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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 641 513
Rank change year-on-year +76 -128 +215
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 242 26 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.053% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.059% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 52 24 16
10th Percentile £33,625 £34,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,438 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -15.38% +35.28%
75th Percentile £59,063 £55,625 -
90th Percentile £69,625 £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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 10 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 10 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 +80 234 £52,500 -4.55% 212
UK excluding London +68 228 £54,250 -1.36% 174
Midlands +36 92 £57,500 +4.55% 37
East Midlands - 60 £46,141 - 15
North of England - 54 £60,000 - 37
Yorkshire - 41 £60,000 - 15
South East -30 35 £55,000 +46.67% 44
West Midlands -28 32 £57,500 +4.55% 22
South West -48 27 £40,000 -27.27% 19
East of England - 15 £57,089 - 22
London - 11 £40,000 - 38
North West - 7 - - 15
Work from Home - 7 £46,250 - 28
North East - 6 £29,500 - 7
Scotland - 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6
Wales - 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 (0.41%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (3.31%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.07%) Simulink
3 4 (1.65%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.24%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.41%) CATIA
6 1 (0.41%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.89%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.24%) RS-485
3 2 (0.83%) Modbus
3 2 (0.83%) Profibus
3 2 (0.83%) RS-422
4 1 (0.41%) RS-232
4 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.65%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 94 (38.84%) Electronics
2 48 (19.83%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.05%) Manufacturing
4 32 (13.22%) Finance
5 28 (11.57%) German Language
5 28 (11.57%) Legal
6 14 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.37%) Military
8 9 (3.72%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.65%) Advertising
10 4 (1.65%) Avionics
10 4 (1.65%) Retail
11 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.83%) Games
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 104 (42.98%) Senior
2 79 (32.64%) Senior Technician
3 32 (13.22%) Lead
4 19 (7.85%) Team Leader
5 14 (5.79%) Reliability Engineer
6 11 (4.55%) Electrical Engineer
7 8 (3.31%) Software Engineer
7 8 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (2.89%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 6 (2.48%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (2.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Automation Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Support Engineer
11 4 (1.65%) Automation Technician
11 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 4 (1.65%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (1.65%) Technical Support
11 4 (1.65%) Technical Support Engineer
12 3 (1.24%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.83%) QML
2 2 (0.83%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 135 (55.79%) Onboarding
2 127 (52.48%) Robotics
3 122 (50.41%) SCADA
4 12 (4.96%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.07%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.07%) CCTV
5 5 (2.07%) FPGA
6 3 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.83%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (0.83%) FMCG
7 2 (0.83%) GNSS
7 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.41%) Clustering
8 1 (0.41%) Lidar
8 1 (0.41%) Life Science
8 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.83%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.41%) Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (57.44%) Preventative Maintenance
2 123 (50.83%) Line Management
3 120 (49.59%) Proactive Maintenance
4 65 (26.86%) Technical Leadership
5 59 (24.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (21.07%) Order Management
7 27 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (6.61%) CAD
8 16 (6.61%) Customer Experience
8 16 (6.61%) Validation
9 14 (5.79%) Physics
10 10 (4.13%) Prototyping
11 9 (3.72%) Software Engineering
12 8 (3.31%) Facilities Management
12 8 (3.31%) Image Processing
12 8 (3.31%) Mathematics
12 8 (3.31%) Motion Control
12 8 (3.31%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (3.31%) Task Automation
12 8 (3.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.13%) Python
2 8 (3.31%) C++
3 5 (2.07%) C
3 5 (2.07%) Ladder Logic
3 5 (2.07%) MATLAB
4 2 (0.83%) C#
4 2 (0.83%) SQL
4 2 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 172 (71.07%) Degree
2 140 (57.85%) NVQ Level 3
3 84 (34.71%) City & Guilds
4 20 (8.26%) HNC
4 20 (8.26%) HND
5 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.65%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) EMC Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.83%) Def Stans
1 2 (0.83%) GDPR
1 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (1.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 51 (21.07%) NEC
2 7 (2.89%) EMC
3 6 (2.48%) Siemens
4 4 (1.65%) Allen-Bradley
4 4 (1.65%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.24%) Rockwell
5 3 (1.24%) SAP
6 2 (0.83%) Altera
6 2 (0.83%) Keysight
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.83%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.83%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.41%) IBM
7 1 (0.41%) MathWorks