Design for Manufacturing Jobs in the Midlands

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 319 302
Rank change year-on-year +71 -17 +38
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 14 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% 0.051% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.062% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £75,000 -
25th Percentile - £76,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +61.90% +14.13%
75th Percentile - £115,625 £56,250
90th Percentile - £125,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Design for 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,481 9,735 8,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.77% 81.99% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,669 7,163 4,522
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Design for Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design for Manufacturing in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Design for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Design for Manufacturing
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
East Midlands - 13 - -
West Midlands +54 1 - - 2
Design for Manufacturing
England

Design for Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 14 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 14 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) CAD
1 14 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA