Motion Control Job Trends in the North of England

Motion Control
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Motion Control skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 312 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs citing Motion Control 3 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.032% 0.056% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.072% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £48,750 £48,050
% change year-on-year +64.10% +1.46% +2.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Motion Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,223 11,061 8,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.55% 77.95% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,133 6,268 6,405
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,390 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,136 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Motion Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Motion Control in the North of England

Motion Control
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Motion Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Motion Control

Motion Control
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 Motion Control within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Yorkshire +23 3 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Motion Control
England

Motion Control
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 3 (100.00%) Kinematics
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Motion Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Reinforcement Learning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Safety