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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 48 27
Rank change year-on-year +25 -21 +85
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 396 184 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.42% 5.30% 5.04%
As % of the General category 12.43% 7.87% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 246 135 158
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,525
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% -3.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,000 £73,250
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 3,187 2,337 2,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.61% 67.33% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,006 1,183 1,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -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 16 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 16 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 +16 126 £55,000 +33.33% 83
Hertfordshire +33 107 £50,000 -4.76% 58
Essex -6 64 £45,000 -10.00% 56
Bedfordshire +2 52 £44,000 +25.71% 33
Norfolk +2 42 £55,000 +46.67% 27
Suffolk -8 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 (2.53%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) WinCC
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.52%) Simulink
4 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.01%) 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 4 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.03%) Power Platform
2 10 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.52%) SaaS
4 4 (1.01%) Azure
4 4 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.25%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.30%) Profibus
2 16 (4.04%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.28%) Wireless
4 11 (2.78%) Modbus
5 9 (2.27%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.27%) RS-232
5 9 (2.27%) RS-485
5 9 (2.27%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.52%) 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 (1.52%) Power BI
2 3 (0.76%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Moq
2 5 (1.26%) JIRA
3 4 (1.01%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 97 (24.49%) Electronics
2 69 (17.42%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.12%) Aerospace
4 45 (11.36%) Finance
5 28 (7.07%) Retail
6 26 (6.57%) Automotive
6 26 (6.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (4.29%) Marketing
9 15 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.53%) Law
12 7 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.52%) Aviation
14 5 (1.26%) Legal
15 4 (1.01%) Agriculture
15 4 (1.01%) Military
15 4 (1.01%) Swedish Language
16 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (11.62%) Software Engineer
2 35 (8.84%) Test Engineer
3 30 (7.58%) Business Manager
4 28 (7.07%) Business Development Manager
4 28 (7.07%) Development Manager
4 28 (7.07%) Electronics Engineer
4 28 (7.07%) Senior
5 23 (5.81%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (5.30%) Lead
6 21 (5.30%) Technical Engineer
7 18 (4.55%) Consultant
7 18 (4.55%) QA Manager
7 18 (4.55%) Support Engineer
8 17 (4.29%) Technical Support
8 17 (4.29%) Technical Support Engineer
9 16 (4.04%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 16 (4.04%) Quality Manager
10 15 (3.79%) Analyst
11 14 (3.54%) Lead Electronics Engineer
11 14 (3.54%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.03%) .NET
2 6 (1.52%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.52%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.52%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.52%) HTML
2 6 (1.52%) XML
2 6 (1.52%) XSLT
3 2 (0.51%) WPF
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.81%) Robotics
2 17 (4.29%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.54%) Operational Technology
4 12 (3.03%) SCADA
5 10 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.53%) Replication
6 9 (2.27%) Acoustics
7 7 (1.77%) Analogue Electronics
7 7 (1.77%) FMCG
7 7 (1.77%) FPGA
7 7 (1.77%) Life Science
7 7 (1.77%) LIMS
8 6 (1.52%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.01%) Smart City
9 4 (1.01%) Verilog
9 4 (1.01%) VHDL
10 3 (0.76%) IoT
10 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.53%) Windows
2 9 (2.27%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (1.77%) Linux
4 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (13.38%) Software Engineering
3 52 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (10.35%) Business Development
5 33 (8.33%) ERP
6 31 (7.83%) Validation
7 29 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (5.30%) Project Management
8 21 (5.30%) Prototyping
9 20 (5.05%) Process Improvement
10 18 (4.55%) Agile
11 17 (4.29%) PRINCE2
11 17 (4.29%) Software Testing
12 16 (4.04%) Change Control
12 16 (4.04%) Technology Strategy
12 16 (4.04%) Unit Testing
13 15 (3.79%) IT Strategy
13 15 (3.79%) Logistics
13 15 (3.79%) TDD
13 15 (3.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.84%) C++
2 28 (7.07%) C
3 25 (6.31%) C#
4 20 (5.05%) SQL
5 18 (4.55%) Python
6 6 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.52%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.52%) XAML
7 4 (1.01%) Clojure
7 4 (1.01%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.01%) Erlang
7 4 (1.01%) Java
7 4 (1.01%) Rust
7 4 (1.01%) Scala
8 2 (0.51%) VBA
9 1 (0.25%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 76 (19.19%) Degree
2 32 (8.08%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.81%) HNC
4 21 (5.30%) HND
5 14 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.78%) PMP
7 10 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.77%) City & Guilds
9 6 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.52%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.01%) 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%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.59%) QA
2 17 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.78%) GxP
4 10 (2.53%) HAZOP
5 4 (1.01%) DO-254
5 4 (1.01%) GDPR
6 2 (0.51%) COSHH
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
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (6.31%) Firmware
2 13 (3.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.53%) Wonderware InTouch
2 3 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.28%) Allen-Bradley
3 12 (3.03%) EMC
3 12 (3.03%) Siemens
4 10 (2.53%) Rockwell
4 10 (2.53%) SAP
4 10 (2.53%) Wonderware
5 8 (2.02%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.01%) Cisco
7 4 (1.01%) Pardot
7 4 (1.01%) Sage
8 3 (0.76%) IFS
9 2 (0.51%) IBM
9 2 (0.51%) Infor
9 2 (0.51%) Meraki
9 2 (0.51%) NEC
9 2 (0.51%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.25%) Adobe
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle