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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 59 28
Rank change year-on-year +46 -31 +57
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 598 148 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.28% 4.41% 5.20%
As % of the General category 16.90% 6.66% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 415 113 113
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,350 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,295 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £65,000 £64,750
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 3,539 2,222 2,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.10% 66.25% 51.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,344 1,099 1,091
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,750 £34,912
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,125 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 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 28 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 +32 172 £50,000 +6.38% 165
Hertfordshire +44 137 £52,500 - 91
Essex +14 103 £41,801 -27.30% 70
Bedfordshire +10 92 £51,500 +47.14% 48
Norfolk +14 87 £52,500 +38.16% 50
Suffolk +2 9 £48,750 +52.94% 26
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 (1.67%) FactoryTalk
2 7 (1.17%) CMS
3 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.33%) WinCC
5 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (1.17%) Simulink
4 7 (1.17%) SOLIDWORKS
5 5 (0.84%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.67%) Maple
7 3 (0.50%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.33%) Solid Edge
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.17%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.17%) Revit
9 1 (0.17%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) SAP ERP
1 5 (0.84%) SAP R/3
2 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.50%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (1.67%) Power Platform
3 7 (1.17%) Canva
3 7 (1.17%) ChatGPT
3 7 (1.17%) Google Analytics
3 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (0.84%) SaaS
5 3 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.50%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.50%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.17%) Azure
6 1 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.17%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.34%) Profibus
2 17 (2.84%) Ethernet
3 14 (2.34%) Wireless
4 9 (1.51%) RS-232
4 9 (1.51%) RS-485
5 8 (1.34%) Bluetooth
5 8 (1.34%) Modbus
5 8 (1.34%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.00%) SNMP
7 3 (0.50%) Intranet
8 2 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.17%) Power BI
2 5 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (0.84%) SAP BW
3 3 (0.50%) Spotfire
4 2 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (1.00%) JIRA
1 6 (1.00%) Moq
2 4 (0.67%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.17%) QADirector
3 1 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 120 (20.07%) Social Skills
2 117 (19.57%) Electronics
3 63 (10.54%) Aerospace
4 50 (8.36%) Finance
5 38 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (6.02%) Retail
7 32 (5.35%) Automotive
8 27 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.01%) Marketing
11 9 (1.51%) Military
12 8 (1.34%) Agriculture
12 8 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.17%) Aviation
14 5 (0.84%) Advertising
14 5 (0.84%) Legal
14 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Law
16 3 (0.50%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (8.86%) Business Manager
2 51 (8.53%) Business Development Manager
2 51 (8.53%) Development Manager
3 50 (8.36%) Software Engineer
4 39 (6.52%) Test Engineer
5 31 (5.18%) Electrical Engineer
6 28 (4.68%) Systems Engineer
7 26 (4.35%) Account Manager
7 26 (4.35%) Senior
8 22 (3.68%) Electronics Engineer
9 18 (3.01%) Technical Engineer
10 17 (2.84%) Control Systems Engineer
10 17 (2.84%) Coordinator
10 17 (2.84%) QA Manager
11 16 (2.68%) QA Officer
12 15 (2.51%) Consultant
12 15 (2.51%) Quality Manager
12 15 (2.51%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.34%) Analyst
13 14 (2.34%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.01%) .NET
2 6 (1.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.00%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.00%) HTML
2 6 (1.00%) XML
2 6 (1.00%) XSLT
3 2 (0.33%) DCOM
3 2 (0.33%) STL
3 2 (0.33%) WPF
4 1 (0.17%) CSS
4 1 (0.17%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.02%) Robotics
2 28 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (3.68%) FMCG
4 21 (3.51%) Driving Licence
5 17 (2.84%) SCADA
6 16 (2.68%) Embedded Systems
7 12 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.84%) Operational Technology
9 10 (1.67%) Analogue Electronics
9 10 (1.67%) Replication
9 10 (1.67%) Social Media
10 9 (1.51%) Acoustics
10 9 (1.51%) FPGA
11 8 (1.34%) Life Science
12 7 (1.17%) LIMS
12 7 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (0.67%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.67%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.50%) IoT
14 3 (0.50%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.17%) Windows
2 9 (1.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.34%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 93 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (11.37%) Business Development
4 60 (10.03%) Software Engineering
5 54 (9.03%) ERP
6 50 (8.36%) Validation
7 46 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (4.85%) Preventative Maintenance
9 28 (4.68%) Project Management
10 27 (4.52%) CRM
10 27 (4.52%) Process Improvement
11 25 (4.18%) Prototyping
12 24 (4.01%) Test Automation
13 22 (3.68%) CAD
14 19 (3.18%) Agile
14 19 (3.18%) Customer Service
15 18 (3.01%) Change Control
15 18 (3.01%) PRINCE2
16 17 (2.84%) Commercial Awareness
16 17 (2.84%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.35%) C++
2 26 (4.35%) C
3 23 (3.85%) C#
4 18 (3.01%) SQL
5 15 (2.51%) Python
6 7 (1.17%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.00%) XAML
8 4 (0.67%) Assembly Language
8 4 (0.67%) Clojure
8 4 (0.67%) Erlang
8 4 (0.67%) Java
8 4 (0.67%) Rust
8 4 (0.67%) Scala
9 3 (0.50%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 109 (18.23%) Degree
2 43 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.85%) HNC
4 30 (5.02%) HND
5 19 (3.18%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.68%) NVQ Level 3
7 15 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.51%) City & Guilds
8 11 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.84%) PMP
9 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.67%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.67%) PhD
11 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.69%) QA
2 14 (2.34%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.84%) GxP
4 10 (1.67%) HAZOP
5 5 (0.84%) GDPR
6 3 (0.50%) DO-254
6 3 (0.50%) GMP
7 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) COSHH
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (4.18%) Firmware
2 12 (2.01%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (1.67%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 59 (9.87%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.85%) SAP
3 19 (3.18%) Allen-Bradley
3 19 (3.18%) Siemens
4 16 (2.68%) EMC
5 11 (1.84%) HubSpot
6 10 (1.67%) Rockwell
6 10 (1.67%) Wonderware
7 7 (1.17%) Adobe
7 7 (1.17%) Google
8 5 (0.84%) Sage
8 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.50%) Infor
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco
10 2 (0.33%) Facebook
10 2 (0.33%) Meraki
10 2 (0.33%) NEC
10 2 (0.33%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.33%) SYSPRO
11 1 (0.17%) Autodesk