Manufacturing Job Trends in Central London

Manufacturing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 120 159
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 +37
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 23 64 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.90% 1.99% 0.39%
As % of the General category 1.44% 2.80% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile - £26,500 £40,375
25th Percentile £70,000 £36,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £42,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -38.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £86,625
London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -31.25% +15.94%

All General Skills
Central London

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 general skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,601 2,283 1,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.56% 71.01% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 1,306 1,675
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £113,750
London median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.24%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Central London

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
City of London +24 16 £90,000 +84.62% 12
City of Westminster +32 6 £82,500 -
West End of London -3 4 £82,500 -
Manufacturing
London

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) PTC Creo
1 1 (4.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) H2O.ai
3 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
General
1 5 (21.74%) Retail
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) C++ Developer
3 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Developer
3 3 (13.04%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Finance Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Retail Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Data Scientist
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) PyTorch
2 2 (8.70%) NumPy
2 2 (8.70%) Pandas
2 2 (8.70%) PySpark
2 2 (8.70%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.35%) Keras
3 1 (4.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) AI
1 6 (26.09%) Coaching
1 6 (26.09%) ERP
1 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (21.74%) LLM
2 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 4 (17.39%) Data Governance
3 4 (17.39%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Budgeting
4 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Data Architecture
4 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
4 3 (13.04%) DevOps
4 3 (13.04%) Logistics
4 3 (13.04%) Machine Learning
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) C++
2 2 (8.70%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) PhD
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Databricks
1 1 (4.35%) Dell
1 1 (4.35%) NVIDIA