Lidar Job Trends in England

Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Lidar in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Lidar over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 652 661
Rank change year-on-year +54 +9 +305
Permanent jobs citing Lidar 2 24 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.004% 0.048% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.011% 0.13% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £42,125 £61,125 £62,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £68,438 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £69,688 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,375 - -
UK median annual salary £58,750 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -21.67% +3.45% -9.38%

All Generic Skills
England

Lidar falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,651 18,477 16,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.86% 37.26% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,385 8,842 12,539
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,150 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Lidar
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Lidar job vacancy trend in England

Lidar
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lidar.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lidar

Lidar
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lidar in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lidar in England

Lidar
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lidar within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London +29 1 £75,000 - 4
South East +13 1 £42,500 - 3
Lidar
UK

Lidar
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 1 (50.00%) Kinematics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Semantic Layer
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Open3D
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) GNSS
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Sensor Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Inertial Navigation
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA