Manufacturing Jobs in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 28 42
Rank change year-on-year +15 +14 -19
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 301 287 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.21% 5.95% 6.01%
As % of the General category 17.20% 11.23% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 36 196 65
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,625 £29,150
25th Percentile £34,375 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +1.12%
75th Percentile £51,625 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £68,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,750 2,556 1,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 65.20% 52.96% 68.18%
Number of salaries quoted 711 1,673 812
10th Percentile £25,267 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Derbyshire +13 117 £33,000 -30.53% 148
Nottinghamshire +44 72 £47,500 +2.70% 97
Northamptonshire +3 66 £40,000 - 79
Leicestershire +6 40 £45,000 -10.00% 86
Lincolnshire -16 6 £47,500 +26.67% 77
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.33%) Mendix
Applications
1 29 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) Revit
3 1 (0.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.33%) Azure
2 1 (0.33%) AWS
2 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (0.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.66%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.66%) Firewall
3 1 (0.33%) DHCP
3 1 (0.33%) DNS
3 1 (0.33%) LTE
3 1 (0.33%) Modbus
3 1 (0.33%) MQTT
3 1 (0.33%) Profibus
3 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.33%) DTS
2 1 (0.33%) MySQL
2 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 184 (61.13%) Retail
2 52 (17.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 48 (15.95%) Dutch Language
3 48 (15.95%) Finnish Language
3 48 (15.95%) Norwegian Language
4 24 (7.97%) Documentation Skills
4 24 (7.97%) Legal
5 21 (6.98%) Electronics
6 17 (5.65%) Finance
7 16 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.32%) Social Skills
9 12 (3.99%) Catalan Language
10 7 (2.33%) Marketing
11 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.00%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Advertising
13 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.66%) Automotive
14 1 (0.33%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 180 (59.80%) Trainer
2 50 (16.61%) Senior
3 25 (8.31%) Electrical Engineer
3 25 (8.31%) Safety Engineer
3 25 (8.31%) Test Engineer
4 17 (5.65%) Analyst
5 14 (4.65%) Design Engineer
5 14 (4.65%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 14 (4.65%) Electronics Engineer
6 13 (4.32%) Associate Engineer
6 13 (4.32%) PCB Design Engineer
6 13 (4.32%) PCB Engineer
7 5 (1.66%) Administrator
7 5 (1.66%) Data Administrator
7 5 (1.66%) Data Analyst
8 4 (1.33%) ERP Analyst
8 4 (1.33%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (1.33%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (1.33%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (1.00%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) .NET
1 2 (0.66%) EDI
2 1 (0.33%) CSS
2 1 (0.33%) HTML
2 1 (0.33%) JSON
2 1 (0.33%) REST
2 1 (0.33%) SOAP
2 1 (0.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 180 (59.80%) Robotics
2 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
2 5 (1.66%) Pricing Data
3 3 (1.00%) IoT
4 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.66%) Optoelectronics
4 2 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.33%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.33%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.33%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.33%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.33%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.33%) SCADA
5 1 (0.33%) Social Media
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.00%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (62.79%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (59.80%) Artificial Intelligence
2 180 (59.80%) Generative AI
2 180 (59.80%) LLM
2 180 (59.80%) Machine Learning
2 180 (59.80%) Red Team
3 132 (43.85%) Data Privacy
4 25 (8.31%) Mathematics
4 25 (8.31%) Safety Engineering
5 18 (5.98%) Mentoring
6 15 (4.98%) CAD
6 15 (4.98%) Project Planning
6 15 (4.98%) Schematic Capture
7 13 (4.32%) Design for Manufacturing
8 12 (3.99%) Biochemistry
8 12 (3.99%) Biology
8 12 (3.99%) Chemistry
9 11 (3.65%) ERP
10 10 (3.32%) Customer Service
10 10 (3.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.32%) SQL
2 4 (1.33%) Python
3 3 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.33%) C
4 1 (0.33%) C#
4 1 (0.33%) Java
4 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 265 (88.04%) Degree
2 26 (8.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (7.97%) Numerate Degree
4 16 (5.32%) HND
5 3 (1.00%) HNC
6 2 (0.66%) CCNA
6 2 (0.66%) CCNP
6 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.33%) MAPM
7 1 (0.33%) MRICS
7 1 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.65%) QA
2 2 (0.66%) PMO
3 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.33%) GDPR
3 1 (0.33%) GRC
3 1 (0.33%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.33%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.66%) Firmware
2 1 (0.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.33%) Marathon
Vendors
1 180 (59.80%) Adobe
1 180 (59.80%) Databricks
1 180 (59.80%) Google
2 34 (11.30%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.65%) EMC
4 13 (4.32%) SAP
5 6 (1.99%) Oracle
6 3 (1.00%) Siemens
7 2 (0.66%) Cisco
7 2 (0.66%) JD Edwards
7 2 (0.66%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.33%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.33%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.33%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.33%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.33%) VMware