Mechatronics Jobs

Mechatronics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Mechatronics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mechatronics over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 693 660 893
Rank change year-on-year -33 +233 +276
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 28 255 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.24% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.29% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 23 22 8
10th Percentile £50,500 £31,000 -
25th Percentile £54,375 £32,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% +8.84%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £51,375
90th Percentile £63,750 - £51,713
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% +8.84%

All Process and 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 53,298 89,106 85,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 91.19% 82.51% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 27,465 61,429 52,805
10th Percentile £27,336 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Top 7 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 2 July 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
UK excluding London -26 28 £55,000 +15.79% 133
England -70 28 £55,000 +10.00% 163
West Midlands -6 19 £55,000 +37.50% 23
Midlands -40 19 £55,000 +37.50% 40
South East +76 5 £47,500 +39.71% 32
South West +108 4 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Work from Home +118 1 - - 37

Mechatronics
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:

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) Ethernet
1 12 (42.86%) Modbus
1 12 (42.86%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 25 (89.29%) Electronics
2 15 (53.57%) Manufacturing
3 8 (28.57%) Automotive
4 5 (17.86%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
1 12 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Lead
3 4 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Robotics Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Mobile Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Process Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) SCADA
2 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
2 5 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (14.29%) Robotics
4 3 (10.71%) Algorithms
5 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
6 1 (3.57%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (3.57%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (3.57%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Validation
2 12 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (17.86%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.86%) Requirements Management
3 5 (17.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (17.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (17.86%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (10.71%) Control Theory
5 3 (10.71%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 3 (10.71%) Model Validation
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (7.14%) B2B
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (10.71%) MATLAB
3 1 (3.57%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) Degree
2 15 (53.57%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) ISO 26262
2 5 (17.86%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (3.57%) DO-178B
3 1 (3.57%) IEC 61508
3 1 (3.57%) IEC 62304
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Allen-Bradley
1 12 (42.86%) Rockwell
1 12 (42.86%) Siemens