Automotive Jobs in the North of England

Automotive
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the North of 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 76 216 317
Rank change year-on-year +140 +101 -100
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 463 190 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.01% 1.09% 0.67%
As % of the General category 5.64% 1.95% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 235 144 38
10th Percentile - £29,300 £38,375
25th Percentile £48,869 £36,250 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £46,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% -17.78% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51,870 £57,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 -
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +30.43%

All General Skills
North 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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,204 9,733 12,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.12% 55.64% 70.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,839 7,363 5,114
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.97% +4.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,320 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the North of England

Automotive
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Automotive in the North of England

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Automotive in the North of England

Automotive
Job Locations in the North 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 North of 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 West +158 449 £50,055 +8.23% 64
Yorkshire +4 11 £53,750 +7.50% 27
North East +10 3 £47,500 +20.25% 18
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.65%) CMS
2 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.65%) WordPress
3 2 (0.43%) Apache
3 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 161 (34.77%) Microsoft Office
2 159 (34.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 157 (33.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 193 (41.68%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.65%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.54%) Azure
2 11 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (1.94%) AWS
4 5 (1.08%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.08%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.86%) GitHub
6 3 (0.65%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.65%) MailChimp
7 2 (0.43%) SaaS
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.22%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.30%) LAN
1 6 (1.30%) WAN
2 5 (1.08%) Firewall
2 5 (1.08%) Internet
2 5 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (0.86%) DHCP
3 4 (0.86%) DNS
4 3 (0.65%) VoIP
5 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.22%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.22%) MQTT
6 1 (0.22%) Network Security
6 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.86%) Big Data
1 4 (0.86%) Power BI
1 4 (0.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.65%) SQLite
3 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) JIRA
General
1 268 (57.88%) Aerospace
2 169 (36.50%) Social Skills
3 152 (32.83%) Telecoms
4 65 (14.04%) Aeronautics
5 21 (4.54%) Manufacturing
6 14 (3.02%) Finance
7 12 (2.59%) Retail
8 5 (1.08%) Advertising
8 5 (1.08%) Electronics
9 3 (0.65%) Marketing
9 3 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 298 (64.36%) Systems Engineer
2 152 (32.83%) Principal Engineer
2 152 (32.83%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 122 (26.35%) Senior
4 116 (25.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 57 (12.31%) Integration Engineer
5 57 (12.31%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 36 (7.78%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 10 (2.16%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 10 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (1.73%) Developer
8 8 (1.73%) Software Engineer
9 5 (1.08%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (1.08%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 5 (1.08%) IT Support
9 5 (1.08%) Technical Support
10 4 (0.86%) Business Manager
10 4 (0.86%) Web Developer
11 3 (0.65%) IT Support Specialist
11 3 (0.65%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.38%) .NET
2 5 (1.08%) WPF
3 4 (0.86%) HTML
4 3 (0.65%) Blazor
4 3 (0.65%) JSON
4 3 (0.65%) LINQ
4 3 (0.65%) Next.js
4 3 (0.65%) Node.js
4 3 (0.65%) React
5 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.43%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.43%) OGRE
5 2 (0.43%) WCF
6 1 (0.22%) CSS
6 1 (0.22%) jQuery
6 1 (0.22%) Kafka
6 1 (0.22%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 3 (0.65%) Blog
1 3 (0.65%) Life Science
1 3 (0.65%) Motion Graphics
1 3 (0.65%) Social Media
2 2 (0.43%) Distributed Architecture
2 2 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (0.43%) Public Cloud
2 2 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.22%) Acoustics
3 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.22%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.22%) Infotainment
3 1 (0.22%) IoT
3 1 (0.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.38%) Windows
2 9 (1.94%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (88.55%) Systems Engineering
2 217 (46.87%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 193 (41.68%) PLM
4 153 (33.05%) Architectural Design
5 70 (15.12%) Mathematics
6 69 (14.90%) Coaching
7 65 (14.04%) Physics
8 57 (12.31%) Requirements Management
9 18 (3.89%) Agile
10 16 (3.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (3.02%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (2.16%) Scrum
13 9 (1.94%) Analytics
13 9 (1.94%) Software Engineering
14 8 (1.73%) Cybersecurity
15 7 (1.51%) Computer Science
16 6 (1.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 5 (1.08%) Change Management
17 5 (1.08%) ITIL
17 5 (1.08%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 194 (41.90%) MATLAB
2 8 (1.73%) C#
3 7 (1.51%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.30%) Python
5 5 (1.08%) SQL
6 4 (0.86%) C++
6 4 (0.86%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.43%) C
7 2 (0.43%) Java
7 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.43%) VB
7 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.43%) VBA
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
8 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.22%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.22%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 417 (90.06%) Degree
2 261 (56.37%) HND
3 258 (55.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 193 (41.68%) HNC
5 5 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.65%) CCNA
6 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.65%) MCSE
6 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.22%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 11 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.08%) Terminal Services
3 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.22%) Docker
4 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 193 (41.68%) ANSYS
2 174 (37.58%) Microsoft
3 8 (1.73%) Cisco
4 6 (1.30%) VMware
5 3 (0.65%) Acronis
5 3 (0.65%) EMC
5 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
5 3 (0.65%) Google
5 3 (0.65%) Hitachi
5 3 (0.65%) Kaseya
5 3 (0.65%) Meraki
5 3 (0.65%) Sage
5 3 (0.65%) SonicWALL
5 3 (0.65%) WatchGuard
6 2 (0.43%) IBM
6 2 (0.43%) Logitech
6 2 (0.43%) Talend
7 1 (0.22%) SAP
7 1 (0.22%) Sparx