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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 52 26
Rank change year-on-year +32 -26 +79
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 431 178 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.68% 5.11% 5.08%
As % of the General category 13.36% 7.68% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 286 138 156
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,250 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -20.71% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,125 £70,000
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 3,225 2,318 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 42.53% 66.55% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,098 1,183 1,422
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,720 £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 28 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 28 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 +24 127 £53,250 +21.71% 110
Hertfordshire +35 112 £50,000 -4.76% 71
Bedfordshire +5 68 £50,000 +42.86% 52
Essex -3 66 £45,000 -10.00% 70
Norfolk +5 53 £55,000 +44.74% 34
Suffolk -5 6 £47,500 +31.03% 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 (2.32%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
3 2 (0.46%) WinCC
Applications
1 23 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.39%) Simulink
4 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.93%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.46%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.23%) CATIA
7 1 (0.23%) Maple
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.23%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.46%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.46%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (2.32%) Power Platform
2 6 (1.39%) SaaS
3 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
3 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
4 2 (0.46%) Azure
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.23%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.23%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.23%) Boomi
5 1 (0.23%) Canva
5 1 (0.23%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.23%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.87%) Profibus
2 16 (3.71%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.02%) Wireless
4 11 (2.55%) Modbus
5 9 (2.09%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.09%) RS-232
5 9 (2.09%) RS-485
5 9 (2.09%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.39%) SNMP
7 2 (0.46%) Firewall
7 2 (0.46%) Intranet
7 2 (0.46%) Network Security
7 2 (0.46%) VoIP
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.39%) Power BI
2 3 (0.70%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Moq
2 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 95 (22.04%) Electronics
2 72 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 48 (11.14%) Aerospace
4 42 (9.74%) Finance
5 27 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.26%) Retail
6 25 (5.80%) Automotive
6 25 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.48%) Marketing
9 10 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.86%) Law
11 6 (1.39%) Aviation
12 5 (1.16%) Legal
12 5 (1.16%) Military
13 4 (0.93%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (10.90%) Software Engineer
2 39 (9.05%) Business Manager
3 37 (8.58%) Business Development Manager
3 37 (8.58%) Development Manager
4 33 (7.66%) Test Engineer
5 28 (6.50%) Senior
6 22 (5.10%) Electronics Engineer
6 22 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (4.87%) Technical Engineer
8 18 (4.18%) Consultant
9 17 (3.94%) QA Manager
9 17 (3.94%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.71%) Lead
10 16 (3.71%) Technical Support
10 16 (3.71%) Technical Support Engineer
11 15 (3.48%) Account Manager
11 15 (3.48%) Quality Manager
12 14 (3.25%) Analyst
13 13 (3.02%) Control Systems Engineer
14 12 (2.78%) Electronics Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.78%) .NET
2 6 (1.39%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.39%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.39%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.39%) HTML
2 6 (1.39%) XML
2 6 (1.39%) XSLT
3 2 (0.46%) WPF
4 1 (0.23%) CSS
4 1 (0.23%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.57%) Robotics
2 18 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.94%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (3.25%) Operational Technology
5 12 (2.78%) SCADA
6 10 (2.32%) Replication
7 9 (2.09%) Acoustics
8 8 (1.86%) Analogue Electronics
8 8 (1.86%) FMCG
8 8 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.62%) FPGA
9 7 (1.62%) Life Science
9 7 (1.62%) LIMS
10 4 (0.93%) Smart City
10 4 (0.93%) Verilog
10 4 (0.93%) VHDL
11 3 (0.70%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.70%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.32%) Windows
2 9 (2.09%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (1.62%) Linux
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (12.30%) Software Engineering
4 51 (11.83%) Business Development
5 36 (8.35%) ERP
6 35 (8.12%) Validation
7 28 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (5.10%) Project Management
9 21 (4.87%) Process Improvement
10 19 (4.41%) CRM
11 18 (4.18%) Agile
11 18 (4.18%) Prototyping
12 17 (3.94%) PRINCE2
12 17 (3.94%) Software Testing
13 16 (3.71%) Change Control
13 16 (3.71%) Unit Testing
14 15 (3.48%) IT Strategy
14 15 (3.48%) Preventative Maintenance
14 15 (3.48%) TDD
14 15 (3.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.66%) C++
2 28 (6.50%) C
3 23 (5.34%) C#
4 19 (4.41%) SQL
5 16 (3.71%) Python
6 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.39%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.39%) XAML
7 4 (0.93%) Clojure
7 4 (0.93%) Embedded C
7 4 (0.93%) Erlang
7 4 (0.93%) Java
7 4 (0.93%) Rust
7 4 (0.93%) Scala
8 2 (0.46%) VBA
9 1 (0.23%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 75 (17.40%) Degree
2 36 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.57%) HNC
4 21 (4.87%) HND
5 16 (3.71%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.55%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.55%) PMP
8 8 (1.86%) City & Guilds
9 7 (1.62%) NVQ Level 3
10 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.93%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.93%) PhD
12 2 (0.46%) CCNA
12 2 (0.46%) CCNP
12 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.23%) CIPD
13 1 (0.23%) ISEB
13 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.66%) QA
2 15 (3.48%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.55%) GxP
4 10 (2.32%) HAZOP
5 4 (0.93%) DO-254
5 4 (0.93%) GDPR
6 2 (0.46%) COSHH
7 1 (0.23%) GMP
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (6.03%) Firmware
2 13 (3.02%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.32%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (6.96%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.02%) Allen-Bradley
2 13 (3.02%) SAP
3 12 (2.78%) EMC
3 12 (2.78%) Siemens
4 10 (2.32%) Rockwell
4 10 (2.32%) Wonderware
5 8 (1.86%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.93%) Cisco
7 4 (0.93%) Pardot
7 4 (0.93%) Sage
8 3 (0.70%) IFS
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe
9 2 (0.46%) Infor
9 2 (0.46%) Meraki
9 2 (0.46%) NEC
9 2 (0.46%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.23%) Informatica
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle