Automotive SPICE (ASPICE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Automotive SPICE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive SPICE over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 709 951 1072
Rank change year-on-year +242 +121 -326
Permanent jobs citing Automotive SPICE 24 139 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.11% 0.021%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 0.63% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 6
10th Percentile £54,150 - £51,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £46,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £49,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.55% -21.60% +51.52%
75th Percentile £71,000 £68,925 £71,250
90th Percentile - £84,999 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £49,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +27.55% -21.60% +51.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Automotive SPICE is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,965 22,144 20,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 17.60% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,839 12,086 12,512
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,050
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive SPICE over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram 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 29 November 2023. 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
England +200 24 £62,500 +27.55% 18
UK excluding London +119 24 £62,500 +27.55% 17
Midlands +21 15 £62,500 +27.55% 9
West Midlands +11 15 £62,500 +27.55% 9
Work from Home +268 13 £62,500 +4.17% 8
South East +150 9 - - 4

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 12 (50.00%) Simulink
2 5 (20.83%) CANalyzer
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (16.67%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) J1939
2 2 (8.33%) Bluetooth
2 2 (8.33%) GSM
2 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Artifactory
2 1 (4.17%) CANoe
2 1 (4.17%) CMake
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Polyspace
2 1 (4.17%) VectorCAST
General
1 24 (100.00%) Automotive
2 18 (75.00%) Electronics
3 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Senior
2 12 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 9 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Telematics Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (37.50%) Validation
2 8 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Code Quality
3 5 (20.83%) FMEA
3 5 (20.83%) Internal Audit
3 5 (20.83%) Mathematical Modelling
3 5 (20.83%) Mathematics
3 5 (20.83%) Process Improvement
3 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
3 5 (20.83%) Software Architecture
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (16.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 2 (8.33%) Agile
5 2 (8.33%) Multithreading
5 2 (8.33%) Requirements Management
5 2 (8.33%) SDLC
5 2 (8.33%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) C
2 12 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 5 (20.83%) C++
3 5 (20.83%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO 26262
2 8 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (20.83%) QA
4 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Lauterbach