Automotive Job Trends in the East of England

Automotive
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 127 79
Rank change year-on-year 0 -48 +42
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 61 44 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.97% 1.49% 2.70%
As % of the General category 2.16% 2.14% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 52 34 124
10th Percentile - £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile - £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £70,250 £73,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £51,500
% change year-on-year -0.11% -2.81% -14.17%

All General Skills
East of England

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,824 2,058 3,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 44.93% 69.67% 55.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 927 2,463
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,809
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in the East of England

Automotive
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the East of England

Automotive
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Essex -13 23 £55,000 +57.14% 8
Cambridgeshire -9 19 £30,000 -64.71% 5
Norfolk -20 11 £30,000 -44.44% 2
Bedfordshire +16 5 £32,500 -35.00% 5
Suffolk - 2 - -
Hertfordshire -30 1 £42,500 +30.77% 5
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.20%) SaaS
2 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Moq
2 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 4 (6.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 14 (22.95%) Aerospace
2 13 (21.31%) Manufacturing
3 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Electronics
4 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (9.84%) Social Skills
5 5 (8.20%) Finance
6 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Advertising
7 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (60.66%) Business Development Manager
1 37 (60.66%) Business Manager
1 37 (60.66%) Development Manager
2 6 (9.84%) QA Manager
2 6 (9.84%) Quality Manager
2 6 (9.84%) Software Engineer
3 4 (6.56%) Customer Executive
4 2 (3.28%) Senior
5 1 (1.64%) Audit Manager
5 1 (1.64%) Author
5 1 (1.64%) Internal Audit Manager
5 1 (1.64%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Principal Test Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Python Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Safety Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Sales Executive
5 1 (1.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Technical Author
5 1 (1.64%) Technical Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) .NET
1 6 (9.84%) .NET Framework
1 6 (9.84%) Entity Framework
1 6 (9.84%) XML
1 6 (9.84%) XSLT
2 1 (1.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Acoustics
2 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.64%) Handset
3 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (62.30%) Business Development
2 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (9.84%) Customer Service
3 6 (9.84%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (9.84%) Multithreading
3 6 (9.84%) MVVM
3 6 (9.84%) Software Engineering
3 6 (9.84%) TDD
4 5 (8.20%) Process Improvement
5 4 (6.56%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (6.56%) Agile
5 4 (6.56%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (6.56%) Customer Experience
5 4 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (6.56%) Scrum
5 4 (6.56%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (6.56%) User Stories
6 3 (4.92%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (4.92%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (4.92%) Customer Retention
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) C#
1 6 (9.84%) C++
1 6 (9.84%) SQL
1 6 (9.84%) XAML
2 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) GRC
2 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) Atlassian
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle
2 1 (1.64%) Google