Manufacturing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 143 136
Rank change year-on-year +81 -7 +11
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 3,854 2,500 4,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.86% 2.52% 2.99%
As % of the General category 6.47% 3.69% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,433 1,223 2,201
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,100 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% +2.22%

All General Skills
UK

Manufacturing 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 59,575 67,663 103,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.63% 68.23% 64.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39,717 36,616 51,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,059 £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 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +60 3,430 £45,000 -10.00% 3,264
England +78 3,338 £45,000 -18.18% 3,388
North of England +94 825 £45,000 -2.17% 766
South East +46 790 £42,300 -19.43% 698
Work from Home +54 771 £55,000 - 643
Midlands +9 710 £45,000 -14.29% 750
West Midlands +3 432 £45,000 -25.00% 462
South West +52 400 £42,500 -22.73% 462
North West +69 369 £47,500 - 384
Yorkshire +111 363 £42,500 +6.25% 315
East of England +130 313 £51,250 -6.82% 407
East Midlands +21 272 £42,500 -5.56% 287
London +62 258 £70,000 +7.69% 336
Wales +95 184 £32,500 +8.33% 142
Scotland -4 146 £47,500 +2.70% 163
North East +33 93 £40,000 +14.29% 91
Northern Ireland +56 63 £35,000 -6.67% 18

Manufacturing
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
1 145 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 78 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.47%) Confluence
4 14 (0.36%) IIS
5 13 (0.34%) Documentum
6 8 (0.21%) Apache
7 7 (0.18%) CMS
8 6 (0.16%) nginx
8 6 (0.16%) SAS
9 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.10%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.10%) WordPress
10 3 (0.078%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.078%) Drupal
10 3 (0.078%) JBoss
11 2 (0.052%) Resin
11 2 (0.052%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.052%) WildFly
Applications
1 165 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 129 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (0.91%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
7 13 (0.34%) OrCAD
7 13 (0.34%) Simulink
8 10 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.26%) Solid Edge
9 9 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.23%) Siemens NX
10 8 (0.21%) EPLAN
11 7 (0.18%) Revit
12 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
12 5 (0.13%) InfoPath
13 4 (0.10%) Doxygen
13 4 (0.10%) Fusion 360
13 4 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 53 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 42 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
4 29 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 26 (0.67%) SAP PP
6 18 (0.47%) SAP IBP
7 13 (0.34%) Sage X3
7 13 (0.34%) TrackWise
8 12 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
9 11 (0.29%) SAP CO
9 11 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 11 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
9 11 (0.29%) SAP SCM
9 11 (0.29%) Teamcenter
10 10 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
10 10 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 10 (0.26%) SAP QM
11 9 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 9 (0.23%) Sage 200
12 8 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 280 (7.27%) Azure
2 276 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
3 161 (4.18%) Power Platform
4 130 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
5 79 (2.05%) AWS
6 69 (1.79%) Entra ID
7 65 (1.69%) SaaS
8 46 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (1.06%) PowerApps
10 38 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 30 (0.78%) Power Automate
12 23 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
13 22 (0.57%) GitHub
14 19 (0.49%) Serverless
15 15 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.36%) PaaS
17 12 (0.31%) WhatsApp
18 10 (0.26%) GCP
19 7 (0.18%) Azure Event Grid
19 7 (0.18%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 91 (2.36%) Wireless
2 90 (2.34%) Firewall
3 62 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
4 60 (1.56%) Ethernet
5 50 (1.30%) LAN
6 40 (1.04%) WAN
7 37 (0.96%) RS-232
8 36 (0.93%) DNS
9 34 (0.88%) Internet
9 34 (0.88%) TCP/IP
10 32 (0.83%) Network Security
11 30 (0.78%) VPN
12 28 (0.73%) LTE
13 26 (0.67%) HTTP
14 22 (0.57%) DHCP
15 19 (0.49%) SAN
16 17 (0.44%) 4G
16 17 (0.44%) VLAN
17 16 (0.42%) Bluetooth
17 16 (0.42%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 133 (3.45%) Power BI
3 46 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (1.01%) MySQL
5 35 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (0.78%) MongoDB
7 28 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.60%) Tableau
9 18 (0.47%) SQLite
10 14 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
11 13 (0.34%) MS Access
11 13 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.31%) Redis
13 9 (0.23%) Metadata
14 8 (0.21%) OLAP
14 8 (0.21%) Power Query
15 7 (0.18%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 120 (3.11%) Git
2 57 (1.48%) JIRA
3 53 (1.38%) LabVIEW
4 45 (1.17%) Visual Studio
5 23 (0.60%) Subversion
6 17 (0.44%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.34%) Eclipse
7 13 (0.34%) GitLab
8 10 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.18%) CANoe
10 6 (0.16%) Maven
10 6 (0.16%) Selenium
10 6 (0.16%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (0.13%) Postman
12 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.10%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.10%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.078%) TestNG
General
1 1,041 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 639 (16.58%) Finance
3 520 (13.49%) Electronics
4 401 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
5 326 (8.46%) Pharmaceutical
6 290 (7.52%) Marketing
7 260 (6.75%) Retail
8 240 (6.23%) Aerospace
9 218 (5.66%) Telecoms
10 204 (5.29%) Automotive
11 198 (5.14%) Public Sector
12 190 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 180 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
14 177 (4.59%) Law
15 171 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
16 124 (3.22%) Legal
17 85 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
18 47 (1.22%) Games
19 42 (1.09%) Military
20 33 (0.86%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 384 (9.96%) Senior
2 271 (7.03%) Analyst
3 254 (6.59%) Developer
4 252 (6.54%) Graduate
5 249 (6.46%) Software Engineer
6 243 (6.31%) Project Manager
7 235 (6.10%) Lead
8 203 (5.27%) Systems Engineer
9 175 (4.54%) IT Engineer
10 157 (4.07%) Electronics Engineer
11 140 (3.63%) Consultant
12 133 (3.45%) Support Engineer
13 127 (3.30%) Automation Engineer
14 120 (3.11%) IT Graduate
15 119 (3.09%) Embedded Engineer
15 119 (3.09%) IT Support
16 115 (2.98%) Graduate IT Engineer
17 105 (2.72%) Architect
18 104 (2.70%) Junior
19 100 (2.59%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (3.48%) .NET
2 84 (2.18%) HTML
3 52 (1.35%) CSS
4 47 (1.22%) ASP.NET
5 45 (1.17%) React
6 44 (1.14%) .NET Framework
7 37 (0.96%) RESTful
8 34 (0.88%) AngularJS
9 29 (0.75%) .NET Core
10 26 (0.67%) Yocto
11 25 (0.65%) WPF
12 24 (0.62%) Django
13 21 (0.54%) Node.js
14 20 (0.52%) Blazor
14 20 (0.52%) Flask
15 19 (0.49%) Entity Framework
16 18 (0.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 18 (0.47%) XML
17 16 (0.42%) YAML
18 15 (0.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 250 (6.49%) FMCG
2 224 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 123 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (2.34%) IoT
5 88 (2.28%) Driving Licence
6 66 (1.71%) Operational Technology
7 60 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
8 53 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 52 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 51 (1.32%) Life Science
11 41 (1.06%) Algorithms
12 39 (1.01%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 36 (0.93%) FPGA
14 35 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
15 33 (0.86%) Robotics
16 27 (0.70%) Biopharmaceutical
16 27 (0.70%) PMI
17 26 (0.67%) Analogue Electronics
17 26 (0.67%) Onboarding
17 26 (0.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 288 (7.47%) Windows
2 180 (4.67%) Linux
3 94 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 78 (2.02%) Windows 10
5 36 (0.93%) Android
6 29 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
7 25 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
9 16 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.39%) VMS
11 13 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.21%) Debian
14 5 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.13%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.10%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.078%) CatOS
16 3 (0.078%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 702 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
2 546 (14.17%) ERP
3 434 (11.26%) Project Management
4 368 (9.55%) Software Engineering
5 353 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 333 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
7 265 (6.88%) Agile
8 258 (6.69%) Computer Science
9 218 (5.66%) Mentoring
10 217 (5.63%) QMS
11 196 (5.09%) Programme Management
12 189 (4.90%) Coaching
13 176 (4.57%) Logistics
14 174 (4.51%) Digital Marketing
15 165 (4.28%) Customer Service
16 159 (4.13%) Change Management
17 158 (4.10%) Six Sigma
18 151 (3.92%) Validation
19 141 (3.66%) Lean Manufacturing
20 138 (3.58%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 394 (10.22%) SQL
2 242 (6.28%) C#
3 217 (5.63%) C
4 201 (5.22%) Python
5 126 (3.27%) C++
6 124 (3.22%) JavaScript
7 60 (1.56%) Embedded C
8 59 (1.53%) Java
9 49 (1.27%) PowerShell
10 44 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.14%) TypeScript
11 36 (0.93%) Bash
12 28 (0.73%) PHP
13 22 (0.57%) VBA
13 22 (0.57%) XAML
14 21 (0.54%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.54%) VB
15 19 (0.49%) VB.NET
16 13 (0.34%) R
17 12 (0.31%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1,120 (29.06%) Degree
2 163 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 126 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 116 (3.01%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 81 (2.10%) Master's Degree
6 75 (1.95%) HND
7 73 (1.89%) HNC
8 55 (1.43%) SC Cleared
9 45 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 43 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 35 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
13 33 (0.86%) CISSP
14 27 (0.70%) CCNA
15 17 (0.44%) PMP
16 16 (0.42%) CISA
17 14 (0.36%) CISM
18 13 (0.34%) Azure Certification
18 13 (0.34%) CCNP
18 13 (0.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 503 (13.05%) QA
2 245 (6.36%) GMP
3 46 (1.19%) ISO 9001
4 42 (1.09%) PMO
4 42 (1.09%) SLA
5 30 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (0.73%) GDPR
7 19 (0.49%) ISO 13485
8 16 (0.42%) GxP
9 14 (0.36%) Data Quality
9 14 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
9 14 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 13 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.34%) ISO 26262
10 13 (0.34%) NIST
11 9 (0.23%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.16%) GAMP
14 6 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 192 (4.98%) Firmware
2 170 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 122 (3.17%) Embedded Firmware
4 51 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 33 (0.86%) Docker
7 14 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.10%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.078%) KVM
11 3 (0.078%) NFS
11 3 (0.078%) vSphere
12 2 (0.052%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.026%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (0.49%) Terraform
3 12 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.21%) SCCM
5 7 (0.18%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.13%) WSUS
7 4 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.10%) Puppet
8 3 (0.078%) Ansible
8 3 (0.078%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.078%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.052%) Nessus
10 1 (0.026%) systemd
10 1 (0.026%) vRealize
Vendors
1 549 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 378 (9.81%) SAP
3 104 (2.70%) EMC
4 101 (2.62%) VMware
5 77 (2.00%) Oracle
6 76 (1.97%) IFS
7 45 (1.17%) Sage
8 39 (1.01%) Google
9 38 (0.99%) Epicor
10 34 (0.88%) Veeam
11 33 (0.86%) Cisco
11 33 (0.86%) Siemens
12 22 (0.57%) Citrix
13 19 (0.49%) HP
13 19 (0.49%) Workday
14 18 (0.47%) Salesforce
15 15 (0.39%) Aruba
16 14 (0.36%) IBM
17 13 (0.34%) Adobe
18 12 (0.31%) Allen-Bradley