Manufacturing Job Trends in the East of England

Manufacturing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	7	62	31
Rank change year-on-year	+55	-31	+36
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing	802	133	239
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	9.17%	4.09%	5.72%
As % of the General category	20.76%	6.42%	10.66%
Number of salaries quoted	567	99	93
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£31,250	£27,400
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£35,000	£37,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£40,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-20.00%	-13.04%
75^th Percentile	£57,500	£56,250	£57,500
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£70,550	£65,000
England median annual salary	£50,000	£47,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-	-13.64%

All General Skills
East of England

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	3,864	2,071	2,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	44.17%	63.68%	53.66%
Number of salaries quoted	2,598	1,173	922
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£27,000	£27,525
25^th Percentile	£33,500	£31,250	£38,031
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£75,000	£81,700
England median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-

Manufacturing Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Manufacturing Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridgeshire	+56	225	£50,000	+6.38%	86
Hertfordshire	+51	186	£54,875	+4.52%	59
Bedfordshire	+10	129	£50,000	+42.86%	40
Essex	+16	126	£42,500	-26.09%	45
Norfolk	+14	120	£51,000	+34.21%	18
Suffolk	+23	20	£47,500	+72.73%	10
Manufacturing England

Manufacturing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 October 2026, job vacancies citing Manufacturing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region citing Manufacturing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	22.7%	182
2	Problem-Solving	21.1%	169
3	Degree	18.0%	144
4	ERP	11.3%	91
5	Microsoft	10.6%	85
6	Stakeholder Management	8.0%	64
7	Validation	7.7%	62
8	Microsoft Excel	7.5%	60
9	Business Development	7.2%	58
10	HNC	7.1%	57
10	Software Engineering	7.1%	57
12	Preventative Maintenance	6.6%	53
13	Security Cleared	6.5%	52
14	HND	6.1%	49
15	Process Improvement	5.7%	46
15	QA	5.7%	46
17	SAP	5.4%	43
18	Prototyping	5.1%	41
19	Microsoft Office	5.0%	40
19	Test Automation	5.0%	40
21	CAD	4.4%	35
21	Lean Manufacturing	4.4%	35
23	Root Cause Analysis	4.2%	34
23	Siemens	4.2%	34
25	NVQ Level 3	4.1%	33
26	Collaborative Working	3.9%	31
26	Project Management	3.9%	31
28	CRM	3.6%	29
29	City & Guilds	3.5%	28
30	Firmware	3.4%	27

Manufacturing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Electronics	24.6%	197
2	Social Skills	21.1%	169
3	Aerospace	9.7%	78
4	Finance	7.5%	60
5	Analytical Skills	6.4%	51
6	Organisational Skills	6.0%	48
7	Retail	5.5%	44
8	Automotive	4.7%	38
9	Pharmaceutical	4.4%	35
10	Marketing	3.9%	31
11	Inclusion and Diversity	2.7%	22
12	Military	1.6%	13
13	Aviation	1.2%	10
14	Agriculture	1.1%	9
15	Influencing Skills	1.0%	8
16	Advertising	0.7%	6
16	Legal	0.7%	6
16	Presentation Skills	0.7%	6
19	Documentation Skills	0.6%	5
20	Banking	0.5%	4