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 advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -36 +7 +143
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 309 1,010 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.19% 16.06% 11.08%
As % of the General category 7.25% 21.09% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 89 25 309
10th Percentile £41,000 £33,850 £35,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +30.43% -8.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Automotive is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,260 4,788 4,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.71% 76.13% 62.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,017 2,195 2,859
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £30,312
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +0.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

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 15 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 -4 182 £62,500 -12.28% 63
Birmingham +15 40 £50,000 -40.30% 47
Staffordshire -10 17 £52,500 +18.64% 23
Coventry +42 15 £75,000 +61.29% 48
Worcestershire -10 14 £55,000 +83.33% 24
Solihull -13 5 - - 12
Wolverhampton +15 1 - - 12
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 3 (0.97%) CMS
2 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (8.74%) Simulink
2 13 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.94%) CANalyzer
4 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.32%) CATIA
7 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.85%) Azure
2 8 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.29%) SaaS
4 3 (0.97%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.97%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.32%) Asana
6 1 (0.32%) AWS
6 1 (0.32%) GitHub
6 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.32%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.50%) Ethernet
2 11 (3.56%) Bluetooth
2 11 (3.56%) J1939
3 9 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (2.59%) Wireless
5 6 (1.94%) FlexRay
6 4 (1.29%) GSM
7 1 (0.32%) 802.11
7 1 (0.32%) BGP
7 1 (0.32%) DAB
7 1 (0.32%) DHCP
7 1 (0.32%) DNS
7 1 (0.32%) LAN
7 1 (0.32%) MQTT
7 1 (0.32%) OSPF
7 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.32%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.32%) WLAN
7 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.27%) MySQL
2 6 (1.94%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.94%) Data Mining
2 6 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.94%) Redis
2 6 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.32%) Big Data
4 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (6.15%) JIRA
2 12 (3.88%) Git
3 11 (3.56%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.91%) CANoe
5 4 (1.29%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.65%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (14.89%) Electronics
2 37 (11.97%) Manufacturing
3 36 (11.65%) Social Skills
4 12 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.91%) Finance
6 6 (1.94%) Legal
7 5 (1.62%) Aeronautics
7 5 (1.62%) Aviation
7 5 (1.62%) Multimedia
7 5 (1.62%) Retail
8 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.29%) Marketing
8 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Law
9 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (0.32%) German Language
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 68 (22.01%) Systems Engineer
2 67 (21.68%) Lead
3 40 (12.94%) Software Engineer
4 31 (10.03%) Senior
5 25 (8.09%) Test Engineer
6 23 (7.44%) Developer
7 22 (7.12%) Embedded Engineer
8 16 (5.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 13 (4.21%) Quality Engineer
10 12 (3.88%) Integration Engineer
11 11 (3.56%) Architect
11 11 (3.56%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.24%) Hardware Engineer
13 8 (2.59%) Software Architect
14 7 (2.27%) Security Manager
14 7 (2.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 7 (2.27%) Telematics Engineer
15 6 (1.94%) Full Stack Engineer
15 6 (1.94%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 6 (1.94%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.91%) .NET
1 9 (2.91%) HTML
2 7 (2.27%) .NET Framework
2 7 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 7 (2.27%) CSS
3 6 (1.94%) Kafka
3 6 (1.94%) Node.js
3 6 (1.94%) RESTful
4 5 (1.62%) WinForms
4 5 (1.62%) WPF
5 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.32%) HTML5
5 1 (0.32%) POSIX
5 1 (0.32%) PySpark
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.50%) Algorithms
2 14 (4.53%) Infotainment
3 12 (3.88%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.59%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.94%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.62%) IoT
7 4 (1.29%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.29%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.29%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.65%) Robotics
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.32%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.32%) FPGA
10 1 (0.32%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.21%) Linux
2 12 (3.88%) Windows
3 4 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.65%) Android
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (14.89%) Agile
2 45 (14.56%) Software Engineering
3 37 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (10.68%) Validation
5 30 (9.71%) Project Management
6 25 (8.09%) Systems Engineering
7 20 (6.47%) Computer Science
7 20 (6.47%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 18 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (5.83%) Software Testing
9 17 (5.50%) Test Automation
10 16 (5.18%) Mentoring
11 14 (4.53%) Supplier Management
11 14 (4.53%) Telematics
11 14 (4.53%) User Experience
12 13 (4.21%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (4.21%) DevOps
12 13 (4.21%) Roadmaps
13 12 (3.88%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (3.88%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.00%) C
2 30 (9.71%) MATLAB
3 25 (8.09%) Python
4 24 (7.77%) C#
5 16 (5.18%) C++
6 8 (2.59%) Embedded C
6 8 (2.59%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.59%) SQL
7 7 (2.27%) Java
7 7 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.94%) Embedded C++
9 5 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.97%) R
11 2 (0.65%) VB
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.32%) Tcl
12 1 (0.32%) VB6
12 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (22.33%) Degree
2 7 (2.27%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.62%) CISM
3 5 (1.62%) CISSP
4 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.32%) CEH
5 1 (0.32%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.32%) ECSA
5 1 (0.32%) GPEN
5 1 (0.32%) HNC
5 1 (0.32%) HND
5 1 (0.32%) MCSE
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.74%) ISO 26262
2 23 (7.44%) AUTOSAR
3 16 (5.18%) Automotive SPICE
4 5 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.62%) MISRA
4 5 (1.62%) NIST
5 3 (0.97%) JTAG
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) COSHH
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 12 (3.88%) Firmware
2 8 (2.59%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.94%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.56%) Functional Safety
2 6 (1.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (4.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.27%) SAP
3 6 (1.94%) QNX
4 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.97%) Lauterbach
5 3 (0.97%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.32%) ANSYS
6 1 (0.32%) Apple
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco
6 1 (0.32%) Dell
6 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.32%) Google
6 1 (0.32%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (0.32%) VMware