CAN bus Job Trends in the West Midlands

CAN bus
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAN bus over the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 177 239
Rank change year-on-year -16 +62 +43
Permanent jobs citing CAN bus 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.014% 0.030% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.047% 0.075% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -30.43% +4.55%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

CAN bus 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,124 1,325 2,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.09% 39.48% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 798 700 1,719
10th Percentile £26,925 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,251 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,967 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,445 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

CAN bus
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

CAN bus job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAN bus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAN bus

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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 CAN bus within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Staffordshire - 1 £47,500 - 3
CAN bus
England

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware