Motion Planning Jobs

Motion Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Motion Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Motion Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Motion Planning 17 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% - -
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £125,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - -
75th Percentile £175,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Motion Planning 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Motion Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Motion Planning in the UK

Motion Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Motion Planning in the UK

Motion Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Motion Planning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Motion Planning in the UK

Motion Planning
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Motion Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 - 17 £150,000 - 10
London - 17 £150,000 - 7
Work from Home - 14 £150,000 - 2

Motion Planning
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 4 (23.53%) Kinematics
General
1 12 (70.59%) Publishing
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Robotics Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Robotics
2 5 (29.41%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Educational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Artificial Intelligence
2 12 (70.59%) LLM
2 12 (70.59%) Machine Learning
2 12 (70.59%) Reinforcement Learning
3 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 4 (23.53%) Computer Vision
4 4 (23.53%) Control Theory
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) Robotic Control
4 4 (23.53%) SDLC
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (5.88%) Multi-Agent System
6 1 (5.88%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C++
1 17 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (70.59%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) PhD
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared