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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 49 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 +78
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 409 183 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.56% 5.28% 5.12%
As % of the General category 12.85% 7.84% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 259 135 159
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,600
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% -7.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,500 £73,000
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 3,184 2,333 2,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.28% 67.31% 50.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,017 1,181 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 19 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 19 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 +14 127 £54,000 +30.91% 85
Hertfordshire +35 109 £50,000 -4.76% 69
Essex -6 66 £45,000 -10.00% 78
Bedfordshire +7 59 £48,500 +38.57% 46
Norfolk +5 43 £55,000 +46.67% 34
Suffolk -9 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 (2.44%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.49%) WinCC
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.47%) Simulink
4 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.98%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) CATIA
6 1 (0.24%) Maple
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.93%) Power Platform
2 10 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.47%) SaaS
4 4 (0.98%) Azure
4 4 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.73%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (0.73%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.24%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.13%) Profibus
2 16 (3.91%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.18%) Wireless
4 11 (2.69%) Modbus
5 9 (2.20%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.20%) RS-232
5 9 (2.20%) RS-485
5 9 (2.20%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.47%) SNMP
7 2 (0.49%) Firewall
7 2 (0.49%) Intranet
7 2 (0.49%) Network Security
7 2 (0.49%) SSL
7 2 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.47%) Power BI
2 3 (0.73%) Spotfire
3 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Moq
2 5 (1.22%) JIRA
3 4 (0.98%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 97 (23.72%) Electronics
2 69 (16.87%) Social Skills
3 49 (11.98%) Aerospace
4 45 (11.00%) Finance
5 28 (6.85%) Retail
6 26 (6.36%) Automotive
6 26 (6.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (3.91%) Marketing
9 15 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.44%) Law
11 7 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.47%) Aviation
13 5 (1.22%) Legal
14 4 (0.98%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.98%) Military
14 4 (0.98%) Swedish Language
15 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (11.25%) Software Engineer
2 34 (8.31%) Test Engineer
3 33 (8.07%) Business Manager
4 31 (7.58%) Business Development Manager
4 31 (7.58%) Development Manager
5 27 (6.60%) Senior
6 26 (6.36%) Electronics Engineer
7 24 (5.87%) Systems Engineer
8 21 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
9 20 (4.89%) Lead
10 18 (4.40%) Consultant
10 18 (4.40%) QA Manager
11 17 (4.16%) Support Engineer
12 16 (3.91%) Quality Manager
12 16 (3.91%) Technical Support
12 16 (3.91%) Technical Support Engineer
13 15 (3.67%) Analyst
13 15 (3.67%) Electronics Test Engineer
14 14 (3.42%) Control Systems Engineer
15 13 (3.18%) Lead Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.93%) .NET
2 6 (1.47%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.47%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.47%) Entity Framework
2 6 (1.47%) HTML
2 6 (1.47%) XML
2 6 (1.47%) XSLT
3 2 (0.49%) WPF
4 1 (0.24%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.62%) Robotics
2 17 (4.16%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.42%) Operational Technology
5 12 (2.93%) SCADA
6 10 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.44%) Replication
7 9 (2.20%) Acoustics
8 8 (1.96%) FMCG
9 7 (1.71%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (1.71%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.71%) FPGA
9 7 (1.71%) Life Science
9 7 (1.71%) LIMS
10 4 (0.98%) Smart City
10 4 (0.98%) Verilog
10 4 (0.98%) VHDL
11 3 (0.73%) IoT
11 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.44%) Windows
2 9 (2.20%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (1.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (12.71%) Software Engineering
3 51 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (10.76%) Business Development
5 35 (8.56%) ERP
6 33 (8.07%) Validation
7 29 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (5.13%) Project Management
8 21 (5.13%) Prototyping
9 20 (4.89%) Process Improvement
10 18 (4.40%) Agile
11 17 (4.16%) PRINCE2
11 17 (4.16%) Software Testing
12 16 (3.91%) Change Control
12 16 (3.91%) Technology Strategy
12 16 (3.91%) Unit Testing
13 15 (3.67%) IT Strategy
13 15 (3.67%) Logistics
13 15 (3.67%) TDD
13 15 (3.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.56%) C++
2 28 (6.85%) C
3 25 (6.11%) C#
4 20 (4.89%) SQL
5 18 (4.40%) Python
6 6 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.47%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.47%) XAML
7 4 (0.98%) Clojure
7 4 (0.98%) Embedded C
7 4 (0.98%) Erlang
7 4 (0.98%) Java
7 4 (0.98%) Rust
7 4 (0.98%) Scala
8 2 (0.49%) VBA
9 1 (0.24%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 75 (18.34%) Degree
2 33 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.87%) HNC
4 21 (5.13%) HND
5 15 (3.67%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.69%) PMP
8 8 (1.96%) City & Guilds
9 7 (1.71%) NVQ Level 3
10 6 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.98%) PhD
12 2 (0.49%) CCNA
12 2 (0.49%) CCNP
12 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CIPD
13 1 (0.24%) ISEB
13 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.31%) QA
2 17 (4.16%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.69%) GxP
4 10 (2.44%) HAZOP
5 4 (0.98%) DO-254
5 4 (0.98%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) COSHH
7 1 (0.24%) GMP
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (6.11%) Firmware
2 13 (3.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.44%) Wonderware InTouch
2 3 (0.73%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (7.09%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.18%) Allen-Bradley
2 13 (3.18%) EMC
3 12 (2.93%) Siemens
4 11 (2.69%) SAP
5 10 (2.44%) Rockwell
5 10 (2.44%) Wonderware
6 8 (1.96%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.47%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.98%) Cisco
8 4 (0.98%) Pardot
8 4 (0.98%) Sage
9 3 (0.73%) IFS
10 2 (0.49%) IBM
10 2 (0.49%) Infor
10 2 (0.49%) Meraki
10 2 (0.49%) NEC
10 2 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.24%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle