Manufacturing Jobs in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 22 79
Rank change year-on-year +7 +57 -51
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 94 26 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 16.64% 5.65% 0.48%
As % of the General category 18.91% 9.56% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 3
10th Percentile £31,250 - £35,750
25th Percentile £32,375 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% -21.74% -14.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - - £73,250
East of England median annual salary £38,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.50% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 497 272 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 87.96% 59.13% 71.18%
Number of salaries quoted 67 190 187
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,240 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,100 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -17.39% +26.37%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,250 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Luton +15 11 £70,000 +40.00% 14
Leighton Buzzard -3 4 - - 1
Bedford +1 2 - - 10
Dunstable - 1 - - 3
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 47 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Infor M3
2 2 (2.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) Data Lake
1 6 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (6.38%) Power BI
1 6 (6.38%) SQL Server
General
1 76 (80.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (11.70%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.51%) Finance
4 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.32%) Advertising
6 3 (3.19%) Electronics
7 2 (2.13%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.13%) Aviation
7 2 (2.13%) Games
7 2 (2.13%) Law
7 2 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (47.87%) Electrical Engineer
1 45 (47.87%) Safety Engineer
1 45 (47.87%) Test Engineer
2 34 (36.17%) Senior
3 12 (12.77%) Analyst
4 7 (7.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 6 (6.38%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 6 (6.38%) Senior Safety Engineer
5 6 (6.38%) Senior Test Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.26%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Technical Support
7 4 (4.26%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Associate Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Electronics Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) PCB Design Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) PCB Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (47.87%) Safety Engineering
2 34 (36.17%) Mentoring
3 28 (29.79%) CAD
3 28 (29.79%) Design for Manufacturing
4 7 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (7.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (6.38%) Analytics
5 6 (6.38%) Coaching
5 6 (6.38%) Computer Science
5 6 (6.38%) Customer Service
5 6 (6.38%) Data Analytics
5 6 (6.38%) Data Modelling
5 6 (6.38%) ERP
5 6 (6.38%) ETL
5 6 (6.38%) Logistics
5 6 (6.38%) Release Management
5 6 (6.38%) Validation
6 4 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (3.19%) Project Planning
7 3 (3.19%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (89.36%) Degree
2 5 (5.32%) HND
3 2 (2.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (29.79%) QA
2 6 (6.38%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (5.32%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.32%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 47 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.51%) SAP
3 7 (7.45%) Infor
4 5 (5.32%) VMware
5 3 (3.19%) EMC
6 2 (2.13%) JD Edwards