Automotive Jobs in the West Midlands

Automotive
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 51 10
Rank change year-on-year +25 -41 0
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 286 341 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.08% 3.92% 14.02%
As % of the General category 11.93% 7.17% 18.57%
Number of salaries quoted 39 97 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +14.46% +6.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £77,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.66% -8.70% +25.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,398 4,757 4,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.40% 54.69% 75.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 3,084 2,240
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,289 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,950 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Warwickshire +1 168 £62,500 +32.98% 170
Birmingham +44 55 £65,000 +30.00% 102
Coventry +14 38 - - 73
Staffordshire +29 15 £35,000 -33.33% 30
Walsall - 6 £32,500 - 2
Worcestershire +9 2 £48,750 -11.36% 26
Solihull +6 2 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Shropshire - 1 £47,500 - 35
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 137 (47.90%) Simulink
2 14 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.05%) Sketch
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.70%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 9 (3.15%) Google Workspace
3 7 (2.45%) AWS
3 7 (2.45%) SaaS
4 6 (2.10%) Azure
4 6 (2.10%) Figma
4 6 (2.10%) PowerApps
5 3 (1.05%) Datadog
5 3 (1.05%) GCP
6 2 (0.70%) Canva
6 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.70%) MailChimp
7 1 (0.35%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.50%) Firewall
2 9 (3.15%) BGP
2 9 (3.15%) DHCP
2 9 (3.15%) DNS
2 9 (3.15%) OSPF
2 9 (3.15%) TCP/IP
2 9 (3.15%) VLAN
2 9 (3.15%) WLAN
3 2 (0.70%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.70%) Intranet
4 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.35%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) Power BI
2 3 (1.05%) MySQL
3 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.45%) GitLab
2 6 (2.10%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 136 (47.55%) Aerospace
2 93 (32.52%) Telecoms
3 25 (8.74%) Social Skills
4 12 (4.20%) Retail
5 7 (2.45%) Electronics
5 7 (2.45%) Finance
5 7 (2.45%) Marketing
6 6 (2.10%) Legal
7 5 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (49.30%) Systems Engineer
2 99 (34.62%) Principal Engineer
2 99 (34.62%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 69 (24.13%) Software Engineer
4 67 (23.43%) Development Engineer
4 67 (23.43%) Senior
5 66 (23.08%) Software Development Engineer
6 60 (20.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 42 (14.69%) Principal Software Engineer
8 26 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (8.39%) Senior Development Engineer
9 24 (8.39%) Senior Software Development Engineer
10 9 (3.15%) IT Engineer
11 8 (2.80%) Developer
12 6 (2.10%) IT Support
12 6 (2.10%) Lead
12 6 (2.10%) SharePoint Support
13 5 (1.75%) Product Manager
14 4 (1.40%) Full-Stack Developer
15 3 (1.05%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.10%) .NET
2 5 (1.75%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.75%) AngularJS
2 5 (1.75%) HTML
3 4 (1.40%) CSS
4 3 (1.05%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.05%) RESTful
4 3 (1.05%) Vue
5 2 (0.70%) Laravel
5 2 (0.70%) OpenMP
5 2 (0.70%) React
6 1 (0.35%) Flutter
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth
6 1 (0.35%) REST
6 1 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.85%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.50%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.15%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.05%) Animation
4 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.05%) IoT
4 3 (1.05%) Video Editing
5 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.70%) CUDA
5 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.70%) Infotainment
5 2 (0.70%) SIMD
6 1 (0.35%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.35%) PKI
6 1 (0.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.59%) Windows
2 15 (5.24%) Linux
3 9 (3.15%) Mac OS X
3 9 (3.15%) Ubuntu
3 9 (3.15%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.15%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
3 9 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.75%) Android
5 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (85.31%) Systems Engineering
2 152 (53.15%) Agile
3 141 (49.30%) Validation
4 137 (47.90%) Software Testing
5 73 (25.52%) Software Engineering
6 57 (19.93%) Project Planning
7 10 (3.50%) Computer Science
7 10 (3.50%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (3.15%) Business Case
8 9 (3.15%) Performance Tuning
9 8 (2.80%) User Experience
10 7 (2.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 7 (2.45%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (2.10%) CI/CD
11 6 (2.10%) Mechatronics
11 6 (2.10%) Requirements Management
11 6 (2.10%) Wireframes
12 5 (1.75%) Machine Learning
12 5 (1.75%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (1.75%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 137 (47.90%) MATLAB
2 14 (4.90%) SQL
3 9 (3.15%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.45%) C#
5 3 (1.05%) C++
5 3 (1.05%) Python
5 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.70%) PHP
7 1 (0.35%) C
7 1 (0.35%) Dart
7 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (67.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 103 (36.01%) Degree
3 9 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.15%) HNC
3 9 (3.15%) HND
3 9 (3.15%) MCSE
3 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.10%) QA
2 5 (1.75%) Automotive SPICE
2 5 (1.75%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 10 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.80%) Docker
3 3 (1.05%) LXC
4 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.75%) Functional Safety
1 5 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (5.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.85%) Google
3 9 (3.15%) Apple
3 9 (3.15%) Cisco
3 9 (3.15%) Dell
3 9 (3.15%) Fortinet
3 9 (3.15%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe
5 2 (0.70%) Databricks
5 2 (0.70%) Zoho
6 1 (0.35%) QNX
6 1 (0.35%) Splunk