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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 647 553
Rank change year-on-year +42 -94 +212
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 190 28 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.057% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.064% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 45 26 15
10th Percentile £33,625 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,625 £33,500
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 £56,875 -
90th Percentile £68,500 £62,500 £69,500
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 84,848 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.08% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,707 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £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 19 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 19 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 +29 182 £54,250 -1.36% 165
UK excluding London +15 180 £55,000 - 138
Midlands +4 68 £57,500 +4.55% 30
North of England - 47 £60,000 - 33
East Midlands - 45 £27,282 - 11
Yorkshire - 35 £60,000 - 13
South East -29 28 £55,000 +46.67% 29
West Midlands -39 23 £57,500 +4.55% 19
South West -55 21 £50,000 -9.09% 15
East of England - 11 £49,795 - 27
London - 7 £32,500 - 29
North West - 7 - - 15
Work from Home - 6 £50,000 - 23
North East - 5 £29,500 - 5
Scotland - 3 - - 4
Wales - 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 (0.53%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (4.21%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.63%) Simulink
3 4 (2.11%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.58%) EPLAN
4 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.53%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.16%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.58%) RFID
3 2 (1.05%) Modbus
3 2 (1.05%) Profibus
3 2 (1.05%) RS-485
4 1 (0.53%) RS-232
4 1 (0.53%) RS-422
4 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) LabVIEW
General
1 78 (41.05%) Electronics
2 44 (23.16%) Social Skills
3 32 (16.84%) Finance
4 28 (14.74%) German Language
4 28 (14.74%) Legal
5 27 (14.21%) Manufacturing
6 15 (7.89%) Military
7 10 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (4.21%) Retail
9 6 (3.16%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.11%) Advertising
11 3 (1.58%) Marketing
11 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.05%) Automotive
12 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 71 (37.37%) Senior
2 53 (27.89%) Senior Technician
3 25 (13.16%) Lead
4 17 (8.95%) Team Leader
5 9 (4.74%) Reliability Engineer
6 8 (4.21%) Electrical Engineer
6 8 (4.21%) Software Engineer
6 8 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (3.16%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (3.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (2.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (2.63%) Support Engineer
9 4 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (2.11%) Field Engineer
9 4 (2.11%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 4 (2.11%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (2.11%) Technical Support
9 4 (2.11%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (1.58%) Automation Technician
10 3 (1.58%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.11%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.05%) QML
2 2 (1.05%) Qt
3 1 (0.53%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 94 (49.47%) Onboarding
2 93 (48.95%) Robotics
3 89 (46.84%) SCADA
4 11 (5.79%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.63%) CCTV
6 4 (2.11%) FPGA
7 3 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.05%) FMCG
8 2 (1.05%) GNSS
9 1 (0.53%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.53%) Clustering
9 1 (0.53%) Lidar
9 1 (0.53%) Life Science
9 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.05%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (0.53%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (53.68%) Preventative Maintenance
2 86 (45.26%) Line Management
3 82 (43.16%) Proactive Maintenance
4 45 (23.68%) Technical Leadership
5 43 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (18.95%) Order Management
7 22 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (8.42%) Validation
9 14 (7.37%) Physics
10 13 (6.84%) CAD
11 10 (5.26%) Customer Experience
12 9 (4.74%) Software Engineering
13 8 (4.21%) Motion Control
14 7 (3.68%) Mathematics
14 7 (3.68%) Prototyping
14 7 (3.68%) Test Automation
15 6 (3.16%) Computer Science
15 6 (3.16%) Image Processing
15 6 (3.16%) Systems Engineering
16 5 (2.63%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.74%) Python
2 8 (4.21%) C++
3 6 (3.16%) Ladder Logic
4 5 (2.63%) C
4 5 (2.63%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.05%) C#
5 2 (1.05%) SQL
5 2 (1.05%) VB
Qualifications
1 131 (68.95%) Degree
2 100 (52.63%) NVQ Level 3
3 63 (33.16%) City & Guilds
4 16 (8.42%) HNC
4 16 (8.42%) HND
5 10 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.11%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.53%) EMC Certification
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.53%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.58%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (18.95%) NEC
2 6 (3.16%) Siemens
3 5 (2.63%) EMC
4 4 (2.11%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.58%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (1.58%) Rockwell
5 3 (1.58%) SAP
6 2 (1.05%) Keysight
6 2 (1.05%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.53%) Altera
7 1 (0.53%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.53%) Xilinx