Manufacturing Jobs in Merseyside

Manufacturing
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 1 50 96
Rank change year-on-year +49 +46 -29
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 143 47 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 31.99% 3.43% 0.87%
As % of the General category 38.13% 6.91% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 23 37 8
10th Percentile - £21,475 £26,875
25th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £41,235 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% +9.96% -16.67%
75th Percentile £35,500 £57,500 £55,625
90th Percentile £43,000 £68,750 £57,875
North West median annual salary £55,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.84% - -

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 375 680 708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 83.89% 49.60% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 134 486 241
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -0.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £68,750 £66,250
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 Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +37 37 £26,500 -37.65% 66
Birkenhead - 24 - - 4
Bootle - 24 - -
Prenton - 15 - -
St Helens - 11 £40,000 - 4
Prescot +6 9 - -
Southport - 9 - - 1
Wallasey - 9 - -
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 9 (6.29%) IBM Domino
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.40%) Apache
3 2 (1.40%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (2.80%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.10%) Azure
4 2 (1.40%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.59%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.40%) Big Data
2 2 (1.40%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.40%) Tableau
3 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 45 (31.47%) Retail
2 18 (12.59%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.39%) Dutch Language
3 12 (8.39%) Finnish Language
3 12 (8.39%) Norwegian Language
4 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.10%) Catalan Language
7 2 (1.40%) Advertising
7 2 (1.40%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 45 (31.47%) Trainer
2 9 (6.29%) Administrator
2 9 (6.29%) Analyst
2 9 (6.29%) IT Analyst
2 9 (6.29%) IT Support
2 9 (6.29%) IT Support Analyst
2 9 (6.29%) QA Manager
2 9 (6.29%) Quality Manager
2 9 (6.29%) Support Analyst
3 8 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (1.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (1.40%) Data Scientist
4 2 (1.40%) Developer
4 2 (1.40%) QA Officer
4 2 (1.40%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 45 (31.47%) Robotics
2 8 (5.59%) FMCG
2 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.40%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.59%) Windows
1 8 (5.59%) Windows Server
1 8 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (44.06%) Service Delivery
2 58 (40.56%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (31.47%) Artificial Intelligence
3 45 (31.47%) Generative AI
3 45 (31.47%) LLM
3 45 (31.47%) Machine Learning
3 45 (31.47%) Red Team
4 33 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 10 (6.99%) ERP
6 9 (6.29%) Analytical Thinking
6 9 (6.29%) CRM
6 9 (6.29%) Data Management
6 9 (6.29%) Innovative Thinking
6 9 (6.29%) Logistics
6 9 (6.29%) Time Management
7 4 (2.80%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (2.80%) Validation
8 3 (2.10%) Biochemistry
8 3 (2.10%) Biology
8 3 (2.10%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.80%) SQL
2 3 (2.10%) Python
3 2 (1.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (44.06%) NVQ Level 3
2 56 (39.16%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) QA
2 2 (1.40%) GMP
Vendors
1 45 (31.47%) Adobe
1 45 (31.47%) Databricks
1 45 (31.47%) Google
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.29%) Salesforce
3 9 (6.29%) SAP
4 2 (1.40%) Talend