Satellite Navigation (Satnav)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Satnav in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Satnav over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 945 1219
Rank change year-on-year +94 +274 -337
Permanent jobs citing Satnav 45 25 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.024% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.056% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 8
10th Percentile - £54,480 £40,276
25th Percentile - - £40,819
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +37.93% -
75th Percentile - £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - - £63,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Satnav is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Satnav
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Satnav in the UK

Satnav
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Satnav in the UK

Satnav
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Satnav 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 +134 45 £65,000 +4.00% 6
UK excluding London +47 45 £65,000 - 6
South East +67 43 - - 3
Work from Home +108 23 £65,000 -8.77% 3
East of England - 2 £65,000 - 3

Satnav
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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (46.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (48.89%) 5G
1 22 (48.89%) Bluetooth
1 22 (48.89%) GSM
1 22 (48.89%) ISDN
1 22 (48.89%) LTE
1 22 (48.89%) PSTN
1 22 (48.89%) UMTS
1 22 (48.89%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (48.89%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 22 (48.89%) LabVIEW
General
1 22 (48.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 22 (48.89%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.44%) Aerospace
2 2 (4.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 21 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 15 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
3 10 (22.22%) Test Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Hardware Test Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Hardware Technician
6 3 (6.67%) Associate Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) QA Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) QA Technician
7 2 (4.44%) Senior
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Technical Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Technical Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Test Technician
Miscellaneous
1 22 (48.89%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (95.56%) Test Automation
2 22 (48.89%) Agile
2 22 (48.89%) Coaching
2 22 (48.89%) Critical Thinking
2 22 (48.89%) Data Management
2 22 (48.89%) Test Scripting
3 21 (46.67%) Actionable Insight
3 21 (46.67%) Code Quality
3 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (46.67%) Quality Management
3 21 (46.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (4.44%) Cost Control
4 2 (4.44%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (4.44%) Inertial Navigation
4 2 (4.44%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (2.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) Python
2 21 (46.67%) C
2 21 (46.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 23 (51.11%) Security Cleared
2 22 (48.89%) Degree
3 21 (46.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (57.78%) QA
2 21 (46.67%) Software Quality Assurance