Automotive Jobs 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 215 174
Rank change year-on-year +66 -41 +61
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1,078 1,168 1,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.20% 1.36% 2.16%
As % of the General category 3.17% 2.30% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 419 673 347
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,809 £37,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +30.43%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +30.43%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,026 50,841 60,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.54% 59.31% 68.22%
Number of salaries quoted 16,296 35,628 33,101
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in England

Automotive
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in England.

Salary trend for Automotive in England

Automotive
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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
North of England +140 463 £50,055 +8.23% 108
North West +158 449 £50,055 +8.23% 64
Midlands +38 440 £42,500 -22.73% 244
West Midlands +21 306 £43,750 -23.91% 180
East Midlands +64 134 £40,750 -4.12% 59
South East +3 75 £55,000 - 206
East of England -56 43 £50,000 - 126
South West +46 32 £57,500 +21.05% 88
London +4 25 £72,500 +16.00% 207
Yorkshire +4 11 £53,750 +7.50% 27
North East +10 3 £47,500 +20.25% 18
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 22 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.37%) Confluence
4 3 (0.28%) Apache
4 3 (0.28%) CMS
4 3 (0.28%) WordPress
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 213 (19.76%) Simulink
2 197 (18.27%) Microsoft Office
3 196 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 175 (16.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.65%) Maya
6 4 (0.37%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.28%) Sketch
8 1 (0.093%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.093%) Blender
8 1 (0.093%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.093%) CATIA
8 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.093%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 207 (19.20%) Teamcenter
2 7 (0.65%) SAP IBP
2 7 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 53 (4.92%) Azure
2 32 (2.97%) Power Platform
3 30 (2.78%) AWS
4 27 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (1.58%) SaaS
6 14 (1.30%) Google Workspace
6 14 (1.30%) PowerApps
7 11 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.02%) GitHub
8 10 (0.93%) Entra ID
8 10 (0.93%) GCP
9 8 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.56%) Figma
12 5 (0.46%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.46%) MailChimp
13 4 (0.37%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.28%) Datadog
14 3 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.23%) Firewall
2 19 (1.76%) DHCP
2 19 (1.76%) DNS
3 16 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.30%) BGP
4 14 (1.30%) OSPF
4 14 (1.30%) VLAN
4 14 (1.30%) WLAN
5 10 (0.93%) WAN
6 8 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (0.65%) LAN
8 6 (0.56%) Internet
8 6 (0.56%) VoIP
8 6 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.37%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.28%) FlexRay
11 2 (0.19%) Intranet
11 2 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.32%) Power BI
2 14 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.65%) SAP BW
4 7 (0.65%) Tableau
5 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (0.46%) Big Data
6 5 (0.46%) MySQL
6 5 (0.46%) SQLite
7 4 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.37%) Redis
8 2 (0.19%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.093%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.093%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.093%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Git
1 11 (1.02%) JIRA
2 7 (0.65%) GitLab
3 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.19%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.093%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.093%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.093%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.093%) NUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Vite
6 1 (0.093%) webpack
General
1 521 (48.33%) Aerospace
2 313 (29.04%) Telecoms
3 273 (25.32%) Social Skills
4 72 (6.68%) Aeronautics
5 64 (5.94%) Manufacturing
6 49 (4.55%) Retail
7 44 (4.08%) Finance
8 35 (3.25%) Electronics
9 32 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (1.95%) Marketing
11 16 (1.48%) Law
12 12 (1.11%) Legal
13 11 (1.02%) Banking
14 9 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.65%) Games
16 7 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.56%) Advertising
17 6 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 545 (50.56%) Systems Engineer
2 317 (29.41%) Principal Engineer
3 315 (29.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 279 (25.88%) Senior
5 227 (21.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 129 (11.97%) Software Engineer
7 100 (9.28%) Development Engineer
8 99 (9.18%) Software Development Engineer
9 64 (5.94%) Principal Software Engineer
10 58 (5.38%) Integration Engineer
11 57 (5.29%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 52 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (3.34%) Senior Development Engineer
13 36 (3.34%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 36 (3.34%) Senior Software Development Engineer
14 31 (2.88%) Developer
15 19 (1.76%) Lead
16 18 (1.67%) IT Support
17 17 (1.58%) Technical Support
18 16 (1.48%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.88%) .NET
2 17 (1.58%) HTML
3 13 (1.21%) .NET Core
3 13 (1.21%) CSS
4 10 (0.93%) Entity Framework
5 9 (0.83%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.65%) .NET Framework
6 7 (0.65%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.65%) LINQ
6 7 (0.65%) Middleware
6 7 (0.65%) RESTful
7 6 (0.56%) React
7 6 (0.56%) WPF
8 5 (0.46%) Blazor
8 5 (0.46%) Vue
9 4 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.37%) CSS3
9 4 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.37%) MassTransit
9 4 (0.37%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (1.58%) Product Ownership
2 16 (1.48%) Management Information System
3 14 (1.30%) Mobile App
3 14 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
3 14 (1.30%) Smartphone
4 12 (1.11%) Algorithms
5 10 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (0.93%) Social Media
6 9 (0.83%) FMCG
6 9 (0.83%) IoT
7 7 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.65%) PMI
7 7 (0.65%) Reinsurance
8 6 (0.56%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.46%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.37%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.37%) Robotics
11 3 (0.28%) Animation
11 3 (0.28%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.17%) Windows
2 28 (2.60%) Linux
3 27 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.58%) Windows 10
4 17 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.30%) Mac OS X
6 14 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.46%) Android
7 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.28%) Unix
9 2 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.093%) CentOS
10 1 (0.093%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (75.23%) Systems Engineering
2 261 (24.21%) Agile
3 219 (20.32%) Validation
4 217 (20.13%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 209 (19.39%) Software Testing
6 207 (19.20%) PLM
7 153 (14.19%) Architectural Design
8 145 (13.45%) Software Engineering
9 99 (9.18%) Project Planning
10 84 (7.79%) Requirements Management
11 74 (6.86%) Coaching
12 73 (6.77%) Physics
13 71 (6.59%) Mathematics
14 58 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (3.34%) Analytics
16 33 (3.06%) Computer Science
17 32 (2.97%) Continuous Improvement
18 30 (2.78%) Stakeholder Management
19 29 (2.69%) Cybersecurity
19 29 (2.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 420 (38.96%) MATLAB
2 45 (4.17%) SQL
3 36 (3.34%) C#
4 27 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.23%) C
6 20 (1.86%) Python
7 16 (1.48%) Embedded C
8 13 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.11%) C++
10 6 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.46%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.37%) PHP
13 3 (0.28%) Java
14 2 (0.19%) VB
14 2 (0.19%) VBA
15 1 (0.093%) Ada
15 1 (0.093%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.093%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 649 (60.20%) Degree
2 567 (52.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 289 (26.81%) HND
4 221 (20.50%) HNC
5 23 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.58%) MCSE
8 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.74%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.65%) PhD
12 4 (0.37%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
13 3 (0.28%) CCNA
13 3 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.28%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.28%) Security Cleared
14 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.02%) ISO 26262
1 11 (1.02%) QA
2 9 (0.83%) Automotive SPICE
3 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.37%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.19%) HAZOP
6 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.19%) JTAG
6 2 (0.19%) NIST
6 2 (0.19%) PMO
7 1 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.093%) GRC
7 1 (0.093%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.093%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.093%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.093%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.30%) Docker
3 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) LXC
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.02%) Terraform
2 6 (0.56%) Functional Safety
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.093%) Nessus
4 1 (0.093%) OpenVAS
4 1 (0.093%) QRadar
Vendors
1 249 (23.10%) Microsoft
2 207 (19.20%) ANSYS
3 26 (2.41%) Cisco
4 22 (2.04%) Google
5 21 (1.95%) Fortinet
6 14 (1.30%) Apple
6 14 (1.30%) Dell
6 14 (1.30%) Ubiquiti
7 9 (0.83%) SAP
8 8 (0.74%) Databricks
9 7 (0.65%) Ariba
9 7 (0.65%) VMware
10 5 (0.46%) IBM
11 4 (0.37%) EMC
11 4 (0.37%) Hitachi
12 3 (0.28%) Adobe
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle
12 3 (0.28%) Sage
12 3 (0.28%) SonicWALL
12 3 (0.28%) WatchGuard