Manufacturing Jobs in Wales

Manufacturing
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 105 81
Rank change year-on-year +91 -24 +21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 110 22 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.78% 1.73% 3.22%
As % of the General category 15.24% 2.53% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 58 21 23
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,920 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,444 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% -27.90% +20.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £47,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £67,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

All General Skills
Wales

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 722 871 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 51.10% 68.47% 70.30%
Number of salaries quoted 338 462 720
10th Percentile £28,850 £25,313 £30,975
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,428 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,193 £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Wales over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South Wales +88 81 £35,000 -18.60% 13
North Wales +4 27 £30,000 -29.41% 7
West Wales - 1 £35,000 - 9
Dyfed - 1 - - 4
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (9.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (4.55%) SAP CO
2 5 (4.55%) SAP FI
2 5 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (4.55%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.82%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.91%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.91%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.55%) Azure
4 3 (2.73%) AWS
4 3 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.73%) GCP
5 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.91%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.73%) DHCP
1 3 (2.73%) DNS
2 2 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.91%) LAN
3 1 (0.91%) VLAN
3 1 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.64%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Dreamweaver
General
1 24 (21.82%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.00%) Finance
3 9 (8.18%) Aerospace
4 7 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.36%) Electronics
5 5 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.73%) Legal
8 2 (1.82%) Marketing
9 1 (0.91%) Automotive
9 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (21.82%) Analyst
1 24 (21.82%) Senior
2 20 (18.18%) Test Technician
3 14 (12.73%) Technical Support
4 11 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (9.09%) Quality Engineer
5 10 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
6 9 (8.18%) IT Manager
6 9 (8.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 8 (7.27%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (7.27%) Senior Technician
8 7 (6.36%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 5 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Product Specialist
9 5 (4.55%) Products Support Specialist
9 5 (4.55%) Senior Technical Specialist
9 5 (4.55%) Senior Technical Support
9 5 (4.55%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 5 (4.55%) Technical Product Specialist
9 5 (4.55%) Technical Product Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.73%) Alpine.js
1 3 (2.73%) CSS
1 3 (2.73%) Laravel
1 3 (2.73%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.91%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.73%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.73%) FMCG
4 2 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.82%) Replication
4 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.91%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.27%) Windows
2 4 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.73%) Android
3 3 (2.73%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.36%) ERP
1 18 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (12.73%) Visualisation
4 13 (11.82%) Regulatory Compliance
5 11 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 10 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
6 10 (9.09%) Migration
6 10 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (8.18%) Logistics
7 9 (8.18%) Project Management
8 8 (7.27%) Data Security
9 6 (5.45%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.55%) CAD
10 5 (4.55%) Experimental Design
10 5 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (4.55%) SAP Implementation
10 5 (4.55%) Software Engineering
10 5 (4.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) SQL
2 5 (4.55%) C
2 5 (4.55%) C++
3 3 (2.73%) PHP
4 1 (0.91%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (4.55%) Degree
2 4 (3.64%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (1.82%) CCNA
3 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.09%) GMP
2 8 (7.27%) GDPR
3 3 (2.73%) COBIT
3 3 (2.73%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.73%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.82%) SLA
5 1 (0.91%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.73%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.73%) KVM
2 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.91%) SCCM
2 1 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (20.91%) SAP
2 6 (5.45%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.55%) VMware
4 3 (2.73%) Google
5 2 (1.82%) Cisco
5 2 (1.82%) Epicor
5 2 (1.82%) Veeam
6 1 (0.91%) Kronos