Manufacturing Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 65 79
Rank change year-on-year +38 +14 +22
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 29 14 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.46% 2.20% 2.56%
As % of the General category 10.70% 3.62% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 19
10th Percentile £26,400 £30,100 £24,300
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -17.78% -6.25%
75th Percentile £54,875 £41,250 £54,625
90th Percentile £61,750 £43,500 £67,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 271 387 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.69% 60.85% 52.92%
Number of salaries quoted 185 129 308
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £46,950
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.02% -6.10%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £72,875
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,936
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.07% +1.87%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Cheltenham +21 13 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Filton - 10 £28,000 - 1
Manufacturing
South West

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DHCP
1 5 (17.24%) DNS
2 4 (13.79%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
3 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.90%) LAN
4 2 (6.90%) VLAN
4 2 (6.90%) VPN
4 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Ataccama
2 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.45%) MySQL
3 1 (3.45%) Power Query
3 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (3.45%) GitLab
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Electronics
3 6 (20.69%) Finance
4 5 (17.24%) Marketing
4 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
5 4 (13.79%) Advertising
6 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Automotive
8 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (13.79%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (10.34%) Developer
2 3 (10.34%) Electronics Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Lead
2 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Test Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Data Governance Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Data Governance Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Governance Manager
3 2 (6.90%) IT Support
3 2 (6.90%) IT Support Specialist
3 2 (6.90%) Junior
3 2 (6.90%) Junior IT Support
3 2 (6.90%) Lead Network Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
3 2 (6.90%) Support Specialist
4 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) CSS
1 3 (10.34%) HTML
1 3 (10.34%) RESTful
2 2 (6.90%) Bootstrap
2 2 (6.90%) Flask
3 1 (3.45%) DOM
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) CMDB
1 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Analogue Electronics
2 3 (10.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Linux
2 5 (17.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (20.69%) Analytics
2 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.24%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (17.24%) Programme Management
4 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
4 4 (13.79%) Change Control
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) Data Analytics
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) ITSM
4 4 (13.79%) Use Case
5 3 (10.34%) Data Acquisition
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (10.34%) Machine Learning
5 3 (10.34%) Predictive Maintenance
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) C
2 3 (10.34%) Embedded C
2 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.90%) Bash
3 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 10 (34.48%) Degree
4 4 (13.79%) CCIE
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (10.34%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Firmware
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) Docker
3 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Nagios
2 3 (10.34%) Ansible
3 1 (3.45%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.45%) Progress Chef
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Cisco
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
2 4 (13.79%) F5
2 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
3 3 (10.34%) EMC
3 3 (10.34%) Facebook
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) Dell
5 1 (3.45%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) Juniper
5 1 (3.45%) Veeam
5 1 (3.45%) VMware