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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 170 176
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +29
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 24 77 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.72% 1.11% 1.52%
As % of the General category 0.91% 2.11% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12 54 35
10th Percentile £43,250 £38,500 £36,950
25th Percentile £51,875 £42,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +8.91% -0.98%
75th Percentile £95,000 £66,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £97,025 £67,500 £63,750
South East median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +15.79%

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 2,631 3,641 3,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 78.61% 52.57% 64.36%
Number of salaries quoted 740 2,213 1,686
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -6.58%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £80,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.28%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 11 £50,000 -21.88% 69
Oxfordshire +26 8 £90,000 +100.00% 40
Buckinghamshire +17 5 £57,500 +4.55% 67
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) Simulink
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.17%) Blender
2 1 (4.17%) CATIA
2 1 (4.17%) InDesign
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) Aerospace
5 4 (16.67%) Aeronautics
5 4 (16.67%) Law
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Multimedia
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Marketing Manager
1 7 (29.17%) Product Manager
1 7 (29.17%) Product Marketing Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Performance Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Designer
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Designer
5 1 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Project Officer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Social Media
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (8.33%) Robotics
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (4.17%) Animation
3 1 (4.17%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.17%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.17%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Decision-Making
2 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Thinking
3 7 (29.17%) Analytics
3 7 (29.17%) B2B
3 7 (29.17%) Campaign Management
3 7 (29.17%) Content Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) CRM
3 7 (29.17%) Customer Acquisition
3 7 (29.17%) Customer Retention
3 7 (29.17%) Customer Segmentation
3 7 (29.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 7 (29.17%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing Automation
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing Strategy
3 7 (29.17%) Multichannel Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) Product Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) Sales Enablement
3 7 (29.17%) SEO
3 7 (29.17%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) C
1 2 (8.33%) Embedded C
1 2 (8.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (16.67%) PhD
3 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 26262
2 1 (4.17%) MISRA
2 1 (4.17%) MISRA C
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Alias
2 1 (4.17%) ANSYS
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco
2 1 (4.17%) Fortinet