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 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 8 37
Rank change year-on-year -41 +29 +94
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 176 366 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.29% 13.39% 5.11%
As % of the General category 6.83% 20.88% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 93 82 199
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,738 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £48,250 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.50% +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 requiring general skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,576 1,753 3,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 48.19% 64.12% 58.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,353 820 2,259
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,776 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% +6.90% -13.64%
75th Percentile £63,725 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.20%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 20 March 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 20 March 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -26 71 £50,000 - 33
Essex -25 33 £50,000 +25.00% 21
Cambridgeshire -31 25 £55,000 - 40
Norfolk +12 24 £47,500 -5.00% 8
Bedfordshire -16 19 £47,500 -32.14% 12
Suffolk -17 4 £65,000 +116.67% 10
Manufacturing
England

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.84%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) CATIA
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.14%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.52%) SaaS
2 4 (2.27%) Azure
2 4 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (2.27%) Azure Event Grid
2 4 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
2 4 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.14%) H2O.ai
3 2 (1.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.14%) SSL
2 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.57%) Firewall
2 1 (0.57%) Modbus
2 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.27%) Metadata
2 2 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.57%) Redis
3 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.14%) Git
2 2 (1.14%) JIRA
3 1 (0.57%) Qt Creator
General
1 33 (18.75%) Electronics
2 31 (17.61%) Social Skills
3 23 (13.07%) Marketing
4 18 (10.23%) Finance
5 17 (9.66%) Aerospace
6 14 (7.95%) Retail
7 8 (4.55%) French Language
7 8 (4.55%) Swedish Language
8 7 (3.98%) Automotive
9 6 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.84%) Law
11 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.70%) German Language
12 3 (1.70%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.14%) Military
13 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (21.02%) Test Engineer
2 22 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 15 (8.52%) Senior
4 13 (7.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 12 (6.82%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 11 (6.25%) QA Manager
7 10 (5.68%) Support Engineer
7 10 (5.68%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (5.68%) Technical Support
7 10 (5.68%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) Lead
8 9 (5.11%) PLC Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) Sales Representative
8 9 (5.11%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Developer
9 8 (4.55%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Identity Management Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Lead Electronics Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Lead Test Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.41%) .NET
1 6 (3.41%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.14%) JSON
2 2 (1.14%) Keras
2 2 (1.14%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.14%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.57%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.57%) IDoc
3 1 (0.57%) JSON-LD
3 1 (0.57%) MassTransit
3 1 (0.57%) Pandas
3 1 (0.57%) Qt
3 1 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.98%) Smart City
2 6 (3.41%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.41%) Mobile Computing
2 6 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.70%) IoT
3 3 (1.70%) Robotics
4 2 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (1.14%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.14%) Semantic Web
4 2 (1.14%) Verilog
4 2 (1.14%) VHDL
5 1 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.57%) Linked Data
5 1 (0.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.57%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.57%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) Linux
1 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (11.93%) B2B
2 17 (9.66%) Logistics
3 15 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (6.82%) AI
4 12 (6.82%) ERP
4 12 (6.82%) Load Testing
5 11 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (6.25%) Telesales
6 10 (5.68%) CRM
7 9 (5.11%) Project Management
7 9 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (4.55%) Contract Negotiation
8 8 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (4.55%) Prototyping
8 8 (4.55%) Test Automation
8 8 (4.55%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (4.55%) Validation
9 7 (3.98%) Customer Acquisition
9 7 (3.98%) Demand Generation
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.11%) C#
2 7 (3.98%) Python
3 6 (3.41%) SQL
4 4 (2.27%) C++
5 2 (1.14%) C
5 2 (1.14%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.57%) ABAP
6 1 (0.57%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.57%) SHACL
6 1 (0.57%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 17 (9.66%) Degree
2 16 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.98%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.98%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.14%) HND
6 1 (0.57%) CCA
6 1 (0.57%) CCNA
6 1 (0.57%) CCNP
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.57%) HNC
6 1 (0.57%) ISEB
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.52%) QA
2 5 (2.84%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.14%) DO-254
4 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.57%) COSHH
5 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.27%) Ansible
2 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.98%) Pardot
2 7 (3.98%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.41%) SAP
4 5 (2.84%) Adobe
5 4 (2.27%) EMC
6 2 (1.14%) Databricks
6 2 (1.14%) Dell
6 2 (1.14%) IBM
6 2 (1.14%) IFS
6 2 (1.14%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco
7 1 (0.57%) Siemens