Manufacturing Job Trends in East Kilbride

Manufacturing
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in East Kilbride. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 5 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East Kilbride 35.71% 33.33% -
As % of the General category 35.71% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% - -
75th Percentile £28,500 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Lanarkshire median annual salary £28,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -44.00% - -

All General Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Kilbride 100.00% 100.00% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 14
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -31.03% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £70,375 - £97,500
South Lanarkshire median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -31.03% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in East Kilbride

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco