Manufacturing Jobs in the South East

Manufacturing
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 92 104
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 +25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 797 490 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.77% 3.28% 3.22%
As % of the General category 8.42% 5.12% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 434 209 311
10th Percentile £26,475 £28,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,300 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £64,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £84,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,463 9,561 11,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.61% 63.91% 58.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,066 4,617 6,567
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,713 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.02% +9.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire +38 318 £40,000 -20.00% 124
Thames Valley +81 292 £45,000 -14.29% 225
Buckinghamshire +62 126 £42,500 -19.05% 75
Surrey -7 96 £47,500 -9.52% 37
Oxfordshire +39 93 £43,375 -11.03% 79
Berkshire +38 73 £55,000 +10.00% 72
Kent -20 32 £32,750 -22.94% 85
West Sussex +37 29 £60,000 - 48
East Sussex +28 16 £42,500 +27.82% 13
Sussex - 8 £32,500 - 1
Isle of Wight +2 4 £42,500 +77.08% 2
Middlesex - 2 - -
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.63%) Documentum
4 10 (1.25%) Confluence
5 6 (0.75%) Apache
5 6 (0.75%) nginx
6 3 (0.38%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.25%) CMS
7 2 (0.25%) Drupal
7 2 (0.25%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.88%) OrCAD
6 6 (0.75%) SOLIDWORKS
7 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.63%) Simulink
7 5 (0.63%) Solid Edge
8 4 (0.50%) Doxygen
9 2 (0.25%) CATIA
9 2 (0.25%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.13%) InDesign
10 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (2.01%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.63%) TrackWise
3 11 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.25%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.13%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.13%) Primavera
6 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 46 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (5.40%) Azure
3 22 (2.76%) Entra ID
3 22 (2.76%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.51%) AWS
5 11 (1.38%) OneDrive
5 11 (1.38%) SaaS
6 10 (1.25%) GitHub
7 7 (0.88%) PowerApps
8 6 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.50%) PaaS
10 2 (0.25%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.25%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.25%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.13%) GCP
11 1 (0.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.76%) Wireless
2 16 (2.01%) 4G
3 15 (1.88%) Firewall
3 15 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.38%) Intranet
4 11 (1.38%) VPN
5 10 (1.25%) DNS
5 10 (1.25%) Ethernet
5 10 (1.25%) HTTP
5 10 (1.25%) LTE
6 7 (0.88%) LAN
6 7 (0.88%) Modbus
6 7 (0.88%) NAS
6 7 (0.88%) Network Security
6 7 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.75%) 3G
7 6 (0.75%) DSL
7 6 (0.75%) GPRS
8 5 (0.63%) VLAN
9 4 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.89%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.51%) Power BI
4 11 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.75%) GIS
5 6 (0.75%) Redis
5 6 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.63%) SAP BW
7 4 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.25%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) Metadata
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.13%) Spotfire
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (3.14%) Git
2 22 (2.76%) JIRA
3 8 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.88%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.75%) Maven
6 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.50%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.50%) Subversion
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 237 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 224 (28.11%) Electronics
3 118 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (14.43%) Finance
5 79 (9.91%) Pharmaceutical
6 77 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (8.66%) Marketing
8 66 (8.28%) Telecoms
9 60 (7.53%) Public Sector
10 41 (5.14%) Legal
11 23 (2.89%) Aerospace
11 23 (2.89%) Automotive
12 20 (2.51%) Military
13 19 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (2.13%) Retail
15 13 (1.63%) Aviation
16 12 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.13%) Law
18 4 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
19 3 (0.38%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 90 (11.29%) Electronics Engineer
2 86 (10.79%) Graduate
3 78 (9.79%) Junior
4 65 (8.16%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
5 64 (8.03%) Junior Electronics Engineer
6 63 (7.90%) Senior
7 61 (7.65%) Development Engineer
7 61 (7.65%) Graduate Development Engineer
8 54 (6.78%) Analyst
9 52 (6.52%) Quality Engineer
10 50 (6.27%) Software Engineer
11 46 (5.77%) Developer
12 43 (5.40%) Systems Engineer
13 36 (4.52%) Project Manager
14 34 (4.27%) Embedded Engineer
15 33 (4.14%) QA Manager
16 32 (4.02%) Support Engineer
17 30 (3.76%) Lead
18 26 (3.26%) Hardware Engineer
18 26 (3.26%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.76%) React
2 18 (2.26%) CSS
2 18 (2.26%) HTML
3 15 (1.88%) .NET
4 11 (1.38%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.00%) Svelte
6 6 (0.75%) Celery
6 6 (0.75%) Dask
6 6 (0.75%) Django
6 6 (0.75%) Flask
6 6 (0.75%) GeoJSON
6 6 (0.75%) GeoPandas
6 6 (0.75%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (0.75%) NumPy
6 6 (0.75%) Yocto
7 5 (0.63%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.63%) Google Maps API
7 5 (0.63%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (0.63%) Java EE
7 5 (0.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.04%) Management Information System
2 42 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.01%) Life Science
6 15 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (1.88%) Biopharmaceutical
7 14 (1.76%) FPGA
8 13 (1.63%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.63%) IoT
8 13 (1.63%) LIMS
9 12 (1.51%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.38%) Analogue Electronics
10 11 (1.38%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.13%) Molecular Biology
11 9 (1.13%) VHDL
12 7 (0.88%) NB-IoT
12 7 (0.88%) Product Ownership
12 7 (0.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.52%) Linux
2 43 (5.40%) Windows
3 18 (2.26%) Android
4 17 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.13%) VMS
7 6 (0.75%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (14.18%) ERP
3 101 (12.67%) Project Management
4 85 (10.66%) Schematic Capture
5 84 (10.54%) Project Planning
6 83 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
7 75 (9.41%) Collaborative Working
8 72 (9.03%) Software Engineering
9 70 (8.78%) Product Requirements
10 66 (8.28%) Programme Management
11 65 (8.16%) QMS
12 60 (7.53%) Digital Marketing
13 58 (7.28%) Internal Audit
14 57 (7.15%) FMEA
15 51 (6.40%) Customer Service
16 50 (6.27%) Validation
17 49 (6.15%) Agile
17 49 (6.15%) Computer Science
17 49 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (5.27%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 69 (8.66%) SQL
2 61 (7.65%) Python
3 39 (4.89%) C
3 39 (4.89%) C#
4 35 (4.39%) C++
5 33 (4.14%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.76%) Java
7 10 (1.25%) Embedded C
7 10 (1.25%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.00%) Go
9 6 (0.75%) Assembly Language
10 5 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.50%) Bash
11 4 (0.50%) Bicep
12 3 (0.38%) PHP
12 3 (0.38%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.25%) Ladder Logic
13 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 278 (34.88%) Degree
2 33 (4.14%) Master's Degree
3 32 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 28 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.76%) HND
6 12 (1.51%) HNC
7 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
11 4 (0.50%) PhD
12 3 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.25%) CCIE
13 2 (0.25%) CCNP
13 2 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (20.95%) QA
2 62 (7.78%) GMP
3 14 (1.76%) Good Clinical Practice
3 14 (1.76%) GxP
4 12 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.51%) ISO 9001
5 8 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.00%) ISO 14001
6 6 (0.75%) GDPR
6 6 (0.75%) PMO
7 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.50%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (0.50%) COSHH
8 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.50%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.50%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.50%) JTAG
9 3 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 102 (12.80%) Firmware
2 77 (9.66%) Embedded Firmware
3 23 (2.89%) Active Directory
4 15 (1.88%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.88%) Docker
6 5 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (1.25%) Terraform
2 4 (0.50%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.50%) WSUS
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 90 (11.29%) SAP
2 83 (10.41%) EMC
3 81 (10.16%) Microsoft
4 22 (2.76%) Oracle
5 20 (2.51%) Sage
6 18 (2.26%) IFS
7 14 (1.76%) Epicor
8 13 (1.63%) Veeam
9 12 (1.51%) Citrix
10 10 (1.25%) VMware
11 7 (0.88%) Xero
12 5 (0.63%) Google
12 5 (0.63%) Infor
13 4 (0.50%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (0.50%) ESET
14 3 (0.38%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.38%) Siemens
14 3 (0.38%) Thales
15 2 (0.25%) NCR
15 2 (0.25%) NEC