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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 48 9
Rank change year-on-year +20 -39 +5
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 297 320 861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.10% 4.05% 14.47%
As % of the General category 12.40% 7.25% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 42 93 30
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £55,000 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +14.46% +6.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,938
90th Percentile £72,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +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 2,395 4,416 4,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.27% 55.95% 75.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 3,045 2,211
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £73,980 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -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 31 May 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 31 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
Warwickshire -6 175 £62,500 +13.64% 82
Birmingham +44 56 £65,000 +30.00% 22
Coventry +12 39 - - 24
Staffordshire +23 17 £35,000 -44.00% 19
Walsall - 6 £32,500 -
Worcestershire +8 2 £48,750 -11.36% 7
Solihull +6 2 £62,500 - 4
Shropshire - 1 £47,500 - 4
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 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 137 (46.13%) Simulink
2 16 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.01%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.01%) Sketch
5 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.70%) Google Workspace
1 11 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 7 (2.36%) AWS
2 7 (2.36%) SaaS
3 6 (2.02%) Azure
3 6 (2.02%) Figma
3 6 (2.02%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.01%) Datadog
4 3 (1.01%) GCP
5 2 (0.67%) Canva
5 2 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.67%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.34%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.04%) Firewall
2 11 (3.70%) BGP
2 11 (3.70%) DHCP
2 11 (3.70%) DNS
2 11 (3.70%) OSPF
2 11 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.70%) VLAN
2 11 (3.70%) WLAN
3 3 (1.01%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.67%) Intranet
4 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.34%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.34%) GSM
5 1 (0.34%) J1939
5 1 (0.34%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) MySQL
3 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.36%) GitLab
2 6 (2.02%) JIRA
3 2 (0.67%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
General
1 136 (45.79%) Aerospace
2 101 (34.01%) Telecoms
3 27 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 14 (4.71%) Retail
5 7 (2.36%) Electronics
5 7 (2.36%) Finance
5 7 (2.36%) Marketing
6 6 (2.02%) Legal
7 5 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (48.15%) Systems Engineer
2 107 (36.03%) Principal Engineer
2 107 (36.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 69 (23.23%) Software Engineer
4 68 (22.90%) Senior
5 67 (22.56%) Development Engineer
6 66 (22.22%) Software Development Engineer
7 60 (20.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 42 (14.14%) Principal Software Engineer
9 26 (8.75%) Senior Software Engineer
10 24 (8.08%) Senior Development Engineer
10 24 (8.08%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 11 (3.70%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.69%) Developer
13 6 (2.02%) IT Support
13 6 (2.02%) Lead
13 6 (2.02%) SharePoint Support
14 5 (1.68%) Product Manager
15 4 (1.35%) Full-Stack Developer
16 3 (1.01%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.02%) .NET
2 5 (1.68%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.68%) AngularJS
2 5 (1.68%) HTML
3 4 (1.35%) CSS
4 3 (1.01%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.01%) RESTful
4 3 (1.01%) Vue
5 2 (0.67%) Laravel
5 2 (0.67%) OpenMP
5 2 (0.67%) React
6 1 (0.34%) Flutter
6 1 (0.34%) OAuth
6 1 (0.34%) REST
6 1 (0.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.70%) Management Information System
1 11 (3.70%) Product Ownership
1 11 (3.70%) Smartphone
2 10 (3.37%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.01%) Animation
3 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.01%) IoT
3 3 (1.01%) Video Editing
4 2 (0.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.67%) CUDA
4 2 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.67%) Infotainment
4 2 (0.67%) SIMD
5 1 (0.34%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.34%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.34%) PKI
5 1 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.06%) Windows
2 17 (5.72%) Linux
3 11 (3.70%) Mac OS X
3 11 (3.70%) Ubuntu
3 11 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.68%) Android
5 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (85.52%) Systems Engineering
2 153 (51.52%) Agile
3 141 (47.47%) Validation
4 137 (46.13%) Software Testing
5 74 (24.92%) Software Engineering
6 65 (21.89%) Project Planning
7 12 (4.04%) Computer Science
8 11 (3.70%) Business Case
8 11 (3.70%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (3.37%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (2.69%) User Experience
11 7 (2.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 7 (2.36%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (2.02%) CI/CD
12 6 (2.02%) Mechatronics
12 6 (2.02%) Requirements Management
12 6 (2.02%) Scrum
12 6 (2.02%) Wireframes
13 5 (1.68%) Machine Learning
13 5 (1.68%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 137 (46.13%) MATLAB
2 16 (5.39%) SQL
3 11 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.36%) C#
5 3 (1.01%) C++
5 3 (1.01%) Python
5 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.67%) C
6 2 (0.67%) PHP
7 1 (0.34%) Dart
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (64.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 113 (38.05%) Degree
3 11 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.70%) HNC
3 11 (3.70%) HND
3 11 (3.70%) MCSE
3 11 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.34%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.02%) Automotive SPICE
1 6 (2.02%) QA
2 5 (1.68%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.34%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.34%) JTAG
System Software
1 12 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.69%) Docker
3 3 (1.01%) LXC
4 2 (0.67%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.68%) Functional Safety
1 5 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Ansible
3 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 18 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.38%) Google
3 11 (3.70%) Apple
3 11 (3.70%) Cisco
3 11 (3.70%) Dell
3 11 (3.70%) Fortinet
3 11 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (1.01%) Adobe
5 2 (0.67%) Databricks
5 2 (0.67%) Zoho
6 1 (0.34%) QNX
6 1 (0.34%) Splunk