Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in Leeds

Smart Manufacturing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.049% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 722 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 73.48% 94.50% 86.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 516 1,365
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,727 £97,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell