Automotive Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Automotive
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 157 204
Rank change year-on-year -38 +47 -114
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 472 608 726
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.98% 1.88% 1.45%
As % of the General category 1.83% 2.87% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 303 222 433
10th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £56,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +13.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,000 £77,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £48,720 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.27% +4.55% -8.33%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,807 21,154 29,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.43% 65.47% 59.64%
Number of salaries quoted 13,431 8,684 21,722
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -10.10%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Automotive job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Automotive
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the UK excluding London

Automotive
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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
Midlands +16 177 £45,000 +5.88% 109
South East -54 103 £48,000 -25.58% 64
North of England -22 95 £48,720 -11.42% 45
East Midlands +5 94 £45,000 - 22
West Midlands +11 82 £60,000 +54.84% 87
North West 0 69 £48,720 -13.43% 27
East of England -42 41 £55,000 +3.77% 26
South West -3 28 £65,000 -3.70% 29
Yorkshire -7 26 £31,250 -40.48% 16
Scotland -15 13 £40,000 -31.07% 3
Wales +6 11 £43,750 - 12
Northern Ireland -21 4 - -
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.06%) Confluence
2 4 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) Umbraco
3 3 (0.64%) WordPress
4 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) JBoss
Applications
1 18 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.64%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.21%) CATIA
5 1 (0.21%) InDesign
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.21%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.21%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.21%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.60%) Azure
2 15 (3.18%) SaaS
3 10 (2.12%) AWS
4 8 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (1.69%) Google Analytics
4 8 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (1.48%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.06%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.85%) IaaS
7 4 (0.85%) Miro
8 3 (0.64%) Contentful
8 3 (0.64%) Slack
9 2 (0.42%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.42%) GCP
9 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.21%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.27%) DHCP
2 6 (1.27%) DNS
3 5 (1.06%) WAN
4 4 (0.85%) ATM
4 4 (0.85%) Multicast
4 4 (0.85%) tcpdump
4 4 (0.85%) Wireless
4 4 (0.85%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.64%) LAN
5 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.42%) GSM
6 2 (0.42%) LTE
6 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.42%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) HTTP
7 1 (0.21%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.69%) Metadata
2 7 (1.48%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.27%) Power BI
4 5 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (1.06%) Tableau
5 4 (0.85%) Power Query
5 4 (0.85%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.42%) MySQL
6 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (1.91%) JIRA
2 7 (1.48%) Git
3 3 (0.64%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 3 (0.64%) CANoe
3 3 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Maven
5 1 (0.21%) Postman
5 1 (0.21%) Protractor
5 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 97 (20.55%) Aerospace
2 84 (17.80%) Manufacturing
3 80 (16.95%) Social Skills
4 63 (13.35%) Marketing
5 44 (9.32%) Retail
6 36 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (7.20%) Electronics
8 31 (6.57%) Aeronautics
9 16 (3.39%) Finance
10 15 (3.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.75%) Agriculture
13 11 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.91%) Publishing
15 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.48%) Aviation
16 7 (1.48%) Military
17 5 (1.06%) Banking
18 4 (0.85%) Advertising
18 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (7.42%) Business Development Manager
1 35 (7.42%) Business Manager
1 35 (7.42%) Development Manager
1 35 (7.42%) Senior
2 31 (6.57%) Analyst
2 31 (6.57%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (6.14%) Programmer
4 28 (5.93%) IT Support
5 25 (5.30%) Software Engineer
6 18 (3.81%) Junior
6 18 (3.81%) Support Technician
7 17 (3.60%) Support Engineer
8 16 (3.39%) Lead
9 14 (2.97%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.75%) Technical Support
11 12 (2.54%) Control Systems Engineer
11 12 (2.54%) Firmware Engineer
12 11 (2.33%) Technical Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) PLC Engineer
14 9 (1.91%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.48%) .NET
1 7 (1.48%) Flash
2 6 (1.27%) PySpark
3 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.64%) CSS
3 3 (0.64%) React
4 2 (0.42%) HTML
4 2 (0.42%) RESTful
4 2 (0.42%) Vue
5 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.21%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.21%) Deno
5 1 (0.21%) Jest
5 1 (0.21%) Node.js
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.21%) REST
5 1 (0.21%) Spring
5 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.21%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.96%) Driving Licence
2 15 (3.18%) FMCG
3 14 (2.97%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (2.75%) Robotics
5 12 (2.54%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.69%) IoT
7 8 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.06%) FPGA
9 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.06%) Social Media
10 3 (0.64%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.42%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.42%) SCADA
12 1 (0.21%) Self-Driving Car
12 1 (0.21%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.69%) Linux
2 7 (1.48%) Windows
3 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (12.08%) Analytics
3 43 (9.11%) Business Development
4 39 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (8.05%) Logistics
6 27 (5.72%) Software Engineering
7 23 (4.87%) Mentoring
8 21 (4.45%) B2B
9 20 (4.24%) AI
10 19 (4.03%) CI/CD
10 19 (4.03%) Customer Experience
10 19 (4.03%) Network Management
10 19 (4.03%) Service Desk Management
11 18 (3.81%) Agile
11 18 (3.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (3.60%) Data Analysis
13 16 (3.39%) B2C
13 16 (3.39%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (3.39%) Project Management
13 16 (3.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.39%) Python
2 15 (3.18%) C
3 13 (2.75%) C++
3 13 (2.75%) SQL
4 9 (1.91%) Embedded C
4 9 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.48%) Java
6 4 (0.85%) VBA
7 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) C#
8 1 (0.21%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.21%) PHP
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (5.72%) Degree
2 10 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (1.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (1.91%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.06%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 5 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 5 (1.06%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 2 (0.42%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (0.42%) CISSP
6 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.21%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.21%) MCSE
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.24%) QA
2 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.06%) ISO 13485
3 5 (1.06%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.42%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.21%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.21%) ECSS
6 1 (0.21%) GRC
6 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (3.39%) Firmware
2 13 (2.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (2.12%) Docker
4 4 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.85%) KVM
4 4 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (8.47%) BMC PATROL
2 10 (2.12%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.27%) Ansible
4 5 (1.06%) Terraform
5 4 (0.85%) Puppet
6 2 (0.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 17 (3.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.12%) Google
3 8 (1.69%) Databricks
4 7 (1.48%) Cisco
5 6 (1.27%) Siemens
6 5 (1.06%) Adobe
6 5 (1.06%) Freshdesk
6 5 (1.06%) SAP
7 4 (0.85%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle
7 4 (0.85%) VMware
8 2 (0.42%) Epicor
8 2 (0.42%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.42%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.21%) EMC
9 1 (0.21%) Facebook
9 1 (0.21%) IBM
9 1 (0.21%) Instagram
9 1 (0.21%) Okta
9 1 (0.21%) Salesforce