CAN bus Job Trends in the North West

CAN bus
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAN bus over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 - 188
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAN bus 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.036% - 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.078% - 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £51,500
75th Percentile - - £53,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £46,000 £43,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.14% -20.45% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
North West

CAN bus 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,560 1,814 1,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 46.17% 30.23% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 919 895 979
10th Percentile £26,950 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -11.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £79,032 £78,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAN bus relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

CAN bus job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAN bus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAN bus

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAN bus within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Cumbria - 2 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Research Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree