Automotive Jobs

Automotive
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 238 179
Rank change year-on-year +78 -59 +96
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 991 1,204 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.24% 2.14%
As % of the General category 2.79% 2.07% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 426 701 406
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,869 £37,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.66% -12.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
UK

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,474 58,164 73,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.02% 59.91% 68.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18,195 39,321 39,169
10th Percentile £28,830 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the UK over the 6 months to 21 April 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
England +73 954 £50,055 +0.11% 1,153
UK excluding London +86 953 £50,055 +0.11% 909
North of England +133 412 £50,055 +5.38% 183
North West +143 394 £50,055 +5.38% 110
Midlands +33 359 £40,000 -27.27% 253
West Midlands +12 250 £37,500 -34.78% 168
East Midlands +77 109 £40,000 -5.88% 81
Work from Home -28 86 £54,000 -1.82% 457
South East +18 75 £55,000 - 209
East of England -26 42 £54,000 +8.00% 150
South West +56 37 £57,500 +21.05% 96
London -10 28 £65,000 +4.00% 310
Scotland +137 27 £58,033 -10.72% 31
Yorkshire +29 14 £52,500 +5.00% 53
North East +16 4 £46,250 +17.09% 21
Wales +45 1 - - 20

Automotive
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.40%) CMS
3 4 (0.40%) Confluence
4 3 (0.30%) Apache
4 3 (0.30%) WordPress
5 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 188 (18.97%) Microsoft Office
2 183 (18.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 181 (18.26%) Simulink
4 161 (16.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.71%) Maya
6 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.20%) Maple
8 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.20%) Sketch
9 1 (0.10%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.10%) Blender
9 1 (0.10%) CANalyzer
9 1 (0.10%) CATIA
9 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.10%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 195 (19.68%) Teamcenter
2 7 (0.71%) SAP IBP
2 7 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 58 (5.85%) Azure
2 34 (3.43%) AWS
3 33 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 27 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 16 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.41%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.31%) GitHub
9 12 (1.21%) SaaS
10 11 (1.11%) GCP
11 10 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (0.91%) Entra ID
12 9 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.50%) Figma
14 4 (0.40%) MailChimp
14 4 (0.40%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.30%) Azure AI
15 3 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.30%) Azure Machine Learning
15 3 (0.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.23%) Firewall
2 24 (2.42%) DHCP
2 24 (2.42%) DNS
3 19 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.72%) BGP
4 17 (1.72%) OSPF
4 17 (1.72%) VLAN
4 17 (1.72%) WLAN
5 15 (1.51%) WAN
6 9 (0.91%) LAN
7 8 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.71%) Bluetooth
8 7 (0.71%) Internet
8 7 (0.71%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.61%) VoIP
10 5 (0.50%) Network Security
11 4 (0.40%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.40%) VPN
11 4 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (2.62%) Power BI
2 14 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 9 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.91%) Tableau
5 7 (0.71%) SAP BW
6 6 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 6 (0.61%) Redis
7 5 (0.50%) Big Data
7 5 (0.50%) MySQL
7 5 (0.50%) SQLite
8 2 (0.20%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.20%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.10%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.10%) Power Query
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (1.61%) Git
2 11 (1.11%) JIRA
3 9 (0.91%) GitLab
4 7 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.20%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.10%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.10%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.10%) NUnit
7 1 (0.10%) Protractor
7 1 (0.10%) Subversion
7 1 (0.10%) Vite
7 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 479 (48.34%) Aerospace
2 262 (26.44%) Telecoms
3 250 (25.23%) Social Skills
4 74 (7.47%) Manufacturing
5 52 (5.25%) Aeronautics
6 50 (5.05%) Retail
7 44 (4.44%) Finance
8 35 (3.53%) Electronics
9 24 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
10 17 (1.72%) Law
11 14 (1.41%) Marketing
12 13 (1.31%) Banking
12 13 (1.31%) Legal
13 9 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.71%) Advertising
14 7 (0.71%) Games
14 7 (0.71%) Public Sector
14 7 (0.71%) Publishing
15 6 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 403 (40.67%) Systems Engineer
2 265 (26.74%) Principal Engineer
3 263 (26.54%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 247 (24.92%) Senior
5 171 (17.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 95 (9.59%) Software Engineer
7 65 (6.56%) Development Engineer
8 63 (6.36%) Software Development Engineer
9 58 (5.85%) Integration Engineer
10 57 (5.75%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 45 (4.54%) Senior Software Engineer
12 43 (4.34%) Developer
13 40 (4.04%) Engineering Manager
14 37 (3.73%) Principal Software Engineer
15 36 (3.63%) Senior Integration Engineer
16 27 (2.72%) Senior Development Engineer
16 27 (2.72%) Senior Software Development Engineer
17 20 (2.02%) Embedded Engineer
18 19 (1.92%) Lead
18 19 (1.92%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.43%) .NET
2 21 (2.12%) HTML
3 17 (1.72%) CSS
4 15 (1.51%) .NET Core
5 14 (1.41%) ASP.NET
5 14 (1.41%) Entity Framework
6 11 (1.11%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.01%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.01%) RESTful
8 9 (0.91%) LINQ
9 7 (0.71%) Middleware
9 7 (0.71%) React
10 6 (0.61%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (0.61%) CSS3
10 6 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (0.61%) HTML5
10 6 (0.61%) MassTransit
10 6 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (0.61%) Web Services
10 6 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (1.92%) Management Information System
2 17 (1.72%) Smartphone
3 14 (1.41%) Algorithms
3 14 (1.41%) IoT
3 14 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
4 12 (1.21%) Mobile App
4 12 (1.21%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (1.01%) FMCG
7 7 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.71%) PMI
7 7 (0.71%) Reinsurance
8 6 (0.61%) Digital Signage
8 6 (0.61%) Life Science
8 6 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.61%) Social Media
9 5 (0.50%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.50%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.50%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.30%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.84%) Windows
2 34 (3.43%) Linux
3 32 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.02%) Windows 10
4 20 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (1.82%) Ubuntu
6 17 (1.72%) Mac OS X
6 17 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.50%) Android
7 5 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.30%) Unix
9 2 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (69.93%) Systems Engineering
2 225 (22.70%) Agile
3 195 (19.68%) PLM
4 189 (19.07%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 186 (18.77%) Validation
6 177 (17.86%) Software Testing
7 152 (15.34%) Software Engineering
8 145 (14.63%) Architectural Design
9 84 (8.48%) Requirements Management
10 81 (8.17%) Project Planning
11 74 (7.47%) Coaching
12 56 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
13 53 (5.35%) Physics
14 51 (5.15%) Mathematics
15 37 (3.73%) Computer Science
16 35 (3.53%) Analytics
17 33 (3.33%) Cybersecurity
18 30 (3.03%) CI/CD
18 30 (3.03%) Project Management
19 29 (2.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 376 (37.94%) MATLAB
2 49 (4.94%) SQL
3 38 (3.83%) C#
4 33 (3.33%) PowerShell
5 29 (2.93%) C
6 27 (2.72%) Python
7 18 (1.82%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.72%) Embedded C
9 14 (1.41%) C++
10 7 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.71%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.40%) Bicep
12 4 (0.40%) Java
12 4 (0.40%) PHP
12 4 (0.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.20%) Rust
14 1 (0.10%) R
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 584 (58.93%) Degree
2 463 (46.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 261 (26.34%) HND
4 212 (21.39%) HNC
5 28 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.12%) Chartered Engineer
8 20 (2.02%) MCSE
9 11 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.91%) PhD
10 9 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.40%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.40%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
13 3 (0.30%) CCNA
13 3 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.30%) SC Cleared
14 2 (0.20%) CISSP
14 2 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.31%) QA
2 12 (1.21%) ISO 26262
3 11 (1.11%) Automotive SPICE
4 10 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.71%) AUTOSAR
6 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.40%) HAZOP
8 3 (0.30%) NIST
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 9000
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.20%) JTAG
9 2 (0.20%) MISRA
9 2 (0.20%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.10%) GDPR
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.61%) Docker
3 6 (0.61%) Firmware
3 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.50%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.30%) LXC
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.11%) Terraform
3 7 (0.71%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.30%) SCCM
6 1 (0.10%) Nessus
6 1 (0.10%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.10%) QRadar
Vendors
1 236 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 195 (19.68%) ANSYS
3 29 (2.93%) Cisco
4 24 (2.42%) Fortinet
4 24 (2.42%) Google
5 17 (1.72%) Apple
5 17 (1.72%) Dell
5 17 (1.72%) Ubiquiti
6 11 (1.11%) SAP
7 9 (0.91%) VMware
8 8 (0.81%) Databricks
9 7 (0.71%) Ariba
9 7 (0.71%) Hitachi
10 5 (0.50%) IBM
10 5 (0.50%) Oracle
11 4 (0.40%) EMC
12 3 (0.30%) Aruba
12 3 (0.30%) Sage
12 3 (0.30%) SonicWALL
12 3 (0.30%) WatchGuard