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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 186 270
Rank change year-on-year -55 +84 +162
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1,212 2,060 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 2.03% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.05% 2.98% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 700 374 794
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,150 £34,965
25th Percentile £38,500 £43,813 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +30.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -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 59,215 69,122 100,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.75% 68.21% 64.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 37,296 50,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 9 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 9 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 -43 1,167 £50,000 -16.67% 1,130
UK excluding London -71 1,054 £50,000 -9.09% 1,087
Midlands -58 392 £55,000 - 342
West Midlands -38 311 £57,500 +4.55% 259
Work from Home -34 305 £55,000 -4.35% 228
North of England +114 189 £47,500 -15.56% 196
South East -75 177 £55,000 - 260
East of England +51 161 £50,000 -28.57% 165
London -11 128 £62,500 -16.67% 90
South West +33 104 £47,500 +5.56% 124
North West +47 83 £46,250 -39.34% 120
East Midlands +33 80 £42,500 -20.93% 83
Yorkshire +92 71 £50,000 +17.65% 59
North East - 35 £39,500 - 19
Scotland -89 22 £65,000 - 43
Wales -15 10 £30,000 -18.92% 30

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 (2.23%) Skype for Business
2 13 (1.07%) CMS
3 10 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.58%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.17%) WordPress
7 1 (0.083%) Apache
7 1 (0.083%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.083%) nginx
7 1 (0.083%) Umbraco
Applications
1 88 (7.26%) Simulink
2 73 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.97%) Stateflow
4 32 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 22 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.07%) CANalyzer
7 12 (0.99%) Photoshop
7 12 (0.99%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.33%) 3ds Max
9 4 (0.33%) InDesign
9 4 (0.33%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.25%) CATIA
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.17%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.17%) Primavera
4 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.17%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.083%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.083%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.083%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 84 (6.93%) Azure
2 68 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (4.54%) SaaS
4 30 (2.48%) AWS
5 27 (2.23%) GitHub
6 26 (2.15%) Azure Functions
6 26 (2.15%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.15%) Serverless
7 20 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.32%) Akamai
9 16 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
9 16 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (1.32%) Amazon S3
9 16 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
9 16 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (1.32%) AWS Fargate
9 16 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (1.32%) Cloudflare
9 16 (1.32%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.64%) J1939
2 28 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (2.23%) Skype
4 25 (2.06%) Telepresence
5 21 (1.73%) Ethernet
5 21 (1.73%) Wireless
6 16 (1.32%) Bluetooth
6 16 (1.32%) Internet
7 12 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.91%) VLAN
9 10 (0.83%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.74%) Firewall
11 8 (0.66%) DHCP
11 8 (0.66%) DNS
12 7 (0.58%) LAN
12 7 (0.58%) WAN
13 6 (0.50%) FlexRay
14 5 (0.41%) RS-232
14 5 (0.41%) SAN
15 4 (0.33%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.06%) Power BI
2 19 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.07%) Relational Database
4 9 (0.74%) Tableau
5 8 (0.66%) MySQL
6 7 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.50%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.50%) Redis
8 4 (0.33%) Big Data
8 4 (0.33%) GIS
9 2 (0.17%) MS Access
9 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.17%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.083%) EDMS
10 1 (0.083%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.083%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.083%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 69 (5.69%) Git
2 63 (5.20%) JIRA
3 23 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.82%) ClearCase
5 21 (1.73%) Plastic SCM
6 15 (1.24%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.16%) ClearQuest
8 9 (0.74%) CANoe
9 8 (0.66%) Appium
9 8 (0.66%) Subversion
9 8 (0.66%) UI Automator
10 7 (0.58%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.58%) Selenium
11 4 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.33%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.17%) GitLab
13 2 (0.17%) TestNG
13 2 (0.17%) WiX
General
1 273 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 203 (16.75%) Manufacturing
3 170 (14.03%) Aerospace
3 170 (14.03%) Electronics
4 140 (11.55%) Finance
5 76 (6.27%) Pharmaceutical
6 71 (5.86%) Marketing
6 71 (5.86%) Retail
7 70 (5.78%) Telecoms
8 68 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (3.47%) Legal
11 39 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.56%) Aviation
13 24 (1.98%) Publishing
14 21 (1.73%) Law
14 21 (1.73%) Public Sector
15 11 (0.91%) Military
15 11 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.74%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 201 (16.58%) Software Engineer
2 172 (14.19%) Senior
3 146 (12.05%) Lead
4 137 (11.30%) Systems Engineer
5 115 (9.49%) Embedded Engineer
6 112 (9.24%) Developer
7 98 (8.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 61 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
9 50 (4.13%) Consultant
10 40 (3.30%) Support Engineer
11 38 (3.14%) Test Engineer
12 37 (3.05%) Architect
12 37 (3.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 34 (2.81%) Programmer
14 30 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (2.31%) Analyst
15 28 (2.31%) Software Developer
16 27 (2.23%) Project Manager
16 27 (2.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 25 (2.06%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (4.87%) .NET
2 24 (1.98%) AngularJS
3 23 (1.90%) HTML
4 20 (1.65%) CSS
5 18 (1.49%) React
6 13 (1.07%) Sass
7 12 (0.99%) .NET Framework
8 11 (0.91%) Node.js
9 10 (0.83%) .NET Core
9 10 (0.83%) LLVM
10 8 (0.66%) Kafka
10 8 (0.66%) Vue
11 7 (0.58%) Yocto
12 6 (0.50%) Ajax
12 6 (0.50%) LESS
12 6 (0.50%) RESTful
12 6 (0.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 6 (0.50%) WPF
13 5 (0.41%) iOS SDK
13 5 (0.41%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 125 (10.31%) IoT
2 91 (7.51%) Embedded Systems
3 52 (4.29%) Algorithms
4 49 (4.04%) Mobile App
5 40 (3.30%) FMCG
6 39 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.72%) Client/Server
8 25 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (1.57%) Verilog
9 19 (1.57%) VHDL
10 18 (1.49%) Blog
10 18 (1.49%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.49%) Raspberry Pi
10 18 (1.49%) Robotics
11 17 (1.40%) FPGA
12 16 (1.32%) Device Driver
13 15 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.24%) PMI
13 15 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
14 14 (1.16%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.18%) Windows
2 74 (6.11%) Linux
3 40 (3.30%) Android
3 40 (3.30%) Windows 10
4 29 (2.39%) Apple iOS
5 25 (2.06%) Windows 7
6 22 (1.82%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
8 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (0.66%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.50%) Unix
11 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.33%) Windows 2000
12 4 (0.33%) Windows NT
12 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.33%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.25%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (20.63%) Software Engineering
2 175 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (12.79%) Agile
4 106 (8.75%) Mentoring
5 93 (7.67%) Project Management
6 78 (6.44%) Business Development
6 78 (6.44%) Computer Science
7 77 (6.35%) Validation
8 72 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
9 70 (5.78%) Logistics
10 60 (4.95%) Test Automation
11 59 (4.87%) Systems Engineering
12 57 (4.70%) DevOps
13 56 (4.62%) Software Testing
14 53 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 52 (4.29%) Decision-Making
16 48 (3.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 48 (3.96%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (3.88%) Customer Service
17 47 (3.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 184 (15.18%) C
2 106 (8.75%) C++
3 105 (8.66%) Python
4 87 (7.18%) MATLAB
5 67 (5.53%) C#
6 50 (4.13%) SQL
7 49 (4.04%) Embedded C
8 48 (3.96%) JavaScript
9 47 (3.88%) Java
10 40 (3.30%) SystemVerilog
11 18 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 14 (1.16%) Perl
13 12 (0.99%) Rust
14 8 (0.66%) Embedded C++
14 8 (0.66%) R
15 7 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.50%) Bash
16 6 (0.50%) PHP
17 5 (0.41%) PowerShell
17 5 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 305 (25.17%) Degree
2 54 (4.46%) Master's Degree
3 40 (3.30%) HND
4 33 (2.72%) MBA
5 25 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 22 (1.82%) HNC
7 16 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.32%) Security Cleared
8 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.91%) NVQ Level 3
10 9 (0.74%) CISM
10 9 (0.74%) CISSP
11 8 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.58%) CCNA
12 7 (0.58%) MCSE
13 6 (0.50%) MCSA
13 6 (0.50%) PMP
14 5 (0.41%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.70%) ISO 26262
2 44 (3.63%) Automotive SPICE
3 41 (3.38%) QA
4 37 (3.05%) AUTOSAR
5 29 (2.39%) MISRA
6 20 (1.65%) ISO 9001
7 15 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 11 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.91%) SLA
9 9 (0.74%) GDPR
10 8 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.66%) NIST
11 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.41%) PMO
12 4 (0.33%) JTAG
13 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.17%) COSHH
14 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 52 (4.29%) Firmware
2 34 (2.81%) Docker
3 26 (2.15%) Embedded Firmware
4 16 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (3.30%) Functional Safety
2 27 (2.23%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.07%) Ansible
3 13 (1.07%) SCCM
4 10 (0.83%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.66%) Terraform
6 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.33%) SCOM
7 4 (0.33%) WSUS
8 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.17%) Puppet
10 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 118 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.05%) Cisco
3 30 (2.48%) SAP
4 28 (2.31%) Apple
4 28 (2.31%) Cadence
4 28 (2.31%) Synopsys
5 25 (2.06%) Polycom
6 24 (1.98%) Lauterbach
7 21 (1.73%) IBM
8 16 (1.32%) ForgeRock
8 16 (1.32%) Sitecore
8 16 (1.32%) VMware
9 15 (1.24%) Adobe
9 15 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.99%) EMC
10 12 (0.99%) Siemens
11 11 (0.91%) Dell
11 11 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.74%) Instagram
13 8 (0.66%) QNX