Manufacturing Jobs in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 119 99
Rank change year-on-year +72 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 300 141 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.48% 2.38% 3.27%
As % of the General category 8.47% 3.68% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 139 54 117
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,525 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -1.87% +12.63%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,100 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £42,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.43% - +16.67%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,544 3,833 4,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.96% 64.74% 58.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,196 1,698 2,090
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,838 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60,429 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Buckinghamshire +59 132 £40,000 -38.46% 73
Oxfordshire +39 95 £44,000 -16.19% 81
Berkshire +29 73 £52,500 +5.00% 83
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 23 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 22 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) Apache
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) JBoss
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
3 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.67%) Solid Edge
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.33%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.33%) Primavera
2 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (10.33%) Azure
2 26 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (4.33%) Entra ID
3 13 (4.33%) OneDrive
4 11 (3.67%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.33%) PowerApps
5 7 (2.33%) SaaS
6 6 (2.00%) AWS
7 2 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.67%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.67%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.33%) GCP
8 1 (0.33%) GitHub
8 1 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.00%) Wireless
2 10 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (2.33%) 4G
3 7 (2.33%) DSL
3 7 (2.33%) Intranet
3 7 (2.33%) LTE
4 6 (2.00%) Firewall
5 4 (1.33%) Network Security
5 4 (1.33%) VPN
6 3 (1.00%) WAN
7 2 (0.67%) BGP
7 2 (0.67%) DHCP
7 2 (0.67%) DNS
7 2 (0.67%) LAN
7 2 (0.67%) OSPF
7 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 2 (0.67%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.33%) Power BI
4 2 (0.67%) MySQL
4 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.33%) GIS
5 1 (0.33%) Metadata
5 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.33%) Redis
5 1 (0.33%) Spotfire
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Maven
General
1 96 (32.00%) Electronics
2 77 (25.67%) Social Skills
3 74 (24.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (12.00%) Legal
6 18 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (5.67%) Finance
8 15 (5.00%) Automotive
9 13 (4.33%) Marketing
10 9 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.67%) Retail
12 7 (2.33%) Law
13 6 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.33%) Games
14 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.33%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.67%) Banking
16 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 71 (23.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 61 (20.33%) Development Engineer
2 61 (20.33%) Graduate
2 61 (20.33%) Graduate Development Engineer
2 61 (20.33%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
2 61 (20.33%) Junior
2 61 (20.33%) Junior Electronics Engineer
3 30 (10.00%) Analyst
4 29 (9.67%) Senior
5 23 (7.67%) Systems Engineer
6 20 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
7 18 (6.00%) Support Engineer
8 16 (5.33%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
8 16 (5.33%) Support Analyst
9 13 (4.33%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
9 13 (4.33%) Junior Hardware Engineer
10 12 (4.00%) Quality Engineer
11 11 (3.67%) Firmware Engineer
12 10 (3.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.33%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.33%) .NET
2 3 (1.00%) Qt
3 2 (0.67%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.67%) React
4 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.33%) Celery
4 1 (0.33%) Dask
4 1 (0.33%) Django
4 1 (0.33%) Flask
4 1 (0.33%) GeoJSON
4 1 (0.33%) GeoPandas
4 1 (0.33%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.33%) NumPy
4 1 (0.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 13 (4.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (4.33%) Smartphone
3 11 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.00%) Molecular Biology
5 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.00%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.00%) Arduino
9 3 (1.00%) FMCG
9 3 (1.00%) Life Science
9 3 (1.00%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.67%) PKI
10 2 (0.67%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.33%) Windows
2 15 (5.00%) Android
2 15 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 14 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.67%) Linux
5 5 (1.67%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.67%) Project Planning
2 73 (24.33%) Schematic Capture
3 42 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (10.67%) ERP
5 29 (9.67%) Project Management
6 19 (6.33%) Coaching
6 19 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (6.00%) Chemistry
7 18 (6.00%) Data Analysis
8 17 (5.67%) Change Management
8 17 (5.67%) Customer Service
8 17 (5.67%) Logistics
9 16 (5.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (5.00%) Decision-Making
11 14 (4.67%) Agile
11 14 (4.67%) Configuration Management
12 13 (4.33%) CAD
13 12 (4.00%) Commercialisation
13 12 (4.00%) Design for Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.67%) Python
2 12 (4.00%) SQL
3 11 (3.67%) C#
4 9 (3.00%) C
5 3 (1.00%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.00%) Java
6 2 (0.67%) C++
7 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 143 (47.67%) Degree
2 10 (3.33%) HNC
2 10 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.00%) HND
3 9 (3.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.67%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.33%) PhD
6 4 (1.33%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.00%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.00%) CCNP
7 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.67%) CCIE
9 1 (0.33%) CCNA
9 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.00%) QA
2 5 (1.67%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.33%) GMP
3 4 (1.33%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.67%) ISO 13485
4 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.67%) PMO
5 1 (0.33%) COSHH
5 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 83 (27.67%) Firmware
2 73 (24.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (5.00%) Active Directory
4 13 (4.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) SCCM
1 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (24.67%) EMC
2 36 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.33%) Citrix
4 8 (2.67%) SAP
5 6 (2.00%) Oracle
6 4 (1.33%) IFS
7 3 (1.00%) VMware
8 2 (0.67%) Veeam
9 1 (0.33%) Acronis
9 1 (0.33%) Apple
9 1 (0.33%) Aruba
9 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco
9 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.33%) QAD
9 1 (0.33%) Sage
9 1 (0.33%) Siemens
9 1 (0.33%) Synology
9 1 (0.33%) Thales