Manufacturing Jobs

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 140 142
Rank change year-on-year +83 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 4,182 2,403 5,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.86% 2.58% 2.93%
As % of the General category 6.70% 3.82% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 1,180 2,228
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,975 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,813 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

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 62,409 62,826 112,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.55% 67.49% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 40,598 35,177 52,328
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,874 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +54 3,741 £45,000 -10.00% 3,243
England +77 3,621 £45,000 -18.18% 3,463
North of England +87 891 £45,000 -4.26% 740
South East +45 863 £42,500 -16.67% 670
Work from Home +52 804 £54,000 -1.82% 628
Midlands +4 769 £45,000 -14.29% 741
West Midlands -3 461 £45,000 -26.53% 425
South West +51 458 £45,000 -18.18% 520
Yorkshire +95 401 £42,500 +6.25% 246
North West +65 391 £47,500 - 395
East of England +129 337 £50,000 -9.09% 427
East Midlands +11 302 £42,500 -5.56% 316
London +29 269 £65,000 - 297
Wales +106 203 £35,000 +16.67% 107
Scotland +8 159 £47,500 +5.56% 161
North East +30 99 £42,500 +11.84% 119
Northern Ireland +50 62 £35,000 -6.67% 24

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
1 147 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 81 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.43%) Confluence
4 13 (0.31%) Documentum
5 11 (0.26%) IIS
6 8 (0.19%) Apache
6 8 (0.19%) CMS
7 7 (0.17%) nginx
8 6 (0.14%) SAS
9 5 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.096%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.096%) WordPress
11 3 (0.072%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.072%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.072%) JBoss
11 3 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.072%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.048%) Drupal
12 2 (0.048%) Resin
12 2 (0.048%) WebLogic
Applications
1 162 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 38 (0.91%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
7 12 (0.29%) OrCAD
7 12 (0.29%) Simulink
8 10 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.24%) Solid Edge
9 9 (0.22%) Siemens NX
10 8 (0.19%) EPLAN
10 8 (0.19%) MS Visio
10 8 (0.19%) Revit
11 5 (0.12%) Fusion 360
11 5 (0.12%) InfoPath
11 5 (0.12%) Windchill
12 4 (0.096%) CANalyzer
12 4 (0.096%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 44 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 29 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 22 (0.53%) SAP PP
5 16 (0.38%) SAP IBP
6 15 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (0.31%) Sage 200
7 13 (0.31%) Sage X3
7 13 (0.31%) TrackWise
8 11 (0.26%) SAP CO
8 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.26%) SAP FI
8 11 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
8 11 (0.26%) Teamcenter
9 10 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
9 10 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 9 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 9 (0.22%) SAP SCM
11 8 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 296 (7.08%) Azure
2 288 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
3 165 (3.95%) Power Platform
4 124 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
5 84 (2.01%) AWS
6 74 (1.77%) Entra ID
7 66 (1.58%) SaaS
8 47 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (1.05%) PowerApps
10 39 (0.93%) OneDrive
11 31 (0.74%) Power Automate
12 21 (0.50%) GitHub
13 20 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (0.41%) Serverless
15 16 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (0.29%) PaaS
17 11 (0.26%) WhatsApp
18 9 (0.22%) GCP
19 7 (0.17%) Azure Functions
19 7 (0.17%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 95 (2.27%) Wireless
2 92 (2.20%) Firewall
3 59 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
4 57 (1.36%) Ethernet
5 50 (1.20%) LAN
6 41 (0.98%) WAN
7 39 (0.93%) RS-232
8 37 (0.88%) DNS
8 37 (0.88%) TCP/IP
9 36 (0.86%) Network Security
10 33 (0.79%) Internet
11 30 (0.72%) VPN
12 29 (0.69%) LTE
13 24 (0.57%) HTTP
14 23 (0.55%) DHCP
15 19 (0.45%) SAN
16 18 (0.43%) 4G
17 17 (0.41%) VLAN
18 15 (0.36%) Bluetooth
19 14 (0.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 138 (3.30%) Power BI
3 46 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (0.96%) MySQL
6 32 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 29 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 27 (0.65%) Tableau
10 18 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (0.43%) SQLite
11 17 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
12 15 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.31%) MS Access
14 12 (0.29%) Redis
15 9 (0.22%) Metadata
16 8 (0.19%) NoSQL
16 8 (0.19%) OLAP
16 8 (0.19%) Power Query
16 8 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 121 (2.89%) Git
2 59 (1.41%) JIRA
3 57 (1.36%) LabVIEW
4 45 (1.08%) Visual Studio
5 21 (0.50%) Subversion
6 16 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.29%) Eclipse
8 11 (0.26%) GitLab
8 11 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.17%) Maven
10 6 (0.14%) CANoe
10 6 (0.14%) Postman
10 6 (0.14%) Selenium
11 5 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.096%) JUnit
12 4 (0.096%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.096%) TestNG
12 4 (0.096%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.096%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.072%) WebDriver
General
1 1,055 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 655 (15.66%) Finance
3 535 (12.79%) Electronics
4 408 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 350 (8.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 288 (6.89%) Marketing
7 265 (6.34%) Retail
8 255 (6.10%) Aerospace
9 208 (4.97%) Automotive
9 208 (4.97%) Telecoms
10 194 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 188 (4.50%) Public Sector
12 184 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
13 173 (4.14%) Law
14 170 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
15 126 (3.01%) Legal
16 78 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
17 57 (1.36%) Games
18 42 (1.00%) Advertising
18 42 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 442 (10.57%) Senior
2 305 (7.29%) Software Engineer
3 288 (6.89%) Analyst
4 272 (6.50%) Developer
5 259 (6.19%) Graduate
6 258 (6.17%) Project Manager
7 256 (6.12%) Lead
8 229 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
9 178 (4.26%) IT Engineer
10 160 (3.83%) Electronics Engineer
11 144 (3.44%) Embedded Engineer
12 140 (3.35%) Support Engineer
13 139 (3.32%) Consultant
14 127 (3.04%) Automation Engineer
15 124 (2.97%) IT Support
16 122 (2.92%) IT Graduate
17 118 (2.82%) Technical Support
18 115 (2.75%) Graduate IT Engineer
19 107 (2.56%) Junior
20 106 (2.53%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (3.40%) .NET
2 80 (1.91%) HTML
3 49 (1.17%) CSS
4 46 (1.10%) ASP.NET
4 46 (1.10%) React
5 44 (1.05%) .NET Framework
6 40 (0.96%) RESTful
7 34 (0.81%) AngularJS
8 32 (0.77%) .NET Core
9 27 (0.65%) Yocto
10 26 (0.62%) Django
10 26 (0.62%) WPF
11 25 (0.60%) Node.js
12 22 (0.53%) Blazor
13 20 (0.48%) Flask
13 20 (0.48%) XML
14 19 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (0.45%) Entity Framework
15 16 (0.38%) YAML
16 15 (0.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 246 (5.88%) FMCG
2 227 (5.43%) Management Information System
3 136 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 95 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 90 (2.15%) IoT
6 66 (1.58%) Operational Technology
7 60 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
8 54 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 54 (1.29%) Robotics
9 52 (1.24%) Life Science
10 50 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 42 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 40 (0.96%) FPGA
13 39 (0.93%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 35 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
15 26 (0.62%) Analogue Electronics
15 26 (0.62%) SCADA
15 26 (0.62%) VHDL
16 25 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
16 25 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 291 (6.96%) Windows
2 192 (4.59%) Linux
3 95 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 80 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 40 (0.96%) Android
6 36 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
7 30 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
9 17 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.33%) VMS
11 13 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.19%) Debian
12 8 (0.19%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.12%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.12%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.096%) VxWorks
15 3 (0.072%) CatOS
15 3 (0.072%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
2 566 (13.53%) ERP
3 461 (11.02%) Project Management
4 432 (10.33%) Software Engineering
5 367 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 329 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
7 282 (6.74%) Agile
8 265 (6.34%) Computer Science
9 237 (5.67%) QMS
10 232 (5.55%) Mentoring
11 199 (4.76%) Coaching
12 184 (4.40%) Programme Management
13 182 (4.35%) Logistics
14 172 (4.11%) Customer Service
15 167 (3.99%) Digital Marketing
16 160 (3.83%) Change Management
17 158 (3.78%) Six Sigma
18 146 (3.49%) Validation
19 143 (3.42%) Cybersecurity
20 139 (3.32%) Lean Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 409 (9.78%) SQL
2 245 (5.86%) C#
3 226 (5.40%) C
4 206 (4.93%) Python
5 139 (3.32%) C++
6 125 (2.99%) JavaScript
7 67 (1.60%) Embedded C
8 64 (1.53%) Java
9 50 (1.20%) T-SQL
10 48 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 45 (1.08%) PowerShell
12 34 (0.81%) Bash
13 28 (0.67%) PHP
14 24 (0.57%) VBA
15 23 (0.55%) VB.NET
16 21 (0.50%) XAML
17 20 (0.48%) MATLAB
17 20 (0.48%) VB
18 14 (0.33%) Embedded C++
19 13 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 1,149 (27.47%) Degree
2 177 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 130 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 116 (2.77%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 83 (1.98%) Master's Degree
6 76 (1.82%) HNC
6 76 (1.82%) HND
7 58 (1.39%) SC Cleared
8 48 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 45 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 33 (0.79%) CISSP
12 26 (0.62%) CCNA
13 18 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
14 17 (0.41%) PMP
15 15 (0.36%) CISM
15 15 (0.36%) DBS Check
16 14 (0.33%) Azure Certification
16 14 (0.33%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 534 (12.77%) QA
2 271 (6.48%) GMP
3 48 (1.15%) ISO 9001
4 46 (1.10%) SLA
5 41 (0.98%) PMO
6 30 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (0.67%) GDPR
8 19 (0.45%) ISO 13485
9 16 (0.38%) GxP
10 15 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (0.36%) ISO 14001
11 14 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
11 14 (0.33%) NIST
12 13 (0.31%) Data Quality
13 11 (0.26%) ISO 26262
14 9 (0.22%) Accessibility
15 7 (0.17%) GLP
15 7 (0.17%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.14%) GAMP
16 6 (0.14%) JTAG
System Software
1 196 (4.69%) Firmware
2 175 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 125 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
4 53 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 50 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 33 (0.79%) Docker
7 11 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.096%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.096%) VMware Server
10 4 (0.096%) vSphere
11 3 (0.072%) KVM
11 3 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.048%) NFS
Systems Management
1 21 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (0.48%) Terraform
3 12 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.19%) SCCM
5 7 (0.17%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.17%) Functional Safety
6 6 (0.14%) Ansible
6 6 (0.14%) WSUS
7 4 (0.096%) Puppet
8 3 (0.072%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.048%) Nessus
9 2 (0.048%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.024%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.024%) Packer
10 1 (0.024%) systemd
10 1 (0.024%) vRealize
Vendors
1 563 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 366 (8.75%) SAP
3 105 (2.51%) EMC
3 105 (2.51%) VMware
4 82 (1.96%) Oracle
5 78 (1.87%) IFS
6 49 (1.17%) Sage
7 41 (0.98%) Google
8 40 (0.96%) Epicor
9 38 (0.91%) Veeam
10 34 (0.81%) Cisco
10 34 (0.81%) Siemens
11 25 (0.60%) Citrix
12 20 (0.48%) Salesforce
12 20 (0.48%) Workday
13 19 (0.45%) HP
14 18 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
15 15 (0.36%) IBM
16 14 (0.33%) Aruba
17 13 (0.31%) Adobe