Motion Control Job Trends

Motion Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Motion Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 655 701
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 +249
Permanent jobs citing Motion Control 4 56 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.10% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.11% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 4 26 7
10th Percentile £58,375 £40,000 £45,750
25th Percentile £69,063 £41,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% -13.64% +12.24%
75th Percentile £85,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £72,500 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +70.21% -14.55% +12.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Motion Control 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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Motion Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Motion Control relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Motion Control job vacancy trend in the UK

Motion Control
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Motion Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Motion Control

Motion Control
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Motion Control over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Motion Control in the UK

Motion Control
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Motion Control within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 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 +28 4 £80,000 +70.21% 16
UK excluding London +26 4 £80,000 +70.21% 15
North of England +27 3 £80,000 +77.78% 8
Yorkshire -2 3 £80,000 +77.78% 4
Work from Home +66 1 £52,500 +16.67% 5
East of England - 1 £52,500 - 1

Motion Control
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 3 (75.00%) Kinematics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) RS-232
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Robotics
2 3 (75.00%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (75.00%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Motion Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
1 3 (75.00%) Reinforcement Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety