Automotive Contracts

Automotive
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 380 482
Rank change year-on-year +48 +102 -15
Contract jobs citing Automotive 285 370 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.62% 0.47%
As % of the General category 1.12% 1.06% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 246 310
10th Percentile £292 £313 £325
25th Percentile £325 £402 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -4.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £587 £550 £569
90th Percentile £719 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 25 24
10th Percentile £16.95 £22.16 £21.65
25th Percentile £31.46 £22.23 £25.81
Median hourly rate £46.25 £39.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.59% +13.04% -23.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £56.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.19% -6.67% -

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,387 34,897 49,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.23% 58.47% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,033 24,201 34,488
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,062 1,440
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +59.71% -2.60%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.91% +65.08% -7.50%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +48 257 £500 +5.26% 1,245
UK excluding London +14 209 £500 +5.26% 1,166
Work from Home +75 122 £475 -5.00% 286
Midlands +1 71 £525 +10.53% 365
South East -25 60 £473 -3.32% 264
West Midlands +5 58 £525 - 283
London +107 46 £500 +2.30% 114
East of England +35 41 £375 -32.13% 189
North of England +36 23 £575 +27.78% 212
North West +29 14 £588 -5.05% 129
East Midlands +6 13 £408 +16.43% 82
South West 0 12 £425 +6.25% 134
North East +26 7 - - 26
Scotland +36 2 £375 - 37
Yorkshire +18 2 £265 -37.65% 61
Wales +13 1 - - 37

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.40%) Confluence
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (10.53%) Simulink
2 27 (9.47%) Stateflow
3 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.46%) Sketch
5 5 (1.75%) InVision
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.75%) TargetLink
6 4 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.70%) CATIA
7 2 (0.70%) Maya
7 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.70%) NUKE
7 2 (0.70%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.40%) SAP WM
3 2 (0.70%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.70%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.35%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.35%) iTrent
4 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.35%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.26%) AWS
2 10 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.81%) Azure
4 6 (2.11%) Figma
5 5 (1.75%) GCP
5 5 (1.75%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.40%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.40%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.05%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.05%) Serverless
8 2 (0.70%) GitHub
8 2 (0.70%) PaaS
8 2 (0.70%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.70%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.35%) Bloomreach
9 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.46%) Firewall
2 5 (1.75%) J1939
2 5 (1.75%) VPN
3 4 (1.40%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.40%) Internet
3 4 (1.40%) LAN
3 4 (1.40%) WAN
4 3 (1.05%) Intranet
4 3 (1.05%) RTSP
4 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.70%) DHCP
5 2 (0.70%) SSL
5 2 (0.70%) VLAN
5 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.35%) 2G
6 1 (0.35%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) SSH
6 1 (0.35%) Wireless
6 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.70%) Data Vault
3 2 (0.70%) Metadata
3 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.70%) Power BI
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (3.86%) JIRA
2 9 (3.16%) Git
3 8 (2.81%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.75%) Subversion
5 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.70%) JMeter
5 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 2 (0.70%) TestRail
6 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.35%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (18.95%) Manufacturing
1 54 (18.95%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.18%) Electronics
3 25 (8.77%) Legal
4 24 (8.42%) Finance
5 21 (7.37%) Retail
6 18 (6.32%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.51%) Marketing
9 9 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.11%) Advertising
11 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.40%) Military
11 4 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.05%) German Language
12 3 (1.05%) Law
13 2 (0.70%) French Language
13 2 (0.70%) Games
13 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.70%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 44 (15.44%) Software Engineer
2 26 (9.12%) Analyst
3 25 (8.77%) Embedded Engineer
4 22 (7.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 22 (7.72%) Senior
5 21 (7.37%) Developer
5 21 (7.37%) Lead
5 21 (7.37%) Systems Engineer
6 18 (6.32%) Consultant
7 16 (5.61%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.21%) Architect
9 11 (3.86%) SAP Consultant
10 10 (3.51%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.51%) Security Engineer
11 8 (2.81%) Author
11 8 (2.81%) Technical Author
12 7 (2.46%) Control Systems Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.86%) React
2 7 (2.46%) CSS
3 6 (2.11%) .NET
4 5 (1.75%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.75%) HTML
5 4 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.40%) Kafka
5 4 (1.40%) Node.js
6 3 (1.05%) Blazor
6 3 (1.05%) Middleware
6 3 (1.05%) OpenGL
6 3 (1.05%) WebRTC
7 2 (0.70%) Framer.js
7 2 (0.70%) Redux
7 2 (0.70%) REST
7 2 (0.70%) RESTful
7 2 (0.70%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.70%) V-Ray
7 2 (0.70%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.88%) Algorithms
2 10 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.16%) Life Science
4 8 (2.81%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.11%) Infotainment
5 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.75%) CAN bus
6 5 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.75%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.05%) CUDA
8 3 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.05%) PKI
8 3 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.70%) Animation
9 2 (0.70%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.70%) SCADA
9 2 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Windows
2 8 (2.81%) Linux
3 5 (1.75%) Unix
4 3 (1.05%) VMS
5 2 (0.70%) Android
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (21.75%) Agile
1 62 (21.75%) Software Engineering
2 41 (14.39%) Validation
3 40 (14.04%) Project Management
4 31 (10.88%) Computer Science
5 28 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (9.82%) Test Automation
6 26 (9.12%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 24 (8.42%) Verification and Validation
8 17 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (4.91%) Customer Service
11 12 (4.21%) ITIL
11 12 (4.21%) Quality Management
12 11 (3.86%) Change Management
13 10 (3.51%) Logistics
13 10 (3.51%) Software Testing
14 9 (3.16%) Data Analysis
14 9 (3.16%) End-to-End Testing
14 9 (3.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.53%) MATLAB
2 23 (8.07%) C
3 16 (5.61%) Embedded C
4 14 (4.91%) SQL
5 10 (3.51%) Java
6 9 (3.16%) C++
6 9 (3.16%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.81%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.75%) Embedded C++
9 4 (1.40%) C#
10 3 (1.05%) Python
11 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.70%) VB
12 1 (0.35%) ABAP
12 1 (0.35%) Bash
12 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (11.93%) Degree
2 15 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.05%) HNC
4 3 (1.05%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.05%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.70%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.70%) PMP
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.35%) CISA
6 1 (0.35%) CISSP
6 1 (0.35%) HND
6 1 (0.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.61%) AUTOSAR
2 10 (3.51%) QA
3 8 (2.81%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.46%) ISO 26262
5 5 (1.75%) MISRA
5 5 (1.75%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.40%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (1.40%) GDPR
7 3 (1.05%) SLA
8 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.70%) GRC
8 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.70%) PMO
9 1 (0.35%) COBIT
9 1 (0.35%) ITGC
System Software
1 6 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.46%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.70%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.70%) SCCM
2 2 (0.70%) SCOM
2 2 (0.70%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.35%) Kibana
3 1 (0.35%) Nmap
3 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (10.53%) SAP
2 27 (9.47%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.91%) Informatica
4 5 (1.75%) Apple
5 4 (1.40%) Adobe
6 3 (1.05%) MathWorks
6 3 (1.05%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.70%) Ariba
7 2 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.70%) Google
7 2 (0.70%) IBM
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle
7 2 (0.70%) QNX
7 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.70%) Workday
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco
8 1 (0.35%) F5
8 1 (0.35%) NetApp
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.35%) Siemens