Automotive Jobs in the West Midlands

Automotive
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive 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 46 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -38 +8 +146
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 308 1,168 737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.26% 17.37% 10.20%
As % of the General category 7.34% 22.74% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 89 22 268
10th Percentile £41,000 £39,275 £35,125
25th Percentile £48,000 £41,938 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £45,200
Median % change year-on-year - +27.21% +0.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £49,594
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +29.03% -7.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,197 5,136 4,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.07% 76.36% 61.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,017 2,283 2,817
10th Percentile £25,650 £29,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +3.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,970 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire -4 181 £62,500 - 70
Birmingham +24 37 £48,000 -42.69% 54
Staffordshire +1 19 £52,500 -4.55% 30
Coventry +47 15 £75,000 +25.00% 41
Worcestershire -3 14 £55,000 +83.33% 32
Solihull -14 5 - - 18
Wolverhampton +9 1 - - 11
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (0.97%) CMS
2 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (9.09%) Simulink
2 13 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.95%) CANalyzer
4 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.32%) CATIA
7 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.32%) SAP PP
1 1 (0.32%) SAP QM
1 1 (0.32%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.87%) Azure
2 9 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.30%) SaaS
4 3 (0.97%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.97%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.32%) Asana
5 1 (0.32%) AWS
5 1 (0.32%) GitHub
5 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.32%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.17%) Ethernet
2 11 (3.57%) Bluetooth
2 11 (3.57%) J1939
3 8 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.60%) Wireless
4 6 (1.95%) FlexRay
5 4 (1.30%) GSM
6 3 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.65%) 2G
7 2 (0.65%) 3G
7 2 (0.65%) 4G
8 1 (0.32%) 802.11
8 1 (0.32%) BGP
8 1 (0.32%) DAB
8 1 (0.32%) DNS
8 1 (0.32%) Firewall
8 1 (0.32%) OSPF
8 1 (0.32%) VLAN
8 1 (0.32%) WLAN
8 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.60%) MySQL
2 6 (1.95%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.95%) Data Mining
2 6 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.95%) Redis
2 6 (1.95%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.32%) Big Data
4 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (6.17%) JIRA
2 12 (3.90%) Git
2 12 (3.90%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.92%) CANoe
4 4 (1.30%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.65%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 49 (15.91%) Electronics
2 39 (12.66%) Manufacturing
3 35 (11.36%) Social Skills
4 12 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.57%) Finance
6 6 (1.95%) Legal
6 6 (1.95%) Marketing
6 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.62%) Aeronautics
7 5 (1.62%) Aviation
7 5 (1.62%) Multimedia
7 5 (1.62%) Retail
8 4 (1.30%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.30%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Law
9 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 67 (21.75%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (21.43%) Lead
3 42 (13.64%) Software Engineer
4 32 (10.39%) Senior
5 25 (8.12%) Embedded Engineer
5 25 (8.12%) Test Engineer
6 23 (7.47%) Developer
7 18 (5.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 12 (3.90%) Integration Engineer
8 12 (3.90%) Software Developer
9 11 (3.57%) Architect
9 11 (3.57%) Quality Engineer
10 10 (3.25%) Hardware Engineer
11 8 (2.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (2.60%) Software Architect
12 7 (2.27%) Security Manager
12 7 (2.27%) Telematics Engineer
13 6 (1.95%) Full Stack Engineer
13 6 (1.95%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 6 (1.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.60%) .NET
2 7 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 7 (2.27%) HTML
3 6 (1.95%) .NET Framework
3 6 (1.95%) CSS
3 6 (1.95%) Kafka
3 6 (1.95%) Node.js
3 6 (1.95%) RESTful
4 5 (1.62%) WinForms
4 5 (1.62%) WPF
5 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.32%) HTML5
5 1 (0.32%) POSIX
5 1 (0.32%) PySpark
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.52%) Algorithms
2 14 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (4.55%) Infotainment
3 8 (2.60%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
5 5 (1.62%) IoT
6 4 (1.30%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.30%) Industry 4.0
7 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.65%) Robotics
8 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.32%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.32%) FPGA
9 1 (0.32%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.57%) Linux
1 11 (3.57%) Windows
2 4 (1.30%) Android
2 4 (1.30%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (15.26%) Agile
1 47 (15.26%) Software Engineering
2 35 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (10.71%) Validation
4 29 (9.42%) Project Management
5 25 (8.12%) Systems Engineering
6 20 (6.49%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 19 (6.17%) Computer Science
8 18 (5.84%) Software Testing
9 17 (5.52%) Test Automation
10 16 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (4.87%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.55%) Supplier Management
12 14 (4.55%) Telematics
12 14 (4.55%) User Experience
13 13 (4.22%) Artificial Intelligence
13 13 (4.22%) DevOps
13 13 (4.22%) Embedded Software Development
13 13 (4.22%) Roadmaps
14 12 (3.90%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.34%) C
2 31 (10.06%) MATLAB
3 25 (8.12%) Python
4 24 (7.79%) C#
5 16 (5.19%) C++
6 8 (2.60%) Embedded C
7 7 (2.27%) Java
7 7 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.27%) SQL
7 7 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.95%) Embedded C++
9 4 (1.30%) R
9 4 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) PHP
10 2 (0.65%) VB
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.32%) Tcl
11 1 (0.32%) VB6
11 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (22.08%) Degree
2 6 (1.95%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.62%) CISM
3 5 (1.62%) CISSP
4 4 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.32%) CEH
5 1 (0.32%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.32%) ECSA
5 1 (0.32%) GPEN
5 1 (0.32%) HNC
5 1 (0.32%) HND
5 1 (0.32%) MCSE
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.77%) ISO 26262
2 24 (7.79%) AUTOSAR
3 18 (5.84%) Automotive SPICE
4 5 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.62%) MISRA
4 5 (1.62%) NIST
5 3 (0.97%) JTAG
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) COSHH
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 11 (3.57%) Firmware
2 7 (2.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.95%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.57%) Functional Safety
2 6 (1.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.25%) SAP
3 6 (1.95%) QNX
4 4 (1.30%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.97%) Apple
5 3 (0.97%) Lauterbach
5 3 (0.97%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.32%) ANSYS
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco
6 1 (0.32%) Dell
6 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.32%) Google
6 1 (0.32%) Ubiquiti