Automotive Jobs in the West Midlands

Automotive
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Automotive over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -37 +3 +147
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 322 805 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.02% 13.82% 12.27%
As % of the General category 7.23% 18.29% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 92 30 380
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 -
25th Percentile £45,375 £39,875 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,050 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% +6.78% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,313 £48,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +25.00% -8.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,455 4,401 4,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.62% 75.57% 63.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,058 2,212 2,961
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Automotive as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Automotive in the West Midlands

Automotive
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 Automotive within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Warwickshire -6 181 £50,000 +4.06% 78
Birmingham +22 48 £50,000 -19.03% 44
Worcestershire -8 19 £55,000 +83.33% 18
Coventry +35 16 £75,000 +56.09% 40
Staffordshire -11 16 £62,500 +41.24% 17
Solihull -15 5 - - 10
Wolverhampton +15 3 £60,000 - 9
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (0.93%) CMS
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (7.14%) Simulink
2 13 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.24%) CANalyzer
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.31%) CATIA
7 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.66%) Azure
2 7 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.55%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.24%) SaaS
5 3 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.31%) Asana
6 1 (0.31%) AWS
6 1 (0.31%) GitHub
6 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.31%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.31%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.35%) Ethernet
2 9 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.48%) Bluetooth
3 8 (2.48%) J1939
4 5 (1.55%) FlexRay
4 5 (1.55%) Wireless
5 4 (1.24%) LAN
5 4 (1.24%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) 802.11
6 1 (0.31%) BGP
6 1 (0.31%) DAB
6 1 (0.31%) DHCP
6 1 (0.31%) DNS
6 1 (0.31%) Firewall
6 1 (0.31%) GSM
6 1 (0.31%) OSPF
6 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) WLAN
6 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.11%) MySQL
2 6 (1.86%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.86%) Data Mining
2 6 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.86%) Redis
2 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.24%) Power BI
3 4 (1.24%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.62%) Tableau
5 1 (0.31%) Big Data
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 19 (5.90%) JIRA
2 13 (4.04%) Visual Studio
3 12 (3.73%) Git
4 8 (2.48%) CANoe
5 4 (1.24%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.62%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (13.66%) Electronics
2 36 (11.18%) Manufacturing
3 34 (10.56%) Social Skills
4 13 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.80%) Finance
6 8 (2.48%) Retail
7 6 (1.86%) Legal
8 5 (1.55%) Aeronautics
8 5 (1.55%) Aviation
9 4 (1.24%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.24%) Marketing
9 4 (1.24%) Multimedia
10 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.31%) German Language
12 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 72 (22.36%) Systems Engineer
2 68 (21.12%) Lead
3 39 (12.11%) Software Engineer
4 28 (8.70%) Senior
5 25 (7.76%) Developer
5 25 (7.76%) Test Engineer
6 16 (4.97%) Embedded Engineer
6 16 (4.97%) Quality Engineer
7 14 (4.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 13 (4.04%) Hardware Engineer
9 12 (3.73%) Integration Engineer
10 11 (3.42%) Software Developer
11 7 (2.17%) Architect
11 7 (2.17%) Security Manager
12 6 (1.86%) Analyst
12 6 (1.86%) C# Software Engineer
12 6 (1.86%) Development Engineer
12 6 (1.86%) Full Stack Engineer
12 6 (1.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 6 (1.86%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.35%) HTML
2 11 (3.42%) .NET
3 9 (2.80%) CSS
4 8 (2.48%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.17%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.86%) Kafka
6 6 (1.86%) Node.js
6 6 (1.86%) RESTful
6 6 (1.86%) WinForms
6 6 (1.86%) WPF
7 2 (0.62%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.62%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.62%) HTML5
8 1 (0.31%) Ajax
8 1 (0.31%) jQuery
8 1 (0.31%) JSON
8 1 (0.31%) POSIX
8 1 (0.31%) REST
8 1 (0.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.28%) Algorithms
2 16 (4.97%) Infotainment
3 11 (3.42%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.55%) IoT
6 5 (1.55%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.24%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.24%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.24%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.62%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.62%) Robotics
9 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.31%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.31%) FPGA
10 1 (0.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.28%) Linux
2 16 (4.97%) Windows
3 5 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (13.04%) Agile
2 41 (12.73%) Software Engineering
3 35 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (10.56%) Validation
5 29 (9.01%) Project Management
6 25 (7.76%) Systems Engineering
7 21 (6.52%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 20 (6.21%) Computer Science
9 19 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (5.59%) Software Testing
11 17 (5.28%) Mentoring
11 17 (5.28%) Test Automation
12 14 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence
12 14 (4.35%) Supplier Management
13 13 (4.04%) DevOps
13 13 (4.04%) User Experience
14 12 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (3.73%) Roadmaps
15 11 (3.42%) Root Cause Analysis
15 11 (3.42%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.01%) C#
2 26 (8.07%) MATLAB
3 24 (7.45%) C
3 24 (7.45%) Python
4 13 (4.04%) C++
5 11 (3.42%) SQL
6 10 (3.11%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.48%) Embedded C
8 7 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.86%) Embedded C++
9 6 (1.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.55%) Java
11 4 (1.24%) PHP
12 2 (0.62%) VB
13 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.31%) Tcl
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.31%) VB6
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (20.50%) Degree
2 7 (2.17%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.55%) CISM
3 5 (1.55%) CISSP
4 4 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.31%) CEH
5 1 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.31%) ECSA
5 1 (0.31%) GPEN
5 1 (0.31%) HNC
5 1 (0.31%) HND
5 1 (0.31%) MCSE
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.52%) AUTOSAR
1 21 (6.52%) ISO 26262
2 13 (4.04%) Automotive SPICE
3 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.55%) NIST
4 3 (0.93%) JTAG
5 2 (0.62%) MISRA
6 1 (0.31%) COSHH
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 10 (3.11%) Firmware
2 9 (2.80%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (2.17%) Docker
4 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.42%) Functional Safety
2 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.86%) QNX
2 6 (1.86%) SAP
3 4 (1.24%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.24%) VMware
4 3 (0.93%) Lauterbach
4 3 (0.93%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.31%) ANSYS
5 1 (0.31%) Apple
5 1 (0.31%) Cisco
5 1 (0.31%) Dell
5 1 (0.31%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.31%) Google
5 1 (0.31%) Ubiquiti