Self-Driving Car Jobs in the South West

Self-Driving Car (Autonomous Vehicle, Driverless Car)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Driving Car in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Driving Car over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 252 259
Rank change year-on-year +89 +7 -26
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 19 38 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.49% 0.37% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.31% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.15%
England median annual salary £90,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +63.64% -8.33% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
South West

Self-Driving Car falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,177 2,896 2,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.35% 28.15% 40.32%
Number of salaries quoted 641 1,986 1,488
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £37,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Self-Driving Car as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Driving Car in the South West

Self-Driving Car
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Driving Car in the South West.

Salary trend for Self-Driving Car in the South West

Self-Driving Car
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 Self-Driving Car within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
Devon +10 19 - -
Self-Driving Car
England

Self-Driving Car
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) 5G
1 19 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 19 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (78.95%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Electronics
2 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Military
3 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Lead
2 8 (42.11%) Project Leader
2 8 (42.11%) Senior
2 8 (42.11%) Senior Project Leader
2 8 (42.11%) Software Project Leader
2 8 (42.11%) Technical Leader
2 8 (42.11%) Technical Project Leader
3 7 (36.84%) Professional Services Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) C Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded C Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Real Time Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Real Time Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (36.84%) Onboarding
3 4 (21.05%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) B2B
1 19 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 19 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 12 (63.16%) Defect Tracking
2 12 (63.16%) Mentoring
2 12 (63.16%) Requirements Analysis
2 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
2 12 (63.16%) Test Assurance
2 12 (63.16%) Validation
3 8 (42.11%) Agile
3 8 (42.11%) Conflict Resolution
3 8 (42.11%) Creative Thinking
3 8 (42.11%) Customer Requirements
3 8 (42.11%) Innovative Thinking
3 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (42.11%) Programme Management
3 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
3 8 (42.11%) Project Management
3 8 (42.11%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (42.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) C++
2 7 (36.84%) MATLAB
2 7 (36.84%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Intel