Manufacturing Jobs in the Midlands

Manufacturing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +89
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 688 621 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.91% 6.45% 5.85%
As % of the General category 10.42% 8.73% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 449 216 345
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,602 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £46,800
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +17.52% +4.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,500 £81,250 £69,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year -18.18% +8.17% -3.15%

All General Skills
Midlands

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,602 7,114 6,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.69% 73.90% 61.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,691 3,155 4,187
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,991 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

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 Manufacturing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +4 421 £45,000 -28.00% 424
East Midlands +23 260 £42,500 -5.56% 265
Manufacturing
England

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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.44%) CMS
3 3 (0.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.33%) AutoCAD
4 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.16%) EPLAN
5 8 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.73%) CANalyzer
7 3 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.29%) ALPHACAM
8 2 (0.29%) Revit
8 2 (0.29%) Simulink
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 25 (3.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 13 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.73%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.58%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.44%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.44%) Sage 300 ERP
6 3 (0.44%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.15%) Epicor Vantage
8 1 (0.15%) Primavera
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.74%) Azure
2 64 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 59 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (3.20%) PowerApps
6 18 (2.62%) Power Automate
7 17 (2.47%) SaaS
8 16 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.02%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.02%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.02%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (1.02%) Serverless
10 4 (0.58%) Figma
11 3 (0.44%) AWS
11 3 (0.44%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 2 (0.29%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.18%) Ethernet
1 15 (2.18%) Firewall
2 9 (1.31%) LAN
3 7 (1.02%) DHCP
3 7 (1.02%) DNS
4 6 (0.87%) WAN
5 5 (0.73%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.73%) VPN
6 4 (0.58%) Internet
6 4 (0.58%) SAN
6 4 (0.58%) VLAN
6 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.44%) Wireless
8 2 (0.29%) 2G
8 2 (0.29%) 3G
8 2 (0.29%) 4G
8 2 (0.29%) Modbus
8 2 (0.29%) Network Security
8 2 (0.29%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.85%) Power BI
3 14 (2.03%) MySQL
4 13 (1.89%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.60%) SQLite
7 8 (1.16%) Power Query
7 8 (1.16%) Tableau
8 6 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.87%) Redis
8 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.44%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.29%) Metadata
11 2 (0.29%) MS Access
11 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (2.76%) Git
2 13 (1.89%) Visual Studio
3 12 (1.74%) JIRA
4 7 (1.02%) CANoe
5 2 (0.29%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 180 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 127 (18.46%) Finance
3 96 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.58%) Automotive
5 48 (6.98%) Retail
6 44 (6.40%) Pharmaceutical
7 41 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (5.67%) Electronics
9 35 (5.09%) Marketing
10 31 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (3.34%) Aerospace
13 22 (3.20%) Games
14 18 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 17 (2.47%) Public Sector
16 14 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.74%) Law
18 11 (1.60%) Legal
19 5 (0.73%) Back Office
19 5 (0.73%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 75 (10.90%) Lead
2 72 (10.47%) Developer
3 66 (9.59%) Analyst
4 54 (7.85%) Systems Engineer
5 52 (7.56%) Senior
6 47 (6.83%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.69%) Software Engineer
8 30 (4.36%) IT Support
9 28 (4.07%) QA Manager
10 26 (3.78%) Technical Leader
11 25 (3.63%) Consultant
12 24 (3.49%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.34%) Graduate
14 22 (3.20%) Data Analyst
15 21 (3.05%) Programmer
16 20 (2.91%) .NET Developer
16 20 (2.91%) Architect
17 18 (2.62%) IT Technician
18 17 (2.47%) Electronics Engineer
18 17 (2.47%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.10%) .NET
2 27 (3.92%) ASP.NET
3 19 (2.76%) .NET Framework
3 19 (2.76%) HTML
3 19 (2.76%) RESTful
4 18 (2.62%) ASP.NET MVC
5 17 (2.47%) Entity Framework
6 14 (2.03%) .NET Core
7 12 (1.74%) Blazor
8 11 (1.60%) Universal Windows Platform
8 11 (1.60%) YAML
9 10 (1.45%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.31%) WPF
11 8 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.16%) CSS
12 7 (1.02%) Node.js
12 7 (1.02%) SignalR
12 7 (1.02%) WinForms
12 7 (1.02%) XML
13 6 (0.87%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.58%) Management Information System
2 25 (3.63%) FMCG
3 19 (2.76%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
5 15 (2.18%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (2.18%) IoT
5 15 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.60%) PMI
9 10 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (1.45%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.31%) Robotics
11 8 (1.16%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.16%) SCADA
12 7 (1.02%) Infotainment
13 6 (0.87%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 6 (0.87%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 64 (9.30%) Windows
2 16 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.60%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.45%) Linux
5 6 (0.87%) Android
6 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) HPUX
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (22.09%) ERP
2 121 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (15.70%) Project Management
4 78 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (8.28%) Software Engineering
7 51 (7.41%) Customer Service
8 50 (7.27%) Agile
9 41 (5.96%) User Experience
10 40 (5.81%) Analytics
10 40 (5.81%) Computer Science
10 40 (5.81%) Logistics
10 40 (5.81%) Risk Management
11 38 (5.52%) Customer Requirements
12 34 (4.94%) Mentoring
13 33 (4.80%) Data Analytics
13 33 (4.80%) Validation
14 32 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence
14 32 (4.65%) QMS
15 29 (4.22%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.95%) SQL
2 50 (7.27%) C#
3 24 (3.49%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.34%) C
5 20 (2.91%) Python
5 20 (2.91%) T-SQL
6 18 (2.62%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.03%) Java
8 12 (1.74%) VB
9 11 (1.60%) XAML
10 8 (1.16%) C++
11 7 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.87%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.73%) RPG
13 5 (0.73%) RPG IV
13 5 (0.73%) RPG/400
13 5 (0.73%) VB6
14 4 (0.58%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 171 (24.85%) Degree
2 26 (3.78%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (1.74%) PMI Certification
5 10 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.31%) HND
7 8 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.87%) CCNA
8 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.87%) MCSE
8 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.73%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.73%) HNC
9 5 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.44%) CIPD
10 3 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.29%) CISSP
11 2 (0.29%) MCSA
11 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.99%) QA
2 36 (5.23%) GMP
3 13 (1.89%) PMO
4 12 (1.74%) ISO 9001
5 10 (1.45%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.58%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.44%) MISRA
7 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.44%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.29%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.29%) SOX 404
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.15%) COSHH
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.62%) Firmware
3 15 (2.18%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.02%) Docker
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
4 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 151 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.98%) SAP
3 28 (4.07%) IFS
4 18 (2.62%) Workday
5 15 (2.18%) EMC
6 14 (2.03%) Siemens
6 14 (2.03%) VMware
7 11 (1.60%) HP
8 9 (1.31%) Adobe
8 9 (1.31%) DevExpress
9 8 (1.16%) SYSPRO
10 7 (1.02%) Minitab
10 7 (1.02%) Oracle
10 7 (1.02%) Sophos
10 7 (1.02%) Veeam
11 6 (0.87%) Cadence
12 5 (0.73%) Cisco
12 5 (0.73%) Epicor
12 5 (0.73%) IBM
12 5 (0.73%) PeopleSoft