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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 637 545
Rank change year-on-year +26 -92 +180
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 208 27 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.055% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.061% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 48 25 16
10th Percentile £33,625 £34,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £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 £60,000 - -
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 26 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 26 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 +45 200 £53,500 -2.73% 207
UK excluding London +14 197 £55,000 - 169
Midlands +10 75 £57,500 +4.55% 37
East Midlands - 50 £46,141 - 14
North of England - 50 £60,000 - 37
Yorkshire - 38 £60,000 - 16
South East -13 32 £55,000 +46.67% 41
West Midlands -29 25 £57,500 +4.55% 23
South West -53 24 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East of England - 11 £49,795 - 27
London - 8 £36,250 - 41
North West - 7 - - 18
Work from Home - 6 £50,000 - 34
North East - 5 £29,500 - 3
Scotland - 3 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5
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 (0.48%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (3.85%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.40%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.40%) Simulink
3 3 (1.44%) EPLAN
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) CATIA
4 1 (0.48%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.37%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.44%) RFID
2 3 (1.44%) RS-485
3 2 (0.96%) Modbus
3 2 (0.96%) Profibus
3 2 (0.96%) RS-422
4 1 (0.48%) RS-232
4 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.92%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 84 (40.38%) Electronics
2 46 (22.12%) Social Skills
3 32 (15.38%) Finance
4 30 (14.42%) Manufacturing
5 28 (13.46%) German Language
5 28 (13.46%) Legal
6 16 (7.69%) Military
7 11 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.85%) Retail
9 7 (3.37%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.92%) Advertising
11 3 (1.44%) Automotive
11 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.96%) Avionics
12 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (37.98%) Senior
2 59 (28.37%) Senior Technician
3 27 (12.98%) Lead
4 17 (8.17%) Team Leader
5 11 (5.29%) Reliability Engineer
6 9 (4.33%) Electrical Engineer
6 9 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (3.85%) Software Engineer
8 6 (2.88%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (2.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (2.40%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (2.40%) Field Engineer
9 5 (2.40%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 5 (2.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (2.40%) Support Engineer
10 4 (1.92%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (1.92%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (1.92%) Technical Support
10 4 (1.92%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (1.44%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.92%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.96%) QML
2 2 (0.96%) Qt
3 1 (0.48%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 106 (50.96%) Onboarding
2 102 (49.04%) Robotics
3 98 (47.12%) SCADA
4 12 (5.77%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.40%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.40%) CCTV
5 5 (2.40%) FPGA
6 3 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.96%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (0.96%) FMCG
7 2 (0.96%) GNSS
8 1 (0.48%) Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Lidar
8 1 (0.48%) Life Science
8 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.96%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (54.81%) Preventative Maintenance
2 96 (46.15%) Line Management
3 92 (44.23%) Proactive Maintenance
4 50 (24.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (24.04%) Technical Leadership
5 40 (19.23%) Order Management
6 24 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (8.65%) Validation
8 15 (7.21%) CAD
9 14 (6.73%) Physics
10 12 (5.77%) Customer Experience
11 9 (4.33%) Software Engineering
12 8 (3.85%) Motion Control
12 8 (3.85%) Prototyping
12 8 (3.85%) Test Automation
13 7 (3.37%) Mathematics
13 7 (3.37%) Systems Engineering
14 6 (2.88%) Computer Science
14 6 (2.88%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 6 (2.88%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.81%) Python
2 8 (3.85%) C++
3 6 (2.88%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (2.40%) C
4 5 (2.40%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.96%) C#
5 2 (0.96%) SQL
5 2 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 145 (69.71%) Degree
2 112 (53.85%) NVQ Level 3
3 70 (33.65%) City & Guilds
4 17 (8.17%) HNC
4 17 (8.17%) HND
5 11 (5.29%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.37%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.92%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.96%) EMC Certification
9 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.96%) Def Stans
1 2 (0.96%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.48%) GDPR
2 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.92%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (19.23%) NEC
2 7 (3.37%) EMC
3 6 (2.88%) Siemens
4 4 (1.92%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.44%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (1.44%) Rockwell
5 3 (1.44%) SAP
6 2 (0.96%) Altera
6 2 (0.96%) Keysight
6 2 (0.96%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.96%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.48%) IBM
7 1 (0.48%) MathWorks