Satellite Navigation (Satnav)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Satnav in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Satnav over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 849 957
Rank change year-on-year +158 +108 +253
Permanent jobs citing Satnav 26 45 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.045% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.13% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21,138 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £21,455 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -66.99% +4.00% +43.68%
75th Percentile £21,771 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,000 £65,000

All Generic Skills
UK

Satnav falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,704 35,199 43,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.74% 35.47% 43.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,996 23,075 23,477
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £108,133
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Satnav
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Satnav in the UK

Satnav
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Satnav.

Salary trend for Satnav in the UK

Satnav
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Satnav within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +142 25 - - 9
England +129 25 - - 10
South West - 25 - - 1
Work from Home +117 1 £21,455 -66.99% 5

Satnav
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:

Development Applications
1 19 (73.08%) JIRA
General
1 25 (96.15%) Social Skills
2 19 (73.08%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Electronics
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) Support Engineer
1 19 (73.08%) Technical Engineer
1 19 (73.08%) Technical Support
1 19 (73.08%) Technical Support Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Senior
3 6 (23.08%) FPGA Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior VHDL Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) VHDL Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Support
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Administrator
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) FPGA
1 6 (23.08%) GNSS
1 6 (23.08%) MicroBlaze
1 6 (23.08%) VHDL
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (96.15%) Linux
2 6 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (96.15%) B2B
3 19 (73.08%) CRM
3 19 (73.08%) Scenario Testing
3 19 (73.08%) Test Automation
4 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 6 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
4 6 (23.08%) Defect Tracking
4 6 (23.08%) FPGA Design
4 6 (23.08%) Innovative Thinking
4 6 (23.08%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (23.08%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) C
1 6 (23.08%) C++
1 6 (23.08%) MATLAB
1 6 (23.08%) Perl
1 6 (23.08%) Tcl
1 6 (23.08%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) Degree
2 19 (73.08%) HND
3 16 (61.54%) HNC
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (23.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Salesforce
2 6 (23.08%) Altera
2 6 (23.08%) Green Hills
2 6 (23.08%) Xilinx