Manufacturing Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 27 112
Rank change year-on-year +14 +85 -52
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 58 89 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.39% 5.62% 0.57%
As % of the General category 18.13% 10.14% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 22 69 6
10th Percentile £26,250 - £45,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £63,625 £75,750 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.95% -6.82% +22.22%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 320 878 937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 62.87% 55.43% 66.74%
Number of salaries quoted 189 670 320
10th Percentile £28,350 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,100 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +13.68%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cambridge +24 35 £57,500 -14.18% 57
Peterborough +1 10 £27,500 -17.91% 13
Huntingdon +2 1 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Chatteris - 1 £40,000 -
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Amazon SageMaker
1 9 (15.52%) AWS
2 2 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (1.72%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.72%) Figma
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) Wireless
2 7 (12.07%) Bluetooth
2 7 (12.07%) Modbus
2 7 (12.07%) Profibus
2 7 (12.07%) RS-232
2 7 (12.07%) RS-485
2 7 (12.07%) ZigBee
3 4 (6.90%) 2G
3 4 (6.90%) 3G
3 4 (6.90%) 4G
3 4 (6.90%) 5G
4 1 (1.72%) MQTT
4 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Git
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
1 1 (1.72%) Qt Creator
1 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Electronics
2 13 (22.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (15.52%) Finance
4 8 (13.79%) Marketing
4 8 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Banking
6 3 (5.17%) Law
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Support Technician
2 12 (20.69%) Senior
3 9 (15.52%) Technical Support
4 8 (13.79%) Embedded Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Software Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Design Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Hardware Design Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Customer Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Customer Support Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) QA Specialist
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) Keras
1 9 (15.52%) NumPy
1 9 (15.52%) PyTorch
1 9 (15.52%) scikit-learn
1 9 (15.52%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.72%) Qt
2 1 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Algorithms
2 7 (12.07%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (10.34%) IoT
4 3 (5.17%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (3.45%) Robotics
5 2 (3.45%) Social Media
6 1 (1.72%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Blog
6 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (5.17%) Windows
3 2 (3.45%) Android
3 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Software Engineering
1 18 (31.03%) Validation
2 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.41%) Analytics
4 12 (20.69%) Coaching
4 12 (20.69%) Data Analytics
4 12 (20.69%) Service Delivery
5 10 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
6 9 (15.52%) Computational Biology
6 9 (15.52%) Data Engineering
6 9 (15.52%) Data Science
6 9 (15.52%) Data Transformation
6 9 (15.52%) Deep Learning
6 9 (15.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 9 (15.52%) Dimensionality Reduction
6 9 (15.52%) Reinforcement Learning
6 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
6 9 (15.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) Python
2 8 (13.79%) C
2 8 (13.79%) C++
3 2 (3.45%) SQL
4 1 (1.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Degree
2 12 (20.69%) NVQ Level 4
3 9 (15.52%) PhD
4 5 (8.62%) Master's Degree
5 4 (6.90%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) QA
2 3 (5.17%) GMP
2 3 (5.17%) GxP
3 1 (1.72%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.72%) PMO
3 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (13.79%) Firmware
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) EMC
1 5 (8.62%) IFS
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) Facebook
4 1 (1.72%) Instagram
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle
4 1 (1.72%) Twitter