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 have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 302 148 408
Rank change year-on-year -154 +260 +101
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 553 3,004 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 2.45% 0.81%
As % of the General category 1.59% 3.56% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 358 851 551
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,388 £42,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -10.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
UK

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,825 84,481 76,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.73% 68.77% 59.91%
Number of salaries quoted 24,374 48,187 48,005
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% +3.68%

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 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Top 17 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 7 December 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 -149 526 £56,000 +14.29% 1,212
UK excluding London -142 445 £55,000 +14.58% 1,112
Work from Home +51 232 £59,500 +3.48% 278
Midlands -50 213 £56,000 +19.15% 466
West Midlands -30 210 £55,000 +17.02% 414
South East +17 101 £50,000 -3.85% 260
London +122 97 £85,000 +47.83% 103
East of England +46 44 £57,500 -4.17% 160
North of England -43 42 £55,000 -4.35% 132
South West -42 32 £50,000 +4.17% 89
North West -34 20 £55,000 -8.33% 72
Scotland +47 18 £57,500 -17.86% 30
Yorkshire +41 11 £55,000 +14.58% 35
North East +53 10 £55,000 -21.43% 27
Northern Ireland +37 5 £27,500 -52.17% 7
East Midlands +41 3 £65,000 +23.81% 51
Wales -5 2 £40,000 -27.27% 27

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 4 (0.72%) Confluence
1 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.54%) CMS
3 2 (0.36%) IIS
3 2 (0.36%) TPMS
3 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.36%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (7.05%) Simulink
2 35 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.63%) Windchill
6 8 (1.45%) CATIA
7 7 (1.27%) CANalyzer
8 5 (0.90%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.90%) OrCAD
9 4 (0.72%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.54%) Maya
10 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.54%) Sketch
11 2 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.36%) Blender
11 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.36%) TargetLink
12 1 (0.18%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 24 (4.34%) SAP ERP
2 10 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.90%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.72%) ENOVIA
6 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.18%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (7.96%) AWS
2 43 (7.78%) Azure
3 24 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.07%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.07%) GCP
5 13 (2.35%) SaaS
6 11 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.81%) AWS CodePipeline
7 10 (1.81%) Sentry
7 10 (1.81%) Serverless
8 6 (1.08%) CloudSense
9 5 (0.90%) PaaS
10 4 (0.72%) GitHub
10 4 (0.72%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.54%) Figma
11 3 (0.54%) Google Play
11 3 (0.54%) IaaS
11 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.44%) Internet
2 15 (2.71%) LAN
3 13 (2.35%) Ethernet
4 11 (1.99%) WAN
5 8 (1.45%) J1939
5 8 (1.45%) Wireless
5 8 (1.45%) Wireshark
6 7 (1.27%) VPN
7 6 (1.08%) Firewall
7 6 (1.08%) FlexRay
7 6 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.90%) DHCP
8 5 (0.90%) DNS
9 4 (0.72%) Network Security
10 3 (0.54%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.54%) GSM
10 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.36%) 3G
11 2 (0.36%) HTTP
11 2 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.89%) MongoDB
2 16 (2.89%) Tableau
3 13 (2.35%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.81%) MySQL
5 6 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.54%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.36%) Metadata
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (0.36%) Power BI
9 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.18%) Firebird
9 1 (0.18%) Informix
9 1 (0.18%) MS Access
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (3.80%) JIRA
2 18 (3.25%) Git
3 10 (1.81%) CircleCI
4 9 (1.63%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.45%) AutoIt
5 8 (1.45%) eggPlant
5 8 (1.45%) NUnit
6 7 (1.27%) git-flow
6 7 (1.27%) SoapUI
7 6 (1.08%) GitLab
7 6 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (0.90%) CANoe
8 5 (0.90%) MSTest
8 5 (0.90%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.90%) Subversion
9 4 (0.72%) Selenium
10 3 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.54%) GoogleTest
10 3 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 151 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 125 (22.60%) Manufacturing
3 90 (16.27%) Finance
4 89 (16.09%) Electronics
4 89 (16.09%) Retail
5 74 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (13.02%) Aerospace
7 51 (9.22%) Public Sector
8 37 (6.69%) Aviation
9 33 (5.97%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.34%) Marketing
11 21 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (3.44%) Multimedia
13 16 (2.89%) Legal
13 16 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (2.89%) Publishing
14 10 (1.81%) Banking
14 10 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.08%) German Language
15 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (23.69%) Senior
2 73 (13.20%) Lead
3 54 (9.76%) Software Engineer
4 45 (8.14%) Developer
5 40 (7.23%) Systems Engineer
6 35 (6.33%) Embedded Engineer
7 31 (5.61%) Analyst
8 30 (5.42%) Consultant
9 27 (4.88%) Software Developer
10 25 (4.52%) Design Engineer
10 25 (4.52%) Development Manager
10 25 (4.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 24 (4.34%) Business Development Manager
11 24 (4.34%) Business Manager
12 22 (3.98%) Architect
12 22 (3.98%) Senior Design Engineer
13 19 (3.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 16 (2.89%) C# Developer
14 16 (2.89%) Electronics Engineer
14 16 (2.89%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.96%) .NET
2 28 (5.06%) React
3 23 (4.16%) .NET Core
4 20 (3.62%) AngularJS
4 20 (3.62%) CSS
5 19 (3.44%) HTML
6 18 (3.25%) Direct3D
6 18 (3.25%) OpenGL
6 18 (3.25%) OpenGL ES
6 18 (3.25%) Vulkan
7 16 (2.89%) Node.js
8 13 (2.35%) Vue
9 12 (2.17%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.99%) Django
10 11 (1.99%) REST
11 10 (1.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 7 (1.27%) RESTful
13 6 (1.08%) React Native
13 6 (1.08%) Web Services
14 5 (0.90%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.79%) Low-Code
2 26 (4.70%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (4.70%) FMCG
2 26 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.98%) IoT
5 19 (3.44%) Smartphone
6 18 (3.25%) 3D Graphics
6 18 (3.25%) Mali
7 15 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.53%) Life Science
9 12 (2.17%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.99%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.81%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.63%) PMI
13 8 (1.45%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
15 5 (0.90%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.86%) Linux
2 41 (7.41%) Windows
3 27 (4.88%) Android
4 12 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.72%) QNX Neutrino
8 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.54%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.54%) Windows NT
9 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.54%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (21.34%) Agile
1 118 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (19.35%) Software Engineering
3 82 (14.83%) Project Management
4 71 (12.84%) Validation
5 58 (10.49%) Line Management
6 55 (9.95%) Logistics
7 42 (7.59%) Artificial Intelligence
8 40 (7.23%) Computer Science
9 38 (6.87%) Analytics
10 36 (6.51%) Business Development
10 36 (6.51%) Embedded Software Development
10 36 (6.51%) ERP
10 36 (6.51%) Project Delivery
10 36 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (6.33%) CAD
11 35 (6.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 33 (5.97%) Software Testing
13 32 (5.79%) Customer Requirements
14 31 (5.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.48%) SQL
2 68 (12.30%) C++
3 67 (12.12%) C
3 67 (12.12%) C#
4 53 (9.58%) Python
5 49 (8.86%) JavaScript
6 45 (8.14%) MATLAB
7 17 (3.07%) Java
8 16 (2.89%) PHP
9 15 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.17%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.81%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.63%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.45%) R
14 7 (1.27%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.90%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.72%) Bash
16 4 (0.72%) VB
17 3 (0.54%) Go
17 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 163 (29.48%) Degree
2 39 (7.05%) Master's Degree
3 20 (3.62%) PhD
4 17 (3.07%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.89%) MBA
6 13 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.35%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.63%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 5 (0.90%) HNC
8 5 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 4 (0.72%) HND
9 4 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.54%) CISA
10 3 (0.54%) CISM
10 3 (0.54%) CISSP
10 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.36%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.78%) ISO 26262
2 28 (5.06%) QA
3 24 (4.34%) Automotive SPICE
4 18 (3.25%) AUTOSAR
5 11 (1.99%) MISRA
6 8 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.27%) COSHH
7 7 (1.27%) GDPR
8 6 (1.08%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.08%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.72%) PMO
10 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.54%) NIST
10 3 (0.54%) SLA
11 2 (0.36%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.36%) GAAP
11 2 (0.36%) GRC
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.36%) JTAG
System Software
1 23 (4.16%) Docker
2 14 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.17%) Firmware
4 7 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.89%) Functional Safety
1 16 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.99%) Grafana
2 11 (1.99%) Prometheus
3 10 (1.81%) Kibana
4 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.08%) SCCM
4 6 (1.08%) Terraform
5 3 (0.54%) Ansible
5 3 (0.54%) SCOM
5 3 (0.54%) WSUS
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.36%) Packer
7 1 (0.18%) Avamar
7 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.18%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 57 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.68%) SAP
3 26 (4.70%) Oracle
4 16 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.35%) EMC
5 13 (2.35%) VMware
6 12 (2.17%) Google
7 7 (1.27%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.08%) Sage
9 5 (0.90%) Apple
9 5 (0.90%) Cisco
10 4 (0.72%) Dell
10 4 (0.72%) QNX
10 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.54%) Cadence
11 3 (0.54%) HP
11 3 (0.54%) IBM
11 3 (0.54%) Lotus
12 2 (0.36%) Aruba