Automotive Jobs 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 193 120
Rank change year-on-year +84 -73 +31
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1,058 1,053 1,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.71% 1.49% 2.89%
As % of the General category 4.07% 2.59% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 407 617 246
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,625
25th Percentile £48,125 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,943 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +30.43%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,991 40,667 41,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.66% 57.40% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,992 26,395 18,794
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the UK excluding London

Automotive
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Automotive in the UK excluding London

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
North of England +135 462 £50,055 +5.38% 103
North West +159 448 £50,055 +8.23% 63
Midlands +41 440 £42,500 -22.73% 241
West Midlands +21 306 £43,750 -23.91% 180
East Midlands +59 134 £40,750 -4.12% 59
South East +5 75 £55,000 - 208
East of England -53 43 £50,000 - 119
South West +35 32 £57,500 +21.05% 97
Yorkshire +15 11 £53,750 +7.50% 23
Scotland +102 5 £55,000 -15.38% 30
North East +12 3 £47,500 +20.25% 18
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.38%) Confluence
4 3 (0.28%) Apache
4 3 (0.28%) CMS
4 3 (0.28%) WordPress
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 212 (20.04%) Simulink
2 197 (18.62%) Microsoft Office
3 195 (18.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 175 (16.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.38%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.28%) Sketch
7 1 (0.095%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.095%) Blender
7 1 (0.095%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.095%) CATIA
7 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.095%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 206 (19.47%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (3.97%) Azure
2 32 (3.02%) Power Platform
3 26 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (1.98%) AWS
5 16 (1.51%) SaaS
6 14 (1.32%) Google Workspace
7 13 (1.23%) PowerApps
8 11 (1.04%) GitHub
9 9 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.85%) Entra ID
10 7 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.57%) Figma
11 6 (0.57%) Snowflake
12 5 (0.47%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.47%) MailChimp
13 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.28%) Datadog
13 3 (0.28%) GCP
14 2 (0.19%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.36%) Firewall
2 20 (1.89%) DHCP
2 20 (1.89%) DNS
3 16 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.32%) BGP
4 14 (1.32%) OSPF
4 14 (1.32%) VLAN
4 14 (1.32%) WLAN
5 11 (1.04%) WAN
6 8 (0.76%) LAN
6 8 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (0.57%) Internet
7 6 (0.57%) VoIP
7 6 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.38%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.28%) VPN
9 3 (0.28%) Wireless
10 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.19%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.36%) Power BI
2 8 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (0.76%) Tableau
3 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.66%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (0.47%) MySQL
5 5 (0.47%) SQLite
6 4 (0.38%) Big Data
6 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.38%) Redis
7 2 (0.19%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.095%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.095%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.095%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.04%) Git
1 11 (1.04%) JIRA
2 7 (0.66%) GitLab
3 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.095%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.095%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.095%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.095%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.095%) NUnit
6 1 (0.095%) Vite
6 1 (0.095%) webpack
General
1 521 (49.24%) Aerospace
2 305 (28.83%) Telecoms
3 261 (24.67%) Social Skills
4 72 (6.81%) Aeronautics
5 58 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 47 (4.44%) Retail
7 35 (3.31%) Finance
8 33 (3.12%) Electronics
9 23 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (1.89%) Marketing
11 12 (1.13%) Legal
12 9 (0.85%) Law
13 8 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Advertising
14 6 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Publishing
15 5 (0.47%) Avionics
15 5 (0.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 545 (51.51%) Systems Engineer
2 317 (29.96%) Principal Engineer
3 315 (29.77%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 271 (25.61%) Senior
5 227 (21.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 126 (11.91%) Software Engineer
7 100 (9.45%) Development Engineer
8 99 (9.36%) Software Development Engineer
9 64 (6.05%) Principal Software Engineer
10 58 (5.48%) Integration Engineer
11 57 (5.39%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 52 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (3.40%) Senior Development Engineer
13 36 (3.40%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 36 (3.40%) Senior Software Development Engineer
14 31 (2.93%) Developer
15 19 (1.80%) Analyst
16 17 (1.61%) IT Support
16 17 (1.61%) Lead
16 17 (1.61%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.84%) .NET
2 17 (1.61%) HTML
3 13 (1.23%) .NET Core
3 13 (1.23%) CSS
4 10 (0.95%) Entity Framework
5 9 (0.85%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.66%) .NET Framework
6 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.66%) LINQ
6 7 (0.66%) RESTful
7 6 (0.57%) React
7 6 (0.57%) WPF
8 5 (0.47%) Vue
9 4 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.38%) CSS3
9 4 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.38%) HTML5
9 4 (0.38%) MassTransit
9 4 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (1.61%) Management Information System
2 16 (1.51%) Product Ownership
3 14 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
3 14 (1.32%) Smartphone
4 12 (1.13%) Algorithms
4 12 (1.13%) Mobile App
5 9 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (0.85%) FMCG
5 9 (0.85%) Social Media
6 8 (0.76%) IoT
7 6 (0.57%) Digital Signage
7 6 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.47%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.38%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.38%) Robotics
10 3 (0.28%) Animation
10 3 (0.28%) Blog
10 3 (0.28%) Life Science
10 3 (0.28%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.28%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.25%) Windows
2 28 (2.65%) Linux
2 28 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.61%) Windows 10
3 17 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (1.42%) Ubuntu
5 14 (1.32%) Mac OS X
5 14 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.47%) Android
6 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.095%) CentOS
9 1 (0.095%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (76.56%) Systems Engineering
2 253 (23.91%) Agile
3 217 (20.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 217 (20.51%) Validation
4 209 (19.75%) Software Testing
5 206 (19.47%) PLM
6 153 (14.46%) Architectural Design
7 143 (13.52%) Software Engineering
8 99 (9.36%) Project Planning
9 83 (7.84%) Requirements Management
10 74 (6.99%) Coaching
11 73 (6.90%) Physics
12 71 (6.71%) Mathematics
13 55 (5.20%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (3.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (2.93%) Computer Science
16 29 (2.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (2.65%) Analytics
18 26 (2.46%) Decision-Making
19 24 (2.27%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 419 (39.60%) MATLAB
2 44 (4.16%) SQL
3 35 (3.31%) C#
4 27 (2.55%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.27%) C
6 20 (1.89%) Python
7 16 (1.51%) Embedded C
8 12 (1.13%) C++
8 12 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.47%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.38%) PHP
11 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.19%) Java
13 1 (0.095%) Ada
13 1 (0.095%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.095%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.095%) VB
13 1 (0.095%) VBA
Qualifications
1 645 (60.96%) Degree
2 567 (53.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 289 (27.32%) HND
4 221 (20.89%) HNC
5 20 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.61%) MCSE
7 10 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.76%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.66%) PhD
10 3 (0.28%) CCNA
10 3 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.19%) CISSP
11 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.19%) PMP
11 2 (0.19%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.19%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.19%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.95%) ISO 26262
1 10 (0.95%) QA
2 9 (0.85%) Automotive SPICE
3 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.38%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.28%) PMO
6 2 (0.19%) HAZOP
6 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.095%) GDPR
7 1 (0.095%) GRC
7 1 (0.095%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.095%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.095%) JTAG
7 1 (0.095%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.095%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.32%) Docker
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.47%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.38%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) LXC
6 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.85%) Terraform
3 5 (0.47%) Functional Safety
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.28%) SCCM
5 1 (0.095%) Nessus
5 1 (0.095%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.095%) QRadar
Vendors
1 246 (23.25%) Microsoft
2 207 (19.57%) ANSYS
3 26 (2.46%) Cisco
4 22 (2.08%) Google
5 21 (1.98%) Fortinet
6 14 (1.32%) Apple
6 14 (1.32%) Dell
6 14 (1.32%) Ubiquiti
7 8 (0.76%) Databricks
7 8 (0.76%) VMware
8 6 (0.57%) IBM
9 5 (0.47%) Oracle
10 4 (0.38%) EMC
11 3 (0.28%) Adobe
11 3 (0.28%) Hitachi
11 3 (0.28%) Kaseya
11 3 (0.28%) Sage
11 3 (0.28%) SAP
11 3 (0.28%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.28%) WatchGuard