Automotive Job Trends in England

Automotive
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 297 219
Rank change year-on-year +114 -78 0
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1,013 420 920
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 0.96% 1.27%
As % of the General category 2.32% 1.39% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 634 252 583
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £62,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,125 £69,875 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43,646 30,145 41,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.90% 68.81% 57.06%
Number of salaries quoted 28,020 16,007 24,753
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,050 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -8.33%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in England

Automotive
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in England

Automotive
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Midlands +75 312 £47,500 +18.75% 139
South East +70 225 £50,000 +7.82% 80
East Midlands +59 169 £45,000 +12.50% 49
West Midlands +37 142 £50,000 - 90
North of England +36 139 £50,000 -0.11% 82
London +38 128 £55,000 -24.14% 42
South West +10 116 £55,000 +19.57% 24
East of England -5 92 £31,250 -39.90% 48
North West +21 77 £50,000 -0.11% 47
Yorkshire +24 59 £50,000 -13.13% 19
North East -60 3 £50,500 -43.89% 18
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 10 (0.99%) Confluence
2 6 (0.59%) CMS
3 1 (0.099%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.099%) WinCC
Applications
1 22 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.89%) Simulink
2 9 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (0.69%) Solid Edge
4 6 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.39%) InDesign
5 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.099%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.099%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.099%) CATIA
7 1 (0.099%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.099%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.30%) Summit
3 2 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.20%) Shopify
4 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.099%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.099%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.099%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.099%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 25 (2.47%) SaaS
2 22 (2.17%) AWS
3 21 (2.07%) Azure
4 15 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.18%) Entra ID
5 12 (1.18%) Power Platform
6 10 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (0.69%) GitHub
8 5 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.099%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.099%) Canva
11 1 (0.099%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.099%) Figma
11 1 (0.099%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (0.099%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.28%) Ethernet
2 9 (0.89%) Network Security
3 8 (0.79%) Wireless
4 4 (0.39%) Bluetooth
4 4 (0.39%) IPv4
4 4 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.20%) Internet
5 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.099%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.099%) DHCP
6 1 (0.099%) DNS
6 1 (0.099%) IPsec
6 1 (0.099%) LAN
6 1 (0.099%) Modbus
6 1 (0.099%) MQTT
6 1 (0.099%) VLAN
6 1 (0.099%) VPN
6 1 (0.099%) WAN
6 1 (0.099%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.18%) Power BI
2 8 (0.79%) Power Query
3 6 (0.59%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.30%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.099%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 26 (2.57%) JIRA
2 16 (1.58%) Git
3 8 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.59%) Moq
5 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.099%) CANoe
8 1 (0.099%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.099%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.099%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.099%) Polyspace
8 1 (0.099%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.099%) VectorCAST
General
1 219 (21.62%) Aerospace
2 205 (20.24%) Manufacturing
3 159 (15.70%) Finance
4 139 (13.72%) Marketing
5 115 (11.35%) Social Skills
6 113 (11.15%) Electronics
7 48 (4.74%) Retail
8 45 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (2.76%) Law
9 28 (2.76%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.47%) Advertising
10 25 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.78%) Games
12 15 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.09%) Agriculture
14 11 (1.09%) Legal
14 11 (1.09%) Local Government
15 10 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 217 (21.42%) Development Manager
2 215 (21.22%) Business Development Manager
2 215 (21.22%) Business Manager
3 74 (7.31%) Software Engineer
4 64 (6.32%) Senior
5 58 (5.73%) Programmer
6 43 (4.24%) Lead
7 40 (3.95%) Analyst
8 33 (3.26%) Embedded Engineer
9 32 (3.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 30 (2.96%) Business Development Executive
11 29 (2.86%) Sales Representative
12 28 (2.76%) Developer
12 28 (2.76%) Test Engineer
13 24 (2.37%) Commercial Manager
14 23 (2.27%) IT Support
15 22 (2.17%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (1.78%) Software Developer
17 17 (1.68%) Consultant
17 17 (1.68%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.47%) .NET
2 24 (2.37%) Vue
3 9 (0.89%) .NET Core
4 8 (0.79%) React
5 7 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.69%) Node.js
6 6 (0.59%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.59%) Entity Framework
6 6 (0.59%) Ruby on Rails
6 6 (0.59%) XML
6 6 (0.59%) XSLT
7 5 (0.49%) CSS
7 5 (0.49%) Django
7 5 (0.49%) HTML
7 5 (0.49%) Middleware
8 4 (0.39%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (0.39%) VML
9 3 (0.30%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (4.34%) Embedded Systems
3 28 (2.76%) Robotics
4 23 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 18 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 15 (1.48%) IoT
6 15 (1.48%) Life Science
7 14 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 9 (0.89%) Acoustics
9 9 (0.89%) Algorithms
9 9 (0.89%) FMCG
9 9 (0.89%) Handset
10 8 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 8 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 7 (0.69%) CAN bus
11 7 (0.69%) Device Driver
11 7 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.69%) Social Media
11 7 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.46%) Linux
2 15 (1.48%) Windows
3 6 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.099%) Android
6 1 (0.099%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.099%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (26.36%) Business Development
2 110 (10.86%) Analytics
3 82 (8.09%) Software Engineering
4 80 (7.90%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (5.43%) AI
7 53 (5.23%) CRM
8 52 (5.13%) Validation
9 39 (3.85%) Roadmaps
10 34 (3.36%) Customer Service
10 34 (3.36%) Strategic Thinking
11 31 (3.06%) B2B
11 31 (3.06%) Business Strategy
11 31 (3.06%) Commercial Awareness
11 31 (3.06%) Decision-Making
12 29 (2.86%) Agile
13 28 (2.76%) Mentoring
14 27 (2.67%) CI/CD
14 27 (2.67%) Lead Generation
15 26 (2.57%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 38 (3.75%) Python
2 36 (3.55%) C#
3 32 (3.16%) C++
4 25 (2.47%) SQL
5 21 (2.07%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.97%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.78%) C
8 11 (1.09%) Embedded C++
9 9 (0.89%) MATLAB
10 8 (0.79%) Bash
10 8 (0.79%) Embedded C
11 6 (0.59%) Ruby
11 6 (0.59%) XAML
12 5 (0.49%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.39%) Java
14 3 (0.30%) Go
15 2 (0.20%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.099%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (8.88%) Degree
2 23 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.58%) Master's Degree
4 10 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (0.99%) PhD
5 7 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (0.59%) HNC
6 6 (0.59%) HND
7 5 (0.49%) CCNA
7 5 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.49%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.39%) OSCP
8 4 (0.39%) RHCE
8 4 (0.39%) RHCSA
9 3 (0.30%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.30%) PMP
10 2 (0.20%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.57%) QA
2 12 (1.18%) ISO 26262
3 10 (0.99%) PMO
3 10 (0.99%) SLA
4 8 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.59%) Automotive SPICE
6 5 (0.49%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.49%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.39%) DO-254
7 4 (0.39%) HAZOP
8 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.30%) GDPR
8 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.20%) DO-160
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.099%) GMP
10 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.099%) MISRA
10 1 (0.099%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (3.75%) Firmware
2 22 (2.17%) Docker
3 18 (1.78%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.58%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.39%) Squid
6 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.39%) vSphere
7 3 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.99%) Functional Safety
3 7 (0.69%) Ansible
3 7 (0.69%) Terraform
4 5 (0.49%) BMC PATROL
5 4 (0.39%) Packer
5 4 (0.39%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.099%) SCCM
6 1 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (3.36%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.57%) NEC
3 15 (1.48%) SAP
4 14 (1.38%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.09%) EMC
6 6 (0.59%) Oracle
6 6 (0.59%) Siemens
6 6 (0.59%) VMware
7 5 (0.49%) Adobe
7 5 (0.49%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (0.39%) Facebook
8 4 (0.39%) Instagram
8 4 (0.39%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.39%) Splunk
9 3 (0.30%) Sage
9 3 (0.30%) Zoho
10 2 (0.20%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.20%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.20%) Infor
11 1 (0.099%) MEDITECH