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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 17 54
Rank change year-on-year -41 +37 +52
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 123 351 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.30% 8.29% 3.94%
As % of the General category 5.87% 14.65% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 85 109 54
10th Percentile £34,550 £26,000 £33,050
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,600 £65,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,095 2,396 1,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 56.27% 56.59% 65.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 953 886
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,100 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +20 33 £35,000 -22.22% 12
Essex +10 29 £57,500 +50.33% 12
Hertfordshire -52 28 £52,500 +16.67% 40
Cambridgeshire -9 15 £47,000 -21.67% 23
Norfolk -13 12 £38,000 -24.00% 9
Suffolk -28 6 - - 4
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:

Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.81%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.81%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.81%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.81%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.63%) AWS
1 2 (1.63%) Azure
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (0.81%) H2O.ai
2 1 (0.81%) OpenShift
2 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
2 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
2 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Network Security
2 1 (0.81%) Internet
2 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.44%) Metadata
1 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.81%) Big Data
3 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.81%) Parquet
3 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.25%) GitLab
2 3 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 23 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.38%) Finance
2 14 (11.38%) Marketing
2 14 (11.38%) Pharmaceutical
2 14 (11.38%) Retail
3 12 (9.76%) Electronics
4 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.32%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.69%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.69%) Swedish Language
7 5 (4.07%) Automotive
8 4 (3.25%) German Language
9 3 (2.44%) Games
9 3 (2.44%) Law
10 2 (1.63%) Military
10 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (13.82%) Support Engineer
2 16 (13.01%) Technical Engineer
2 16 (13.01%) Technical Support
2 16 (13.01%) Technical Support Engineer
3 15 (12.20%) Test Engineer
4 11 (8.94%) Automation Engineer
4 11 (8.94%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 10 (8.13%) Sales Representative
6 7 (5.69%) Senior
6 7 (5.69%) Telesales Representative
7 5 (4.07%) ERP Manager
7 5 (4.07%) ERP Support
7 5 (4.07%) Support Manager
8 4 (3.25%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (3.25%) Business Manager
8 4 (3.25%) Developer
8 4 (3.25%) Development Manager
8 4 (3.25%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.25%) Programmer
8 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.63%) HTML
1 2 (1.63%) JSON
1 2 (1.63%) Pandas
1 2 (1.63%) PyTorch
1 2 (1.63%) TensorFlow
1 2 (1.63%) XML
2 1 (0.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.81%) FHIR
2 1 (0.81%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.81%) IDoc
2 1 (0.81%) Keras
2 1 (0.81%) LangChain
2 1 (0.81%) MassTransit
2 1 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Mobile Computing
2 5 (4.07%) Robotics
3 2 (1.63%) Reference Data
3 2 (1.63%) SCADA
3 2 (1.63%) Semantic Web
4 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.81%) ASIC
4 1 (0.81%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.81%) IoT
4 1 (0.81%) Life Science
4 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.81%) Omics
4 1 (0.81%) PMI
4 1 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.44%) Linux
2 2 (1.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (13.01%) Logistics
2 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (10.57%) ERP
4 12 (9.76%) Project Delivery
5 11 (8.94%) Software Engineering
6 10 (8.13%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (7.32%) CRM
7 9 (7.32%) Programme Management
8 8 (6.50%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (5.69%) B2B
9 7 (5.69%) B2B Sales
9 7 (5.69%) Telesales
10 6 (4.88%) Project Management
11 5 (4.07%) Agile
11 5 (4.07%) Business Development
11 5 (4.07%) Customer Service
11 5 (4.07%) People Management
11 5 (4.07%) Validation
12 4 (3.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.32%) Python
2 7 (5.69%) C++
3 5 (4.07%) SQL
4 4 (3.25%) C
5 3 (2.44%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.81%) ABAP
6 1 (0.81%) C#
6 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.81%) R
6 1 (0.81%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (14.63%) Degree
2 16 (13.01%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.69%) HNC
5 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.25%) HND
6 3 (2.44%) CISM
6 3 (2.44%) CISSP
6 3 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.63%) City & Guilds
7 2 (1.63%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) CCA
8 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.81%) PhD
8 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) SLA
2 4 (3.25%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.25%) QA
3 3 (2.44%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.81%) CDISC
4 1 (0.81%) DICOM
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.81%) HL7
4 1 (0.81%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (3.25%) Firmware
2 3 (2.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (8.94%) SAP
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.63%) VMware
5 1 (0.81%) Cadence
5 1 (0.81%) Databricks
5 1 (0.81%) Dell
5 1 (0.81%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.81%) Siemens