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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 730 272
Rank change year-on-year +55 -458 +264
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 37 171 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.17% 1.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.49% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9 17 8
10th Percentile - £44,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - £117,000 £74,000
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 20,086 35,211 44,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.29% 35.47% 43.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,903 23,075 23,595
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,314
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 £108,348
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 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Driving Car in the UK

Self-Driving Car
Top 5 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 13 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 +48 21 £90,000 +80.00% 37
England +4 21 £90,000 +80.00% 50
Work from Home +113 18 £70,000 +40.00% 39
South West +101 17 - - 11
South East +101 4 £90,000 +89.47% 9

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 2 (5.41%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (83.78%) 5G
2 28 (75.68%) SD-WAN
2 28 (75.68%) 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Metadata
2 2 (5.41%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 12 (32.43%) Git
2 8 (21.62%) Visual Studio
3 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
3 4 (10.81%) Subversion
General
1 18 (48.65%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (45.95%) Presentation Skills
3 12 (32.43%) Electronics
4 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
5 9 (24.32%) Marketing
6 8 (21.62%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (8.11%) Automotive
7 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
8 2 (5.41%) Military
9 1 (2.70%) Retail
9 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Senior
2 10 (27.03%) Lead
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 Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Software Project Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Technical Leader
3 8 (21.62%) Technical Project Leader
4 5 (13.51%) Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 18 (48.65%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (40.54%) GNSS
3 6 (16.22%) Algorithms
4 5 (13.51%) IoT
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
7 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
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 28 (75.68%) B2B
1 28 (75.68%) Test Automation
2 25 (67.57%) Test Assurance
3 19 (51.35%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (48.65%) Computer Science
4 18 (48.65%) Validation
5 16 (43.24%) Defect Tracking
5 16 (43.24%) Requirements Analysis
5 16 (43.24%) Software Engineering
6 12 (32.43%) Creative Thinking
6 12 (32.43%) Innovative Thinking
6 12 (32.43%) Mentoring
6 12 (32.43%) Project Management
7 10 (27.03%) SDLC
8 9 (24.32%) Product Marketing
9 8 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (21.62%) Digital Signal Processing
9 8 (21.62%) Multithreading
9 8 (21.62%) Software Architecture
9 8 (21.62%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (51.35%) Python
2 16 (43.24%) C++
3 12 (32.43%) C
4 8 (21.62%) MATLAB
5 6 (16.22%) Bash
6 4 (10.81%) Perl
7 3 (8.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (75.68%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) HND
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (43.24%) PMO
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (10.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Intel
2 3 (8.11%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft