Automotive SPICE Jobs

Automotive SPICE (ASPICE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Automotive SPICE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive SPICE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 848 830
Rank change year-on-year +167 -18 +232
Permanent jobs citing Automotive SPICE 11 48 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.049% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% 0.35% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 7
10th Percentile £59,500 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -20.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -16.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Automotive SPICE falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,849 13,550 19,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.00% 13.76% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 9,267 9,193
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

Automotive SPICE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Automotive SPICE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive SPICE in the UK

Automotive SPICE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive SPICE.

Salary trend for Automotive SPICE in the UK

Automotive SPICE
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive SPICE within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +172 11 £62,500 - 17
England +137 11 £62,500 - 21
Midlands +68 7 £62,500 -3.85% 7
West Midlands +36 7 £62,500 -3.85% 7
South East +87 3 £64,500 +17.27% 5
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 2

Automotive SPICE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (9.09%) Simulink
1 1 (9.09%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Bluetooth
1 3 (27.27%) GSM
1 3 (27.27%) J1939
1 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
2 1 (9.09%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
1 2 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 11 (100.00%) Automotive
2 5 (45.45%) Electronics
3 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Legal
6 1 (9.09%) Advertising
6 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
6 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Telematics Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Development Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Quality Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Software Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Requirements Management
3 4 (36.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (36.36%) Mechatronics
3 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Validation
4 3 (27.27%) Multithreading
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) Telematics
5 2 (18.18%) CMMI
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C
2 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) ISO 26262
2 4 (36.36%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (9.09%) MISRA
3 1 (9.09%) MISRA C
3 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) IBM