Control Theory Jobs

Control Theory
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Control Theory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Control Theory over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 688 898 927
Rank change year-on-year +210 +29 +300
Permanent jobs citing Control Theory 24 9 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.009% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.011% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 7
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,700 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +48.65% -43.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £43,500
90th Percentile £147,000 - £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year - +48.65% -38.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Control Theory falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,745 85,153 95,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.88% 85.20% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,851 56,203
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Control Theory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Control Theory in the UK

Control Theory
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Control Theory.

Salary trend for Control Theory in the UK

Control Theory
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Control Theory over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Control Theory in the UK

Control Theory
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Control Theory within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +167 24 £55,000 - 13
UK excluding London +177 20 £55,000 - 16
East of England +41 10 £55,000 - 1
South East +93 6 £38,250 - 2
London - 4 £150,000 - 5
South West - 3 - - 1
Work from Home - 2 £150,000 - 6
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
Midlands - 1 - - 5

Control Theory
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 14 (58.33%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Simulink
2 1 (4.17%) GNU Octave
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (4.17%) GIS
General
1 19 (79.17%) Electronics
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Military
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Lead
2 10 (41.67%) Robotics Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Field Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (70.83%) Algorithms
2 14 (58.33%) Robotics
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.33%) Educational Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Software Engineering
2 10 (41.67%) OO
2 10 (41.67%) Project Management
3 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (16.67%) Computer Vision
4 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.67%) Motion Planning
4 4 (16.67%) Robotic Control
4 4 (16.67%) SDLC
5 3 (12.50%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 3 (12.50%) Mechatronics
5 3 (12.50%) Model Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
6 2 (8.33%) Physics
6 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C++
2 11 (45.83%) C
2 11 (45.83%) C#
3 5 (20.83%) MATLAB
3 5 (20.83%) Python
4 1 (4.17%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) Degree
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) EMC