Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in the North of England

Smart Manufacturing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.010% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
England median annual salary £48,750 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,867 8,752 6,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.33% 88.80% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,555 4,053 4,900
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,238 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -5.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the North of England

Smart Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Smart Manufacturing
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 Smart Manufacturing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 - 9
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart Manufacturing
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PLM