Kinematics Job Trends

Kinematics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Kinematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 706 -
Rank change year-on-year +74 - -
Permanent jobs citing Kinematics 17 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.009% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.50% 0.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 0
10th Percentile - £87,000 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £101,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £135,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.26% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £158,750 -
90th Percentile £80,500 £168,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Kinematics falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,409 4,888 6,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.65% 9.12% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 2,867 4,499
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,820 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,039 £47,500 £45,196
% change year-on-year -11.50% +5.10% -4.85%

Kinematics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kinematics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kinematics job vacancy trend in the UK

Kinematics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kinematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kinematics

Kinematics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kinematics over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kinematics in the UK

Kinematics
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kinematics within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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 +72 17 £55,000 -59.26% 5
UK excluding London - 16 £55,000 - 3
East of England - 14 £55,000 - 1
Work from Home +64 1 £115,000 -2.13% 1
London +60 1 £75,000 -44.44% 2
South East - 1 £115,000 - 2
North of England - 1 £80,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £80,000 -

Kinematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
General
1 14 (82.35%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Robotics Engineer
2 14 (82.35%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Robotics Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (88.24%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) Open3D
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Robotics
2 14 (82.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.88%) GNSS
3 1 (5.88%) Lidar
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Control Theory
1 15 (88.24%) Software Engineering
2 14 (82.35%) OO
2 14 (82.35%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) AI
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Vision
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Model Validation
4 1 (5.88%) Motion Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Open Source
4 1 (5.88%) Reinforcement Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.88%) Sensor Fusion
4 1 (5.88%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
4 1 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) C++
2 14 (82.35%) C
2 14 (82.35%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PhD
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA