Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in the North of England

Manufacturing Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 269 282
Rank change year-on-year +28 +13 +142
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 18 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £41,288 -
25th Percentile £49,453 £45,281 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,636 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £53,818 £60,088 £54,621
90th Percentile - £60,245 £68,484
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +6.02% -27.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,534 8,257 7,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.28% 90.52% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,687 5,939
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,102
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,850 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in the North of England

Manufacturing Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
North West +35 18 £51,636 -13.94% 2
Manufacturing Engineering
England

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (44.44%) AutoCAD
1 8 (44.44%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 18 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Senior
2 8 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Business Case
1 8 (44.44%) Facilities Management
1 8 (44.44%) Project Delivery
1 8 (44.44%) Project Management
1 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (5.56%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (44.44%) HNC
2 8 (44.44%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) QA