Manufacturing Jobs in the North West

Manufacturing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 125 80
Rank change year-on-year +69 -45 +25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 360 213 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.70% 2.68% 3.75%
As % of the General category 6.91% 3.94% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 277 141 226
10th Percentile £29,900 £27,000 £27,125
25th Percentile £35,500 £34,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -18.18% +9.45% -4.29%

All General Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,207 5,405 5,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.49% 68.05% 61.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,868 2,487 3,103
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Lancashire +39 117 £47,500 - 61
Manchester -9 96 £45,000 -10.00% 171
Cheshire +26 79 £46,250 -1.60% 98
Merseyside +47 43 £41,235 +9.96% 37
Cumbria +15 23 £47,500 -20.83% 17
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) Apache
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.56%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 8 (2.22%) SAP IBP
3 6 (1.67%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (1.39%) Magento
4 5 (1.39%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.39%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.11%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.11%) Sage X3
5 4 (1.11%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (8.33%) Azure
2 18 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (2.78%) AWS
5 8 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.67%) SaaS
8 5 (1.39%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.56%) GCP
10 2 (0.56%) GitHub
11 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.94%) Wireless
2 2 (0.56%) DHCP
2 2 (0.56%) DNS
2 2 (0.56%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.56%) Firewall
2 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.28%) LTE
3 1 (0.28%) MQTT
3 1 (0.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.06%) MS Access
2 8 (2.22%) Power BI
3 7 (1.94%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.11%) MySQL
4 4 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.56%) Tableau
7 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.00%) LabVIEW
2 12 (3.33%) Git
3 10 (2.78%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.39%) JIRA
5 3 (0.83%) JUnit
5 3 (0.83%) Selenium
5 3 (0.83%) TestNG
6 2 (0.56%) Appium
6 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.56%) Postman
6 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.56%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.56%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.28%) JMeter
7 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 65 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.61%) Finance
3 35 (9.72%) Electronics
4 28 (7.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 25 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.56%) Aerospace
7 17 (4.72%) Automotive
8 16 (4.44%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.61%) Marketing
9 13 (3.61%) Retail
10 9 (2.50%) Games
11 8 (2.22%) Law
11 8 (2.22%) Legal
12 7 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.67%) Banking
14 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.83%) Aviation
16 2 (0.56%) Advertising
17 1 (0.28%) Aeronautics
17 1 (0.28%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 62 (17.22%) Developer
2 24 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 23 (6.39%) Senior
4 19 (5.28%) Electronics Engineer
4 19 (5.28%) Hardware Engineer
5 18 (5.00%) Analyst
5 18 (5.00%) Design Engineer
5 18 (5.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 18 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (4.44%) ERP Specialist
7 15 (4.17%) Lead
7 15 (4.17%) Software Engineer
8 14 (3.89%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
8 14 (3.89%) Hardware Design Engineer
8 14 (3.89%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 14 (3.89%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (3.33%) Embedded Engineer
10 12 (3.33%) IT Support
11 11 (3.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.17%) .NET
2 12 (3.33%) .NET Framework
3 10 (2.78%) ASP.NET
3 10 (2.78%) RESTful
4 9 (2.50%) SOAP
5 7 (1.94%) .NET Core
5 7 (1.94%) Blazor
5 7 (1.94%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.67%) Laravel
7 5 (1.39%) CSS
7 5 (1.39%) EDI
7 5 (1.39%) HTML
7 5 (1.39%) SAP TM
8 4 (1.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 4 (1.11%) Unreal Engine
9 3 (0.83%) React
9 3 (0.83%) Symfony
10 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.56%) Entity Framework
10 2 (0.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 33 (9.17%) Operational Technology
2 16 (4.44%) FMCG
2 16 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.39%) IoT
8 4 (1.11%) Animation
8 4 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.83%) Acoustics
9 3 (0.83%) Life Science
9 3 (0.83%) Robotics
10 2 (0.56%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.61%) Linux
2 9 (2.50%) Windows
3 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.11%) Debian
4 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.28%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (21.94%) ERP
2 40 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 36 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (9.72%) Change Management
4 35 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (9.44%) Incident Response
6 33 (9.17%) Logistics
7 32 (8.89%) Computer Science
8 31 (8.61%) Project Management
9 23 (6.39%) Agile
9 23 (6.39%) QMS
9 23 (6.39%) Software Engineering
10 19 (5.28%) Mentoring
10 19 (5.28%) Migration
10 19 (5.28%) User Experience
11 18 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (4.44%) Business Case
12 16 (4.44%) People Management
12 16 (4.44%) Project Delivery
13 15 (4.17%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.89%) SQL
2 44 (12.22%) C#
3 24 (6.67%) C
4 18 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.33%) C++
6 11 (3.06%) PHP
7 10 (2.78%) Java
8 7 (1.94%) Python
8 7 (1.94%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.39%) VB
10 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.83%) R
11 2 (0.56%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 115 (31.94%) Degree
2 26 (7.22%) HNC
3 19 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.89%) HND
6 4 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.83%) CISA
8 2 (0.56%) CISSP
8 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.56%) PMP
9 1 (0.28%) ACCA
9 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) CCNA
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.44%) QA
2 18 (5.00%) GMP
3 5 (1.39%) SLA
4 4 (1.11%) GDPR
5 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.83%) NIST
5 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.28%) FISMA
7 1 (0.28%) HITRUST
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
7 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (3.33%) Firmware
3 4 (1.11%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.89%) SAP
3 8 (2.22%) Sage
4 7 (1.94%) VMware
5 4 (1.11%) NetApp
6 3 (0.83%) EMC
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco
7 2 (0.56%) Sophos
7 2 (0.56%) Thales
8 1 (0.28%) Aderant
8 1 (0.28%) Canon
8 1 (0.28%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.28%) Databricks
8 1 (0.28%) iManage
8 1 (0.28%) Renesas
8 1 (0.28%) Snow