Manufacturing Job Trends in Glamorgan

Manufacturing
South Wales > Glamorgan

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Glamorgan. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 5 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Glamorgan 8.06% 21.43% 58.33%
As % of the General category 10.87% 29.03% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £28,420 - -
25th Percentile £33,250 - £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £40,500
75th Percentile £56,250 - £47,750
90th Percentile £57,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £62,500 £38,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year +61.29% +29.17% -36.84%

All General Skills
Glamorgan

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 Glamorgan.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 46 31 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glamorgan 74.19% 73.81% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26 3 3
10th Percentile - £39,150 £36,600
25th Percentile £21,620 £43,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,400 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.80% +3.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £36,500 £52,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £44,336 £52,850 £62,000
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Glamorgan

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Glamorgan

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Glamorgan

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glamorgan citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glamorgan citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Glamorgan

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Glamorgan over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Glamorgan

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glamorgan 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Access Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Recruitment Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft