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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 662 572
Rank change year-on-year -45 -90 +224
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 80 32 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.064% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.072% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 19 27 19
10th Percentile £38,250 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +14.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +14.46%

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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechatronics over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Mechatronics in the UK

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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 8 August 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 -65 73 £55,000 - 75
UK excluding London -57 71 £55,000 - 72
North of England - 22 £60,000 - 16
Midlands -28 20 - - 20
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 - 9
East Midlands - 14 - - 8
South East -33 12 £55,000 +46.67% 11
South West -66 7 £52,500 -4.55% 12
London - 7 £32,500 - 7
West Midlands -37 6 - - 12
East of England - 5 £50,000 - 10
Work from Home -29 4 £42,500 - 34
North East - 4 £29,500 - 3
North West - 3 - - 4
Scotland - 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - - 3

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:

Applications
1 3 (3.75%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (2.50%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.25%) EPLAN
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) RFID
General
1 46 (57.50%) Electronics
2 33 (41.25%) Social Skills
3 29 (36.25%) Finance
4 25 (31.25%) German Language
4 25 (31.25%) Legal
5 7 (8.75%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.50%) Military
7 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (6.25%) Retail
8 4 (5.00%) Marketing
8 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (25.00%) Senior
2 14 (17.50%) Senior Technician
3 8 (10.00%) Lead
4 6 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (7.50%) Team Leader
5 5 (6.25%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Electrical Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Field Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Installations Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) Reliability Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) Sales Engineer
9 1 (1.25%) Algorithm Engineer
9 1 (1.25%) Control Systems Engineer
9 1 (1.25%) Electrical Design Engineer
9 1 (1.25%) Senior Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) QML
1 2 (2.50%) Qt
2 1 (1.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.25%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (32.50%) Robotics
2 25 (31.25%) Onboarding
3 23 (28.75%) SCADA
4 4 (5.00%) CCTV
4 4 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.25%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.25%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.25%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.25%) Clustering
6 1 (1.25%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.25%) Linux
2 1 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.25%) Preventative Maintenance
2 23 (28.75%) Line Management
3 22 (27.50%) Proactive Maintenance
4 13 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (15.00%) Order Management
6 11 (13.75%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.75%) Physics
8 7 (8.75%) Validation
9 6 (7.50%) Systems Engineering
10 5 (6.25%) Software Engineering
11 3 (3.75%) CAD
11 3 (3.75%) Computer Science
11 3 (3.75%) Customer Experience
11 3 (3.75%) Logistics
11 3 (3.75%) Software Testing
12 2 (2.50%) Customer Service
12 2 (2.50%) Lead Generation
12 2 (2.50%) Project Delivery
12 2 (2.50%) Sensor Fusion
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) C++
2 2 (2.50%) C
2 2 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.25%) Embedded C++
3 1 (1.25%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (1.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 40 (50.00%) Degree
2 30 (37.50%) NVQ Level 3
3 23 (28.75%) City & Guilds
4 4 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) HNC
5 2 (2.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.25%) IEC 61508
1 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (15.00%) NEC
2 3 (3.75%) EMC
3 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.50%) SAP
3 2 (2.50%) Siemens
4 1 (1.25%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (1.25%) OpenAI