Manufacturing Jobs in Devon

Manufacturing
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 49 55
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 34 33 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 6.84% 3.46% 2.28%
As % of the General category 9.63% 6.67% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7 27 11
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,625 £34,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £38,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.71% -26.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £54,500 £56,000 -
South West median annual salary £46,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.24% -22.73% +22.22%

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 353 495 421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 71.03% 51.94% 73.86%
Number of salaries quoted 131 362 276
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,100 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,177 £32,132 £28,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +5.96% -6.79%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,844 £48,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £57,500
South West median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +2.79%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Devon

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Devon

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Devon region over the 6 months to 31 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
Plymouth +7 17 £45,000 +5.88% 10
Exeter +17 11 £55,000 +44.74% 9
Ilfracombe 0 1 - -
Manufacturing
South West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) SD-WAN
2 3 (8.82%) VoIP
2 3 (8.82%) WAN
2 3 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (14.71%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Electronics
3 3 (8.82%) Aerospace
3 3 (8.82%) Automotive
3 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Advertising
4 1 (2.94%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Technical Support
2 18 (52.94%) Support Technician
3 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
3 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 3 (8.82%) IT Support
3 3 (8.82%) Support Specialist
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Support Specialist
4 2 (5.88%) Administrator
4 2 (5.88%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Business Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Development Manager
4 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (5.88%) IT Technician
4 2 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.76%) Robotics
2 4 (11.76%) SCADA
3 3 (8.82%) FMCG
3 3 (8.82%) IoT
3 3 (8.82%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Coaching
1 16 (47.06%) Customer Experience
1 16 (47.06%) Customer Service
1 16 (47.06%) Service Delivery
1 16 (47.06%) Technical Analysis
2 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (11.76%) Data Collection
3 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
3 4 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (5.88%) Business Development
5 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.88%) Business Strategy
5 2 (5.88%) Change Control
5 2 (5.88%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (2.94%) CAD
6 1 (2.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) NVQ Level 4
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) CCNA
3 1 (2.94%) CCNP
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) SCCM
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco
1 4 (11.76%) Fortinet
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Aruba
2 3 (8.82%) Okta
3 2 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.94%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (2.94%) HP
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Siemens