Manufacturing Jobs in the North East

Manufacturing
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 34 69
Rank change year-on-year +13 +35 +33
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 61 96 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 6.88% 4.85% 3.40%
As % of the General category 9.64% 8.28% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 74 12
10th Percentile - £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,313 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £51,875 £45,313
90th Percentile £72,750 £62,500 £62,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 633 1,159 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.36% 58.51% 61.16%
Number of salaries quoted 297 952 331
10th Percentile £24,542 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,375 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +0.75% -0.74%
75th Percentile £55,500 £62,200 £59,875
90th Percentile £72,200 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the North East

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the North East

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the North East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the North East

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the North East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Tyne and Wear +15 41 £48,750 +14.71% 74
Durham +16 19 £76,000 +90.00% 7
Northumberland -1 1 £37,500 -6.25% 2
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) SaaS
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.64%) Azure
3 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Firewall
2 6 (9.84%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (9.84%) Network Security
2 6 (9.84%) VPN
3 1 (1.64%) DHCP
3 1 (1.64%) DNS
3 1 (1.64%) IGMP
3 1 (1.64%) NAS
3 1 (1.64%) SAN
3 1 (1.64%) VLAN
3 1 (1.64%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
General
1 23 (37.70%) Finance
2 16 (26.23%) Retail
3 9 (14.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Dutch Language
5 4 (6.56%) Finnish Language
5 4 (6.56%) Norwegian Language
6 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Automotive
6 1 (1.64%) Aviation
6 1 (1.64%) Catalan Language
6 1 (1.64%) Electronics
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (36.07%) Project Manager
2 15 (24.59%) Trainer
3 7 (11.48%) Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Network Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Security Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) IT Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) IT Support
6 4 (6.56%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) IT Security Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) QA Officer
9 1 (1.64%) ERP Analyst
9 1 (1.64%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 1 (1.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Lead
9 1 (1.64%) Senior
9 1 (1.64%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.07%) FMCG
1 22 (36.07%) Management Information System
2 15 (24.59%) Robotics
3 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Budget Management
1 22 (36.07%) Budgeting
1 22 (36.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 22 (36.07%) Coaching
1 22 (36.07%) Lean Manufacturing
1 22 (36.07%) PDCA
1 22 (36.07%) Project Management
1 22 (36.07%) Quality Management
2 21 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (24.59%) Artificial Intelligence
3 15 (24.59%) Generative AI
3 15 (24.59%) LLM
3 15 (24.59%) Machine Learning
3 15 (24.59%) Red Team
4 11 (18.03%) Data Privacy
5 7 (11.48%) Business Development
6 6 (9.84%) BCP
6 6 (9.84%) Business Continuity
6 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (9.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) SQL
2 1 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 18 (29.51%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) CCNA
2 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.64%) MCSA
2 1 (1.64%) MCSE
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) GDPR
1 6 (9.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (9.84%) NIST
2 2 (3.28%) GMP
2 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (24.59%) Adobe
1 15 (24.59%) Databricks
1 15 (24.59%) Google
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco
3 1 (1.64%) Epicor
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle
3 1 (1.64%) SAP
3 1 (1.64%) Veeam
3 1 (1.64%) VMware