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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 36 72
Rank change year-on-year +5 +36 +28
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 49 92 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 6.50% 4.95% 3.30%
As % of the General category 8.89% 8.39% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13 71 13
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £74,650 £62,500 £48,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -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 551 1,096 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 73.08% 58.99% 61.40%
Number of salaries quoted 280 902 337
10th Percentile £24,513 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £33,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £47,234 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.14% +6.74% -1.67%
75th Percentile £59,438 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,258 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 14 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 14 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 +6 28 £51,250 +24.24% 21
Durham +15 19 £76,000 +90.00% 11
Northumberland +1 2 £37,500 -6.25% 4
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 (2.04%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (12.24%) SaaS
2 2 (4.08%) Azure
2 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) Firewall
2 4 (8.16%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (8.16%) Network Security
2 4 (8.16%) VPN
3 1 (2.04%) DHCP
3 1 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) IGMP
3 1 (2.04%) NAS
3 1 (2.04%) SAN
3 1 (2.04%) VLAN
3 1 (2.04%) VRRP
General
1 23 (46.94%) Finance
2 8 (16.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (14.29%) Retail
3 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Dutch Language
4 2 (4.08%) Finnish Language
4 2 (4.08%) Norwegian Language
5 1 (2.04%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) Project Manager
2 6 (12.24%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Trainer
3 5 (10.20%) IT Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) IT Support
4 4 (8.16%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Network Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Security Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Support Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) QA Officer
7 1 (2.04%) ERP Analyst
7 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.04%) Lead
7 1 (2.04%) Senior
7 1 (2.04%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.90%) FMCG
1 22 (44.90%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.24%) Robotics
3 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
1 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Project Management
2 22 (44.90%) Budget Management
2 22 (44.90%) Budgeting
2 22 (44.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 22 (44.90%) Coaching
2 22 (44.90%) Lean Manufacturing
2 22 (44.90%) PDCA
2 22 (44.90%) Quality Management
3 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (12.24%) Business Development
4 6 (12.24%) Generative AI
4 6 (12.24%) LLM
4 6 (12.24%) Machine Learning
4 6 (12.24%) Red Team
5 4 (8.16%) BCP
5 4 (8.16%) Business Continuity
5 4 (8.16%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (8.16%) SIEM
5 4 (8.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) CCNA
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.08%) MCSA
2 2 (4.08%) MCSE
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) GDPR
1 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.16%) NIST
2 2 (4.08%) GMP
2 2 (4.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Adobe
1 6 (12.24%) Databricks
1 6 (12.24%) Google
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco
3 2 (4.08%) Veeam
3 2 (4.08%) VMware
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle
4 1 (2.04%) SAP