Automotive Job Trends in Stafford

Automotive
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in Stafford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stafford 1.23% - -
As % of the General category 3.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +35.71% -33.33% -4.55%

All General Skills
Stafford

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 general skills in Stafford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30 37 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stafford 37.04% 78.72% 41.33%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 26
10th Percentile £38,000 £38,754 £26,750
25th Percentile - £51,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,300 £43,098
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +23.67% +2.31%
75th Percentile - £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,450 £60,000 £58,250
Staffordshire median annual salary £40,000 £48,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -16.67% +25.49% -15.00%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stafford.

Automotive job vacancy trend in Stafford

Automotive
Salary Trend in Stafford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing Automotive

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware