Manufacturing Jobs in England

Manufacturing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 53 132
Rank change year-on-year +29 +79 +3
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 3,852 3,709 2,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.82% 3.87% 2.69%
As % of the General category 11.16% 6.80% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 884 2,329 1,042
10th Percentile £28,325 £27,500 £30,663
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,818 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,125 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,818 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.93% -14.29% +5.00%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,510 54,569 55,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 70.06% 56.92% 67.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16,266 36,777 31,395
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £32,276
25th Percentile £38,550 £36,250 £43,739
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in England

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in England.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in England

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in England

Manufacturing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the England region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
North of England +24 1,328 £50,000 +11.11% 517
South East +28 967 £65,000 +52.94% 557
North West +28 681 £50,818 +6.99% 276
Midlands +15 675 £47,500 +5.56% 519
Yorkshire +23 595 £42,500 - 184
London +170 445 £65,000 - 639
West Midlands +21 363 £55,000 +22.22% 297
East Midlands +20 312 £43,750 +2.94% 207
East of England -7 242 £36,250 -27.50% 278
South West -1 188 £50,000 +11.11% 310
North East +3 52 £48,750 +14.71% 66
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 64 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 59 (1.53%) Confluence
3 33 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (0.55%) IBM Domino
5 12 (0.31%) OpenEdge
6 8 (0.21%) Kinematics
7 6 (0.16%) CMS
8 5 (0.13%) nginx
9 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.078%) Apache
10 3 (0.078%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.078%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.052%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.052%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.052%) WinCC
12 1 (0.026%) Mendix
12 1 (0.026%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 244 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 134 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 69 (1.79%) Abaqus
3 69 (1.79%) Mathcad
4 16 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.39%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.29%) Maya
7 10 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
9 7 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.078%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.078%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.078%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.078%) Revit
10 3 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.052%) CATIA
11 2 (0.052%) InDesign
11 2 (0.052%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 54 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 18 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 18 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 16 (0.42%) Sage 200
5 16 (0.42%) Sage CRM
6 15 (0.39%) SAP IBP
7 9 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 9 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.18%) SAP PP
9 6 (0.16%) Sprinklr
10 5 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (0.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 4 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.10%) Primavera
11 4 (0.10%) Sage 1000
11 4 (0.10%) SAP EWM
11 4 (0.10%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.10%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 135 (3.50%) Azure
2 97 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (2.31%) AWS
4 57 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 28 (0.73%) GCP
6 23 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 20 (0.52%) SaaS
8 13 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (0.34%) Amazon SageMaker
8 13 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (0.31%) GitHub
10 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (0.23%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.23%) Serverless
12 9 (0.23%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.21%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.18%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (0.18%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 70 (1.82%) Firewall
2 32 (0.83%) Modbus
2 32 (0.83%) WAN
3 28 (0.73%) Ethernet
4 27 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (0.67%) LAN
6 25 (0.65%) VPN
7 21 (0.55%) VoIP
8 20 (0.52%) SAN
9 17 (0.44%) Network Security
10 16 (0.42%) MQTT
10 16 (0.42%) Profibus
11 14 (0.36%) DHCP
11 14 (0.36%) DNS
11 14 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 13 (0.34%) Wireless
13 12 (0.31%) VLAN
14 11 (0.29%) Internet
15 10 (0.26%) MPLS
16 9 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.56%) SQL Server
2 55 (1.43%) Power BI
3 35 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (0.67%) Relational Database
6 18 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.29%) RDBMS
7 11 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.26%) SAP BW
8 10 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.23%) MySQL
9 9 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.21%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.18%) Big Data
12 6 (0.16%) Looker
12 6 (0.16%) Metadata
12 6 (0.16%) Tableau
13 5 (0.13%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 75 (1.95%) JIRA
2 28 (0.73%) Git
3 9 (0.23%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
4 7 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.16%) Subversion
6 5 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.13%) GitLab
6 5 (0.13%) LabVIEW
6 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.10%) JUnit
7 4 (0.10%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.078%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.078%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.078%) Maven
8 3 (0.078%) Mockito
8 3 (0.078%) Postman
8 3 (0.078%) Selenium
8 3 (0.078%) TestNG
9 2 (0.052%) Rational DOORS
General
1 848 (22.01%) Retail
2 711 (18.46%) Social Skills
3 527 (13.68%) Electronics
4 477 (12.38%) Finance
5 460 (11.94%) Marketing
6 319 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
7 301 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 244 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
9 198 (5.14%) Dutch Language
10 196 (5.09%) Finnish Language
10 196 (5.09%) Norwegian Language
11 129 (3.35%) Telecoms
12 117 (3.04%) Legal
13 109 (2.83%) Public Sector
14 104 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
15 93 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 60 (1.56%) Automotive
17 58 (1.51%) Aerospace
18 53 (1.38%) Law
19 49 (1.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 736 (19.11%) Trainer
2 406 (10.54%) Senior
3 179 (4.65%) Lead
4 170 (4.41%) Test Engineer
5 155 (4.02%) Electrical Engineer
6 152 (3.95%) Safety Engineer
7 150 (3.89%) Technical Manager
8 138 (3.58%) Architect
9 136 (3.53%) Help Desk Manager
10 127 (3.30%) Analyst
11 118 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
12 115 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
13 108 (2.80%) Project Manager
14 101 (2.62%) Products Support Manager
14 101 (2.62%) Support Manager
15 100 (2.60%) Systems Engineer
16 79 (2.05%) Technical Support
17 77 (2.00%) Product Manager
18 74 (1.92%) Developer
19 72 (1.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.38%) .NET
2 22 (0.57%) CSS
3 21 (0.55%) React
4 20 (0.52%) REST
4 20 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
5 19 (0.49%) HTML
6 15 (0.39%) FastAPI
6 15 (0.39%) Middleware
7 14 (0.36%) ASP.NET
7 14 (0.36%) Node.js
8 12 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 12 (0.31%) Flask
8 12 (0.31%) Loki
8 12 (0.31%) RESTful
9 11 (0.29%) .NET Core
10 10 (0.26%) EDI
10 10 (0.26%) TensorFlow
11 9 (0.23%) NumPy
11 9 (0.23%) Spring
11 9 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 779 (20.22%) Robotics
2 140 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 126 (3.27%) FMCG
4 107 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 75 (1.95%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 56 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
7 55 (1.43%) SCADA
8 53 (1.38%) IoT
9 44 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (0.80%) Life Science
11 27 (0.70%) Biopharmaceutical
11 27 (0.70%) Blockchain
12 24 (0.62%) Algorithms
13 22 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
15 17 (0.44%) Data Centre
15 17 (0.44%) Onboarding
16 16 (0.42%) Embedded Systems
16 16 (0.42%) Industry 4.0
17 13 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 127 (3.30%) Windows
2 65 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 50 (1.30%) Linux
4 17 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.10%) Android
6 4 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.052%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.052%) Debian
7 2 (0.052%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.026%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.026%) Solaris
8 1 (0.026%) Unix
8 1 (0.026%) VMS
8 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,157 (30.04%) Problem-Solving
2 868 (22.53%) Service Delivery
3 831 (21.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 781 (20.28%) Machine Learning
5 741 (19.24%) Generative AI
6 735 (19.08%) LLM
6 735 (19.08%) Red Team
7 540 (14.02%) Data Privacy
8 466 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 420 (10.90%) ERP
10 363 (9.42%) Mathematics
11 303 (7.87%) CAD
12 253 (6.57%) Physics
13 241 (6.26%) Project Management
14 230 (5.97%) Mentoring
15 185 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
16 174 (4.52%) Agile
17 169 (4.39%) Coaching
18 154 (4.00%) Safety Engineering
19 145 (3.76%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 159 (4.13%) SQL
2 107 (2.78%) Python
3 69 (1.79%) C#
4 50 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 39 (1.01%) C++
6 38 (0.99%) C
7 30 (0.78%) TypeScript
8 25 (0.65%) Java
9 18 (0.47%) ABAP
10 16 (0.42%) Progress 4GL
11 15 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 13 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.31%) VB
14 10 (0.26%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.26%) R
14 10 (0.26%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.23%) Ladder Logic
15 9 (0.23%) PHP
16 8 (0.21%) Embedded C
16 8 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,817 (47.17%) Degree
2 813 (21.11%) NVQ Level 3
3 432 (11.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 185 (4.80%) HND
5 121 (3.14%) HNC
6 115 (2.99%) Chartered Engineer
7 110 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 93 (2.41%) Numerate Degree
9 55 (1.43%) Security Cleared
10 44 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (0.86%) NVQ Level 4
12 32 (0.83%) PMI Certification
13 30 (0.78%) DV Cleared
14 29 (0.75%) SC Cleared
15 28 (0.73%) PMP
16 24 (0.62%) CISSP
17 22 (0.57%) CISA
17 22 (0.57%) ISACA
18 18 (0.47%) PhD
19 15 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (4.98%) QA
2 63 (1.64%) ISO 9001
3 54 (1.40%) AQAP
4 49 (1.27%) GMP
5 34 (0.88%) NEBOSH
6 33 (0.86%) GDPR
7 32 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (0.57%) ITGC
9 21 (0.55%) SLA
10 19 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 18 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 14 (0.36%) Data Quality
13 13 (0.34%) Accessibility
14 12 (0.31%) GxP
15 11 (0.29%) NIST
16 8 (0.21%) PMO
17 5 (0.13%) GLP
18 4 (0.10%) GRC
19 3 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 15288
19 3 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 46 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (0.78%) Docker
4 21 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (0.49%) Firmware
5 19 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.026%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (0.99%) Terraform
2 34 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.42%) Functional Safety
4 15 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.31%) Grafana
5 12 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.18%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.16%) Ansible
8 5 (0.13%) SCCM
9 4 (0.10%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.078%) Packer
11 2 (0.052%) Wonderware InTouch
12 1 (0.026%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.026%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.026%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.026%) Kibana
12 1 (0.026%) Marathon
12 1 (0.026%) Oracle ZFS
12 1 (0.026%) QRadar
12 1 (0.026%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 776 (20.15%) Google
2 742 (19.26%) Adobe
3 740 (19.21%) Databricks
4 408 (10.59%) SAP
5 396 (10.28%) Microsoft
6 160 (4.15%) Siemens
7 97 (2.52%) Rockwell
8 61 (1.58%) VMware
9 56 (1.45%) Oracle
10 49 (1.27%) EMC
11 27 (0.70%) Cisco
12 26 (0.67%) Sage
13 25 (0.65%) Salesforce
14 17 (0.44%) Progress
15 16 (0.42%) Veeam
16 15 (0.39%) Allen-Bradley
17 14 (0.36%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.36%) NEC
18 13 (0.34%) AVEVA
18 13 (0.34%) Infor