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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 48 27
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +90
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 375 182 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.20% 5.25% 5.11%
As % of the General category 11.76% 7.80% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 228 133 162
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -18.18%

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 3,190 2,332 2,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 44.24% 67.28% 51.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,003 1,177 1,490
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,225
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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
Cambridgeshire +14 122 £55,000 +29.41% 108
Hertfordshire +33 105 £50,000 -4.76% 68
Essex -8 58 £41,801 -16.40% 80
Bedfordshire +6 46 £42,750 +22.14% 48
Norfolk +3 39 £55,000 +46.67% 28
Suffolk -11 6 £47,500 +43.40% 13
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 10 (2.67%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) WinCC
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.33%) Simulink
4 4 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.07%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) CATIA
6 1 (0.27%) Maple
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.07%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.47%) Power Platform
2 10 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.60%) SaaS
4 5 (1.33%) Azure
4 5 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.07%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.27%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.60%) Profibus
2 15 (4.00%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.47%) Wireless
4 11 (2.93%) Modbus
5 9 (2.40%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.40%) RS-232
5 9 (2.40%) RS-485
5 9 (2.40%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.60%) SNMP
7 2 (0.53%) Firewall
7 2 (0.53%) Intranet
7 2 (0.53%) Network Security
7 2 (0.53%) SSL
7 2 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.60%) Power BI
2 3 (0.80%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Moq
2 5 (1.33%) JIRA
3 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.07%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) Qt Creator
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 94 (25.07%) Electronics
2 68 (18.13%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.27%) Aerospace
4 45 (12.00%) Finance
5 27 (7.20%) Retail
6 24 (6.40%) Automotive
6 24 (6.40%) Pharmaceutical
7 20 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (4.80%) Marketing
9 14 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.93%) Law
11 8 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Aviation
14 5 (1.33%) Legal
15 4 (1.07%) Military
15 4 (1.07%) Swedish Language
16 3 (0.80%) Agriculture
16 3 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (12.00%) Software Engineer
2 36 (9.60%) Test Engineer
3 30 (8.00%) Business Manager
4 28 (7.47%) Business Development Manager
4 28 (7.47%) Development Manager
4 28 (7.47%) Electronics Engineer
5 26 (6.93%) Senior
6 23 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (5.60%) Lead
8 19 (5.07%) QA Manager
9 18 (4.80%) Consultant
9 18 (4.80%) Technical Engineer
10 17 (4.53%) Quality Manager
11 16 (4.27%) Electronics Test Engineer
11 16 (4.27%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.00%) Technical Support
12 15 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
13 14 (3.73%) Analyst
13 14 (3.73%) Lead Electronics Engineer
13 14 (3.73%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.47%) .NET
2 6 (1.60%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.60%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.60%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.60%) HTML
2 6 (1.60%) XML
2 6 (1.60%) XSLT
3 2 (0.53%) WPF
4 1 (0.27%) CSS
4 1 (0.27%) Qt
4 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.27%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.60%) Robotics
2 18 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.53%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (3.20%) Operational Technology
4 12 (3.20%) SCADA
5 11 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.67%) Replication
7 8 (2.13%) Acoustics
8 7 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (1.87%) Life Science
9 6 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.60%) FPGA
10 5 (1.33%) FMCG
10 5 (1.33%) LIMS
11 4 (1.07%) IoT
11 4 (1.07%) Smart City
11 4 (1.07%) Verilog
11 4 (1.07%) VHDL
12 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.67%) Windows
2 9 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (2.13%) Linux
4 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (14.13%) Software Engineering
2 51 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (10.93%) Business Development
5 32 (8.53%) ERP
6 28 (7.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (7.47%) Validation
7 22 (5.87%) Prototyping
8 21 (5.60%) Project Management
9 19 (5.07%) Process Improvement
10 17 (4.53%) Agile
10 17 (4.53%) Software Testing
11 16 (4.27%) Test Automation
11 16 (4.27%) Unit Testing
12 15 (4.00%) CAD
12 15 (4.00%) Logistics
12 15 (4.00%) PRINCE2
12 15 (4.00%) TDD
12 15 (4.00%) Technology Strategy
13 14 (3.73%) AI
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.60%) C++
2 28 (7.47%) C
3 26 (6.93%) C#
4 20 (5.33%) SQL
5 18 (4.80%) Python
6 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.60%) XAML
7 5 (1.33%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.07%) Clojure
8 4 (1.07%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.07%) Erlang
8 4 (1.07%) Java
8 4 (1.07%) Rust
8 4 (1.07%) Scala
9 2 (0.53%) VBA
10 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.27%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 73 (19.47%) Degree
2 30 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.13%) HNC
4 22 (5.87%) HND
5 13 (3.47%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.40%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.40%) PMP
7 6 (1.60%) City & Guilds
8 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.33%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.80%) PhD
10 2 (0.53%) CCNA
10 2 (0.53%) CCNP
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CIPD
11 1 (0.27%) ISEB
11 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.33%) QA
2 17 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.67%) HAZOP
4 9 (2.40%) GxP
5 4 (1.07%) DO-254
5 4 (1.07%) GDPR
6 2 (0.53%) COSHH
6 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.27%) GMP
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 23 (6.13%) Firmware
2 13 (3.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.67%) Wonderware InTouch
2 4 (1.07%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (7.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.20%) Allen-Bradley
2 12 (3.20%) EMC
3 11 (2.93%) SAP
4 10 (2.67%) Rockwell
4 10 (2.67%) Wonderware
5 9 (2.40%) Siemens
6 8 (2.13%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.07%) Cisco
8 4 (1.07%) Pardot
8 4 (1.07%) Sage
9 3 (0.80%) IFS
10 2 (0.53%) IBM
10 2 (0.53%) Infor
10 2 (0.53%) Meraki
10 2 (0.53%) NEC
10 2 (0.53%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.27%) Adobe
11 1 (0.27%) Informatica