Automotive Jobs 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 13 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 160 211
Rank change year-on-year +95 +51 -44
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 151 29 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.01% 0.83% 0.91%
As % of the General category 6.74% 1.44% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28 29 47
10th Percentile £32,750 £25,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £27,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.65% -28.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £80,125
90th Percentile £72,375 £90,000 £86,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 2,240 2,016 3,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 59.45% 57.53% 62.89%
Number of salaries quoted 834 1,163 1,971
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,100 £27,875
25th Percentile £41,380 £39,043 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,389 £52,500 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -2.51% +4.56%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,139 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,850 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £51,944 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.16%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Automotive in the Thames Valley

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2024.

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 13 December 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +57 111 £65,000 -8.77% 13
Berkshire +15 24 £50,000 +85.19% 9
Oxfordshire +2 16 £55,000 -38.89% 7
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 9 (5.96%) Simulink
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.99%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.66%) Blender
4 1 (0.66%) CATIA
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.28%) Azure
2 4 (2.65%) AWS
3 3 (1.99%) Azure AI
3 3 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (1.99%) Azure Machine Learning
3 3 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (1.99%) GitHub
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 88 (58.28%) 5G
1 88 (58.28%) Bluetooth
1 88 (58.28%) GSM
1 88 (58.28%) LTE
1 88 (58.28%) UMTS
1 88 (58.28%) Wi-Fi
1 88 (58.28%) Wireless
2 2 (1.32%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.99%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (7.95%) JIRA
2 5 (3.31%) Git
3 4 (2.65%) TestRail
4 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (58.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (11.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.95%) Retail
4 9 (5.96%) Electronics
5 8 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.31%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.31%) Legal
7 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.66%) German Language
8 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (60.93%) Test Engineer
2 87 (57.62%) EMC Engineer
2 87 (57.62%) EMC Test Engineer
3 18 (11.92%) Software Engineer
4 13 (8.61%) Embedded Engineer
4 13 (8.61%) Senior
5 7 (4.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Project Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Support Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (3.97%) Technical Support
6 6 (3.97%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (3.31%) Analyst
7 5 (3.31%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (2.65%) Data Centre Engineer
8 4 (2.65%) Test Automation Engineer
8 4 (2.65%) Testing Engineer
8 4 (2.65%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.96%) .NET
1 9 (5.96%) AngularJS
2 5 (3.31%) .NET Core
2 5 (3.31%) ASP.NET
2 5 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
2 5 (3.31%) Blazor
2 5 (3.31%) React
3 4 (2.65%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.99%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 88 (58.28%) Satnav
2 12 (7.95%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (5.30%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.31%) Distributed Architecture
4 5 (3.31%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.99%) FPGA
6 3 (1.99%) IoT
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.66%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (64.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 94 (62.25%) Test Automation
3 92 (60.93%) Data Management
3 92 (60.93%) Test Scripting
4 17 (11.26%) Data Analysis
4 17 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (11.26%) Software Engineering
5 13 (8.61%) Agile
6 8 (5.30%) Validation
7 7 (4.64%) CI/CD
7 7 (4.64%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (4.64%) Computer Science
7 7 (4.64%) Project Management
8 6 (3.97%) Software Testing
8 6 (3.97%) Time Management
8 6 (3.97%) Unit Testing
9 5 (3.31%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (3.31%) Burndown Charts
9 5 (3.31%) FMEA
9 5 (3.31%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.93%) MATLAB
1 15 (9.93%) Python
2 13 (8.61%) C++
3 12 (7.95%) C
4 9 (5.96%) C#
4 9 (5.96%) JavaScript
4 9 (5.96%) SQL
5 8 (5.30%) Embedded C
6 5 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (64.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) ISO 26262
2 5 (3.31%) HAZOP
2 5 (3.31%) QA
3 3 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.99%) Automotive SPICE
3 3 (1.99%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (1.99%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.99%) MISRA
3 3 (1.99%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.66%) ISO 15765
System Software
1 15 (9.93%) Firmware
2 3 (1.99%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 88 (58.28%) EMC
2 11 (7.28%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.66%) Alias