ABAP
5 1 (1.69%) C++
5 1 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Degree
2 6 (10.17%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.08%) HNC
3 3 (5.08%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) CISA
5 1 (1.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (3.39%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) COBIT
4 1 (1.69%) ITGC
4 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Functional Safety
1 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) SAP
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.08%) Apple
4 2 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle
4 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.69%) BT
5 1 (1.69%) IBM
5 1 (1.69%) QNX
5 1 (1.69%) Salesforce