Automotive Job Trends 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 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 112 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 -55 -51
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 102 81 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.54% 2.25% 3.90%
As % of the General category 2.91% 3.59% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 85 50 81
10th Percentile £35,000 - £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £71,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +1.85% -10.00%

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 general skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,511 2,258 3,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.00% 62.64% 60.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 1,156 2,899
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,754 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,300 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% +12.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,100 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -13.14%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Automotive job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

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 15 March 2026. 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
Birmingham +38 38 £60,000 -4.00% 9
Warwickshire +3 19 £30,000 -53.85% 23
Sutton Coldfield - 11 £40,000 -
Staffordshire -32 9 £53,500 +52.86% 3
Coventry -9 6 £45,000 - 5
Smethwick - 5 £65,000 -
Worcestershire -22 4 £75,000 +57.89% 1
Shropshire -20 3 £40,000 -15.79% 6
Wolverhampton - 3 £40,000 - 9
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.98%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (4.90%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (4.90%) InDesign
1 5 (4.90%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.92%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.98%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.84%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (4.90%) SaaS
4 2 (1.96%) AWS
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.98%) Canva
5 1 (0.98%) GCP
5 1 (0.98%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) CANoe
2 3 (2.94%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (0.98%) GitLab
3 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.98%) JIRA
3 1 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (44.12%) Manufacturing
2 21 (20.59%) Aerospace
3 13 (12.75%) Social Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Marketing
5 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (5.88%) Retail
6 5 (4.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.92%) Finance
7 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.92%) Legal
8 3 (2.94%) Games
9 1 (0.98%) Advertising
9 1 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 17 (16.67%) Business Development Manager
1 17 (16.67%) Business Manager
1 17 (16.67%) Development Manager
2 15 (14.71%) Programmer
3 9 (8.82%) PLC Engineer
3 9 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (8.82%) Technical Support
4 8 (7.84%) Data Engineer
5 7 (6.86%) PLC Programmer
5 7 (6.86%) Senior
5 7 (6.86%) Senior Data Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Control Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Electrical Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Development Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) PySpark
2 1 (0.98%) .NET
2 1 (0.98%) Quarkus
2 1 (0.98%) REST
2 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Robotics
2 5 (4.90%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (4.90%) Graphic Design
2 5 (4.90%) Social Media
2 5 (4.90%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (2.94%) FMCG
3 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.63%) Business Development
2 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (8.82%) CI/CD
3 9 (8.82%) Logistics
3 9 (8.82%) Time Management
4 7 (6.86%) Data Engineering
4 7 (6.86%) Data Pipeline
4 7 (6.86%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (6.86%) Visualisation
5 6 (5.88%) ETL
6 5 (4.90%) AI
6 5 (4.90%) B2B
6 5 (4.90%) CAD
6 5 (4.90%) Campaign Management
6 5 (4.90%) Lead Generation
6 5 (4.90%) Storytelling
6 5 (4.90%) Supplier Management
7 4 (3.92%) B2B Marketing
7 4 (3.92%) Budgeting
7 4 (3.92%) Remarketing
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.84%) Python
2 2 (1.96%) SQL
3 1 (0.98%) C
3 1 (0.98%) C++
3 1 (0.98%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.98%) Java
3 1 (0.98%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (4.90%) Degree
2 1 (0.98%) CISSP
2 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
2 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.98%) GDPR
1 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) Ansible
1 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.84%) Databricks
2 5 (4.90%) Adobe
2 5 (4.90%) Facebook
2 5 (4.90%) Instagram
3 2 (1.96%) NEC
3 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.98%) Google