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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 49 31
Rank change year-on-year +22 -18 +100
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 294 205 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.37% 5.93% 5.02%
As % of the General category 9.82% 8.94% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 163 125 199
10th Percentile £34,600 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,901 £31,250 £32,125
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 £61,000
90th Percentile £79,750 £71,000 £73,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -16.67%

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 2,994 2,293 2,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 44.47% 66.37% 52.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 1,122 1,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -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 £54,700
% change year-on-year - +0.55% -8.83%

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 23 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 23 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 +36 101 £54,750 +9.50% 29
Cambridgeshire +7 92 £55,000 +22.22% 40
Essex -16 42 £45,000 -10.00% 24
Bedfordshire -8 28 £55,000 +57.14% 18
Norfolk -5 26 £55,000 +46.67% 16
Suffolk -4 5 £47,500 +43.40% 7
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 (3.40%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (1.02%) CMS
2 3 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) WinCC
Applications
1 13 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.68%) Simulink
5 2 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.34%) CATIA
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.68%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (3.40%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.04%) SaaS
3 5 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.36%) Azure
4 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.36%) Azure Event Grid
4 4 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.14%) Profibus
2 13 (4.42%) Wireless
3 12 (4.08%) Ethernet
4 11 (3.74%) Modbus
5 9 (3.06%) Bluetooth
5 9 (3.06%) RS-232
5 9 (3.06%) RS-485
5 9 (3.06%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.68%) Firewall
6 2 (0.68%) Intranet
6 2 (0.68%) Network Security
6 2 (0.68%) SNMP
6 2 (0.68%) SSL
6 2 (0.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.36%) Power BI
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Moq
2 4 (1.36%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.36%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.02%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Qt Creator
4 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 71 (24.15%) Electronics
2 50 (17.01%) Social Skills
3 34 (11.56%) Finance
4 30 (10.20%) Aerospace
5 23 (7.82%) Retail
6 17 (5.78%) Marketing
6 17 (5.78%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (4.76%) Automotive
8 12 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.74%) Law
10 8 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.70%) Legal
13 4 (1.36%) Swedish Language
14 2 (0.68%) Aviation
14 2 (0.68%) Military
15 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (14.63%) Software Engineer
2 33 (11.22%) Test Engineer
3 28 (9.52%) Business Manager
4 27 (9.18%) Business Development Manager
4 27 (9.18%) Development Manager
5 26 (8.84%) Electronics Engineer
6 24 (8.16%) Senior
7 22 (7.48%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (6.80%) Lead
9 16 (5.44%) Consultant
9 16 (5.44%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 16 (5.44%) Programmer
10 15 (5.10%) QA Manager
11 14 (4.76%) Lead Electronics Engineer
11 14 (4.76%) Lead Test Engineer
11 14 (4.76%) Quality Manager
12 12 (4.08%) Embedded Engineer
13 11 (3.74%) Analyst
13 11 (3.74%) Control Systems Engineer
13 11 (3.74%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) .NET
2 6 (2.04%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.04%) Entity Framework
2 6 (2.04%) XML
2 6 (2.04%) XSLT
3 3 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.68%) HTML
4 2 (0.68%) WPF
5 1 (0.34%) Qt
5 1 (0.34%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
1 14 (4.76%) Robotics
2 11 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.40%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.40%) Replication
3 10 (3.40%) SCADA
4 9 (3.06%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.04%) Acoustics
5 6 (2.04%) Smart City
6 5 (1.70%) IoT
7 4 (1.36%) Life Science
7 4 (1.36%) Verilog
7 4 (1.36%) VHDL
8 3 (1.02%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.68%) LIMS
9 2 (0.68%) PMI
9 2 (0.68%) Social Media
10 1 (0.34%) FPGA
10 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.06%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (2.04%) Windows
3 4 (1.36%) Linux
4 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (17.01%) Software Engineering
2 36 (12.24%) Business Development
3 24 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (6.46%) Project Management
6 18 (6.12%) Prototyping
7 17 (5.78%) ERP
7 17 (5.78%) Validation
8 15 (5.10%) TDD
9 14 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (4.42%) Agile
10 13 (4.42%) AI
10 13 (4.42%) Logistics
11 12 (4.08%) CRM
11 12 (4.08%) Software Testing
11 12 (4.08%) Test Automation
11 12 (4.08%) Unit Testing
12 11 (3.74%) CAD
12 11 (3.74%) Multithreading
12 11 (3.74%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.88%) C++
2 24 (8.16%) C
2 24 (8.16%) C#
3 16 (5.44%) SQL
4 14 (4.76%) Python
5 6 (2.04%) XAML
6 4 (1.36%) Clojure
6 4 (1.36%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.36%) Erlang
6 4 (1.36%) Java
6 4 (1.36%) Rust
6 4 (1.36%) Scala
7 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.68%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.68%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 53 (18.03%) Degree
2 16 (5.44%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.10%) HND
4 14 (4.76%) HNC
5 6 (2.04%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.04%) PMP
5 6 (2.04%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) CCNA
7 2 (0.68%) CCNP
7 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.68%) 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 27 (9.18%) QA
2 14 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.40%) HAZOP
4 5 (1.70%) GxP
5 4 (1.36%) DO-254
5 4 (1.36%) GDPR
6 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.34%) COSHH
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (6.12%) Firmware
2 13 (4.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.40%) Wonderware InTouch
2 4 (1.36%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (5.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.74%) EMC
3 10 (3.40%) Allen-Bradley
3 10 (3.40%) Rockwell
3 10 (3.40%) Wonderware
4 6 (2.04%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.04%) Pardot
4 6 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.70%) SAP
6 4 (1.36%) Cisco
6 4 (1.36%) Sage
6 4 (1.36%) Siemens
7 3 (1.02%) Adobe
7 3 (1.02%) IFS
8 2 (0.68%) IBM
8 2 (0.68%) Infor
8 2 (0.68%) Meraki
8 2 (0.68%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow