Hybrid/Remote Automotive SPICE Job Trends

Automotive SPICE (ASPICE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Automotive SPICE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 415 494
Rank change year-on-year -45 +79 +37
Permanent jobs citing Automotive SPICE 1 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.004% 0.012% 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.026% 0.067% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £69,250
90th Percentile - - £71,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +24.00% -7.41% +17.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Automotive SPICE falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,884 3,005 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.77% 18.16% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,459 1,706 2,217
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £91,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,468 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.06% +4.49% -8.33%

Automotive SPICE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive SPICE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Automotive SPICE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Automotive SPICE
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Automotive SPICE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Automotive SPICE

Automotive SPICE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety