Automotive
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 194 259
Rank change year-on-year -39 +65 +161
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1,272 1,876 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 1.93% 1.61%
As % of the General category 2.10% 2.84% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 735 358 891
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,794 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,750 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +27.72% -8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,125 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +13.33% -5.26%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60,543 66,044 108,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.62% 67.97% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 40,070 35,832 51,526
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,502
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automotive.

Salary trend for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the UK

Automotive
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -32 1,218 £50,000 -13.04% 1,279
UK excluding London -49 1,118 £50,000 -1.96% 1,189
Midlands -56 405 £52,500 +5.00% 381
West Midlands -40 320 £55,000 +14.46% 284
Work from Home -38 315 £55,000 - 297
North of England +113 208 £45,000 -10.00% 204
South East -73 185 £55,000 - 255
East of England +49 176 £50,000 -28.57% 169
London -21 124 £62,500 -13.79% 93
South West +41 104 £47,500 +5.56% 162
North West +51 93 £45,000 -21.74% 137
East Midlands +27 84 £42,500 -20.93% 96
Yorkshire +89 81 £45,000 +5.88% 50
North East - 34 £39,500 - 17
Scotland -79 29 £58,750 -9.62% 56
Wales -8 12 £30,000 -16.67% 28

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (2.12%) Skype for Business
2 12 (0.94%) CMS
3 10 (0.79%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.63%) Confluence
5 5 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) WordPress
7 1 (0.079%) Apache
7 1 (0.079%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.079%) Liferay
7 1 (0.079%) nginx
7 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
Applications
1 86 (6.76%) Simulink
2 73 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.83%) Stateflow
4 33 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 22 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 12 (0.94%) Siemens NX
7 11 (0.86%) CANalyzer
8 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.31%) 3ds Max
9 4 (0.31%) InDesign
9 4 (0.31%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.24%) CATIA
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.16%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.079%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.16%) Primavera
4 2 (0.16%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.16%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.079%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.079%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.079%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.079%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 90 (7.08%) Azure
2 72 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (4.32%) SaaS
4 38 (2.99%) AWS
5 28 (2.20%) GitHub
5 28 (2.20%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.04%) Azure Functions
6 26 (2.04%) Serverless
7 20 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (1.34%) Azure AKS
10 16 (1.26%) Akamai
10 16 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
10 16 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.26%) AWS Fargate
10 16 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (1.26%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.36%) J1939
2 28 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (2.12%) Skype
4 25 (1.97%) Telepresence
5 23 (1.81%) Wireless
6 20 (1.57%) Internet
7 18 (1.42%) Ethernet
8 14 (1.10%) Bluetooth
9 13 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.86%) Firewall
10 11 (0.86%) VLAN
11 9 (0.71%) DNS
12 8 (0.63%) DHCP
12 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
13 7 (0.55%) LAN
13 7 (0.55%) WAN
14 5 (0.39%) FlexRay
14 5 (0.39%) RS-232
14 5 (0.39%) SAN
15 4 (0.31%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.12%) Power BI
2 18 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.79%) Tableau
5 9 (0.71%) MySQL
6 7 (0.55%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.47%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.47%) Redis
8 4 (0.31%) Big Data
8 4 (0.31%) GIS
9 2 (0.16%) MS Access
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.16%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.079%) EDMS
10 1 (0.079%) Flink
10 1 (0.079%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.079%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.079%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 71 (5.58%) Git
2 64 (5.03%) JIRA
3 23 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.73%) ClearCase
5 21 (1.65%) Plastic SCM
6 16 (1.26%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.10%) ClearQuest
8 8 (0.63%) Appium
8 8 (0.63%) CANoe
8 8 (0.63%) Subversion
8 8 (0.63%) UI Automator
9 7 (0.55%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) GitLab
12 4 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
12 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.16%) Protractor
14 2 (0.16%) TestNG
General
1 274 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 203 (15.96%) Manufacturing
3 175 (13.76%) Aerospace
4 171 (13.44%) Electronics
5 136 (10.69%) Finance
6 78 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (6.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 71 (5.58%) Marketing
9 67 (5.27%) Retail
10 64 (5.03%) Telecoms
11 46 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (3.54%) Legal
13 40 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.83%) Aviation
15 20 (1.57%) Publishing
16 19 (1.49%) Law
17 17 (1.34%) Public Sector
18 12 (0.94%) Military
18 12 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (0.86%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 222 (17.45%) Software Engineer
2 183 (14.39%) Senior
3 153 (12.03%) Lead
4 142 (11.16%) Systems Engineer
5 119 (9.36%) Developer
6 114 (8.96%) Embedded Engineer
7 100 (7.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 65 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
9 42 (3.30%) Consultant
10 40 (3.14%) Support Engineer
11 38 (2.99%) Programmer
11 38 (2.99%) Test Engineer
12 34 (2.67%) Architect
12 34 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 33 (2.59%) Analyst
13 33 (2.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 28 (2.20%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.20%) Software Developer
15 27 (2.12%) C++ Software Engineer
15 27 (2.12%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.87%) .NET
2 30 (2.36%) HTML
3 24 (1.89%) CSS
4 23 (1.81%) AngularJS
5 21 (1.65%) React
6 13 (1.02%) .NET Framework
6 13 (1.02%) Node.js
6 13 (1.02%) Sass
7 10 (0.79%) Kafka
7 10 (0.79%) LLVM
8 8 (0.63%) Ajax
8 8 (0.63%) RESTful
8 8 (0.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 8 (0.63%) Vue
9 7 (0.55%) .NET Core
9 7 (0.55%) WPF
9 7 (0.55%) Yocto
10 6 (0.47%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.47%) LESS
10 6 (0.47%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 129 (10.14%) IoT
2 89 (7.00%) Embedded Systems
3 52 (4.09%) Algorithms
4 50 (3.93%) Mobile App
5 39 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.59%) Client/Server
7 32 (2.52%) FMCG
8 25 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
9 20 (1.57%) Robotics
10 19 (1.49%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.49%) Verilog
10 19 (1.49%) VHDL
11 18 (1.42%) Blog
11 18 (1.42%) Raspberry Pi
11 18 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
12 17 (1.34%) Device Driver
12 17 (1.34%) FPGA
13 15 (1.18%) Infotainment
13 15 (1.18%) Operational Technology
14 14 (1.10%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (7.78%) Windows
2 89 (7.00%) Linux
3 41 (3.22%) Windows 10
4 38 (2.99%) Android
5 31 (2.44%) Windows Server
6 29 (2.28%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.97%) Windows 7
8 15 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
8 15 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
11 8 (0.63%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.47%) Unix
14 5 (0.39%) Windows 2000
14 5 (0.39%) Windows NT
14 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.39%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.24%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (21.38%) Software Engineering
2 184 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (11.95%) Agile
4 106 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 96 (7.55%) Project Management
6 83 (6.53%) Computer Science
7 78 (6.13%) Business Development
7 78 (6.13%) Validation
8 74 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (5.27%) Logistics
10 61 (4.80%) DevOps
11 60 (4.72%) Test Automation
12 59 (4.64%) Systems Engineering
13 55 (4.32%) Software Testing
14 54 (4.25%) Decision-Making
15 53 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (4.01%) Customer Service
17 48 (3.77%) ITIL
17 48 (3.77%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 178 (13.99%) C
2 113 (8.88%) C++
3 106 (8.33%) Python
4 91 (7.15%) MATLAB
5 72 (5.66%) C#
6 53 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 53 (4.17%) SQL
7 50 (3.93%) Embedded C
8 49 (3.85%) Java
9 40 (3.14%) SystemVerilog
10 19 (1.49%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.10%) Perl
12 13 (1.02%) Rust
13 9 (0.71%) Embedded C++
14 8 (0.63%) PHP
14 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.55%) R
16 6 (0.47%) Bash
17 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
17 5 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 309 (24.29%) Degree
2 54 (4.25%) Master's Degree
3 40 (3.14%) HND
4 31 (2.44%) MBA
5 27 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 22 (1.73%) HNC
8 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.10%) Security Cleared
9 12 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
9 12 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 9 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.71%) CISM
10 9 (0.71%) CISSP
11 8 (0.63%) CCNA
11 8 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.55%) MCSE
13 6 (0.47%) MCSA
13 6 (0.47%) PMP
14 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.17%) ISO 26262
2 43 (3.38%) QA
3 42 (3.30%) Automotive SPICE
4 36 (2.83%) AUTOSAR
5 27 (2.12%) MISRA
6 21 (1.65%) ISO 9001
7 16 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 11 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.86%) SLA
9 9 (0.71%) GDPR
10 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.63%) NIST
11 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.39%) PMO
12 4 (0.31%) JTAG
13 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.16%) COSHH
14 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 51 (4.01%) Firmware
2 36 (2.83%) Docker
3 26 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 16 (1.26%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (3.14%) Functional Safety
2 31 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.34%) Ansible
4 14 (1.10%) SCCM
5 11 (0.86%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.71%) Terraform
7 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.39%) SCOM
8 5 (0.39%) WSUS
9 3 (0.24%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.24%) Puppet
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.079%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (2.99%) Cisco
3 28 (2.20%) Cadence
3 28 (2.20%) Synopsys
4 27 (2.12%) SAP
5 26 (2.04%) Apple
6 25 (1.97%) Polycom
7 24 (1.89%) Lauterbach
8 21 (1.65%) IBM
9 20 (1.57%) VMware
10 16 (1.26%) ForgeRock
10 16 (1.26%) Sitecore
11 15 (1.18%) Adobe
12 13 (1.02%) Salesforce
13 12 (0.94%) EMC
13 12 (0.94%) Siemens
14 11 (0.86%) Dell
14 11 (0.86%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.71%) Instagram
15 9 (0.71%) QNX