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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 64 157
Rank change year-on-year -78 +93 +46
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 34 161 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.90% 3.98% 0.89%
As % of the General category 1.44% 7.07% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28 35 29
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +55.41% -28.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £78,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +10.58% +1.96%

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 2,361 2,278 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 62.61% 56.25% 57.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 864 1,197
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,769
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +6.67% -2.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £81,550
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Automotive job vacancy trend 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 2 December 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 2 December 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
Oxfordshire +32 17 £55,000 - 12
Buckinghamshire -58 11 £58,750 -9.62% 3
Berkshire -25 6 £50,000 -5.66% 11
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (2.94%) CATIA
3 1 (2.94%) InDesign
3 1 (2.94%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.94%) PTC Creo
3 1 (2.94%) Siemens NX
3 1 (2.94%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (5.88%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.94%) Git
1 1 (2.94%) GitLab
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Electronics
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Retail
4 5 (14.71%) Aerospace
4 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.82%) Finance
7 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.94%) Advertising
8 1 (2.94%) Aviation
8 1 (2.94%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 9 (26.47%) Firmware Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Business Development Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Business Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Development Manager
3 5 (14.71%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Sales Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Sales Support
3 5 (14.71%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Robotics Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Sales Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Technical Sales Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Business Systems Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Lead
5 1 (2.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (26.47%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (8.82%) Robotics
4 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) Animation
5 1 (2.94%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.94%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.94%) FMCG
5 1 (2.94%) GNSS
5 1 (2.94%) IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Lidar
5 1 (2.94%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.94%) PMI
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (17.65%) Business Development
3 4 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (11.76%) Agile
3 4 (11.76%) AI
3 4 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
4 3 (8.82%) Data Management
4 3 (8.82%) Scrum
5 2 (5.88%) Data Architecture
5 2 (5.88%) Data Security
5 2 (5.88%) ITIL
5 2 (5.88%) ITSM
5 2 (5.88%) Kanban
5 2 (5.88%) Mechatronics
5 2 (5.88%) Physics
5 2 (5.88%) Service Management
5 2 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (5.88%) Workflow
5 2 (5.88%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) C
1 9 (26.47%) Embedded C
2 4 (11.76%) VBA
3 1 (2.94%) C++
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) HNC
2 1 (2.94%) HND
2 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) ECSS
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
3 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (29.41%) Firmware
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe
3 1 (2.94%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.94%) EMC