Manufacturing Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 34 162
Rank change year-on-year -5 +128 -110
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 251 316 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.56% 4.93% 1.24%
As % of the General category 11.01% 9.15% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 98 226 40
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,875 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.05% -6.82% +18.92%
75th Percentile £62,625 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,750 £82,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,280 3,453 3,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 68.63% 53.83% 70.60%
Number of salaries quoted 937 2,489 1,272
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,350 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the East of England.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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
Bedfordshire +11 96 £33,500 -25.56% 140
Essex +15 58 £32,500 -7.14% 200
Cambridgeshire +11 49 £49,000 -2.00% 177
Suffolk -18 31 £33,125 -11.67% 70
Hertfordshire -26 17 £58,250 +1.30% 223
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) CMS
2 3 (1.20%) EPiServer
Applications
1 50 (19.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.80%) InDesign
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.80%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Infor M3
2 3 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.20%) Primavera
3 2 (0.80%) Magento
3 2 (0.80%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.18%) Power Platform
2 11 (4.38%) AWS
3 9 (3.59%) Amazon SageMaker
4 7 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.20%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.20%) Stripe
7 2 (0.80%) Azure
7 2 (0.80%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.40%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.19%) Wireless
2 6 (2.39%) Bluetooth
2 6 (2.39%) Modbus
2 6 (2.39%) Profibus
2 6 (2.39%) RS-232
2 6 (2.39%) RS-485
2 6 (2.39%) ZigBee
3 5 (1.99%) WAN
4 1 (0.40%) 2G
4 1 (0.40%) 3G
4 1 (0.40%) 4G
4 1 (0.40%) 5G
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.40%) MQTT
4 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.18%) Power BI
2 6 (2.39%) Data Lake
2 6 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.20%) Looker
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 79 (31.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 54 (21.51%) Social Skills
3 41 (16.33%) Finance
4 22 (8.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 19 (7.57%) Electronics
6 17 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.58%) Marketing
8 7 (2.79%) Advertising
8 7 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.39%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.99%) Games
10 5 (1.99%) Law
10 5 (1.99%) Retail
11 4 (1.59%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Banking
12 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Aviation
13 2 (0.80%) Military
14 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 52 (20.72%) Senior
2 47 (18.73%) Electrical Engineer
2 47 (18.73%) Safety Engineer
2 47 (18.73%) Test Engineer
3 23 (9.16%) Applications Support
4 18 (7.17%) Analyst
5 14 (5.58%) Software Engineer
5 14 (5.58%) Technical Support
6 13 (5.18%) Support Technician
7 12 (4.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (4.38%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.19%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (2.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (2.79%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) E-Commerce Manager
11 6 (2.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) Senior Electrical Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (2.39%) Senior Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.59%) Keras
1 9 (3.59%) NumPy
1 9 (3.59%) PyTorch
1 9 (3.59%) scikit-learn
1 9 (3.59%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.20%) EDI
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.40%) HTML
3 1 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.98%) Algorithms
2 6 (2.39%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (1.59%) Social Media
4 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.20%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (1.20%) IoT
4 3 (1.20%) Robotics
5 2 (0.80%) FMCG
5 2 (0.80%) FPGA
5 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.80%) Verilog
5 2 (0.80%) VHDL
6 1 (0.40%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.40%) Blog
6 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.40%) Life Science
6 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.40%) SCADA
6 1 (0.40%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.59%) Windows
2 6 (2.39%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.40%) Android
3 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.32%) ERP
2 47 (18.73%) Safety Engineering
3 42 (16.73%) Mentoring
4 39 (15.54%) Service Delivery
5 34 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (11.95%) Design for Manufacturing
7 29 (11.55%) CAD
8 26 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (9.56%) Validation
10 23 (9.16%) Software Engineering
11 22 (8.76%) Analytics
12 19 (7.57%) Coaching
12 19 (7.57%) E-Commerce
13 18 (7.17%) Data Analytics
14 16 (6.37%) Computer Science
14 16 (6.37%) Customer Service
15 15 (5.98%) Artificial Intelligence
15 15 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
16 14 (5.58%) Collaborative Working
16 14 (5.58%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.98%) C++
2 13 (5.18%) SQL
3 12 (4.78%) C
4 10 (3.98%) Python
5 3 (1.20%) Ada
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 109 (43.43%) Degree
2 32 (12.75%) NVQ Level 3
3 10 (3.98%) PhD
4 8 (3.19%) NVQ Level 4
5 5 (1.99%) HND
6 2 (0.80%) HNC
6 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.80%) PMP
6 2 (0.80%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.55%) QA
2 9 (3.59%) GxP
3 3 (1.20%) GDPR
3 3 (1.20%) GMP
4 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.40%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.40%) PMO
4 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.79%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (2.79%) Firmware
3 5 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.38%) SAP
3 7 (2.79%) Infor
4 5 (1.99%) EMC
4 5 (1.99%) IFS
4 5 (1.99%) VMware
5 3 (1.20%) Google
5 3 (1.20%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.20%) PayPal
6 2 (0.80%) Adobe
6 2 (0.80%) JD Edwards
6 2 (0.80%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.40%) Facebook
7 1 (0.40%) Instagram
7 1 (0.40%) Intel
7 1 (0.40%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.40%) Microsemi
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle
7 1 (0.40%) Splunk
7 1 (0.40%) Xilinx