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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 56 25
Rank change year-on-year +38 -31 +62
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 496 159 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.26% 4.66% 5.41%
As % of the General category 14.74% 7.02% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 341 124 132
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £32,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -21.24% -3.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,875 £64,875
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 3,365 2,264 2,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 42.50% 66.35% 49.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,230 1,149 1,198
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,566 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.01% -6.87% +3.09%
75th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -5.00%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +31 143 £50,000 +11.11% 111
Hertfordshire +37 120 £55,000 +4.76% 80
Essex +6 83 £41,801 -16.40% 57
Bedfordshire +11 79 £50,000 +42.86% 44
Norfolk +10 65 £55,000 +44.74% 40
Suffolk -3 7 £48,750 +34.48% 17
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 (2.02%) FactoryTalk
2 5 (1.01%) CMS
3 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.40%) WinCC
Applications
1 30 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.41%) Simulink
5 6 (1.21%) SOLIDWORKS
6 5 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.40%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.40%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.40%) Maple
7 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.40%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.20%) CATIA
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) SketchUp
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) SAP ERP
1 4 (0.81%) SAP R/3
1 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.40%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (1.81%) Power Platform
3 6 (1.21%) SaaS
4 5 (1.01%) Canva
4 5 (1.01%) ChatGPT
4 5 (1.01%) Google Analytics
4 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.20%) Azure
7 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.20%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.23%) Profibus
2 16 (3.23%) Ethernet
3 13 (2.62%) Wireless
4 11 (2.22%) Modbus
5 9 (1.81%) Bluetooth
5 9 (1.81%) RS-232
5 9 (1.81%) RS-485
5 9 (1.81%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.21%) SNMP
7 2 (0.40%) Firewall
7 2 (0.40%) Intranet
7 2 (0.40%) Network Security
7 2 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.21%) Power BI
2 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.81%) SAP BW
3 3 (0.60%) Spotfire
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.21%) Moq
2 4 (0.81%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 103 (20.77%) Electronics
2 91 (18.35%) Social Skills
3 52 (10.48%) Aerospace
4 46 (9.27%) Finance
5 29 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.65%) Automotive
6 28 (5.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (5.44%) Retail
8 26 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.43%) Marketing
10 10 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.41%) Aviation
11 7 (1.41%) Law
11 7 (1.41%) Military
12 6 (1.21%) Agriculture
12 6 (1.21%) Legal
13 4 (0.81%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (9.68%) Business Manager
2 47 (9.48%) Software Engineer
3 46 (9.27%) Business Development Manager
3 46 (9.27%) Development Manager
4 33 (6.65%) Test Engineer
5 26 (5.24%) Senior
5 26 (5.24%) Systems Engineer
6 22 (4.44%) Account Manager
6 22 (4.44%) Electronics Engineer
7 18 (3.63%) Electrical Engineer
7 18 (3.63%) Technical Engineer
8 17 (3.43%) QA Manager
9 16 (3.23%) Consultant
10 15 (3.02%) Control Systems Engineer
10 15 (3.02%) Quality Manager
11 14 (2.82%) Coordinator
11 14 (2.82%) Support Engineer
12 13 (2.62%) Lead
12 13 (2.62%) Technical Support
12 13 (2.62%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.42%) .NET
2 6 (1.21%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.21%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.21%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.21%) HTML
2 6 (1.21%) XML
2 6 (1.21%) XSLT
3 2 (0.40%) WPF
4 1 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.20%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.65%) Robotics
2 25 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.43%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (2.82%) Operational Technology
5 13 (2.62%) SCADA
6 12 (2.42%) FMCG
7 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.02%) Replication
8 9 (1.81%) Acoustics
8 9 (1.81%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.61%) FPGA
10 7 (1.41%) Analogue Electronics
10 7 (1.41%) Life Science
10 7 (1.41%) LIMS
10 7 (1.41%) Social Media
11 5 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.81%) Verilog
12 4 (0.81%) VHDL
13 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.81%) FreeRTOS
1 9 (1.81%) Windows
2 7 (1.41%) Linux
3 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
1 69 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (12.50%) Business Development
3 57 (11.49%) Software Engineering
4 43 (8.67%) Validation
5 41 (8.27%) ERP
6 32 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (5.04%) Project Management
8 24 (4.84%) CRM
9 22 (4.44%) Process Improvement
9 22 (4.44%) Prototyping
10 19 (3.83%) Preventative Maintenance
11 18 (3.63%) CAD
11 18 (3.63%) PRINCE2
12 17 (3.43%) Agile
12 17 (3.43%) Customer Service
13 16 (3.23%) Change Control
13 16 (3.23%) Unit Testing
14 15 (3.02%) TDD
14 15 (3.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.65%) C++
2 28 (5.65%) C
3 23 (4.64%) C#
4 16 (3.23%) Python
4 16 (3.23%) SQL
5 7 (1.41%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.21%) XAML
7 4 (0.81%) Clojure
7 4 (0.81%) Embedded C
7 4 (0.81%) Erlang
7 4 (0.81%) Java
7 4 (0.81%) Rust
7 4 (0.81%) Scala
8 2 (0.40%) VBA
9 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 87 (17.54%) Degree
2 41 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.65%) HNC
4 25 (5.04%) HND
5 20 (4.03%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.22%) City & Guilds
7 11 (2.22%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.22%) PMP
8 9 (1.81%) NVQ Level 3
9 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.81%) PhD
11 2 (0.40%) CCNA
11 2 (0.40%) CCNP
11 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.20%) CIPD
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.85%) QA
2 14 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.22%) GxP
4 10 (2.02%) HAZOP
5 5 (1.01%) GDPR
6 4 (0.81%) DO-254
7 1 (0.20%) COSHH
7 1 (0.20%) GMP
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (5.24%) Firmware
2 13 (2.62%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.02%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 43 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.23%) SAP
3 15 (3.02%) Siemens
4 14 (2.82%) Allen-Bradley
4 14 (2.82%) EMC
5 10 (2.02%) HubSpot
5 10 (2.02%) Rockwell
5 10 (2.02%) Wonderware
6 6 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.01%) Adobe
7 5 (1.01%) Google
7 5 (1.01%) Sage
8 4 (0.81%) Cisco
9 2 (0.40%) Facebook
9 2 (0.40%) Infor
9 2 (0.40%) Meraki
9 2 (0.40%) NEC
9 2 (0.40%) Pardot
9 2 (0.40%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.40%) SYSPRO