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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 645 556
Rank change year-on-year -16 -89 +220
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 132 29 248
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.058% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.065% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 37 26 17
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £52,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +24.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +24.87%

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 80,048 44,438 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.13% 88.74% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55,528 25,365 40,468
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,803
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%

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 29 August 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 29 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 +3 124 £56,250 +2.27% 132
UK excluding London -9 122 £57,500 +4.55% 127
Midlands -6 48 £57,500 +4.55% 36
North of England - 33 £60,000 - 33
East Midlands - 27 - - 13
Yorkshire - 25 £60,000 - 9
West Midlands -19 21 £57,500 +4.55% 23
South East -28 19 £55,000 +46.67% 19
South West -56 11 £50,000 -9.09% 24
Work from Home -30 7 £50,000 - 24
London - 7 £32,500 - 7
East of England - 6 £50,000 - 19
North East - 5 £29,500 - 8
Scotland - 3 - - 1
North West - 3 - - 16
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 (0.76%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (6.06%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (1.52%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.52%) Simulink
3 1 (0.76%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.03%) RFID
2 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.76%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) LabVIEW
General
1 62 (46.97%) Electronics
2 38 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 32 (24.24%) Finance
4 28 (21.21%) German Language
4 28 (21.21%) Legal
5 14 (10.61%) Military
6 12 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Retail
8 4 (3.03%) Marketing
8 4 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.52%) Advertising
9 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (33.33%) Senior
2 32 (24.24%) Senior Technician
3 14 (10.61%) Lead
4 11 (8.33%) Team Leader
5 8 (6.06%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (5.30%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (3.79%) Field Engineer
8 5 (3.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) Electrical Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) Installations Engineer
9 4 (3.03%) Reliability Engineer
10 3 (2.27%) Senior Reliability Engineer
10 3 (2.27%) Test Engineer
11 2 (1.52%) C++ Software Engineer
11 2 (1.52%) Development Engineer
11 2 (1.52%) Senior Development Engineer
11 2 (1.52%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) QML
1 2 (1.52%) Qt
2 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.76%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 60 (45.45%) Robotics
2 56 (42.42%) Onboarding
3 50 (37.88%) SCADA
4 5 (3.79%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.03%) CCTV
5 4 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (0.76%) Clustering
7 1 (0.76%) FPGA
7 1 (0.76%) Lidar
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.52%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.76%) Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.48%) Preventative Maintenance
2 50 (37.88%) Proactive Maintenance
3 49 (37.12%) Line Management
4 27 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (18.94%) Technical Leadership
6 22 (16.67%) Order Management
7 15 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (9.09%) Validation
9 11 (8.33%) Physics
10 8 (6.06%) CAD
10 8 (6.06%) Software Engineering
11 7 (5.30%) Prototyping
12 6 (4.55%) Customer Experience
12 6 (4.55%) Motion Control
12 6 (4.55%) Systems Engineering
13 4 (3.03%) Mathematics
14 3 (2.27%) Computer Science
14 3 (2.27%) Logistics
14 3 (2.27%) Software Testing
14 3 (2.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.55%) C++
2 5 (3.79%) Python
3 3 (2.27%) C
3 3 (2.27%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (1.52%) C#
4 2 (1.52%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.52%) SQL
4 2 (1.52%) VB
5 1 (0.76%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.76%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 81 (61.36%) Degree
2 61 (46.21%) NVQ Level 3
3 39 (29.55%) City & Guilds
4 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.30%) HNC
5 7 (5.30%) HND
6 5 (3.79%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.03%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.76%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 22 (16.67%) NEC
2 3 (2.27%) EMC
2 3 (2.27%) Siemens
3 2 (1.52%) Keysight
3 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.52%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.76%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.76%) Rockwell