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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 149 188
Rank change year-on-year -24 +39 +48
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 26 93 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 1.38% 0.99%
As % of the General category 0.96% 2.70% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 12 58 27
10th Percentile £43,250 £38,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +10.58% +4.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £67,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £70,875 £76,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £46,374 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -22.71% +4.35% +21.69%

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 2,713 3,445 3,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.49% 51.09% 61.79%
Number of salaries quoted 909 2,029 1,666
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,950 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.37% -4.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -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

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +1 15 £55,000 -15.38% 35
Oxfordshire +13 6 £57,500 +17.35% 24
Buckinghamshire +15 5 £65,000 +18.18% 19
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 2 (7.69%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (7.69%) InDesign
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (7.69%) Photoshop
1 2 (7.69%) Simulink
2 1 (3.85%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Marketing
4 6 (23.08%) Aerospace
5 4 (15.38%) Aeronautics
5 4 (15.38%) Law
6 3 (11.54%) Electronics
7 2 (7.69%) Multimedia
7 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Marketing Manager
1 8 (30.77%) Product Manager
1 8 (30.77%) Product Marketing Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Performance Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Content Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Content Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Robotics Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Development Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) PMO Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Social Media
2 2 (7.69%) Animation
2 2 (7.69%) Digital Media
2 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.69%) e-Learning
2 2 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (7.69%) Robotics
3 1 (3.85%) CAN bus
3 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Decision-Making
2 10 (38.46%) Mentoring
3 8 (30.77%) Analytical Thinking
3 8 (30.77%) Analytics
3 8 (30.77%) B2B
3 8 (30.77%) Campaign Management
3 8 (30.77%) Content Marketing
3 8 (30.77%) CRM
3 8 (30.77%) Customer Acquisition
3 8 (30.77%) Customer Retention
3 8 (30.77%) Customer Segmentation
3 8 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 8 (30.77%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (30.77%) Marketing Automation
3 8 (30.77%) Marketing Strategy
3 8 (30.77%) Multichannel Marketing
3 8 (30.77%) Product Strategy
3 8 (30.77%) Sales Enablement
3 8 (30.77%) SEO
3 8 (30.77%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) C
1 2 (7.69%) Embedded C
1 2 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 4 (15.38%) PhD
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.69%) PMP
4 1 (3.85%) HNC
4 1 (3.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) ISO 26262
2 1 (3.85%) MISRA
2 1 (3.85%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Adobe
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) ANSYS
2 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.85%) EMC