Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 270 222
Rank change year-on-year +37 -48 +129
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 1 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.018% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - £40,500 -
England median annual salary £51,636 £38,625 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.68% -26.43% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering 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 4,897 7,638 5,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.83% 80.15% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,827 3,564 3,778
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,949 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +1.67%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
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 Manufacturing Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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 - 1 £42,500 - 2
Manufacturing Engineering
England

Manufacturing Engineering
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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Epicor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) SAP