Automotive Jobs in the South East

Automotive
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 229 156
Rank change year-on-year +5 -73 +87
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 74 177 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.78% 1.06% 2.13%
As % of the General category 1.15% 1.86% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 49 108 92
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £42,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +30.43%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,419 9,518 9,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 67.29% 56.75% 63.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,718 6,020 4,385
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the South East.

Salary trend for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the South East

Automotive
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Surrey +72 34 £46,374 -25.80% 10
Thames Valley +7 22 £57,500 +4.55% 68
Hampshire +47 12 £57,500 +4.55% 48
Oxfordshire +19 9 £90,000 +100.00% 21
Berkshire +15 8 £50,000 -18.03% 22
Kent -3 6 £54,750 -0.45% 15
Buckinghamshire +20 5 £57,500 +4.55% 28
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.05%) Simulink
3 1 (1.35%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.35%) Blender
3 1 (1.35%) CATIA
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) Power Platform
2 9 (12.16%) Azure
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (8.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (8.11%) GitHub
4 6 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (8.11%) PowerApps
5 5 (6.76%) SaaS
6 3 (4.05%) AWS
7 2 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (2.70%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.70%) Route 53
7 2 (2.70%) Snowflake
7 2 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) DHCP
1 1 (1.35%) DNS
1 1 (1.35%) DVB
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) LAN
1 1 (1.35%) LTE
1 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.35%) VPN
1 1 (1.35%) VSAT
1 1 (1.35%) WAN
1 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (2.70%) MySQL
4 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
1 2 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.35%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.68%) Aerospace
3 14 (18.92%) Manufacturing
4 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.81%) Finance
5 8 (10.81%) Retail
6 7 (9.46%) Law
7 6 (8.11%) Electronics
8 5 (6.76%) Aeronautics
8 5 (6.76%) Legal
9 4 (5.41%) Marketing
10 3 (4.05%) Aviation
11 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.35%) German Language
12 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (25.68%) Senior
2 13 (17.57%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (9.46%) Analyst
4 6 (8.11%) Assistant IT Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Data Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) IT Assistant
4 6 (8.11%) IT Manager
4 6 (8.11%) IT Support
4 6 (8.11%) IT Support Assistant
4 6 (8.11%) IT Support Manager
4 6 (8.11%) IT Technical Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Senior Data Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Support Assistant
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Assistant
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Support
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Support Assistant
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) .NET
2 2 (2.70%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.70%) REST
3 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.35%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.35%) Material Design
3 1 (1.35%) Node-RED
3 1 (1.35%) Vue
3 1 (1.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (8.11%) Digital Signage
2 6 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.41%) Social Media
4 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.70%) Robotics
5 2 (2.70%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (1.35%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Linux
2 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.05%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (2.70%) Unix
5 1 (1.35%) CentOS
5 1 (1.35%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.32%) Mentoring
2 15 (20.27%) Decision-Making
3 13 (17.57%) Analytics
3 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (13.51%) Data Analysis
4 10 (13.51%) Project Delivery
5 9 (12.16%) CI/CD
5 9 (12.16%) DevOps
5 9 (12.16%) Visualisation
6 8 (10.81%) Project Management
6 8 (10.81%) Requirements Management
6 8 (10.81%) Software Engineering
7 7 (9.46%) Agile
7 7 (9.46%) CAD
7 7 (9.46%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (8.11%) CRM
8 6 (8.11%) Data Analytics
8 6 (8.11%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.86%) SQL
2 10 (13.51%) C#
3 8 (10.81%) Python
4 6 (8.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.41%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.05%) C
7 2 (2.70%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.35%) C++
8 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (40.54%) Degree
2 8 (10.81%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.76%) Master's Degree
4 5 (6.76%) PhD
5 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.70%) PMP
6 1 (1.35%) APMP
6 1 (1.35%) CEH
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) CISSP
6 1 (1.35%) GIAC
6 1 (1.35%) HNC
6 1 (1.35%) HND
6 1 (1.35%) OSCP
6 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.76%) ISO 26262
3 3 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (2.70%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (2.70%) HAZOP
4 2 (2.70%) PMO
5 1 (1.35%) GDPR
5 1 (1.35%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.35%) MISRA
5 1 (1.35%) MISRA C
5 1 (1.35%) NIST
5 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.35%) QA
5 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Terraform
2 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.35%) Nessus
3 1 (1.35%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 25 (33.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Databricks
3 3 (4.05%) IBM
4 2 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) Alias
5 1 (1.35%) ANSYS
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco
5 1 (1.35%) Cognos
5 1 (1.35%) EMC
5 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Qualys
5 1 (1.35%) SAP
5 1 (1.35%) VMware