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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 640 533
Rank change year-on-year +56 -107 +207
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 222 26 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.052% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.059% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 51 24 16
10th Percentile £33,625 £34,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,438 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% +35.28%
75th Percentile £59,375 £55,625 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,250 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% -15.38% +35.28%

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 86,399 44,171 61,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.11% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 59,417 24,443 33,150
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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

Mechatronics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mechatronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Mechatronics in the UK

Mechatronics
Top 17 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 3 October 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 +70 214 £53,000 -3.64% 226
UK excluding London +45 210 £54,250 -1.36% 179
Midlands +20 83 £57,500 +4.55% 36
East Midlands - 54 £46,141 - 17
North of England - 51 £60,000 - 37
Yorkshire - 40 £60,000 - 18
South East -24 33 £55,000 +46.67% 49
West Midlands -26 29 £57,500 +4.55% 19
South West -51 25 £45,000 -18.18% 17
East of England - 13 £57,089 - 27
London - 9 £40,000 - 45
North West - 7 - - 15
Work from Home - 6 £50,000 - 35
North East - 4 £29,500 - 4
Scotland - 3 - - 7
Wales - 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

Mechatronics
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 (0.45%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (3.60%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.25%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.25%) Simulink
3 3 (1.35%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.45%) CATIA
5 1 (0.45%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.15%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.35%) RS-485
3 2 (0.90%) Modbus
3 2 (0.90%) Profibus
3 2 (0.90%) RS-422
4 1 (0.45%) RS-232
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 88 (39.64%) Electronics
2 47 (21.17%) Social Skills
3 33 (14.86%) Manufacturing
4 32 (14.41%) Finance
5 28 (12.61%) German Language
5 28 (12.61%) Legal
6 13 (5.86%) Military
7 12 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.25%) Retail
10 4 (1.80%) Advertising
10 4 (1.80%) Automotive
11 3 (1.35%) Avionics
11 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Games
12 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (40.54%) Senior
2 70 (31.53%) Senior Technician
3 28 (12.61%) Lead
4 17 (7.66%) Team Leader
5 11 (4.95%) Reliability Engineer
6 10 (4.50%) Electrical Engineer
7 9 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (3.60%) Software Engineer
9 6 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (2.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (2.25%) Automation Engineer
10 5 (2.25%) Senior Reliability Engineer
10 5 (2.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.25%) Support Engineer
11 4 (1.80%) Automation Technician
11 4 (1.80%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (1.80%) Technical Support
11 4 (1.80%) Technical Support Engineer
12 3 (1.35%) Junior
12 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.90%) QML
2 2 (0.90%) Qt
3 1 (0.45%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 118 (53.15%) Onboarding
2 113 (50.90%) Robotics
3 110 (49.55%) SCADA
4 12 (5.41%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.25%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.25%) CCTV
5 5 (2.25%) FPGA
6 3 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (0.90%) FMCG
7 2 (0.90%) GNSS
8 1 (0.45%) Clustering
8 1 (0.45%) Lidar
8 1 (0.45%) Life Science
8 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.90%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (55.41%) Preventative Maintenance
2 108 (48.65%) Line Management
3 104 (46.85%) Proactive Maintenance
4 56 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (25.23%) Technical Leadership
5 45 (20.27%) Order Management
6 26 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (7.66%) Validation
8 16 (7.21%) CAD
9 14 (6.31%) Customer Experience
9 14 (6.31%) Physics
10 9 (4.05%) Prototyping
10 9 (4.05%) Software Engineering
11 8 (3.60%) Motion Control
11 8 (3.60%) Test Automation
12 7 (3.15%) Image Processing
12 7 (3.15%) Mathematics
12 7 (3.15%) Systems Engineering
13 6 (2.70%) Computer Science
13 6 (2.70%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.50%) Python
2 8 (3.60%) C++
3 6 (2.70%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (2.25%) C
4 5 (2.25%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.90%) C#
5 2 (0.90%) SQL
5 2 (0.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 154 (69.37%) Degree
2 124 (55.86%) NVQ Level 3
3 76 (34.23%) City & Guilds
4 19 (8.56%) HNC
5 18 (8.11%) HND
6 11 (4.95%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.15%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.80%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.90%) EMC Certification
10 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.90%) Def Stans
1 2 (0.90%) GDPR
1 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.45%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 45 (20.27%) NEC
2 7 (3.15%) EMC
2 7 (3.15%) Siemens
3 4 (1.80%) Allen-Bradley
3 4 (1.80%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.35%) Rockwell
4 3 (1.35%) SAP
5 2 (0.90%) Altera
5 2 (0.90%) Keysight
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.90%) Xilinx
6 1 (0.45%) IBM
6 1 (0.45%) MathWorks