Control Theory Jobs in the UK excluding London

Control Theory
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Control Theory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Control Theory over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 749 730
Rank change year-on-year +193 -19 +121
Permanent jobs citing Control Theory 19 9 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.013% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.015% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 8
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,700 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +48.65% -32.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £40,250
90th Percentile - - £55,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year - +48.65% -32.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Control Theory falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,916 59,553 57,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 83.98% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,120 41,216 29,549
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Control Theory
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Control Theory in the UK excluding London

Control Theory
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Control Theory in the UK excluding London

Control Theory
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Control Theory in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Control Theory in the UK excluding London

Control Theory
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 Control Theory within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
East of England +40 9 £55,000 - 1
South East +98 6 £38,250 - 1
South West - 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 3
Midlands - 1 - - 4
Control Theory
UK

Control Theory
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 9 (47.37%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Simulink
2 1 (5.26%) GNU Octave
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
General
1 18 (94.74%) Electronics
2 5 (26.32%) Military
3 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Lead
1 9 (47.37%) Robotics Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Field Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (47.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Algorithms
2 9 (47.37%) Robotics
3 3 (15.79%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
2 9 (47.37%) OO
2 9 (47.37%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 3 (15.79%) Mechatronics
4 3 (15.79%) Model Validation
4 3 (15.79%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
5 2 (10.53%) Physics
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.26%) Business Development
6 1 (5.26%) Finite Element Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) FMEA
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) C++
2 10 (52.63%) C
2 10 (52.63%) C#
3 5 (26.32%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) EMC