Self-Driving Car Jobs

Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car 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 655 725 263
Rank change year-on-year +70 -462 +295
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 37 171 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.17% 1.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.49% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 16
10th Percentile - £44,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -3.38% +15.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - £117,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £50,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +80.00% +35.14% -17.78%

All Generic Skills
UK

Self-Driving Car 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 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Self-Driving Car as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Driving Car in the UK

Self-Driving Car
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Driving Car.

Salary trend for Self-Driving Car in the UK

Self-Driving Car
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Driving Car over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Driving Car in the UK

Self-Driving Car
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Driving Car 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
UK excluding London +74 21 £90,000 +80.00% 39
England +28 21 £90,000 +80.00% 44
Work from Home +191 17 £70,000 +40.00% 27
South West +90 16 - - 8
South East +111 4 £90,000 +89.47% 8
East of England +56 1 £60,000 +9.09% 4

Self-Driving Car
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:

Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Blender
2 1 (2.70%) Simulink
2 1 (2.70%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) PaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (81.08%) 5G
2 26 (70.27%) SD-WAN
2 26 (70.27%) WAN
3 4 (10.81%) DNS
3 4 (10.81%) HTTP
3 4 (10.81%) Internet
3 4 (10.81%) SMTP
3 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.41%) Firewall
5 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.70%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Git
2 8 (21.62%) Visual Studio
3 5 (13.51%) Subversion
4 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
General
1 17 (45.95%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (43.24%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (35.14%) Electronics
4 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
5 9 (24.32%) Marketing
6 8 (21.62%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (10.81%) Automotive
7 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.70%) Advertising
8 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.70%) Military
8 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Senior
2 9 (24.32%) Lead
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Embedded C Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Embedded Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Project Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Senior Project Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Software Project Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Technical Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Technical Project Leader
4 6 (16.22%) Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Real Time Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Real Time Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (45.95%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (37.84%) GNSS
3 6 (16.22%) IoT
4 5 (13.51%) Algorithms
5 4 (10.81%) FPGA
5 4 (10.81%) MicroBlaze
5 4 (10.81%) Tandem
6 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
6 2 (5.41%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (43.24%) Linux
2 10 (27.03%) Unix
3 8 (21.62%) Windows
4 2 (5.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (70.27%) B2B
1 26 (70.27%) Test Automation
2 25 (67.57%) Test Assurance
3 18 (48.65%) Computer Science
3 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (45.95%) Software Engineering
4 17 (45.95%) Validation
5 16 (43.24%) Defect Tracking
5 16 (43.24%) Requirements Analysis
6 13 (35.14%) Mentoring
7 12 (32.43%) Creative Thinking
7 12 (32.43%) Innovative Thinking
7 12 (32.43%) Project Management
8 9 (24.32%) Product Marketing
8 9 (24.32%) SDLC
9 8 (21.62%) Conflict Resolution
9 8 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (21.62%) Product Management
9 8 (21.62%) Project Delivery
9 8 (21.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) Python
2 15 (40.54%) C++
3 13 (35.14%) C
4 6 (16.22%) Bash
4 6 (16.22%) MATLAB
5 4 (10.81%) Perl
5 4 (10.81%) SQL
6 1 (2.70%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) HND
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (43.24%) PMO
2 4 (10.81%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (2.70%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (2.70%) ISO 26262
3 1 (2.70%) MISRA
3 1 (2.70%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (10.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Intel
2 3 (8.11%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft