Design for Manufacturing Jobs

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Design for Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 955 1180
Rank change year-on-year +115 +225 -298
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 45 31 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.030% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.031% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 25 3 23
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,250 £33,988
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +14.13% -3.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,625 £51,409
90th Percentile £87,500 £56,000 £51,569
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% +14.13% -3.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design for Manufacturing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,571 99,456 148,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,798 58,396 83,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design for Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
UK excluding London +19 44 £65,000 +23.81% 81
England +124 43 £67,500 +28.57% 90
South East +22 23 £62,500 +19.05% 31
Work from Home +84 13 £55,000 - 18
North of England - 7 £51,250 - 13
West Midlands +23 6 £85,000 +61.90% 11
Midlands +7 6 £85,000 +61.90% 14
South West -9 6 £70,000 - 5
North West - 5 £51,250 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 - - 10
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
London - 1 £42,500 - 9

Design for 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 2 (4.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) CANalyzer
2 4 (8.89%) Windchill
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.22%) OrCAD
4 1 (2.22%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.11%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.67%) RS-232
2 3 (6.67%) RS-485
3 2 (4.44%) Internet
3 2 (4.44%) RFID
3 2 (4.44%) RS-422
4 1 (2.22%) Bluetooth
4 1 (2.22%) LTE
4 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.22%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (11.11%) CANoe
3 2 (4.44%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Subversion
General
1 29 (64.44%) Electronics
2 25 (55.56%) Manufacturing
3 12 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (26.67%) Legal
4 7 (15.56%) Automotive
4 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Multimedia
6 4 (8.89%) Military
7 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Finance
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Marketing
8 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (28.89%) Hardware Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Principal Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Lead
6 4 (8.89%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Design Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Hardware Design Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Senior
7 3 (6.67%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Software Architect
9 1 (2.22%) Development Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Flash
2 2 (4.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) FPGA
2 7 (15.56%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.33%) PCIe
4 5 (11.11%) Infotainment
4 5 (11.11%) Smartphone
5 3 (6.67%) IoT
6 2 (4.44%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.44%) GNSS
6 2 (4.44%) VHDL
7 1 (2.22%) Acoustics
7 1 (2.22%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.22%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.22%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (35.56%) Requirements Gathering
3 15 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 15 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
4 14 (31.11%) Configuration Management
5 12 (26.67%) Project Planning
6 11 (24.44%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 9 (20.00%) UML
8 9 (20.00%) Validation
9 8 (17.78%) Design for Test
9 8 (17.78%) Line Management
10 7 (15.56%) Agile
10 7 (15.56%) Information Assurance
10 7 (15.56%) Mathematics
10 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.56%) SysML
10 7 (15.56%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (15.56%) V-Model
11 6 (13.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) C
2 7 (15.56%) Python
3 5 (11.11%) Java
4 4 (8.89%) C++
5 3 (6.67%) Embedded C
6 2 (4.44%) Bash
6 2 (4.44%) C#
6 2 (4.44%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.44%) XAML
7 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 32 (71.11%) Degree
2 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) HNC
3 2 (4.44%) HND
4 1 (2.22%) MCAD
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) ISO 26262
2 4 (8.89%) JTAG
3 2 (4.44%) QA
System Software
1 28 (62.22%) Firmware
2 12 (26.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (46.67%) EMC
2 4 (8.89%) Intel
2 4 (8.89%) Mentor Graphics
2 4 (8.89%) Siemens
2 4 (8.89%) Xilinx
3 2 (4.44%) Altera
3 2 (4.44%) Cadence
3 2 (4.44%) Lattice Semiconductor
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) SAP