Self-Driving Car Jobs in the UK excluding London

Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 604 159
Rank change year-on-year +51 -445 +145
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 22 159 1,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.056% 0.22% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.66% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 4
10th Percentile - £43,750 -
25th Percentile £85,000 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £50,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% +35.14% -17.78%
75th Percentile £95,000 £55,000 £42,750
90th Percentile - £57,500 £53,100
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% +3.09% +7.78%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Self-Driving Car 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 13,266 24,085 25,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.63% 33.95% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,113 15,187 11,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,124
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Self-Driving Car as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Driving Car in the UK excluding London

Self-Driving Car
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Driving Car in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Self-Driving Car in the UK excluding London

Self-Driving Car
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 Self-Driving Car within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West +91 18 - - 10
South East +102 4 £90,000 +89.47% 10
Self-Driving Car
UK

Self-Driving Car
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:

Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) 5G
1 18 (81.82%) SD-WAN
1 18 (81.82%) WAN
2 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.09%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Git
1 4 (18.18%) LabVIEW
1 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Electronics
3 8 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Marketing
4 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Automotive
5 2 (9.09%) Military
5 2 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Lead
2 8 (36.36%) Project Leader
2 8 (36.36%) Senior
2 8 (36.36%) Senior Project Leader
2 8 (36.36%) Software Project Leader
2 8 (36.36%) Technical Leader
2 8 (36.36%) Technical Project Leader
3 4 (18.18%) C Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Embedded C Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Real Time Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Test Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (18.18%) GNSS
3 2 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (9.09%) IoT
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.09%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Linux
2 6 (27.27%) Unix
3 4 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) B2B
1 18 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 16 (72.73%) Test Assurance
3 14 (63.64%) Computer Science
4 12 (54.55%) Defect Tracking
4 12 (54.55%) Mentoring
4 12 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (54.55%) Requirements Analysis
4 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
4 12 (54.55%) Validation
5 8 (36.36%) Agile
5 8 (36.36%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (36.36%) Creative Thinking
5 8 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (36.36%) Innovative Thinking
5 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
5 8 (36.36%) Project Delivery
5 8 (36.36%) Project Management
5 8 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) C++
1 6 (27.27%) MATLAB
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) C
3 2 (9.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Intel