Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in the East of England

Smart Manufacturing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.021% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £41,250 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,526 2,951 3,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.28% 90.27% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,087 1,234 3,030
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree