Mechatronics Job Trends in the East Midlands

Mechatronics
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Mechatronics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 45 0 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.68% - 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% - 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,282 - -
England median annual salary £54,250 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% -15.38% +56.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Mechatronics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,662 1,979 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.57% 85.23% 76.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,136 1,090 1,470
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,246 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,275 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mechatronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Mechatronics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Mechatronics
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mechatronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 24 - - 2
Leicestershire - 13 - - 1
Derbyshire - 8 £27,282 - 4
Mechatronics
England

Mechatronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 17 (37.78%) Electronics
2 7 (15.56%) Military
3 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
4 2 (4.44%) German Language
4 2 (4.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (71.11%) Senior
2 26 (57.78%) Senior Technician
3 8 (17.78%) Lead
4 5 (11.11%) Team Leader
5 4 (8.89%) Reliability Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Reliability Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Graduate
6 1 (2.22%) Graduate Support Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Systems Support
6 1 (2.22%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (93.33%) Onboarding
2 39 (86.67%) SCADA
3 24 (53.33%) Robotics
4 1 (2.22%) CCTV
4 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (95.56%) Preventative Maintenance
2 38 (84.44%) Line Management
3 35 (77.78%) Proactive Maintenance
4 22 (48.89%) Technical Leadership
5 15 (33.33%) Order Management
6 5 (11.11%) Facilities Management
6 5 (11.11%) Task Automation
7 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
9 2 (4.44%) Project Management
10 1 (2.22%) Customer Service
10 1 (2.22%) Mentoring
10 1 (2.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 43 (95.56%) Degree
2 42 (93.33%) NVQ Level 3
3 25 (55.56%) City & Guilds
4 1 (2.22%) HND
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) NEC