Manufacturing Job Trends 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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 18 57
Rank change year-on-year -41 +39 +73
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 2,485 3,711 3,309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.02% 9.45% 3.91%
As % of the General category 6.19% 13.04% 6.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 740 2,130
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -18.18%

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 40,168 28,461 50,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 48.87% 72.48% 59.41%
Number of salaries quoted 23,316 14,227 35,654
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in England

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

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 21 May 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
North of England -31 657 £45,000 -1.24% 209
Midlands -23 589 £45,000 -5.26% 221
West Midlands -20 393 £45,000 -18.18% 130
South East -49 380 £53,750 -8.51% 191
South West -3 366 £41,250 +3.13% 113
North West -4 338 £49,400 +4.00% 109
East of England +4 259 £50,000 +25.00% 90
London -143 213 £60,000 -7.69% 133
Yorkshire -49 200 £41,250 -2.94% 70
East Midlands -25 195 £45,000 - 91
North East -6 119 £40,000 -14.67% 34
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 48 (1.93%) Jupyter
2 36 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.68%) Confluence
4 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
6 6 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.080%) WordPress
8 1 (0.040%) Mendix
8 1 (0.040%) Resin
Applications
1 92 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (1.93%) Chatbot
4 15 (0.60%) Fusion 360
4 15 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
5 11 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.32%) CATIA
8 8 (0.32%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.20%) ALPHACAM
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.16%) InDesign
10 4 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Solid Edge
12 1 (0.040%) Abaqus
12 1 (0.040%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 95 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 76 (3.06%) SAP PM
3 44 (1.77%) SAP PP
4 33 (1.33%) SAP IBP
5 22 (0.89%) Dynamics AX
5 22 (0.89%) SAP ERP
6 18 (0.72%) Sprinklr
7 17 (0.68%) Sage X3
8 14 (0.56%) SAP CO
9 10 (0.40%) Sage 200
10 8 (0.32%) SAP MDG
11 7 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
11 7 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (0.28%) Q-Pulse
11 7 (0.28%) SAP Business One
12 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
12 6 (0.24%) SAP MM
13 5 (0.20%) Magento
13 5 (0.20%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 94 (3.78%) AWS
1 94 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
2 89 (3.58%) Azure
3 80 (3.22%) Power Platform
4 51 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
5 43 (1.73%) SaaS
6 39 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 15 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 15 (0.60%) PowerApps
8 12 (0.48%) GCP
8 12 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 11 (0.44%) GitHub
10 9 (0.36%) Google Workspace
11 8 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.24%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.24%) Google Docs
13 6 (0.24%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.49%) Firewall
2 33 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
3 27 (1.09%) VPN
4 24 (0.97%) DNS
5 22 (0.89%) DHCP
5 22 (0.89%) Wireless
6 21 (0.85%) Ethernet
7 17 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
7 17 (0.68%) WAN
8 12 (0.48%) LAN
8 12 (0.48%) Modbus
8 12 (0.48%) Profibus
8 12 (0.48%) VoIP
9 11 (0.44%) Network Security
9 11 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.44%) VLAN
10 10 (0.40%) Intranet
11 9 (0.36%) Bluetooth
12 7 (0.28%) MQTT
12 7 (0.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (2.66%) Power BI
2 27 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 18 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
6 8 (0.32%) Metadata
7 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.24%) MySQL
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.16%) Looker
9 4 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.12%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.12%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.12%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.12%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.12%) Tableau
11 2 (0.080%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.080%) DB2
Development Applications
1 48 (1.93%) Visual Studio Code
2 30 (1.21%) JIRA
3 24 (0.97%) Git
4 18 (0.72%) LabVIEW
5 15 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.48%) GitLab
7 6 (0.24%) Moq
8 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.16%) Subversion
10 2 (0.080%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.040%) Qt Creator
11 1 (0.040%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.040%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.040%) Yeoman
General
1 441 (17.75%) Social Skills
2 335 (13.48%) Finance
3 221 (8.89%) Retail
4 192 (7.73%) Electronics
5 158 (6.36%) Marketing
6 150 (6.04%) Aerospace
7 141 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
8 136 (5.47%) Automotive
9 84 (3.38%) Law
10 67 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 54 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
12 52 (2.09%) Advertising
13 48 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (1.93%) Telecoms
14 44 (1.77%) Legal
15 40 (1.61%) Public Sector
16 30 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (0.72%) Agriculture
18 18 (0.72%) French Language
Job Titles
1 255 (10.26%) Development Manager
2 181 (7.28%) Business Manager
3 180 (7.24%) Programmer
4 179 (7.20%) Business Development Manager
5 177 (7.12%) Senior
6 163 (6.56%) Analyst
7 146 (5.88%) Lead
8 129 (5.19%) Consultant
9 116 (4.67%) Software Engineer
9 116 (4.67%) Test Engineer
10 114 (4.59%) Support Engineer
11 102 (4.10%) IT Support
12 96 (3.86%) Systems Engineer
13 81 (3.26%) Manufacturing Engineer
14 74 (2.98%) Support Analyst
15 70 (2.82%) QA Manager
16 67 (2.70%) Electronics Engineer
17 64 (2.58%) Developer
18 62 (2.49%) Product Manager
19 60 (2.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (1.97%) Pandas
2 48 (1.93%) Hugging Face
2 48 (1.93%) Matplotlib
2 48 (1.93%) NumPy
2 48 (1.93%) scikit-learn
2 48 (1.93%) Streamlit
3 43 (1.73%) SAP Fiori
4 31 (1.25%) .NET
5 17 (0.68%) EDI
6 12 (0.48%) Middleware
6 12 (0.48%) WPF
7 9 (0.36%) CSS
7 9 (0.36%) Node.js
7 9 (0.36%) SAP CO-PA
8 8 (0.32%) React
8 8 (0.32%) REST
9 7 (0.28%) HTML
9 7 (0.28%) SAP CAF
9 7 (0.28%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (7.08%) FMCG
2 66 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (2.62%) Life Science
4 55 (2.21%) Algorithms
5 39 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 35 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 35 (1.41%) Driving Licence
7 31 (1.25%) Robotics
8 30 (1.21%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 27 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 26 (1.05%) SCADA
12 25 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
12 25 (1.01%) IoT
12 25 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
14 20 (0.80%) Learning Management System
15 19 (0.76%) Industry 4.0
16 18 (0.72%) Product Ownership
17 17 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 101 (4.06%) Windows
2 55 (2.21%) Linux
3 32 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.52%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.20%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.080%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.080%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.040%) AIX
9 1 (0.040%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 331 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
3 302 (12.15%) ERP
4 280 (11.27%) Business Development
5 223 (8.97%) Logistics
6 180 (7.24%) Decision-Making
7 150 (6.04%) Software Engineering
8 145 (5.84%) Project Management
9 135 (5.43%) AI
10 125 (5.03%) Customer Service
11 118 (4.75%) Project Delivery
12 116 (4.67%) Analytics
13 114 (4.59%) Business Intelligence
14 113 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
15 100 (4.02%) Data Analysis
16 98 (3.94%) Machine Learning
17 92 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
17 92 (3.70%) Order Management
17 92 (3.70%) QMS
18 89 (3.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (5.51%) SQL
2 132 (5.31%) Python
3 64 (2.58%) C#
4 56 (2.25%) C++
5 40 (1.61%) C
6 31 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 20 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 19 (0.76%) PowerShell
9 14 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (0.56%) Java
10 13 (0.52%) Bash
11 12 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
12 11 (0.44%) Embedded C
13 9 (0.36%) Clojure
14 8 (0.32%) Embedded C++
15 7 (0.28%) ABAP
15 7 (0.28%) RPG
16 6 (0.24%) R
16 6 (0.24%) XAML
17 5 (0.20%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 339 (13.64%) Degree
2 88 (3.54%) Security Cleared
3 64 (2.58%) HNC
4 60 (2.41%) SC Cleared
5 58 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 54 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 48 (1.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 36 (1.45%) HND
8 36 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (0.85%) CIPD
12 20 (0.80%) PMP
13 19 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 15 (0.60%) ISTQB
15 15 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 12 (0.48%) A+ Certification
16 12 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
17 11 (0.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (9.38%) QA
2 41 (1.65%) Data Quality
3 34 (1.37%) GDPR
4 33 (1.33%) GMP
5 31 (1.25%) SLA
6 25 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (0.72%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.60%) PMO
9 14 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.32%) ISO 13485
12 7 (0.28%) HAZOP
12 7 (0.28%) NIST
13 6 (0.24%) COSHH
13 6 (0.24%) GRC
13 6 (0.24%) NEBOSH
14 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
14 5 (0.20%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.16%) DO-254
System Software
1 65 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.09%) Firmware
3 24 (0.97%) Docker
4 18 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
4 18 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.28%) vSphere
7 4 (0.16%) Squid
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.080%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.040%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (0.93%) Terraform
2 18 (0.72%) Ansible
3 16 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.28%) Wonderware InTouch
6 6 (0.24%) Grafana
6 6 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.24%) SCCM
7 4 (0.16%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.16%) Packer
7 4 (0.16%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.12%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.12%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.080%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.080%) MOM
9 2 (0.080%) Nagios
10 1 (0.040%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.040%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.040%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.040%) Puppet
Vendors
1 309 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 277 (11.15%) SAP
3 39 (1.57%) NEC
4 38 (1.53%) Sage
5 31 (1.25%) Siemens
6 27 (1.09%) Oracle
7 24 (0.97%) VMware
8 21 (0.85%) Salesforce
9 20 (0.80%) Cisco
10 18 (0.72%) Google
11 17 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
12 16 (0.64%) Adobe
13 15 (0.60%) IFS
14 13 (0.52%) EMC
14 13 (0.52%) ServiceNow
15 12 (0.48%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.44%) IBM
16 11 (0.44%) Infor
17 10 (0.40%) Rockwell
18 9 (0.36%) Dell