Mechatronics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mechatronics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mechatronics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 917 1166
Rank change year-on-year +61 +249 -313
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 40 53 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.051% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.053% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 19
10th Percentile - - £28,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,265 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,730 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -16.38% -26.20%
75th Percentile £45,000 £34,348 £41,625
90th Percentile £62,000 £41,500 £44,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £30,730 £36,750
% change year-on-year +22.03% -16.38% -26.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mechatronics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mechatronics.

Salary trend for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +99 39 £37,500 +22.03% 133
UK excluding London -1 38 £37,500 +22.03% 126
Midlands -23 14 £45,000 +28.57% 39
South East +36 12 £35,750 +16.34% 32
Work from Home +100 9 £37,500 - 20
West Midlands -10 8 £45,000 - 31
East Midlands -9 6 - - 8
East of England - 5 £60,000 - 24
South West +2 4 - - 15
London - 2 - - 7
North West - 2 - - 6
North of England - 2 - - 20
Scotland - 1 £29,332 - 6

Mechatronics
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:

Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Simulink
2 2 (5.00%) Stateflow
2 2 (5.00%) TargetLink
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) AWS
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Ethernet
2 2 (5.00%) DNS
2 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) MySQL
1 2 (5.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Git
1 2 (5.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (45.00%) Presentation Skills
2 18 (45.00%) Retail
3 11 (27.50%) Electronics
4 7 (17.50%) Manufacturing
5 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (12.50%) Automotive
6 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (10.00%) Finance
7 4 (10.00%) Marketing
7 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 5 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
1 5 (12.50%) Test Engineer
2 4 (10.00%) Lead
2 4 (10.00%) Systems Test Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Control Software Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Developer
4 2 (5.00%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) PC Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Software Applications Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Support
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Industrial Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Junior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (12.50%) Robotics
3 2 (5.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 2 (5.00%) CAN bus
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (45.00%) Customer Service
2 18 (45.00%) Data Analysis
2 18 (45.00%) Mathematics
2 18 (45.00%) Mentoring
3 12 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (22.50%) Validation
5 8 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 8 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.00%) Agile
8 4 (10.00%) Code Quality
8 4 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (10.00%) Geotechnical Engineering
8 4 (10.00%) Microscopy
8 4 (10.00%) Programme Management
8 4 (10.00%) SDET
8 4 (10.00%) Test Scripting
8 4 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) C
2 7 (17.50%) C#
3 6 (15.00%) Python
4 4 (10.00%) C++
5 3 (7.50%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.00%) Embedded C
6 2 (5.00%) Java
6 2 (5.00%) SQL
7 1 (2.50%) VB
7 1 (2.50%) VB6
7 1 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (72.50%) Degree
2 19 (47.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.50%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) MathWorks
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft