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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 643 546
Rank change year-on-year -3 -97 +225
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 147 29 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.059% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.066% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 38 27 18
10th Percentile £38,088 £35,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +27.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +2.27% -10.20% +27.47%

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 81,075 43,637 63,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.98% 88.47% 80.58%
Number of salaries quoted 56,400 24,673 38,159
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £41,500
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,700 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -4.74%

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 5 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 5 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 -8 139 £55,000 - 149
UK excluding London +2 137 £56,250 +2.27% 139
Midlands -2 55 £57,500 +4.55% 34
North of England - 36 £60,000 - 41
East Midlands - 33 - - 11
Yorkshire - 28 £60,000 - 12
West Midlands -32 22 £57,500 +4.55% 23
South East -27 20 £55,000 +46.67% 17
South West -64 14 £50,000 -9.09% 25
London - 7 £32,500 - 9
East of England - 7 £50,000 - 22
Work from Home - 7 £50,000 - 22
North East - 5 £29,500 - 8
Scotland - 3 - - 2
North West - 3 - - 21
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 (0.68%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (5.44%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (2.04%) Simulink
3 2 (1.36%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.68%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.68%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) RFID
2 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.68%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 2 (1.36%) LabVIEW
General
1 69 (46.94%) Electronics
2 38 (25.85%) Social Skills
3 32 (21.77%) Finance
4 28 (19.05%) German Language
4 28 (19.05%) Legal
5 14 (9.52%) Military
6 13 (8.84%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.76%) Retail
8 4 (2.72%) Marketing
8 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.36%) Advertising
9 2 (1.36%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 52 (35.37%) Senior
2 38 (25.85%) Senior Technician
3 20 (13.61%) Lead
4 15 (10.20%) Team Leader
5 8 (5.44%) Software Engineer
5 8 (5.44%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (4.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (3.40%) Field Engineer
8 5 (3.40%) Reliability Engineer
8 5 (3.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Electrical Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Installations Engineer
10 3 (2.04%) Automation Technician
10 3 (2.04%) Senior Reliability Engineer
10 3 (2.04%) Test Engineer
11 2 (1.36%) Development Engineer
11 2 (1.36%) Sales Engineer
11 2 (1.36%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.36%) PyTorch
1 2 (1.36%) QML
1 2 (1.36%) Qt
2 1 (0.68%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 71 (48.30%) Robotics
2 69 (46.94%) Onboarding
3 62 (42.18%) SCADA
4 5 (3.40%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.72%) CCTV
5 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.04%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.68%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.68%) Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) FPGA
8 1 (0.68%) Lidar
8 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.36%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (52.38%) Preventative Maintenance
2 62 (42.18%) Line Management
2 62 (42.18%) Proactive Maintenance
3 32 (21.77%) Technical Leadership
4 30 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (19.73%) Order Management
6 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.84%) Validation
8 12 (8.16%) Physics
9 9 (6.12%) CAD
10 8 (5.44%) Software Engineering
11 7 (4.76%) Customer Experience
11 7 (4.76%) Prototyping
12 6 (4.08%) Motion Control
12 6 (4.08%) Systems Engineering
13 5 (3.40%) Mathematics
14 4 (2.72%) Computer Science
14 4 (2.72%) Facilities Management
14 4 (2.72%) Task Automation
15 3 (2.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.76%) C++
2 6 (4.08%) Python
3 4 (2.72%) C
4 3 (2.04%) Ladder Logic
4 3 (2.04%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.36%) C#
5 2 (1.36%) SQL
5 2 (1.36%) VB
6 1 (0.68%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.68%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 94 (63.95%) Degree
2 74 (50.34%) NVQ Level 3
3 48 (32.65%) City & Guilds
4 9 (6.12%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.44%) HNC
6 7 (4.76%) HND
7 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.72%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.68%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (19.73%) NEC
2 3 (2.04%) EMC
2 3 (2.04%) Siemens
3 2 (1.36%) Keysight
3 2 (1.36%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.36%) SAP
4 1 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.68%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.68%) Rockwell