Automotive Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Automotive
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 102 181
Rank change year-on-year -67 +79 +43
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 28 103 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.72% 2.13% 0.48%
As % of the General category 0.97% 4.35% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18 33 18
10th Percentile £41,000 £32,750 £51,775
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +1.96% +27.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.10% -3.33% +20.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,889 2,368 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.69% 48.90% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 956 1,428
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £51,242 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.18% -2.40% -4.55%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Berkshire -25 15 £45,000 -35.71% 35
Oxfordshire +12 7 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Buckinghamshire -51 6 £65,000 +10.64% 13
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (7.14%) InDesign
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Electronics
3 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (28.57%) Marketing
4 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Multimedia
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Marketing Manager
1 8 (28.57%) Product Manager
1 8 (28.57%) Product Marketing Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Content Designer
3 2 (7.14%) Designer
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Content Designer
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Designer
3 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Robotics Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Sales Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Sales Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Business Systems Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Lead
4 1 (3.57%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Social Media
2 6 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Animation
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Media
3 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (7.14%) Robotics
4 1 (3.57%) CAN bus
4 1 (3.57%) FMCG
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
2 8 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
2 8 (28.57%) Analytics
2 8 (28.57%) B2B
2 8 (28.57%) Campaign Management
2 8 (28.57%) Content Marketing
2 8 (28.57%) CRM
2 8 (28.57%) Customer Acquisition
2 8 (28.57%) Customer Segmentation
2 8 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 8 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (28.57%) Marketing Automation
2 8 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
2 8 (28.57%) Multichannel Marketing
2 8 (28.57%) Product Marketing
2 8 (28.57%) Product Strategy
2 8 (28.57%) Sales Enablement
2 8 (28.57%) SEO
2 8 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) C
1 5 (17.86%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.14%) PMP
3 1 (3.57%) HNC
3 1 (3.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (21.43%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Adobe
1 2 (7.14%) Google
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.57%) EMC