Motion Control Jobs

Motion Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Motion Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Motion Control over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 868 941
Rank change year-on-year +179 +73 +206
Permanent jobs citing Motion Control 16 29 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.029% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.034% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 3
10th Percentile £53,125 £49,875 -
25th Percentile £57,188 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -4.35% +20.42%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,750 £62,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -

All Process and 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 51,770 84,704 95,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.53% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,375 59,701 56,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Motion Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Motion Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Motion Control in the UK

Motion Control
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Motion Control.

Salary trend for Motion Control in the UK

Motion Control
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Motion Control over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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 +127 8 £57,500 +4.55% 49
UK excluding London +158 7 £56,250 +2.27% 46
London - 6 £85,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 1
Work from Home +132 2 £85,000 +61.90% 9
South West +116 2 £56,250 +2.27% 8

Motion Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Autodesk Inventor
1 2 (12.50%) CATIA
1 2 (12.50%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (18.75%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Postman
2 2 (12.50%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Robotics Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) PLC Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Reliability Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Automation Test Lead
5 3 (18.75%) Lead
5 3 (18.75%) Lead Test Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Mechanical Design Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Mechanical Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Senior
6 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) JSON
2 3 (18.75%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) SCADA
2 6 (37.50%) Robotics
3 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (12.50%) 3D Printing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (25.00%) Analytics
2 4 (25.00%) API Integration
2 4 (25.00%) Business Case
2 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 4 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 4 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (25.00%) Escalation Management
2 4 (25.00%) Experimental Design
2 4 (25.00%) FMEA
2 4 (25.00%) Kaizen
2 4 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 4 (25.00%) Microservices
2 4 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 4 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) C
2 4 (25.00%) R
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) SLA
2 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Autodesk