Mechatronics Job Trends in the South West

Mechatronics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mechatronics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 151 278
Rank change year-on-year -50 +127 -13
Permanent jobs citing Mechatronics 3 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.040% 0.15% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.17% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £41,125 - -
25th Percentile £42,813 £29,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £32,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.53% - -
75th Percentile £50,313 £34,500 -
90th Percentile £52,375 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +40.00% +22.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Mechatronics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,164 2,418 7,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.56% 90.06% 83.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,407 1,541 5,553
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +4.16% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Mechatronics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mechatronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Mechatronics job vacancy trend in the South West

Mechatronics
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mechatronics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechatronics within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Bristol -18 1 - -
Devon - 1 £40,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £52,500 - 3
Mechatronics
England

Mechatronics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) RFID
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens