Automotive Contracts in the Thames Valley

Automotive
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 82 85
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -13
Contract jobs citing Automotive 37 65 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.40% 2.27% 2.47%
As % of the General category 2.53% 3.72% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 54 74
10th Percentile £304 £374 £215
25th Percentile £400 £450 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £532 £580 £528
90th Percentile £557 £598 £587
South East median daily rate £425 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 3
10th Percentile £20.16 £24.59 £28.95
25th Percentile £29.90 £29.97 £40.88
Median hourly rate £43.25 £39.88 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -35.16% -
75th Percentile £47.50 £50.72 £64.81
90th Percentile £67.88 £56.66 £66.34
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £22.16 £41.45
% change year-on-year +103.07% -46.53% +72.69%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,461 1,747 2,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.40% 61.04% 60.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 1,126 1,396
10th Percentile £205 £278 £213
25th Percentile £333 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 43 68
10th Percentile £17.62 £14.45 £11.18
25th Percentile £22.58 £20.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.16 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.56% +60.91% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.56 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.19 £75.40 £49.88
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £48.54 £20.00
% change year-on-year -7.29% +142.70% -24.70%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Buckinghamshire +6 18 £474 -0.26% 37
Berkshire -11 13 £425 -22.73% 39
Oxfordshire +10 6 £450 +80.00% 49
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP WM
2 1 (2.70%) iTrent
2 1 (2.70%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) GitHub
3 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (2.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Manufacturing
3 5 (13.51%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Electronics
4 4 (10.81%) Finance
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.70%) German Language
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) Business Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.81%) Author
4 4 (10.81%) Technical Author
5 3 (8.11%) Junior
6 2 (5.41%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Graduate
6 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.41%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Risk Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) SCADA Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Life Science
1 4 (10.81%) Operational Technology
1 4 (10.81%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) SCADA
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Unix
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Project Management
2 8 (21.62%) Agile
3 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.81%) ITIL
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) B2C
5 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.41%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (5.41%) Energy Management
6 2 (5.41%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Network Architecture
6 2 (5.41%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (5.41%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) C
2 1 (2.70%) C++
2 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
1 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.70%) CISA
2 1 (2.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (2.70%) COBIT
3 1 (2.70%) ITGC
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) RSA Archer
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) SAP
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.70%) QNX