Manufacturing Job Trends in Cornwall

Manufacturing
South West > Cornwall

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Cornwall. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 3 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 2.05% 9.46% 5.88%
As % of the General category 4.92% 14.89% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £29,938
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £30,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £33,750 £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -

All General Skills
Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 61 47 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 41.78% 63.51% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32 17 34
10th Percentile - £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £34,250 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,700 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.71% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £33,313 £53,750 £36,688
90th Percentile £55,900 £58,000 £47,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 13 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
Truro - 3 £55,000 -
Manufacturing
South West

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) IoT Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python