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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 118 115
Rank change year-on-year +23 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 71 98 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.15% 1.89% 2.94%
As % of the General category 4.32% 3.44% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 52 81 75
10th Percentile £34,045 £32,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,000 £68,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £75,000 £65,000
North West median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +17.89% +1.06% -1.05%

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 1,642 2,852 3,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.75% 54.99% 67.44%
Number of salaries quoted 878 2,125 1,533
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,507 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.90% -8.17% +3.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,650 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

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 14 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 14 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
Oldham -4 3 £35,000 -22.22% 2
Bolton -15 3 £47,500 +5.56% 16
Stockport - 3 £43,750 - 13
Rochdale - 2 £46,250 - 3
Salford - 2 £55,000 - 3
Wigan - 1 - - 6
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 (2.82%) CMS
1 2 (2.82%) nginx
1 2 (2.82%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) AutoCAD
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) NetSuite
1 3 (4.23%) Sage 200
1 3 (4.23%) Sage CRM
2 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.82%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.13%) AWS
2 10 (14.08%) Azure
3 5 (7.04%) AWS IoT
4 4 (5.63%) SaaS
5 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.23%) GCP
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Fargate
6 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.82%) GitHub
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.41%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.41%) Kong
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.41%) OCI
7 1 (1.41%) PaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (2.82%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (2.82%) VPN
3 1 (1.41%) DNS
3 1 (1.41%) Firewall
3 1 (1.41%) LAN
3 1 (1.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) TimescaleDB
2 3 (4.23%) MySQL
2 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.82%) Power BI
4 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.41%) Big Data
4 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.41%) SQLite
4 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.82%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.41%) GitLab
General
1 29 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Retail
3 11 (15.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (14.08%) Finance
5 8 (11.27%) Electronics
6 5 (7.04%) Automotive
6 5 (7.04%) Marketing
7 4 (5.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.82%) Billing
9 2 (2.82%) Dutch Language
9 2 (2.82%) Games
9 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.82%) Tech for Good
9 2 (2.82%) Wearables
10 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.41%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 11 (15.49%) Analyst
2 10 (14.08%) Applications Support
2 10 (14.08%) Applications Support Analyst
2 10 (14.08%) Support Analyst
3 8 (11.27%) Senior
4 7 (9.86%) Software Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Lead
7 3 (4.23%) Sage 200 Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Sage 200 Support
7 3 (4.23%) Sage Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Sage Support
7 3 (4.23%) Support Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Technical Support
7 3 (4.23%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.27%) RESTful
2 7 (9.86%) NestJS
2 7 (9.86%) React
3 6 (8.45%) .NET
4 5 (7.04%) Node.js
5 4 (5.63%) CSS
6 3 (4.23%) HTML
7 2 (2.82%) React Native
7 2 (2.82%) WPF
7 2 (2.82%) XML
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Blueprints
8 1 (1.41%) Bootstrap
8 1 (1.41%) D3.js
8 1 (1.41%) JSON
8 1 (1.41%) Keras
8 1 (1.41%) Laravel
8 1 (1.41%) LINQ
8 1 (1.41%) OGRE
8 1 (1.41%) TensorFlow
8 1 (1.41%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) IoT
1 9 (12.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 9 (12.68%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (7.04%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.23%) FPGA
4 3 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.23%) Life Science
5 2 (2.82%) ASIC
5 2 (2.82%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.82%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (2.82%) Verilog
5 2 (2.82%) VHDL
6 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.41%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Robotics
6 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Android
2 1 (1.41%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.89%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (25.35%) Validation
3 15 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (18.31%) Translating Business Requirements
5 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
6 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (12.68%) Service Delivery
6 9 (12.68%) Software Engineering
7 8 (11.27%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 8 (11.27%) ERP
7 8 (11.27%) Machine Learning
8 7 (9.86%) Agile
8 7 (9.86%) Analytics
8 7 (9.86%) Data Analysis
8 7 (9.86%) Prototyping
9 6 (8.45%) CAD
9 6 (8.45%) CRM
9 6 (8.45%) DevOps
9 6 (8.45%) Mentoring
9 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) SQL
2 11 (15.49%) Python
3 9 (12.68%) C-shell
3 9 (12.68%) Korn
3 9 (12.68%) Shell Script
4 7 (9.86%) PL/SQL
4 7 (9.86%) TypeScript
5 6 (8.45%) C#
6 5 (7.04%) JavaScript
6 5 (7.04%) PHP
7 4 (5.63%) C++
8 3 (4.23%) Java
9 2 (2.82%) ABAP
10 1 (1.41%) Bicep
10 1 (1.41%) C
10 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) Degree
2 10 (14.08%) PhD
3 9 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (9.86%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (4.23%) HND
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.82%) SAP Certification
6 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) HNC
7 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.23%) GMP
2 3 (4.23%) QA
3 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Docker
2 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.41%) Ansible
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (15.49%) SAP
2 10 (14.08%) Oracle
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.63%) Sage
5 3 (4.23%) Hitachi
6 2 (2.82%) IBM
6 2 (2.82%) Proofpoint
6 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.82%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.41%) Databricks
7 1 (1.41%) EMC
7 1 (1.41%) Google
7 1 (1.41%) Instagram
7 1 (1.41%) TikTok
7 1 (1.41%) YouTube