Automotive Job Trends in the Midlands

Automotive
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 117 68
Rank change year-on-year +37 -49 -55
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 248 99 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.04% 2.04% 3.41%
As % of the General category 4.07% 3.31% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 148 56 144
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,150
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £48,000 £52,750 £51,750
% change year-on-year -9.00% +1.93% -13.75%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,100 2,992 6,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 50.26% 61.55% 56.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,959 1,772 4,710
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Automotive
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the Midlands

Automotive
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands +16 126 £52,500 +31.25% 81
East Midlands +18 120 £40,000 - 34
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.40%) JBoss
1 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (2.02%) InDesign
1 5 (2.02%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.61%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.82%) Azure
1 7 (2.82%) SaaS
2 6 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (1.21%) AWS
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.40%) Canva
4 1 (0.40%) GCP
4 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.21%) Bluetooth
1 3 (1.21%) Ethernet
1 3 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.81%) DHCP
2 2 (0.81%) DNS
2 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.81%) VPN
2 2 (0.81%) WAN
2 2 (0.81%) Wireless
3 1 (0.40%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.40%) IPsec
3 1 (0.40%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.61%) CANoe
2 3 (1.21%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 3 (1.21%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Maven
3 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
General
1 72 (29.03%) Marketing
2 56 (22.58%) Manufacturing
3 34 (13.71%) Aerospace
4 14 (5.65%) Electronics
4 14 (5.65%) Social Skills
5 9 (3.63%) Retail
6 7 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.42%) Aeronautics
8 4 (1.61%) Finance
8 4 (1.61%) Legal
9 3 (1.21%) Advertising
9 3 (1.21%) Games
9 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (16.94%) Business Development Manager
1 42 (16.94%) Business Manager
1 42 (16.94%) Development Manager
2 29 (11.69%) Programmer
3 18 (7.26%) Senior
4 17 (6.85%) Support Technician
5 15 (6.05%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (5.65%) Software Engineer
7 10 (4.03%) Analyst
7 10 (4.03%) Lead
8 9 (3.63%) IT Support
9 8 (3.23%) PLC Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) PLC Programmer
10 7 (2.82%) Sales Representative
11 6 (2.42%) Development Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Head of Mobile
11 6 (2.42%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.02%) PySpark
2 1 (0.40%) .NET
2 1 (0.40%) Quarkus
2 1 (0.40%) REST
2 1 (0.40%) Spring
2 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.65%) Robotics
2 7 (2.82%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.02%) Graphic Design
4 5 (2.02%) Social Media
4 5 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (1.21%) CAN bus
5 3 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.40%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.40%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.21%) FreeRTOS
1 3 (1.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (23.39%) Analytics
2 46 (18.55%) Business Development
3 26 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (3.63%) AI
4 9 (3.63%) Time Management
5 8 (3.23%) CI/CD
5 8 (3.23%) Logistics
5 8 (3.23%) Software Engineering
6 7 (2.82%) CAD
7 6 (2.42%) Data Engineering
7 6 (2.42%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (2.42%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (2.42%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (2.42%) SEO
7 6 (2.42%) Service Management
7 6 (2.42%) Visualisation
8 5 (2.02%) Campaign Management
8 5 (2.02%) Copywriting
8 5 (2.02%) Lead Generation
8 5 (2.02%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.03%) Python
2 7 (2.82%) C
3 4 (1.61%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.21%) C++
5 2 (0.81%) C#
5 2 (0.81%) Java
5 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.81%) SQL
6 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (2.82%) Degree
2 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.40%) CISSP
3 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.81%) IEC 61131
2 1 (0.40%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.40%) GDPR
2 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.40%) QA
2 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.61%) Firmware
2 3 (1.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.81%) Nagios
2 1 (0.40%) Ansible
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (2.82%) Databricks
2 5 (2.02%) Adobe
2 5 (2.02%) Facebook
2 5 (2.02%) Instagram
3 4 (1.61%) Freshdesk
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.81%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.81%) Cisco
5 2 (0.81%) Epicor
5 2 (0.81%) NEC
5 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.81%) Siemens
5 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds
5 2 (0.81%) TP-LINK
6 1 (0.40%) Google