Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in Cumbria

Manufacturing Engineering
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 10 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 2.82% 1.07% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 1.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £60,035 -
25th Percentile £49,453 £60,088 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,636 £60,175 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% - -
75th Percentile £53,818 £60,263 -
90th Percentile - £60,315 -
North West median annual salary £51,636 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -13.94% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Manufacturing Engineering 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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 306 346 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 86.20% 74.09% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 143 155 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,432 £38,734 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,818 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +4.24% +21.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,500
90th Percentile £63,900 £68,750 £66,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,625 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.15% -6.14% +3.77%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Manufacturing Engineering
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Broughton-in-Furness - 3 - -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 2 £51,636 -
Ulverston - 2 - -
Barrow-in-Furness +7 1 - - 1
Grange-over-Sands - 1 - -
Manufacturing Engineering
North West

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 4 (40.00%) AutoCAD
1 4 (40.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 10 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Case
1 4 (40.00%) Facilities Management
1 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (40.00%) HNC
2 4 (40.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA