Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in Bristol

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Design for Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 884 1,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.51% 78.51% 79.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,713 630 1,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Design for Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Design for Manufacturing

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Electrical Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) Robotics Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Electrical Design Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) PCB Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) CAD
1 6 (100.00%) Motion Control
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Robotic Control
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware