Hybrid/Remote Motion Control Job Trends

Motion Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Motion Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 442 480
Rank change year-on-year +75 +38 +258
Permanent jobs citing Motion Control 1 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.051% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.055% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £65,625
90th Percentile - £51,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £47,250 £51,250
% change year-on-year +69.31% -7.80% +5.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Motion Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,685 16,295 18,758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.13% 92.57% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,775 9,910 15,077
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,549 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

Motion Control
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Motion Control job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Motion Control
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Motion Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Motion Control

Motion Control
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware