Mechatronics Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Mechatronics
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Mechatronics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.13% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Mechatronics 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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,030 463 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 65.48% 77.55% 77.66%
Number of salaries quoted 756 309 666
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,653 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +11.79%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £76,636
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mechatronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Mechatronics job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Mechatronics
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Mechatronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Doncaster - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 - - 1
Mechatronics
Yorkshire

Mechatronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) EPLAN
1 1 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens