Manufacturing Jobs in Essex

Manufacturing
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 26 65
Rank change year-on-year +15 +39 -39
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 58 58 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 10.96% 6.20% 2.28%
As % of the General category 16.43% 11.28% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 20 48 10
10th Percentile £30,138 £25,875 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -39.13% +35.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £66,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £36,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.50% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 353 514 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 66.73% 54.97% 79.70%
Number of salaries quoted 141 401 241
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -3.23% -2.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.96% -14.29% +10.53%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Essex over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 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
Tilbury +2 25 - -
Basildon +8 9 - - 13
Harlow +12 5 £32,500 -63.89% 8
Colchester +5 4 £50,000 +42.86% 2
Chigwell - 4 - -
Brentwood +13 3 £65,000 +136.36% 3
Halstead - 2 £31,500 -
Chelmsford +5 1 £47,500 +72.73% 10
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (3.45%) CMS
1 2 (3.45%) EPiServer
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (3.45%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (3.45%) Chatbot
1 2 (3.45%) InDesign
1 2 (3.45%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.72%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Magento
1 2 (3.45%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (3.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.45%) BigCommerce
3 2 (3.45%) Google Analytics
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.45%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (6.90%) Marketing
3 3 (5.17%) Electronics
4 2 (3.45%) Advertising
4 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Games
4 2 (3.45%) Retail
4 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (15.52%) Automation Engineer
2 5 (8.62%) E-Commerce Manager
2 5 (8.62%) IT Support
3 3 (5.17%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (5.17%) Senior
3 3 (5.17%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
3 3 (5.17%) Support Officer
4 2 (3.45%) E-Commerce Executive
4 2 (3.45%) Technical Manager
4 2 (3.45%) Test Technician
5 1 (1.72%) Control Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.72%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (3.45%) Social Media
2 1 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (12.07%) E-Commerce
3 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (8.62%) ERP
4 4 (6.90%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (5.17%) CRM
5 3 (5.17%) Software Engineering
5 3 (5.17%) Test Automation
6 2 (3.45%) Agile
6 2 (3.45%) Analytics
6 2 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (3.45%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Email Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Mobile Commerce
6 2 (3.45%) Online Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Pay per click
6 2 (3.45%) Scrum
6 2 (3.45%) SEO
6 2 (3.45%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) C++
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (50.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (3.45%) Adobe
1 2 (3.45%) Google
1 2 (3.45%) HubSpot
1 2 (3.45%) PayPal
1 2 (3.45%) WooCommerce