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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 59 32
Rank change year-on-year +49 -27 +34
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 705 139 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.32% 4.17% 5.18%
As % of the General category 18.98% 6.28% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 490 107 98
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,688 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -23.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -13.64%

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 3,714 2,212 2,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.82% 66.37% 52.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,493 1,143 940
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,117
25th Percentile £33,375 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +1.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £67,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +46 198 £50,000 +6.38% 68
Hertfordshire +40 157 £52,500 - 37
Essex +15 116 £42,151 -26.69% 24
Bedfordshire +8 114 £50,442 +44.12% 13
Norfolk +12 110 £52,500 +38.16% 14
Suffolk +14 14 £47,500 +72.73% 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 7 (0.99%) CMS
1 7 (0.99%) FactoryTalk
2 4 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.28%) WinCC
4 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.42%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (0.99%) Simulink
5 6 (0.85%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.85%) Maple
6 4 (0.57%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.28%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.14%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.14%) Revit
8 1 (0.14%) SketchUp
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.13%) SAP ERP
1 8 (1.13%) SAP R/3
2 4 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.57%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.43%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
1 11 (1.56%) Power Platform
2 9 (1.28%) SaaS
3 7 (0.99%) Canva
3 7 (0.99%) ChatGPT
3 7 (0.99%) Google Analytics
3 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.43%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.43%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.14%) Azure
6 1 (0.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.14%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.13%) Ethernet
1 15 (2.13%) Profibus
2 12 (1.70%) Wireless
3 7 (0.99%) RS-232
3 7 (0.99%) RS-485
4 6 (0.85%) Bluetooth
4 6 (0.85%) Modbus
4 6 (0.85%) SNMP
4 6 (0.85%) ZigBee
5 5 (0.71%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) Network Security
6 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) VLAN
6 2 (0.28%) VoIP
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (1.13%) Power BI
1 8 (1.13%) SAP BW
2 3 (0.43%) Power Query
2 3 (0.43%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (0.85%) JIRA
1 6 (0.85%) Moq
2 4 (0.57%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.14%) QADirector
3 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 157 (22.27%) Electronics
2 144 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.06%) Aerospace
4 56 (7.94%) Finance
5 47 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (5.67%) Retail
7 39 (5.53%) Automotive
8 38 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (4.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 24 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (3.26%) Marketing
12 13 (1.84%) Military
13 8 (1.13%) Agriculture
13 8 (1.13%) Aviation
13 8 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.99%) Legal
15 6 (0.85%) Advertising
15 6 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (6.67%) Business Manager
1 47 (6.67%) Software Engineer
2 45 (6.38%) Business Development Manager
2 45 (6.38%) Development Manager
3 42 (5.96%) Test Engineer
4 38 (5.39%) Electrical Engineer
5 33 (4.68%) Electronics Engineer
5 33 (4.68%) Senior
6 27 (3.83%) Account Manager
7 26 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (3.12%) Lead
8 22 (3.12%) Technical Engineer
9 21 (2.98%) Manufacturing Engineer
10 20 (2.84%) Design Engineer
11 19 (2.70%) Coordinator
11 19 (2.70%) Support Engineer
12 17 (2.41%) IT Manager
12 17 (2.41%) QA Manager
12 17 (2.41%) QA Officer
13 16 (2.27%) Control Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.70%) .NET
2 6 (0.85%) .NET Framework
2 6 (0.85%) ASP.NET
2 6 (0.85%) Entity Framework
2 6 (0.85%) HTML
2 6 (0.85%) XML
2 6 (0.85%) XSLT
3 3 (0.43%) DCOM
3 3 (0.43%) STL
4 2 (0.28%) CSS
4 2 (0.28%) WPF
5 1 (0.14%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.25%) Driving Licence
1 37 (5.25%) Robotics
2 32 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (4.11%) FMCG
4 18 (2.55%) SCADA
5 16 (2.27%) Analogue Electronics
5 16 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
6 14 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.84%) FPGA
8 10 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.42%) Social Media
9 9 (1.28%) Acoustics
10 8 (1.13%) Life Science
11 7 (0.99%) LIMS
11 7 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (0.99%) Replication
12 5 (0.71%) IoT
13 4 (0.57%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.57%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.43%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.27%) Windows
2 9 (1.28%) Linux
3 6 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 135 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (10.35%) ERP
4 62 (8.79%) Business Development
5 60 (8.51%) Software Engineering
6 56 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (7.66%) Validation
8 44 (6.24%) Preventative Maintenance
9 39 (5.53%) Process Improvement
10 33 (4.68%) Test Automation
11 31 (4.40%) CAD
12 30 (4.26%) Prototyping
13 28 (3.97%) CRM
13 28 (3.97%) Project Management
13 28 (3.97%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (3.12%) Collaborative Working
14 22 (3.12%) Customer Service
15 21 (2.98%) Decision-Making
15 21 (2.98%) Service Delivery
16 19 (2.70%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.26%) C++
2 23 (3.26%) C
2 23 (3.26%) C#
3 16 (2.27%) SQL
4 14 (1.99%) Python
5 7 (0.99%) Assembly Language
5 7 (0.99%) MATLAB
6 6 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.85%) XAML
7 4 (0.57%) Clojure
7 4 (0.57%) Erlang
7 4 (0.57%) Java
7 4 (0.57%) Rust
7 4 (0.57%) Scala
8 2 (0.28%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 132 (18.72%) Degree
2 51 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.95%) HNC
4 43 (6.10%) HND
5 26 (3.69%) City & Guilds
5 26 (3.69%) NVQ Level 3
6 24 (3.40%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.56%) PMP
9 5 (0.71%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.57%) PhD
11 3 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.43%) GNVQ
12 1 (0.14%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.96%) QA
2 11 (1.56%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.56%) GxP
3 9 (1.28%) ISO 9001
4 7 (0.99%) HAZOP
5 4 (0.57%) GDPR
6 3 (0.43%) GMP
7 1 (0.14%) COSHH
7 1 (0.14%) DO-254
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (3.69%) Firmware
2 11 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.99%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 69 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.68%) SAP
3 29 (4.11%) Siemens
4 25 (3.55%) Allen-Bradley
5 18 (2.55%) EMC
6 10 (1.42%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.13%) Rockwell
8 7 (0.99%) Adobe
8 7 (0.99%) Google
8 7 (0.99%) Wonderware
9 6 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.71%) Facebook
11 4 (0.57%) Infor
12 3 (0.43%) Sage
13 2 (0.28%) Cisco
13 2 (0.28%) Meraki
13 2 (0.28%) NEC
13 2 (0.28%) PeopleSoft
13 2 (0.28%) SYSPRO
14 1 (0.14%) ServiceNow