Manufacturing Job Trends in Darlington

Manufacturing
Durham > Darlington

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 4 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington 4.94% 14.58% 1.59%
As % of the General category 12.50% 26.92% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £35,000
75th Percentile £66,250 - £36,500
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median annual salary £47,700 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +36.29% - -22.22%

All General Skills
Darlington

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 Darlington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32 26 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Darlington 39.51% 54.17% 50.79%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 23
10th Percentile £29,000 - £32,662
25th Percentile £35,000 - £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £28,188 £56,700
Median % change year-on-year +130.59% -50.29% +3.09%
75th Percentile £78,224 £50,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,312 £79,846 £79,225
Durham median annual salary £44,777 £35,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +27.93% -28.21% +10.80%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Darlington

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Darlington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Bioengineering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GMP
1 1 (25.00%) QA