Mechatronics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Mechatronics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 697 579 833
Rank change year-on-year -118 +254 +104
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 11 44 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.11% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.11% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 14
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +33.33% +22.03%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £44,688
90th Percentile £87,500 - £60,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% +33.33% +22.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Mechatronics 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 64,999 38,652 81,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.50% 92.94% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40,056 22,591 59,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mechatronics job vacancy trend in the UK

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mechatronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mechatronics

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Mechatronics in the UK

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Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 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 -112 11 £52,500 +5.00% 13
UK excluding London -103 10 £53,750 +7.50% 12
Work from Home +1 4 £55,000 - 6
South West -46 3 £46,250 +44.53% 3
North of England -52 3 - - 2
West Midlands -49 2 £55,000 -12.00% 3
Yorkshire -57 2 - -
Midlands -76 2 £55,000 -12.00% 3
London -11 1 £32,500 - 1
East of England -25 1 £50,000 +42.86% 2
South East -35 1 £115,000 - 2
North East - 1 - -

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) AutoCAD
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) RFID
2 1 (9.09%) Modbus
General
1 5 (45.45%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 4 (36.36%) Military
2 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Field Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Installations Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Robotics Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Robotics Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) OpenCV
1 2 (18.18%) PyTorch
1 2 (18.18%) TensorFlow
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (27.27%) Robotics
3 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
3 2 (18.18%) CUDA
3 2 (18.18%) Lidar
3 2 (18.18%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Validation
2 4 (36.36%) Preventative Maintenance
3 3 (27.27%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Vision
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Deep Learning
4 2 (18.18%) Image Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Sensor Fusion
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Control Theory
5 1 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Model Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C++
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) C
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded C
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded C++
2 1 (9.09%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PhD
3 1 (9.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) NVIDIA
1 1 (9.09%) Siemens