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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 49 28
Rank change year-on-year +26 -21 +87
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 393 182 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.41% 5.28% 5.04%
As % of the General category 12.36% 7.84% 9.90%
Number of salaries quoted 242 133 159
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,600
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 £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,250 £73,000
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 3,179 2,322 2,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.73% 67.36% 50.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 1,175 1,482
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,025
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 14 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 14 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 +15 124 £55,000 +29.41% 102
Hertfordshire +38 109 £50,000 -4.76% 67
Essex -6 64 £45,000 -10.00% 75
Bedfordshire +3 49 £43,000 +22.86% 42
Norfolk +3 42 £55,000 +46.67% 30
Suffolk -10 6 £47,500 +43.40% 14
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 (2.54%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) WinCC
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.53%) Simulink
4 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.02%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) CATIA
6 1 (0.25%) Maple
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.51%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.31%) Power Platform
2 10 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.53%) SaaS
4 5 (1.27%) Azure
4 5 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.02%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.25%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.34%) Profibus
2 16 (4.07%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.31%) Wireless
4 11 (2.80%) Modbus
5 9 (2.29%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.29%) RS-232
5 9 (2.29%) RS-485
5 9 (2.29%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.53%) SNMP
7 2 (0.51%) Firewall
7 2 (0.51%) Intranet
7 2 (0.51%) Network Security
7 2 (0.51%) SSL
7 2 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) Power BI
2 3 (0.76%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Moq
2 5 (1.27%) JIRA
3 4 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.02%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 97 (24.68%) Electronics
2 68 (17.30%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.21%) Aerospace
4 46 (11.70%) Finance
5 29 (7.38%) Retail
6 26 (6.62%) Automotive
6 26 (6.62%) Pharmaceutical
7 22 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (4.58%) Marketing
9 15 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.80%) Law
12 10 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.53%) Aviation
15 5 (1.27%) Legal
16 4 (1.02%) Military
16 4 (1.02%) Swedish Language
17 3 (0.76%) Agriculture
17 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (11.45%) Software Engineer
2 35 (8.91%) Test Engineer
3 30 (7.63%) Business Manager
4 28 (7.12%) Business Development Manager
4 28 (7.12%) Development Manager
4 28 (7.12%) Electronics Engineer
4 28 (7.12%) Senior
5 23 (5.85%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (5.34%) Lead
7 20 (5.09%) Technical Engineer
8 18 (4.58%) Consultant
8 18 (4.58%) QA Manager
9 17 (4.33%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.07%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 16 (4.07%) Quality Manager
10 16 (4.07%) Technical Support
10 16 (4.07%) Technical Support Engineer
11 14 (3.56%) Analyst
11 14 (3.56%) Lead Electronics Engineer
11 14 (3.56%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.31%) .NET
2 6 (1.53%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.53%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.53%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.53%) HTML
2 6 (1.53%) XML
2 6 (1.53%) XSLT
3 2 (0.51%) WPF
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.25%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.60%) Robotics
2 17 (4.33%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.56%) Operational Technology
4 12 (3.05%) SCADA
5 11 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.54%) Replication
7 9 (2.29%) Acoustics
8 7 (1.78%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (1.78%) FPGA
8 7 (1.78%) Life Science
8 7 (1.78%) LIMS
9 6 (1.53%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.53%) FMCG
10 4 (1.02%) Smart City
10 4 (1.02%) Verilog
10 4 (1.02%) VHDL
11 3 (0.76%) IoT
11 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.54%) Windows
2 9 (2.29%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (1.78%) Linux
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (13.23%) Software Engineering
3 51 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (10.43%) Business Development
5 34 (8.65%) ERP
6 33 (8.40%) Validation
7 30 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (5.34%) Project Management
8 21 (5.34%) Prototyping
9 19 (4.83%) Agile
9 19 (4.83%) Process Improvement
10 17 (4.33%) PRINCE2
10 17 (4.33%) Software Testing
10 17 (4.33%) Technology Strategy
11 16 (4.07%) Change Control
11 16 (4.07%) Test Automation
11 16 (4.07%) Unit Testing
12 15 (3.82%) CAD
12 15 (3.82%) Logistics
12 15 (3.82%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.91%) C++
2 28 (7.12%) C
3 26 (6.62%) C#
4 20 (5.09%) SQL
5 18 (4.58%) Python
6 6 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.53%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.53%) XAML
7 4 (1.02%) Clojure
7 4 (1.02%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.02%) Erlang
7 4 (1.02%) Java
7 4 (1.02%) Rust
7 4 (1.02%) Scala
8 2 (0.51%) VBA
9 1 (0.25%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 75 (19.08%) Degree
2 32 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.85%) HNC
4 21 (5.34%) HND
5 14 (3.56%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.80%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.80%) PMP
7 10 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.78%) City & Guilds
9 6 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.53%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (1.02%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.02%) PhD
11 2 (0.51%) CCNA
11 2 (0.51%) CCNP
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CIPD
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB
12 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.65%) QA
2 18 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.80%) GxP
4 10 (2.54%) HAZOP
5 4 (1.02%) DO-254
5 4 (1.02%) GDPR
6 2 (0.51%) COSHH
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.25%) GMP
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 25 (6.36%) Firmware
2 13 (3.31%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.54%) Wonderware InTouch
2 4 (1.02%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (7.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.31%) Allen-Bradley
3 12 (3.05%) EMC
3 12 (3.05%) Siemens
4 11 (2.80%) SAP
5 10 (2.54%) Rockwell
5 10 (2.54%) Wonderware
6 8 (2.04%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.02%) Cisco
8 4 (1.02%) Pardot
8 4 (1.02%) Sage
9 3 (0.76%) IFS
10 2 (0.51%) IBM
10 2 (0.51%) Infor
10 2 (0.51%) Meraki
10 2 (0.51%) NEC
10 2 (0.51%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.25%) Adobe
11 1 (0.25%) Informatica