Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in the North East

Smart Manufacturing
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.032% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
England median annual salary £106,250 £61,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +73.47% +28.95% -17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Smart 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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,279 755 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.92% 81.01% 79.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 479 782
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,058
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -4.37% -5.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the North East

Smart Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Smart Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Smart Manufacturing

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the North East region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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
Northumberland - 1 £55,000 - 1
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CATIA
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens