Automotive Job Trends in Surrey

Automotive
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 68 112
Rank change year-on-year -17 +44 -15
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 32 29 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.41% 2.48% 0.97%
As % of the General category 2.88% 3.77% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 20
10th Percentile - - £40,000
25th Percentile - £30,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - -31.91% +51.61%
75th Percentile £50,000 £42,625 £66,563
90th Percentile £60,500 £50,100 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £61,750
% change year-on-year +9.89% -26.32% +5.11%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,111 769 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 48.88% 65.67% 64.85%
Number of salaries quoted 775 439 698
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -4.76%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Surrey

Automotive
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in Surrey over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in Surrey

Automotive
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 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
Woking -6 12 £65,000 -23.53% 1
Guildford - 7 £40,000 - 4
Camberley - 5 £50,000 -
Epsom -5 2 - -
Caterham - 1 £25,750 -
Egham - 1 £102,500 -
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.13%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) ScriptRunner
General
1 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Agriculture
3 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Marketing
3 3 (9.38%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Front Office
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Business Development Manager
1 7 (21.88%) Business Manager
1 7 (21.88%) Development Manager
2 6 (18.75%) QA Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Quality Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 5 (15.63%) Release Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Software Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Software Release Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Programmer
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Business Development Executive
5 1 (3.13%) Development Specialist
5 1 (3.13%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 1 (3.13%) SEO Specialist
5 1 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Business Development
2 6 (18.75%) Performance Management
2 6 (18.75%) Zero Defects
3 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
4 4 (12.50%) B2B
4 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.38%) B2C
5 3 (9.38%) Coaching
5 3 (9.38%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (9.38%) Customer Experience
5 3 (9.38%) Customer Journey Map
5 3 (9.38%) Journey Map
5 3 (9.38%) SEO
5 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.25%) Analytics
6 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.25%) Generative AI
6 2 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
6 2 (6.25%) Link Building
6 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Groovy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe
2 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.13%) HubSpot
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce