Self-Driving Car Job Trends 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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 196 196
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +70
Permanent jobs citing Self-Driving Car 7 9 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.15% 0.17% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.53% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £60,000 -
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +63.64% +14.58%
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +17.02%

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 1,337 1,697 1,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.12% 32.99% 37.92%
Number of salaries quoted 847 895 1,227
10th Percentile £27,450 £25,003 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,452 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,250 £82,500 £84,434
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

Self-Driving Car
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Self-Driving Car job vacancy trend in the South West

Self-Driving Car
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Driving Car.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Driving Car

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 8 December 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 +5 7 - - 2
Self-Driving Car
England

Self-Driving Car
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 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Military
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) GNSS Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) RF Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Professional Services Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Product Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Product Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) GNSS
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) B2B
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Test Assurance
3 4 (57.14%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (14.29%) Physics
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) MATLAB
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) HND