Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in the Midlands

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 264 220
Rank change year-on-year +46 -44 +135
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.018% 0.011% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.014% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £44,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +34.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.09% +3.81% +34.90%

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 4,736 7,197 4,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.16% 81.05% 93.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,857 3,277 3,682
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,752
25th Percentile £32,125 £38,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £77,975 £79,335 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Design for Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Design for Manufacturing

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 29 October 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
West Midlands +46 1 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Design for Manufacturing
England

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Epicor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP