Manufacturing Jobs in Scotland

Manufacturing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 155 148
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 -39
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 143 67 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.13% 1.42% 1.56%
As % of the General category 2.95% 1.89% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 97 44 35
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,672
% change year-on-year -18.18% +8.54% -3.48%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,846 3,539 3,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.15% 75.17% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,694 1,924
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +11.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £86,400 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Glasgow -70 44 £42,500 - 36
West Lothian +10 26 £60,000 - 11
Aberdeen +7 20 £45,000 -30.77% 13
Edinburgh +41 12 £53,750 +19.44% 13
Fife -7 9 £43,200 -11.38% 13
Dundee -7 9 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Aberdeenshire +12 6 £50,000 -23.08% 11
Ayrshire - 4 - - 16
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 1
Lanarkshire -7 2 - - 19
Midlothian - 2 £50,000 - 5
Highlands - 2 £60,000 - 7
North Lanarkshire -8 1 £32,500 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £23,000 - 1
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (6.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.80%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.70%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.70%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
1 8 (5.59%) SaaS
2 5 (3.50%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.19%) Wireless
2 15 (10.49%) Ethernet
3 14 (9.79%) RS-232
3 14 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (5.59%) HTTP
4 8 (5.59%) MQTT
5 3 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.40%) DHCP
7 1 (0.70%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.99%) SQL Server
1 10 (6.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (6.29%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.50%) OLAP
3 5 (3.50%) Power BI
3 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.70%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 21 (14.69%) Git
2 20 (13.99%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.70%) MSTest
4 1 (0.70%) TestComplete
General
1 49 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.37%) Electronics
3 25 (17.48%) Finance
4 22 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.38%) Marketing
5 19 (13.29%) Public Sector
6 13 (9.09%) Retail
7 12 (8.39%) Legal
8 11 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (6.99%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.50%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.80%) Law
11 4 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.40%) Billing
14 1 (0.70%) Banking
14 1 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 27 (18.88%) Senior
3 20 (13.99%) Electronics Engineer
4 18 (12.59%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (11.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 15 (10.49%) Analyst
6 15 (10.49%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 15 (10.49%) Software Design Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (6.29%) Database Engineer
8 9 (6.29%) Developer
8 9 (6.29%) Lead
8 9 (6.29%) Team Leader
9 8 (5.59%) Business Development Manager
9 8 (5.59%) Business Manager
9 8 (5.59%) Development Manager
9 8 (5.59%) Payroll Manager
10 6 (4.20%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.79%) Yocto
2 9 (6.29%) CSS
2 9 (6.29%) HTML
3 8 (5.59%) Django
3 8 (5.59%) Flask
3 8 (5.59%) React
4 2 (1.40%) WPF
5 1 (0.70%) .NET
5 1 (0.70%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.70%) HTML5
5 1 (0.70%) jQuery
5 1 (0.70%) pytest
5 1 (0.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Device Driver
2 8 (5.59%) Arduino
2 8 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.59%) Raspberry Pi
2 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.90%) IoT
4 6 (4.20%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.40%) FPGA
6 2 (1.40%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.70%) FMCG
7 1 (0.70%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.70%) Life Science
7 1 (0.70%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.38%) Linux
2 14 (9.79%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.10%) Windows
4 1 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (39.16%) Software Engineering
2 35 (24.48%) ERP
3 34 (23.78%) Computer Science
4 29 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (16.08%) Decision-Making
6 16 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (10.49%) Agile
7 15 (10.49%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (10.49%) Knowledge Transfer
8 14 (9.79%) Mentoring
8 14 (9.79%) OOD
9 12 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.39%) Logistics
9 12 (8.39%) SDLC
10 11 (7.69%) Coaching
10 11 (7.69%) Line Management
11 10 (6.99%) Data Management
11 10 (6.99%) Digital Marketing
11 10 (6.99%) Programme Management
11 10 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (29.37%) C
2 30 (20.98%) Python
3 23 (16.08%) C++
4 22 (15.38%) SQL
5 21 (14.69%) C#
6 18 (12.59%) Embedded C
7 9 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 9 (6.29%) T-SQL
8 7 (4.90%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.50%) Bash
9 5 (3.50%) VBA
10 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (35.66%) Degree
2 17 (11.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.10%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.40%) CISA
4 2 (1.40%) CISM
4 2 (1.40%) CISSP
4 2 (1.40%) HNC
4 2 (1.40%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.70%) HND
5 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.29%) QA
2 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.80%) NIST
3 2 (1.40%) GMP
3 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.40%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.70%) TickIT
System Software
1 11 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 32 (22.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.09%) SAP
3 10 (6.99%) IFS
4 9 (6.29%) Epicor
4 9 (6.29%) JD Edwards
4 9 (6.29%) Oracle
5 8 (5.59%) NVIDIA
6 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Infor
7 1 (0.70%) Nintex
7 1 (0.70%) Sage
7 1 (0.70%) Siemens
7 1 (0.70%) Thales