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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 51 97
Rank change year-on-year +50 +46 -37
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 142 45 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.13% 3.45% 0.74%
As % of the General category 38.27% 6.86% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 7
10th Percentile - £21,475 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £41,235 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% +9.96% -16.67%
75th Percentile £35,750 £57,500 £46,875
90th Percentile £48,750 £68,750 £56,000
North West median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +17.89% +1.06% -1.05%

All General Skills
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 371 656 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 83.94% 50.27% 69.07%
Number of salaries quoted 138 477 264
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,000 £44,875
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -10.86% -0.28%
75th Percentile £57,188 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,125 £68,750 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +0.96%

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 16 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 16 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 +39 37 £26,500 -36.70% 14
Birkenhead - 22 - - 2
Bootle - 22 - -
St Helens - 13 £40,000 - 6
Prenton - 12 - -
Prescot +6 10 - -
Southport - 10 - -
Wallasey - 10 - -
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 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.93%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.41%) Apache
3 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (1.41%) AWS
2 2 (1.41%) Azure
2 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.63%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.41%) Big Data
1 2 (1.41%) Hadoop
1 2 (1.41%) Power BI
1 2 (1.41%) Tableau
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (25.35%) Retail
2 17 (11.97%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.45%) Dutch Language
3 12 (8.45%) Finnish Language
3 12 (8.45%) Norwegian Language
4 7 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.11%) Automotive
7 2 (1.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (25.35%) Trainer
2 9 (6.34%) Analyst
2 9 (6.34%) IT Analyst
2 9 (6.34%) IT Support
2 9 (6.34%) IT Support Analyst
2 9 (6.34%) Support Analyst
3 8 (5.63%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (5.63%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 7 (4.93%) Administrator
4 7 (4.93%) QA Manager
4 7 (4.93%) Quality Manager
5 2 (1.41%) Data Scientist
5 2 (1.41%) QA Officer
5 2 (1.41%) Test Engineer
6 1 (0.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (0.70%) Lead
6 1 (0.70%) Systems Manager
6 1 (0.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.41%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.35%) Robotics
2 8 (5.63%) FMCG
2 8 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.41%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (0.70%) Acoustics
4 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.63%) Windows
1 8 (5.63%) Windows Server
1 8 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (52.82%) Service Delivery
2 47 (33.10%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (25.35%) Artificial Intelligence
3 36 (25.35%) Generative AI
3 36 (25.35%) LLM
3 36 (25.35%) Machine Learning
3 36 (25.35%) Red Team
4 24 (16.90%) Data Privacy
5 8 (5.63%) ERP
6 7 (4.93%) Analytical Thinking
6 7 (4.93%) CRM
6 7 (4.93%) Data Management
6 7 (4.93%) Innovative Thinking
6 7 (4.93%) Logistics
6 7 (4.93%) Time Management
7 5 (3.52%) Validation
8 2 (1.41%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (1.41%) CAPA
8 2 (1.41%) ETL
8 2 (1.41%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.41%) Python
1 2 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (52.82%) NVQ Level 3
2 45 (31.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) QA
2 2 (1.41%) GMP
Vendors
1 36 (25.35%) Adobe
1 36 (25.35%) Databricks
1 36 (25.35%) Google
2 9 (6.34%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.63%) SAP
4 7 (4.93%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.41%) Talend