Self-Driving Car Job Trends in the West Midlands

Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - -146
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 1 0 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% - 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% - 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +14.58%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Self-Driving Car 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 1,953 1,504 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.50% 36.64% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 688 613 1,179
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,313 £68,750 £63,965
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,454 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.02% +0.76% -7.69%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Self-Driving Car job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Self-Driving Car
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Self-Driving Car.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Self-Driving Car

Self-Driving Car
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 Self-Driving Car within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Shropshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
Self-Driving Car
England

Self-Driving Car
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Lidar
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Sensor Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD