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 26 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 47 33
Rank change year-on-year +20 -14 +97
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 297 206 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.38% 5.96% 4.93%
As % of the General category 9.84% 8.91% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 168 126 184
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,125 £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 3,018 2,311 2,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 44.49% 66.91% 52.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,861 1,137 1,825
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,049
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,814 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +30 97 £50,000 - 38
Cambridgeshire +8 96 £55,000 +22.22% 38
Essex -14 41 £45,000 -10.00% 34
Bedfordshire -4 31 £50,000 +42.86% 20
Norfolk -4 27 £55,000 +46.67% 17
Suffolk -4 5 £47,500 +43.40% 6
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 (3.37%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (1.01%) CMS
2 3 (1.01%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.67%) Simulink
5 2 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.34%) CATIA
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.67%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 10 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.02%) SaaS
4 5 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.35%) Azure
5 4 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.01%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.07%) Profibus
2 13 (4.38%) Wireless
3 12 (4.04%) Ethernet
4 11 (3.70%) Modbus
5 9 (3.03%) Bluetooth
5 9 (3.03%) RS-232
5 9 (3.03%) RS-485
5 9 (3.03%) ZigBee
6 3 (1.01%) SNMP
7 2 (0.67%) Firewall
7 2 (0.67%) Intranet
7 2 (0.67%) Network Security
7 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 2 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) Power BI
2 2 (0.67%) Spotfire
2 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.02%) Moq
2 4 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.35%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.34%) Git
3 1 (0.34%) Qt Creator
3 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 71 (23.91%) Electronics
2 53 (17.85%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.78%) Finance
4 29 (9.76%) Aerospace
5 23 (7.74%) Retail
6 18 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (5.72%) Marketing
8 14 (4.71%) Automotive
9 13 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.70%) Law
12 9 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.68%) Legal
16 4 (1.35%) Swedish Language
17 3 (1.01%) Aviation
18 2 (0.67%) Military
18 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
19 1 (0.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 43 (14.48%) Software Engineer
2 33 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 28 (9.43%) Business Manager
4 27 (9.09%) Business Development Manager
4 27 (9.09%) Development Manager
5 26 (8.75%) Electronics Engineer
6 24 (8.08%) Senior
7 21 (7.07%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (6.73%) Lead
9 17 (5.72%) Consultant
9 17 (5.72%) QA Manager
10 16 (5.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 16 (5.39%) Programmer
10 16 (5.39%) Quality Manager
11 14 (4.71%) Lead Electronics Engineer
11 14 (4.71%) Lead Test Engineer
12 13 (4.38%) Analyst
13 12 (4.04%) Embedded Engineer
14 11 (3.70%) Control Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.70%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.04%) .NET
2 6 (2.02%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.02%) Entity Framework
2 6 (2.02%) XML
2 6 (2.02%) XSLT
3 3 (1.01%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.01%) HTML
3 3 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.67%) WPF
5 1 (0.34%) Qt
5 1 (0.34%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.71%) Embedded Systems
1 14 (4.71%) Robotics
2 13 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.37%) Operational Technology
3 10 (3.37%) Replication
3 10 (3.37%) SCADA
4 6 (2.02%) Acoustics
4 6 (2.02%) Smart City
5 5 (1.68%) IoT
6 4 (1.35%) Life Science
6 4 (1.35%) Verilog
6 4 (1.35%) VHDL
7 3 (1.01%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.01%) LIMS
8 2 (0.67%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.67%) PMI
8 2 (0.67%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.03%) FreeRTOS
2 7 (2.36%) Windows
3 5 (1.68%) Linux
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (16.84%) Software Engineering
2 37 (12.46%) Business Development
3 27 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (6.73%) Project Management
6 18 (6.06%) ERP
6 18 (6.06%) Prototyping
6 18 (6.06%) Validation
7 15 (5.05%) Agile
7 15 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (5.05%) TDD
8 13 (4.38%) AI
8 13 (4.38%) Logistics
8 13 (4.38%) Software Testing
8 13 (4.38%) Unit Testing
9 12 (4.04%) CRM
9 12 (4.04%) PRINCE2
9 12 (4.04%) Process Improvement
9 12 (4.04%) Test Automation
10 11 (3.70%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.11%) C++
2 25 (8.42%) C
2 25 (8.42%) C#
3 17 (5.72%) SQL
4 15 (5.05%) Python
5 6 (2.02%) XAML
6 4 (1.35%) Clojure
6 4 (1.35%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.35%) Erlang
6 4 (1.35%) Java
6 4 (1.35%) Rust
6 4 (1.35%) Scala
7 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.67%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.67%) VBA
9 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 54 (18.18%) Degree
2 18 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.05%) HND
4 14 (4.71%) HNC
5 7 (2.36%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.36%) PMP
5 7 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.67%) CCNA
7 2 (0.67%) CCNP
7 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) CIPD
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.34%) ISEB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.76%) QA
2 14 (4.71%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.37%) HAZOP
4 6 (2.02%) GxP
5 4 (1.35%) DO-254
5 4 (1.35%) GDPR
6 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.34%) COSHH
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (6.06%) Firmware
2 13 (4.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.37%) Wonderware InTouch
2 4 (1.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (5.72%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.70%) EMC
3 10 (3.37%) Allen-Bradley
3 10 (3.37%) Rockwell
3 10 (3.37%) Wonderware
4 6 (2.02%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.02%) Pardot
4 6 (2.02%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.68%) SAP
6 4 (1.35%) Cisco
6 4 (1.35%) Sage
6 4 (1.35%) Siemens
7 3 (1.01%) Adobe
7 3 (1.01%) IFS
8 2 (0.67%) IBM
8 2 (0.67%) Infor
8 2 (0.67%) Meraki
8 2 (0.67%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow