Manufacturing Jobs in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 39 86
Rank change year-on-year +28 +47 +25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 35 46 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 13.41% 4.59% 0.85%
As % of the General category 20.00% 8.50% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 7
10th Percentile - £38,325 £46,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.18% +21.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,375 -
90th Percentile £61,125 £75,750 £74,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 175 541 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 67.05% 53.99% 65.85%
Number of salaries quoted 100 416 212
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £29,120
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +10.00% -1.19%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £80,001 £84,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) Amazon SageMaker
1 9 (25.71%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) 2G
1 4 (11.43%) 3G
1 4 (11.43%) 4G
1 4 (11.43%) 5G
1 4 (11.43%) Wireless
2 1 (2.86%) MQTT
2 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (34.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Electronics
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Law
6 2 (5.71%) Finance
6 2 (5.71%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Support Technician
1 8 (22.86%) Technical Support
2 5 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Hardware Design Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Hardware Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Technical Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) ERP Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) ERP Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) QA Specialist
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (2.86%) Cutover Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.71%) Keras
1 9 (25.71%) NumPy
1 9 (25.71%) PyTorch
1 9 (25.71%) scikit-learn
1 9 (25.71%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Algorithms
2 6 (17.14%) IoT
3 3 (8.57%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.86%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.86%) Blog
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) Robotics
4 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Android
1 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Analytics
1 13 (37.14%) Validation
2 12 (34.29%) Coaching
2 12 (34.29%) Data Analytics
2 12 (34.29%) Service Delivery
3 10 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 9 (25.71%) Bioinformatics
4 9 (25.71%) Biology
4 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
4 9 (25.71%) Data Engineering
4 9 (25.71%) Data Transformation
4 9 (25.71%) Deep Learning
4 9 (25.71%) Machine Learning
4 9 (25.71%) Mathematics
4 9 (25.71%) Physics
4 9 (25.71%) PLM
4 9 (25.71%) Software Engineering
4 9 (25.71%) Statistics
4 9 (25.71%) User Experience
4 9 (25.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) Degree
2 12 (34.29%) NVQ Level 4
3 9 (25.71%) PhD
4 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 4 (11.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) GMP
1 3 (8.57%) GxP
1 3 (8.57%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) EMC
2 2 (5.71%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle