Satnav Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Satellite Navigation (Satnav)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Satnav in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Satnav over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 335 564
Rank change year-on-year -150 +229 +197
Permanent jobs citing Satnav 24 240 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.67% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 1.95% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Satnav falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,649 12,311 11,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.19% 34.27% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,315 5,294 8,462
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,543
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Satnav
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Satnav job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Satnav
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Satnav
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 Satnav within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South West +18 24 £47,500 -
Satnav
UK

Satnav
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
1 4 (16.67%) HTTP
1 4 (16.67%) SMTP
1 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Git
1 8 (33.33%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Technical Support
2 12 (50.00%) Senior
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Technical Support
3 8 (33.33%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Support Supervisor
3 8 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Technical Support Supervisor
4 4 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Product Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Product Test Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Verification Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) GNSS
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Linux
2 8 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) B2B
1 24 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 24 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (33.33%) CRM
2 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 8 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 8 (33.33%) Project Management
2 8 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 8 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 8 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 4 (16.67%) Open Source
3 4 (16.67%) Open Source Development
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) C++
2 4 (16.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Degree
2 12 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Salesforce