Manufacturing Jobs in Manchester

Manufacturing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 119 120
Rank change year-on-year +21 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 65 106 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.94% 1.95% 3.07%
As % of the General category 4.00% 3.58% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 48 89 74
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,600 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £55,625 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,075 £75,000 £67,350
North West median annual salary £55,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.84% - -

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,625 2,959 3,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.46% 54.36% 66.56%
Number of salaries quoted 821 2,174 1,474
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £30,575
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £80,000 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Stockport - 6 £42,500 - 65
Oldham -5 2 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Bolton -15 2 £47,500 +5.56% 71
Rochdale - 2 £43,750 - 2
Salford - 2 £55,000 - 2
Wigan - 2 £47,500 - 7
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (3.08%) CMS
1 2 (3.08%) nginx
1 2 (3.08%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) AutoCAD
2 5 (7.69%) Autodesk Inventor
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) NetSuite
1 5 (7.69%) Sage 200
1 5 (7.69%) Sage CRM
2 2 (3.08%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.54%) AWS
2 7 (10.77%) Azure
3 5 (7.69%) AWS IoT
4 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.62%) SaaS
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.08%) Serverless
6 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.54%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) GitHub
6 1 (1.54%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.54%) Kong
6 1 (1.54%) OCI
6 1 (1.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (3.08%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (3.08%) VPN
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) TimescaleDB
2 3 (4.62%) MySQL
2 3 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.62%) Power BI
3 2 (3.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.54%) Big Data
4 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Git
2 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.54%) GitLab
3 1 (1.54%) LabVIEW
General
1 28 (43.08%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.69%) Finance
3 12 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Retail
5 9 (13.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (12.31%) Electronics
7 7 (10.77%) Marketing
8 5 (7.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
10 3 (4.62%) Automotive
11 2 (3.08%) Dutch Language
11 2 (3.08%) Games
11 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (3.08%) Wearables
12 1 (1.54%) Korean Language
12 1 (1.54%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (21.54%) Analyst
2 11 (16.92%) Applications Support
2 11 (16.92%) Applications Support Analyst
2 11 (16.92%) Support Analyst
3 7 (10.77%) Software Engineer
3 7 (10.77%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Senior
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Support
4 6 (9.23%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Developer
5 5 (7.69%) Sage 200 Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Sage 200 Support
5 5 (7.69%) Sage Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Sage Support
5 5 (7.69%) Support Consultant
6 4 (6.15%) ERP Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) ERP Support
7 3 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) RESTful
2 7 (10.77%) NestJS
2 7 (10.77%) React
3 6 (9.23%) Node.js
4 4 (6.15%) .NET
4 4 (6.15%) CSS
5 2 (3.08%) FastAPI
5 2 (3.08%) HTML
5 2 (3.08%) React Native
5 2 (3.08%) Spring
5 2 (3.08%) Spring Boot
5 2 (3.08%) WinForms
6 1 (1.54%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (1.54%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.54%) D3.js
6 1 (1.54%) Laravel
6 1 (1.54%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) IoT
1 9 (13.85%) Renewable Energy
2 7 (10.77%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 6 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.62%) Life Science
5 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.08%) Client/Server
6 2 (3.08%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.54%) CCTV
7 1 (1.54%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.54%) FPGA
7 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.54%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows
3 1 (1.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (49.23%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) ERP
3 13 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (16.92%) Validation
5 10 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 9 (13.85%) Translating Business Requirements
7 8 (12.31%) Agile
7 8 (12.31%) CRM
7 8 (12.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 7 (10.77%) CAD
8 7 (10.77%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.77%) Data Analysis
8 7 (10.77%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (10.77%) Logistics
8 7 (10.77%) Machine Learning
8 7 (10.77%) Project Management
8 7 (10.77%) Visualisation
9 6 (9.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.69%) SQL
2 10 (15.38%) Python
3 9 (13.85%) TypeScript
4 7 (10.77%) C-shell
4 7 (10.77%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.77%) Korn
4 7 (10.77%) PL/SQL
4 7 (10.77%) Shell Script
5 6 (9.23%) PHP
6 5 (7.69%) C#
6 5 (7.69%) Java
7 1 (1.54%) Bicep
7 1 (1.54%) C
7 1 (1.54%) C++
7 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (10.77%) PhD
4 5 (7.69%) HND
5 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.08%) ACCA
7 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.08%) CIMA
7 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.54%) HNC
8 1 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.62%) GMP
2 3 (4.62%) QA
3 2 (3.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (10.77%) Docker
2 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Terraform
2 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.54%) Ansible
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (26.15%) SAP
2 10 (15.38%) Oracle
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.31%) Sage
4 3 (4.62%) Hitachi
5 2 (3.08%) IBM
5 2 (3.08%) Proofpoint
5 2 (3.08%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) Instagram
6 1 (1.54%) TikTok
6 1 (1.54%) YouTube