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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 646 565
Rank change year-on-year +13 -81 +189
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 171 29 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.058% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.066% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40 27 16
10th Percentile £33,738 £35,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £51,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -13.73% +32.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year - -13.73% +32.67%

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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +16 163 £55,000 - 121
UK excluding London +7 161 £55,000 - 109
Midlands +7 63 £57,500 +4.55% 30
North of England - 42 £60,000 - 34
East Midlands - 41 - - 10
Yorkshire - 32 £60,000 - 15
South East -17 26 £55,000 +46.67% 19
West Midlands -36 22 £57,500 +4.55% 20
South West -64 17 £50,000 -9.09% 13
East of England - 8 £50,000 - 13
London - 7 £32,500 - 12
Work from Home - 7 £50,000 - 19
North East - 5 £29,500 - 4
North West - 5 - - 15
Scotland - 3 - - 1
Wales - 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 (0.58%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (4.68%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (2.34%) Simulink
3 3 (1.75%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.17%) EPLAN
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.58%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.75%) RFID
2 2 (1.17%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.58%) Modbus
3 1 (0.58%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 75 (43.86%) Electronics
2 40 (23.39%) Social Skills
3 32 (18.71%) Finance
4 28 (16.37%) German Language
4 28 (16.37%) Legal
5 19 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.77%) Military
7 8 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.68%) Retail
8 4 (2.34%) Advertising
8 4 (2.34%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.75%) Marketing
9 3 (1.75%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
11 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.58%) Law
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (38.01%) Senior
2 48 (28.07%) Senior Technician
3 24 (14.04%) Lead
4 17 (9.94%) Team Leader
5 8 (4.68%) Reliability Engineer
5 8 (4.68%) Software Engineer
5 8 (4.68%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (4.09%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (3.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (2.92%) Electrical Engineer
8 5 (2.92%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 4 (2.34%) Field Engineer
9 4 (2.34%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 4 (2.34%) Support Engineer
9 4 (2.34%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (2.34%) Technical Support
9 4 (2.34%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (1.75%) Field Service Engineer
10 3 (1.75%) Installations Engineer
10 3 (1.75%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.75%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.17%) QML
2 2 (1.17%) Qt
3 1 (0.58%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (50.88%) Onboarding
2 84 (49.12%) Robotics
3 79 (46.20%) SCADA
4 7 (4.09%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.34%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.34%) CCTV
6 3 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.17%) FPGA
8 1 (0.58%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.58%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.58%) Clustering
8 1 (0.58%) FMCG
8 1 (0.58%) GNSS
8 1 (0.58%) Lidar
8 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.17%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.58%) Linux
2 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (54.97%) Preventative Maintenance
2 79 (46.20%) Line Management
3 76 (44.44%) Proactive Maintenance
4 41 (23.98%) Technical Leadership
5 37 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (19.88%) Order Management
7 18 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.19%) Validation
9 13 (7.60%) Physics
10 9 (5.26%) CAD
10 9 (5.26%) Customer Experience
11 8 (4.68%) Software Engineering
12 7 (4.09%) Motion Control
12 7 (4.09%) Prototyping
13 6 (3.51%) Mathematics
13 6 (3.51%) Systems Engineering
13 6 (3.51%) Test Automation
14 5 (2.92%) Computer Science
14 5 (2.92%) Facilities Management
14 5 (2.92%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.68%) C++
2 7 (4.09%) Python
3 5 (2.92%) C
3 5 (2.92%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (2.34%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.17%) C#
5 2 (1.17%) SQL
5 2 (1.17%) VB
6 1 (0.58%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.58%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 117 (68.42%) Degree
2 93 (54.39%) NVQ Level 3
3 59 (34.50%) City & Guilds
4 13 (7.60%) HNC
5 12 (7.02%) HND
6 9 (5.26%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.92%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.34%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.58%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (19.88%) NEC
2 5 (2.92%) Siemens
3 3 (1.75%) EMC
3 3 (1.75%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.17%) Allen-Bradley
4 2 (1.17%) Keysight
4 2 (1.17%) Rockwell
4 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.17%) SAP
5 1 (0.58%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft