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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +127
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 290 244 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.50% 7.60% 5.14%
As % of the General category 9.95% 11.26% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 156 107 241
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £36,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -27.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,750
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 2,914 2,167 3,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 45.19% 67.49% 52.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,791 982 2,516
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,905
25th Percentile £32,375 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% -10.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -12.50%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +39 110 £52,375 -8.91% 22
Cambridgeshire +3 80 £55,000 +23.60% 29
Essex -22 41 £50,000 +25.00% 23
Bedfordshire -8 27 £55,000 +57.14% 20
Norfolk -1 26 £55,000 - 8
Suffolk -2 6 £47,500 +43.40% 3
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 (3.45%) FactoryTalk
2 5 (1.72%) CMS
3 3 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.34%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Simulink
4 2 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.34%) CATIA
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.45%) SaaS
2 9 (3.10%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.38%) Azure
5 4 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.03%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.34%) H2O.ai
7 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.90%) Profibus
2 13 (4.48%) Wireless
3 12 (4.14%) Ethernet
4 11 (3.79%) Modbus
5 9 (3.10%) Bluetooth
5 9 (3.10%) RS-232
5 9 (3.10%) RS-485
5 9 (3.10%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.69%) Firewall
6 2 (0.69%) Intranet
6 2 (0.69%) Network Security
6 2 (0.69%) SSL
6 2 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.03%) Power BI
2 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (2.07%) Moq
2 4 (1.38%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.38%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.69%) 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 75 (25.86%) Electronics
2 50 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.38%) Aerospace
4 31 (10.69%) Finance
5 20 (6.90%) Retail
6 19 (6.55%) Marketing
7 15 (5.17%) Automotive
8 14 (4.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (3.79%) Law
11 7 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.72%) Legal
13 4 (1.38%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.69%) French Language
16 1 (0.34%) Advertising
16 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (13.45%) Software Engineer
2 30 (10.34%) Test Engineer
3 27 (9.31%) Electronics Engineer
4 26 (8.97%) Business Development Manager
4 26 (8.97%) Business Manager
4 26 (8.97%) Development Manager
5 24 (8.28%) Senior
6 23 (7.93%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (6.90%) Lead
8 17 (5.86%) Electronics Test Engineer
8 17 (5.86%) Programmer
9 14 (4.83%) Consultant
9 14 (4.83%) Lead Electronics Engineer
9 14 (4.83%) Lead Test Engineer
10 12 (4.14%) Embedded Engineer
11 11 (3.79%) Control Systems Engineer
11 11 (3.79%) QA Manager
11 11 (3.79%) Quality Manager
12 10 (3.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 10 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.79%) .NET
2 6 (2.07%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.07%) Entity Framework
2 6 (2.07%) XML
2 6 (2.07%) XSLT
3 5 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.69%) WPF
5 1 (0.34%) Keras
5 1 (0.34%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.34%) Qt
5 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.34%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
1 13 (4.48%) Robotics
2 12 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.79%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.45%) Replication
4 10 (3.45%) SCADA
5 8 (2.76%) Smart City
6 7 (2.41%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.07%) Acoustics
8 5 (1.72%) IoT
9 4 (1.38%) Verilog
9 4 (1.38%) VHDL
10 3 (1.03%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (1.03%) Life Science
11 2 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.69%) PMI
11 2 (0.69%) Social Media
12 1 (0.34%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.34%) FMCG
12 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.10%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (1.38%) Windows
3 2 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.86%) Software Engineering
2 34 (11.72%) Business Development
3 21 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (6.90%) Project Management
5 19 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (6.21%) Prototyping
7 17 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (5.52%) Logistics
9 15 (5.17%) AI
9 15 (5.17%) TDD
10 14 (4.83%) CRM
10 14 (4.83%) ERP
11 13 (4.48%) Validation
12 12 (4.14%) Test Automation
13 11 (3.79%) Agile
13 11 (3.79%) Multithreading
14 10 (3.45%) B2B
14 10 (3.45%) CAD
14 10 (3.45%) Identity Access Management
14 10 (3.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.34%) C++
2 24 (8.28%) C#
3 22 (7.59%) C
4 14 (4.83%) SQL
5 12 (4.14%) Python
6 6 (2.07%) XAML
7 4 (1.38%) Clojure
7 4 (1.38%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.38%) Erlang
7 4 (1.38%) Java
7 4 (1.38%) Rust
7 4 (1.38%) Scala
8 2 (0.69%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.69%) VBA
9 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 52 (17.93%) Degree
2 15 (5.17%) HND
3 14 (4.83%) HNC
4 10 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.41%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.72%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.38%) PMP
8 2 (0.69%) CCNA
8 2 (0.69%) CCNP
8 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CIPD
9 1 (0.34%) ISEB
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.62%) QA
2 14 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.45%) HAZOP
4 4 (1.38%) DO-254
4 4 (1.38%) GDPR
5 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.34%) COSHH
7 1 (0.34%) GxP
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (6.21%) Firmware
2 13 (4.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.45%) Wonderware InTouch
2 4 (1.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (5.52%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.79%) EMC
3 10 (3.45%) Allen-Bradley
3 10 (3.45%) Rockwell
3 10 (3.45%) Wonderware
4 8 (2.76%) Pardot
4 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.07%) HubSpot
6 5 (1.72%) Adobe
7 4 (1.38%) Cisco
7 4 (1.38%) Sage
8 3 (1.03%) IFS
8 3 (1.03%) SAP
8 3 (1.03%) Siemens
9 2 (0.69%) IBM
9 2 (0.69%) Infor
9 2 (0.69%) Meraki
9 2 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.34%) Dell
10 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow